Treat Yourself
Will Smith once said that the key to his great family life is ensuring that "whatever Jada wants, Jada gets." He knows that if mom isn't happy, the whole family suffers. With your many work and family demands, it is easy to let your needs get lost in the shuffle. Don't let that happen. You deserve to indulge in your guiltiest pleasure from time to time. If you have neglected yourself for so long that you don't remember what your guilty pleasures are, you have come to the right place. Check out our tips on how to treat yourself for a change.

Working Moms Hurry Up and Relax.

by Nora Isaacs, author of Women in Overdrive: Find Balance and Overcome Burnout at Any Age

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Travel Working Mom Style: Pack Some Sunscreen in that Briefcase.

A recent article in The New York Times suggests women are finding time to enjoy themselves while traveling on business, in some cases, by simply getting away from the noise and everyday responsibilities at home.

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Practical Fitness Tips for Working Moms.

Losing weight, as well as and maintaining a healthy weight, is all about calories in and calories out. Not everyone has time to or even enjoys hitting the gym. That’s where everyday life comes in handy. You know that slightly out of breath feeling when you’re scrubbing a tough stain on the floor or running to catch a plane? That feeling means you’re exercising your body hard enough to enjoy real health benefits. Making small adjustments in regular daily activities can give your metabolism a boost, slim your waistline and help you live longer.

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I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends.

Remember when we told you that chocolate is good for you?

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Where For Art Thou TiVO?

They say that necessity is the mother of all invention, but often the best innovations are inspired not by need but by greed and self-indulgence. TiVO, for example, is hardly a necessity but boy is it a media hedonist’s best friend. more

Mr. Sandman, Bring Me A Dream.

As Newsweek recently noted, "an estimated 70 million Americans suffer from sleep problems."  Certainly many of those millions are working parents.

The cumulative effect of sleeplessness over a long period can negatively affect health. As a result, we must give sleep the same degree of priority as eating well and exercising.  Yeah, right.  Tell that to your 5 month old baby who is still nursing twice a night or your 3 year old who wakes up at least every other night with nightmares or your 4 year old that wets the bed twice a week.  All that and a 9 am meeting you have to lead.  We know. more

Time Keeps On Ticking, Ticking, Ticking . . .

Time is marching all over your face but you have no time to deal with it. Plain old everyday stress and family/work related tensions have begun to show. Fifty may be the new thirty, but try telling that to your skin, which started its steady slope downward when you were still playing spin the bottle. Hundreds of magazines splash photos of airbrushed models and movie stars at us, aimed at getting us to believe we can look just like them. We know it’s all smoke and mirrors. But let’s face it: when we look good, we feel good; and when we feel good, we perform well. more

Life Is Like A Box Of Chocolates?

Forest Gump’s mom pronounced life to be like a box of chocolates – “you never know what you’re gonna get.”  Actually, if you’re a working mother, you do know what you are going to get: stress, guilt and extremely limited self-indulgence. more

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