Category: Working Moms
Sweet Moments of Mom – A Collage
For the last couple of weeks, life at our house has been what I deem full-on nut balls. Getting the big kid settled into her new school, the wee one at preschool and me cramming a national project launch into the time that someone else is logging with them has proven life changing. One of [...]
OBE 2012 – The Year of Inspired Action
I don’t know if I’m actually capable of doing less. It’s not really in my nature to step back and take it easy. But, when I sat down at the end of 2011 to re-evaluate my professional life and what Our Big Earth is to me, I began to realize one thing – that I [...]
Mom-P-Inc – Is There Such A Thing as Planning Your Year?
Every year around this time I think that I should be in major life planning mode. Organization is the key to happy life, right? Well, I teeter on the edge of ultimate bliss and complete misery just thinking about how to change diapers, get dinner made and work at the same time. I know I [...]
Life Is…Resolutions of a Working Mom Changing Gears
I’ve never been one for New Year’s resolutions. I think they are counter-intuitive to having a good time on New Year’s Eve. How can anyone have fun when they have vowed, after the worst hangover they will have all year, to now try and accomplish some tasks and goals that have proven to be at [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – Managing Your Business During Major Life Events
One of the big questions I get right now that isn’t newborn related is “How’s the business going?” It’s not an easy question to answer, really, as I have a lovely delusional state that I like to live in where I can leap tall buildings, sit on 14 committees, care for an infant, educate a [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – Sanity Savers for Busy Moms
On these drizzle-filled, chilly Fall mornings, easing into the day seems like a lovely luxury to have a few moments to ourselves as parents. It seems like we are forever running around trying to meet the needs of everyone else. Unfortunately, that all starts over again with the arrival of Monday morning. But, there may [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – Building Down Time Into Busy Seasons
Sitting here this morning, I have to admit that writing this column seems entirely fitting because I am abjectly exhausted – which is my usual condition come August every year. We call this month our annual “vacation,” which mostly amounts to Ken and I finally having a moment long enough to look at everything that [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – Making The Best Out Of Competition
“It does not do you good to leave a dragon out of your calculations when you live near him.” – J.R.R. Tolkien When it comes to doing business in a competitive marketplace, I suspect it’s fair to say that most women have a bit of a split personality. On one side, you have the Pollyanna [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – Overcoming Fear in Business
Whenever I sit down with my friends who own businesses, the conversation almost always veers toward ways to kick ourselves into gear. It’s not that we are standing still, watching our investments, time and energy swirl around us. But, sometimes it really does feel like this apocalyptic weight of “what do I do next?” weighs [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – Blog Love for The Organized Business Mom
Good morning. It’s Sunday and that usually means we kick into Mom Entrepreneur mode around here with guest columnists like Emma Payton of Payton Hughes Consulting. Emma has offered up some fantastic business advice to OBE readers and now it’s time to return the love as she’s kicked off her own blogging project that is [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – Discovering Community Literacy
When you say the word “literacy” the images of libraries and academia often come to mind. It takes you down a mental path of helping kids learn to read and guiding adults through the challenges of needing to be able to interpret for themselves written words in order to manage the day-to-day tasks. To me, [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – "Funding" A Start-Up Through Bootstrapping
Editor’s Note: Happy Sunday. If you missed this morning’s post on the second part of the Sustainability Strategy tackling hard social issues such as homelessness and affordable housing, you can read it HERE. Right now, we have local small business consultant Emma Payton back on site discussing bootstrapping as an alternative way to fund start-up [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – Do What You Love
“I write because when I was an adolescent I looked in the mirror and no one was there. Can you believe it? Complete nothingness. And then, beside me, “others” assumed great importance.” – Rosario Castellanos I actually remember feeling that way, looking in the mirror and having no clue what I saw. It scared me [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – The Attributes of an Entrepreneur
Editor’s Note: Good morning. Today we have local small business consultant Emma Payton back with us and taking a look at some of the characteristics that make successful entrepreneurs. You can find her first article on the myths and realities of self-employment HERE. Here’s Emma: In the previous article in this series we explored some [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – Integrity
As many mom bloggers do, I get A LOT of freebies offered and/or sent to OBE. I don’t go looking for them, phone people, send letters or ask for them. While there’s a huge business culture based on cashing in on these freebies, there’s one big reason we don’t take them (and it’s not because [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – Is Self Employment For You?
Editor’s Note: Happy Sunday! This fine morning we have local small business consultant Emma Payton on hand addressing whether small business is right for you. This is the first of a three-part series, so stay tuned for more… Self-employment – is it for you? How many of you have thought, “Wow, I’d love to work [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – The Value of Time
Editor’s Note: Ah, movie day. Come inside and cool off at the Courtenay Museum today when we show the last movie in the Chew On This Film Series, “The World According to Monsanto.” This amazing film takes a frank look at bio-engineering and its effect on the global food system and I encourage you to [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – The Value of Success Circles
Editor’s Note: Good Morning! Today we have small business consultant Karae White, owner of Morgan Ebbett Career Services, here to talk to us about how developing a tight-knight circle of business associates can be a valuable tool that helps you resolve business issues, flesh out ideas and even stretch your marketing dollars. But, first, a [...]
Mom-P-Inc. – Boundaries vs. Balance
Editor’s Note: Karen McKinnon is dropping by today to offer up her insight into life as a mom in business for herself. If anyone can lend a hand in working the kinks out, it would be Karen. With her busy house, growing business and warm sensibility, she’s mastering the art of learning how to say [...]
Mom's Office – Must-Have Organizational Tools!
Editor’s note: Good Morning! As part of our ongoing commitment to fostering the entrepreneurial spirit of moms everywhere, we are launching our Mom-P-Inc Small Business Consultation column on OBE this morning. This is a space where moms with ideas brewing, new businesses on the launch, a position in a larger company or solid businesses in [...]
