Whose baggage are you carrying? (Read time: 6 min.)

I was reading an article about female breadwinners.  It talked about the way in which the husbands of these breadwinners felt emasculated and, as a result, the breadwinning wives carried around with them unspoken guilt about their husband's loss of identity... and it left me wondering: Whose baggage are you carrying? I get the mommy …

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I Committed a Woman Breadwinner Sin This Morning… (Read Time: 3 min.)

Yup, I did... committed a woman breadwinner MAJOR NO-NO this morning... On a regular basis, I remind my woman breadwinner clients to do three things: 1) Create joy by creating time 2) Create time by delegating tasks 3) Delegate tasks by creating rituals, schedules, and routines that offer both efficiency AND fun Each client is …

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Woman Breadwinner By Default: How to Handle the Resentment (Read Time: 7 min.)

You married who you thought would be Prince Charming... and you wound up with a frog.  He's not as strong as you thought.  He's not as smart as you thought.  He's not the provider you expected... and you now find yourself in the role of breadwinner (probably still doing the laundry and cleaning the house …

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Women Breadwinners & Career Change: Climb, Transition or Quit? (Read Time: 5 min.)

 Woman breadwinner... Who gave you that role?  Who keeps you in that role?  What could easily erase that role? One answer: Your job.   Maybe it's your career.  More than likely, it is your profession.  Is it your calling?  Your vision?  Your grandest purpose for your life?  Probably not... And, yet, you do it.  You …

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