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A Working Mom’s Guide to Asking for Flexible Work Arrangements
When you feel like the demands of your home and job may just squeeze the life out of you, it may be time to ask for a flexible work arrangement from your employer. They can take many forms: a scaled-down workweek, compressed hours, working remotely, working nontraditional hours, or sharing a job with a co-worker.…
What’s In Your Inner Beauty Bag?
While Facebook is not the most comprehensive look at a persons life, you often learn a lot about priorities and patterns examining social media posts. Me? Youd learn that Im passionate about autism, my writing, my family and my friends. May sound like an amateur move, but I thought Id poke around the Facebook page of Felita Harris, Senior Vice President of Global Sales for Donna Karan New York, before diving …
4 Happiness Skills Anyone Can Learn
Happiness is not only good for your health, according to a study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences but apparently its good for business too. In his Harvard Business Review article, Shawn Achor sites that happy doctors diagnose 19% faster and happy sales people increase sales by 37%.
Olympic Trainer John Abdo Shares Family Fitness Tips
Modern Mom was delighted to get a chance to interview fitness expert and Olympic trainer John Abdo about how to promote health and well-being in a family. John suggests that families exercise together, so health becomes a family activity, rather than an individual goal. Love that idea! Here’s some more practical health advice from the this renowned fitness guru and inventor of the Ab Doer Twist: ModernMom: What are some great exercises the whole family can do together?
Pregnancy for Single Women
While it might take two to make a baby, going through a pregnancy is something that some women do solo. An increasing number of women are choosing to go it alone when it comes to parenting. If you are one of these brave moms-to-be, consider how your pregnancy experience may differ from those who complete the task as part of a pair.