If you show up looking like you don't care about your personal appearance, how are your peers and team leaders supposed to know you care about your work, the project under deadline, your clients, or position? Here are 6 reasons why your appearance matters at work and why you should start to care. Because those around you already do.
Read MoreWe as humans have the tendency to covet what we don't have. It's in our DNA somehow. And if it isn't in our DNA, it is certainly a hideous learned behavior. This "grass is greener on the other side" notion is remarkably toxic. It ruins marriages, professional relationships, finances, families. Envy, or the reactions caused by envy, ranks up there with hurricanes, tsunamis, and wild fires as one of the most destructive forces of nature.
And like most natural disasters, you can't prevent the covetous feelings. But you can take steps to prepare for it.
Read MoreNow, obviously these are not fool proof solutions. Nor are they guaranteed to help you experience less disappointment in your life. But it's certainly better than sitting in your own frustrations stewing in your own steaming pile of hate.
Read MoreDear Who I Was Two Years Ago, I can promise you two things that you'll achieve in the next 24 months: you'll finally learn how to fill in your eyebrows and it's going to get ugly before it gets pretty.
I can also promise you that you're going to be super freaking proud of yourself.
Read MoreEver walk into work, look at your personal cubical/office/hobbit hole and think "I simply can.not. do this another day without going absolutely and totally ape shit up in here?"
You're not alone.
Read MoreTypically, I am VERY good under pressure. I'm an Identify-Address-Solve kind of girl. But christ on a cracker, I am sucking hard figuring out how to manage all of this.
Read MoreSuddenly, this need to connect with other parents morphed into this desire to teach other women to push past self-imposed boundaries, exalting themselves as capable human beings without the need to apologize for being great at something. Great at everything, damn it.
Read MoreIf you can find yourself a qualified candidate that happens to be a single parent, don't shy away from how extremely capable they are as life partners. Some of the best couples I know are one half single parent, and I'm pretty sure it's that single parent that is carrying the relationship.
Read MoreSometimes difficult, sometimes incredibly simple, the ease of being grateful is as fluid as the ocean is wide. It's all a matter of perspective. And it's a damn fine view once you realize what you're grateful for and in control of.
Read MoreWe all know how important your tribe is. And we talk a lot about self care. But what about self support?
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