How to Find Balance Between Work and Home and Still Stay Mentally and Emotionally Sane

This is a question I have asked myself a hundred or more times. Work life balance as I see it is the life challenge of any ambitious woman, mother, or wife. How do you do it all and still stay sane? Do you quit taking care of yourself? Yes, until you realize you are going to explode, crash, and give up on everything. Then you decide that even though you have a billion things on your plate you are going to sacrifice them for one brief moment to run away Read more

Defining “Balance” – Not Just Semantics

Raise your hand if you dislike the word “balance”.  For many working moms, balance is a dirty word that stirs an array of negative emotions. Why? Because they feel like life balance is an unrealistic and unachievable ideal. However, I’d like to suggest that the reason for this may be because your working (or not working) definition of what balance ought to look like in your life is in need of some tweaking. Learning to live a balanced life starts with a healthy definition by which you can gauge your success. Read more

What’s Your Mantra?

When times get tough you need a mantra. When times are awesome you need a mantra. What’s a mantra? a little phrase you repeat over and over to help you through a difficult moment or to recharge you when you’re tired or to help realign you to your life’s mission. The best-known example is the classic children’s story “The Little Engine that Could” who repeated “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can” as he charged up the hill. Read more

Rejuvenate! 7 Key Points to Planning a Great Weekend with Girlfriends

When’s the last time you took off for a weekend with girl friends? If you can’t remember, it’s time to plan it! Talk about fun and rejuvenating.

Last weekend I got together with some Startup Princesses (here’s Rachael Herrscher of Todays Mama, Jenny Johnson of Cheeky and Swank and I after the finish line) and friends (not pictured- Pam Baumeister Editor of Wasatch Woman magazine, Bonnie and Erin) to participate in well-organized and fun-Hawaiian themed Read more

Want a Dreamy Summer? Start with a Vision Board

While I typically think of Vision Boards in January, I decided to create one with my kids (ages 3, 5, 9) just for SUMMER because Summer usually  slips by before we get to some of our favorite activities or we’re trying to cram them in all at th e end. This year we wanted to create the Most MAGICAL Summer EVER so we created a poster with all of our dreams. I loved how they found photos they liked that represented their ideas and interests (who doesn’t want a rice krispie treat now and then?). I added two photos, the one of the serenity garden to remind me that we needed some meditation and quiet time in nature as well as the fun. Read more

Life Balance: Making T.I.M.E. Work For You

Time is precious and as women – with all we have to do and seemingly so little time to do it – it is important that we learn how to make T.I.M.E. work for us, not against us. These four tips will help you achieve better life balance, bolster your energy and self-confidence, and allow you to accomplish those things which are most important to you. Read more

“Princess Amerah” Wows Maria Andros, YouTube Viewers, and My Neighborhood

I heard about “Princess Amerah” last week aka Justine Green of “Magic Princess Parties” and @MagicPrincess on Twitter from my brother who saw her fun and cute entry for Video Marketing Queen Maria Andros‘ contest for a free coaching session, worth thousands of dollars. (BTW, you all know Maria is coming to the Startup Princess Academy in Disneyland, right?) Her video had hundreds of views and caught Maria’s attention (and Maria said her Mom even called her about it, loving it!) Way to put yourself out there and show what you can do, Justine! Take a look at her clever song:

Isn’t she a truly adorable princess? We think so! After I heard about Justine and found out that she was also from SLC, Utah I asked her to come for my daughter’s birthday (we wanted a Princess theme anyhow!) so it was divine timing for us and a party we’ll never forget!

Justine has the talent and creativity to become just about every princess you could dream of, so we went with my daughter Bella’s favorite, “Giselle” from Enchanted. We have it playing nearly everyday at my house for the past several months, so I knew she’d be over the moon about it. And oh, boy was she!! At first when “Enchanted Princess” arrived the girls were in total SHOCK. It was hilarious to watch them in amazement and become so shy.. then they realized there was a PRINCESS in our “castle”. My Bella was so delighted with her new friend she wanted to do “show and tell” and show her all of her Princess dolls and toys…it was special to share an hour together and to have our neighborhood princesses join us.

 

“Enchanted Princess” was so thoughtful and brought my daughter a little tiara that said “Princess Bella” and it was such a sweet, personalized touch. She sang a beautiful song about how you can be anything when you pretend, taught the girls a cute princess dance and a birthday princess song, took photos with each girl, and taught them all some etiquette. Read more

Bulgaria Impressions: “Our Children Are The Most Beautiful and Good”

Hello Startup Princess friends, it’s great to be home. I’m still jetlagged, but I’m anxious to report to you about the trip. If you didn’t know, I had the privilege and honor of going on a 8-day service mission to Bulgaria with One Heart Bulgaria, a foundation that I’ve been involved with since it’s origin (2003) as a Trustee and served on the board for a few years. I want to thank my sponsor who generously “granted my wish” for a flight, his kindness was a pure miracle (decided to go a week ahead of the trip!) Read more

How Busy Women Can Make Time for Nutrition

Liz Rosenbaum, personal fitness trainer, talks with Kelly King Anderson about what women can do to make sure they are eating well and taking care of themselves nutritionally. This advice is excellent for women in business.

22 Free Things to Manage Your Business & Your Life

Boeing to chop 10,000 jobs. Starbucks closes 300 stores & cuts 6,700 jobs. Caterpillar laying off 2,000 more workers. AOL axing 700 jobs in cost cutting move. U.S. Postal Service considers cutting delivery to 5 days. Circuit City lets 34,000 people go & enters liquidation. Intel fires 6,000 workers. Economy shrinks at fastest clip since 1982. Recession appears to be picking up steam.

We all know that America is going through an economic crisis and most of us have probably been affected by it in some way. Times are indeed tough.

But as mom entrepreneurs, we’re a tenacious bunch who isn’t likely to give up that easily. We’re going to keep building our businesses, even if we have pinch pennies, go at a slower pace and do much of the work ourselves. Read more

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