From the category archives:

Workplace Balance

Is your new phone way SMARTER than you are?

September 30, 2010

It’s finally happened. I have been brought low by technology – “SMART” technology in fact. There should be a test – some sort of qualification to make sure you are as SMART as the latest SMART device you purchase. It all began innocently enough in early September when I was getting ready to move and [...]

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Productivity Patty

June 30, 2010

Years ago when I was just a wee innocent embarking on my corporate career, I struggled with how to organize my time, my day and my desk. A newly minted manager, I sat behind a desk that looked like it had been in the way when a paper factory blew itself up. On every square [...]

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Superwoman Travels with an Entourage

March 30, 2010

A few years ago when I was traveling on business in Europe, I happened to see a cartoon in a local paper directed at the growing trend of women in business. The cartoon showed a woman flying through the air proudly holding her briefcase aloft and, trailing in her wake, a stream of people large [...]

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Multi-Tasking Mommas

February 28, 2010

I was reading a story in People Magazine about Chynna Phillips seeking treatment for overwhelming anxiety. Daughter of Michelle and John, sister to Mackenzie, member of Wilson-Phillips of the 1990s, Chynna, like so many modern superwomen, seemed to have it all under control, yet was losing the inner struggle of her daily juggling act. Expectations [...]

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Networking Neuroses

October 21, 2009

It’s finally come to this. Miley has deleted her Twitter account. I don’t know about you but what is there left to drag myself out of bed for in the morning??! I have to confess that I don’t really get all this networking stuff. It started off simply enough in my life. Someone invited me [...]

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My Life in Infomercials

September 17, 2009

As I look around my lovely home I can’t help but reflect on what the years of my life have left behind as visual reminders of times, places – and various selves – long ago transformed. Some people may look through photo albums to recapture those images of times past, friendships treasured, beloved family (parents, [...]

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Feng Shui for the Lazy Woman

June 15, 2009

Recently I attended a workshop on Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese practice of placement in order to achieve harmony, comfort and balance. Now, as a busy professional woman, I realized I needed a system to keep track of my events, private appointments and ever-expanding ‘To Do’ list, so I decided to apply what I learned [...]

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