An Alternative Perspective for the Modern Corporate Woman
I usually scroll past political posts and articles, and I was reluctant to say anything about the current turmoil in our country because it feels a bit band-wagon to be doing so right now. But something has changed in me personally this past week and it's this evolution in my own understanding - this "ah-ha" …
When quarantine began, the good news was I could keep working as long as I had a computer and internet connection. The bad news was, I was expected to keep working as long as I had a computer and internet connection. Entire industries like hospitality, entertainment, and travel all closed their doors and sent home …
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Having firm personal boundaries is one of the ways I’m able to be a high-performing professional and a fully engaged wife and mother, while trying to keep my sanity. So when our family schedule recently changed and I became the one responsible for getting the kids up, fed, dressed, organized, and to school every morning, …
Last Sunday night, Glenn Close accepted the 2019 Golden Globe for best actress in a drama. In her speech, she honored her late mother, Bettine Moore Close, and her comments have since gone viral. Through her tears, Close said “I’m thinking of my mom, who really sublimated herself to my father her whole life. And …
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I recently shared my article from Working Mother magazine in a Facebook group of other working moms. As I expected, there were a number of comments from readers saying they appreciated the message and totally related to it. Then of course there was one member who was pissed that I have the guts to even …
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It’s almost January and in the early weeks of the new year, fitness centers will be packed and Weight Watchers will have a line out the door. People everywhere will commit to better versions of themselves in 2019. But that treadmill line will inevitably die back down after a few weeks of January mayhem. Why? …
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There have been a number of responses to the Lean OUT message saying that ‘Corporate America’ needs to change its expectations of what professional success looks like. I couldn’t agree more. But since we can’t write a complaint letter to Mrs. Corporate America, how do we go about getting her to change? The problem isn’t …
Home isn’t the majestic 10-acre property nestled in the middle of the redwood mountains; the mountains where I spent my childhood building forts in the summer fog and mud pies in the winter rain. It isn’t the house on that property that I first came home to when I was two days old or the …
On an unseasonably chilly June afternoon, against the majestic backdrop of Mt. Bachelor illuminated in the Oregon sun, surrounded by Aspen trees shivering in the wind, 85 guests witnessed vows of commitment and love between my cousin, Paul, and his new bride, Michelle. Throughout the evening, we all toasted and danced in celebration of the …
In May 2012, when my oldest son was about 19 months old, I went on my first major business trip since becoming a mom. It was to be a week-long trip across the country to Florida, to support the marketing and events during my company’s launch of a satellite at Cape Canaveral. The events I …
Monica Leaning Out 