The Mom Entrepreneur Blog Has Moved!

We are now using Wordpress. You should be automatically redirected in 5 seconds. If not, visit http://themomentrepreneurblog.com and update your bookmarks.

Showing posts with label work-at-home moms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label work-at-home moms. Show all posts

Free Teleseminar: Balancing the Supermom Act on 12/8 at 1:00pm EST

Monday, December 7, 2009
WHAT:
Balancing the Supermom Act: Tips and techniques for getting more done, spending more time with family and achieving more.

WHO:
Presented by Lucinda Cross of Corporate Mom DropOuts

WHEN:
Tuesday, December 8th from 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

COST:
FREE Sign up now: Limited to first 100 people

REGISTER HERE...>

Supermoms are often identified as those women who do it all, they run a business; take care of kids, the husband, the house, the laundry, the car, everything and everyone in between.

Balancing the Supermom act starts with taking off some of the weight we carry and directing our energy to get more done without burn out. There’s no perfect balance so we sometimes feel pulled in too many directions and we end up putting out fires and not taking care of ourselves or making the necessary steps inspired by our vision or our passion to succeed. In the end, we spread ourselves so thin, we become disillusioned about what matters most.

After interviewing over 200 moms, Lucinda has come up with some of the most interesting ways Supermoms can fly and create a life that operates the way you want it. Unlike the Marvel characters Superwoman, Cat woman, Batgirl, etc we have a bigger job to play and the roles we play are several.

If you want more for your life & from your business, this teleseminar is for YOU!

During this presentation, Lucinda will show you how to:

  • find peace and balance in your life by being true to yourself
  • how to create a focus calendar
  • apply the “Supermom” principles and techniques to your business
  • use energy management vs. time management
  • delegate for success
Who will benefit from this teleseminar?
  • Moms who do everything themselves
  • Moms who won't seek needed assistance
  • Moms who refuse to delegate assignments
  • Moms who are overwhelmed juggling family and business
  • Moms who are experiencing "Burn Out" or “Melt Down”
Three participants will win the Corporate Mom Dropouts Book and Journal at the end of the teleseminar.

REGISTER HERE...>

About the presenter:
Lucinda Cross is a speaker, author and mom. Now founder of Corporate Mom Dropouts, blog, radio show and book.

For several years, she has made it her life’s mission to uplift, inspire and change people’s lives. She likes to call herself a catalyst for motivation, passion and high energy and has worked with small business owners supporting them to work ON their business and not in their business. She also works with women who are interested in learning how to work from home, and take charge and create the life they love.

Her life has been filled with wonderful experiences – from being a single mother, to a Mompreneur as well as sharing her gifts as a marketing strategist, mentor and writer. She uses this wisdom and insight to motivate moms to create a better life, a better community and a better business.

For more information, visit www.corporatemomdropouts.com.

Work-at-home moms do you feel isolated?

Friday, October 9, 2009
My mom recently asked me if I would ever consider going back to work for someone else once my boys were grown and off to high school.

The answer....a resounding NEVER!

She was worried that I was too isolated working at home, by myself with no adult interaction. I attempted to explain that I have lots of adult interaction online and offline. I love it this way!

When I started my business in 2000, I worked at home. Alone. I had previously been working for a company with several other employees and I enjoyed the interaction. But I did not enjoy the insecurity of working for someone else; someone who did not respect his employees and whose business was failing.

It was hard being alone at home as a new mom. My son was less than a year old and entrepreneurship and motherhood were both very new to me.

I was lonely. I desperately wanted to interact with other women who were experiencing something similar. I searched...but could not find anyone.

My business quickly grew, I added six employees, and I moved my office out of the house and into a traditional office setting.

Within two years I was miserable.

Coming back home to work for myself was one of the best business decisions I have ever made.

A recent survey conducted by Gather and Mom Central Consulting of more than 1,300 moms revealed that the majority (60%) feel lonely and unsupported in their day-to-day lives and have turned online – to social networking sites, community forums and chat rooms – to make new friends.

Their survey revealed some other interesting facts:

  • 71% of moms are connecting online because of shared interests
  • over 60% of moms reported making a new friend online in the past year
  • 70% of moms talk to other moms online in forums and communities
  • 1 in 3 moms who’ve made friends online tell their online friends things they don’t share with offline friends

I explained to my mom that I loved working for myself and that going back to a traditional work setting would not interest me.

I tried to show her how I connect with hundreds of like-minded women everyday through The Mom Entrepreneur Online Support Group, but she comes from a generation of women who did not connect this way when she was my age. Therefore she did not understand.

In addition to connecting online I:

  • go out with my husband a few times a month for date night
  • meet other women at the gym
  • belong to a local mom group that gets together several times a month
  • get involved with activities at my kid's schools

I feel very content and no longer disconnected from other women as I once did when I started my business almost 10 years ago.

Work-at-home moms do you feel isolated? What do you do to connect with other women who share the same interests?