Being a mom is hard, but being a single mom is even harder. Michelle Dempsey-Multack (@themichelledempsey) is on a mission to help single moms learn how to co-parent and move on. Dempsey-Multack, a well-respected certified divorce coach, has used her personal experience and knowledge to help women all around the world. With a social media […]
Note: Our friend Michelle Guppy has shared her journey with Brandon for many years. She has a raw, honest blog called Life With Autism In Pictures. Yesterday, she tried to post one of her blog entries on her Facebook page, and Facebook would not let her. We’re running an excerpt today, and hope you will […]
As part of our Education Special, we sit down with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris. In an extensive interview, he addresses some of the biggest issues facing the third level system in Ireland. Plus, he discusses his personal journey from dropping out of college to becoming ‘Baby of […]
Promising review: “Ohhhh, what a lifesaver. My husband is the pancake maker in our house, he does that something special with the kids on weekends, while he lets me sleep in a bit. But when I wake up and come downstairs, I am Always found a big mess to clean up. He cooks them but […]
Growing up, I dreamed of becoming a lawyer. What I missed in my courtroom-filled dreams was the impact a legal profession would have on my personal life. I wasn’t prepared for the long hours that flowed into the nights and weekends, the stress of managing multiple case deadlines, or its impact on how (and how […]
Illustration by Laurène Boglio Last month, the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) met for the second time this year. Part of their discussion concerned the choices for their Progress Summary, a list of studies made available to policy makers to depict “groundbreaking and significant advances” in this area. This gave rise to an important question: […]
1. Which key program (e.g. mentoring, sponsorship or paid vacation) do you think has helped move your company forward? How has this program been particularly helpful for you as a woman? Accenture offers it all: a strong network of executives who are ready to advise and support through mentoring or sponsorship. The paid vacation was […]
If you had told me seven years ago that I was going to write this article, I would never have believed you. That’s because I was broke, divorced, and earned the minimum wage. When I was 33, I moved into a shared apartment with four friends. I was upstairs unpacking my suitcase after the divorce […]
There are always decisions that help us connect career and motherhood into a unified universe and give us a sense of control. I remember my introduction to that time as confusing and lonely. Every day I tried to get around the fear of abandoning someone while my brain was filled with responsibility. It was like […]
In this series of Ikigai-inspired series, authors mentioned how small things in life are important for long and happy life. This book worked wonders in my brain, and so comes this post. What do you think if this is? Are the little things important? We in 2021 have the urge to have all success in […]
That was my Wednesday afternoon: I’m changing my son’s diaper while I’m on the phone with one of his specialists to arrange his annual visit. I look at the clock – his speech therapist is coming in just 10 minutes and he still needs his snack. I end the call and hang up. The phone […]
Mandates are wrong. Likewise, bans. Even if you are on the “right side” of them. Visit the Emergency campaign to end all COVID vaccination orders School. Job. University. Life. We cannot become a society of state-sanctioned exclusion and punishment. We ended that in 1861 when men were worth 3/5 of a life. We ended up […]
