by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Mar 6, 2018 | Big Ideas, High Achievers, Life lessons, Self-care, Working Moms
At a recent conference, I reconnected with a lovely, accomplished law professor that I hadn’t seen for awhile and asked her how her law teaching was going. She told me that although she’s now very comfortable in her job, as a full-time working mother of two...
by Jodie Lightfoot | Dec 12, 2017 | High Achievers, Life lessons, Self-care, Working Moms
I promise you, LESS is way MORE fun! I used to pride myself on being “lightfooted” – quick and efficient at everything, from leaping out of bed in the morning to leaping around the globe every three years – from Edmonton to London, UK back to Toronto, across to...
by Sara Greenfield | Dec 5, 2017 | Fuel Your Passion, Life lessons, Self-care, Working Moms
I remember my close friend telling me that she was ready to go back to work at the end of her maternity leave. I was about three months pregnant at the time and I didn’t love my job (I actually did love the work but the environment was quite toxic and my boss was...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Nov 7, 2017 | Fuel Your Passion, High Achievers, Next Big Goal, Side Business
I work full-time, I have two young children, recently completed my PhD in law and have several publishing commitments that I’m trying to finish in my free time. On paper, I don’t need to add anything to my already very full plate so when my sister asked...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Apr 13, 2017 | Big Ideas, High Achievers, Life lessons, Self-care, Working Moms
For many years, I thought I could do it all. I was working full-time and trying not to sacrifice any family time while trying to finish my dissertation. On a typical day, the most time I could string together to work on my PhD was about an hour and a half at night...
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