A Secret to Success This New Year: Become Committed and Resilient

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Mom and son celebrating the new year in the Bahamas in 2025! "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." – Confucius Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ! Things have been busy. I am still a working mom of three , working full time who is trying to make a difference. I do a lot of things and try to be present so that I can learn from them. I share them on this blog so that we can learn together. Below are some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world. 2025 was intense. I faced a convergence of pressures: the stress of navigating life as a single mom while paying considerable  alimony ,  an intensifying family situation since we lost my beloved aunt, my dad, and my cousin’s mom—work related stress—learning a new job after an imposed job change, all while navigating the rapid pace of raising my kids and trying to maintain a standard of living for them with fewer resources. Together, these factor...
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Inspiring Stories About Working Moms

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Agatha Bednarczuk and Sandra Pires 2005 in Ber...
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Working moms come in all shapes, sizes and professions. The last Olympic games had working moms even competing in the beach volleyball competition! Most of us find caring for our kids and going to work every day to be challenging. When you throw in business trips and networking events, the ability to balance becomes more challenging still. However, what about moms who travel the world as part of their jobs? What do they do with their children and how do they accomplish balance?


Here's a link to a story about two scientists who study climate change who manage to raise children while literally going to the end of the world to do their jobs.


'Mommy, You Can Do That':Navigating Work-Life Balance Thousands Of Miles From Home


If they can make it work, maybe the rest of us can too!

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