Category: Life/Work Balance

  • Why you should say ‘no’ to money

    “Money is looking for you.” This was one of the odd phrases an associate of mine used whenever a client wanted to pay me money owed or needed services. At the time I owned a business on the corner of a main street in town but a lot of my clients came to me by…

  • Quick! Your life needs CPR. Close the laptop and resuscitate !

    Last night my husband rocked my world Too often, I don’t give him credit for understanding what I do. Too often, I am right. My husband works A LOT. He travels to far, far away places EXTENSIVELY. And for REALLY long periods of time. Then he wants to Skype or FaceTime me continually, interrupting my…

  • How I replaced my day job for the price of a couple of beers

    The short story is I unleashed the inner frickin’ awesomeness, gave everyone the virtual finger and plowed through all the negative talk like a horny gorilla that just spotted its mate. The long story is it took a lot of work to get rid of the fears holding me back and to develop the strength…

  • Why lifestyle design can lead to mind-blowing soul-gasms

    Last week I took two mind-blowing days off to find me. I finished up some projects and emailed clients telling them I’d be MIA for a couple of days and joined my husband and a couple of friends on a trip to find that cool, fun girl I was before the chains of responsibility so…

  • How to attract clients you want to work with

    “You need to change your website so that it appeals to everyone.” That’s what a friend once told me when I was asking for suggestions about what was good and bad about my business. My retort was “Why?” She just shook her head like I was some clueless child. The thing she didn’t understand is…

  • Living for the experience

    Recently, I produced a play. You can read about it at www.latinamotherhood.com When I shared my idea with friends and family, it was amazing the responses I got. Initially, not one was supportive. I got a lot of confused looks and questions like “Did you always want to produce a play?” “How long have you…

  • Why writing your own ticket rocks

    I started this week out spending the day in San Francisco with my family. We walked around Fisherman’s wharf, ate seafood at a restaurant overlooking the bay, and we took a walk over the Golden Gate bridge. We did all the little touristy things families do. But before I even left the hotel that morning…

  • The truth about passive income

    For many, many years now, I’ve been studying money. (Have I mentioned I have always been a bad student?) Specifically, I’ve studied business. But only in the sense of the whole “Get Rich Quick” theme. What I’ve learned about money and business is that the best way to make it–unless you are doing something you…

  • How to get the thing you love more than money

    My 2-year-old is getting money savvy. Maybe it’s testament to where things are in the world with this economy as people get focused on money–either getting it or keeping it–but my toddler is no longer immune to the love of money. As I was dropping him off at the sitters he told me from the…