A Secret to Success as a Working Mom: Use Dresses to Stay Cool and Stylish in Hot Weather

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Greetings from Chaton's World in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! My days often start with laundry, early-morning emails, and making my kids a hot breakfast. They often end with late-night homework checks, making Instagram reels, and appearing on Celebrity Court of Public Opinion. Somewhere in between, I’m navigating boardrooms, working towards deadlines, and immersed in the good, bad, and ugly chaos of motherhood and household management. As a working mom of three and a professional carving out space in corporate environments, I share my journey of balancing leadership with loving my family, and I sprinkle it with self-care tips. Here, you’ll find honest reflections, hard-earned lessons, and practical strategies for creating an authentic life that you enjoy. If you’re trying to do it all without losing yourself in the process, you have found your sister in the struggle!  Continue reading to discover some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world.
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Eating my way to good health...

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My health scare has completely changed my relationship with food. Like most women over age sixteen, I am generally watching my weight. I can recite the number of calories in everything from a Snickers Bar to a can Sardine with effortless ease—easier than I can remember my own age. However, infection wreaks such havoc on your body that it uses everything that it can to fight off of the infection—all available calories, fat, and muscle.

Being a smaller person who watches her calories like it’s her religion, I initially lost some weight. My physician instructed me not to lose any more weight during my last visit, which required me to adjust my attitude towards food. I have stopped looking at food as something to manage and viewed it as something to embrace, and to consume with enthusiasm.

In addition to my daily veggie burgers, fruit, and vegetables, I have been eating other things... I have enjoyed second helpings. I have also had a lot of carbs--dessert, waffles, pancakes, even French Fries with ketchup. If they make it and you can pour a condiment on it, I have eaten it!

Food has become my fuel and my friend. Even with my new enlightenment, I realize that it is incredibly ironic that I am eating a lot at the same time that bikini season is beginning. I hope that I feel like running again soon. Otherwise, my doctor may have other instructions for me!

Here's to good health!!!
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