https://media.blubrry.com/theworkingmommysmanual/content.blubrry.com/theworkingmommysmanual/WMM_6_CURVEBALLS.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS This week Kat and Nic talk about what they do when life doesn’t work out exactly (or even reasonably close to) as planned. Read more…
Archive of ‘Changing The World’ category
Controlling Your Inner Angry Parent
https://media.blubrry.com/theworkingmommysmanual/content.blubrry.com/theworkingmommysmanual/WMM_3.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS But they listen to us when we yell! Kat and Nic try to use their inside voice. Read more…
You’ve Never Met a Loyal Employee Until You’ve Met a Working Mom With a Great Boss
Ten years ago an amazing man asked me a question that changed my life. No, it wasn’t my husband proposing to me—though it was a proposal of sorts. Ten years ago I was asked by a man I admire and respect if I would work with him. He specifically said that he wanted me to […] Read more…
https://media.blubrry.com/theworkingmommysmanual/content.blubrry.com/theworkingmommysmanual/WMM_PODCAST_2.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Kathleen Wilson and Nicole Corning talk this week about working mom self care: what is it, how to find time for it and how to do it. Read more…
https://media.blubrry.com/theworkingmommysmanual/content.blubrry.com/theworkingmommysmanual/WMM_PODCAST_1.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS Nicole Corning and Kathleen Wilson, two real life working mother (you know the kind with no nannies, personal chefs, or live-in house keepers) introduce their Working Mommy’s Manual podcast. Designed to help you feel less crazy, more human, and part of this […] Read more…
Google “Underpays” Male Employees?
Google released the results of an internal audit that concluded that male employees were underpaid in relation to their female colleagues. Don’t worry because they paid the male employees the difference so everyone was all even-steven. That sound you heard was me rolling my eyes like a middle-schooler with a bad attitude. Bravo, Google, for […] Read more…
Three Rules to Help You Heal
I’ve had a level ten terrible last two weeks. God is definitely testing me. Specifically I’ve spent the last two weeks fighting. With everyone. About everything. If I believed in astrology I’d be convinced that Mercury was in retrograde. The reason I’m having such a tough time is that I’m typically fantastic at letting things […] Read more…
Three Reasons to get Serious About Sitting on a Board Right Now
Look I know as a working mother you have about zero time to do anything other than what currently gets you through your day. I so feel you on this. But I’m still going to ask you to reach deep within yourself and try to fit one more kind of big deal thing into your […] Read more…
Three Tip for Momming in Today’s Harsh World
I love to write. It is my therapy, my meditation, my outlet to release all the crazy buzzing around in my head. When I write about the trials, tribulation and triumphs of being a working mom I feel like I’m doing exactly what I was put on this earth to do. But lately I’ve been […] Read more…
Why You Need to Demand Women Speakers and Panelists
I already feel like defending myself and I’ve barely started to write. So to get it out of the way I want you to know that I have two sons, a husband, a brother, a father and no daddy issues (anymore at least). I’ve worked in politics and finance—two fields where vaginas are still relatively […] Read more…