By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
Many working mothers agonize over their decision to spend long hours at the office while their children are being taken care of by full-time nannies. Under these circumstances, there are often feelings of guilt as well as self-doubt. While walking out the door, many women are left wondering if they’re going [...]

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By Elisabeth Grant (Washington, D.C.)
We want you to become a stronger businesswoman. Literally. But while you know exercise can strengthen your body, did you know it can strengthen your brain too?
A number of recent studies show that aerobic exercise increases brain functioning (see articles from the New York Times, Scientific American, and ABC News). With [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
Last week, we discussed the motherhood penalty, a startling trend in which employers avoid hiring mothers out of the assumption that they won’t do their job as well because of their family obligations outside of the office. If, by chance, an employer chooses to hire a mother, that woman often gets [...]

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Dear Readers,
We are taking a day off to enjoy the snow, since we have had so much of it recently.
We are always looking for guest blogs from you, the professional women in the trenches. We aim to inform you with useful news and information, but we also hope to inspire you and empower you [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
We’ve all heard the saying there are two sides to every story and that’s never been more true than with the seemingly new phenomena that has been deemed the “motherhood penalty,” which asserts that working mothers get passed up for raises and promotions at a higher frequency than single women without [...]

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By Elizabeth Harrin (New York)
After a year off, you would imagine that employers would be falling over themselves to welcome new mothers back to the workplace. Apparently not. One in three women report that going back to work after having a baby is difficult, according to a new study by the NCT, UK’s [...]

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By Liz O’Donnell (Boston)
Four law firms made the Working Mother magazine Top 100 companies this year. Considering the legal profession’s reputation, this is encouraging news.
Washington, D.C.-based Arnold & Porter is on the list for the tenth time, and the sixth consecutive year. Says Managing Partner, Richard M. Alexander, “Working mothers are a vital part of [...]

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By Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)
It’s an unfortunate fact that there are certain things in life that must be re-taught after years of plugging away at work, giving all of ourselves to our employers and families, and going months without a serious break of any kind.
Sometimes we must re-learn how to take care of ourselves, how [...]

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By Jennifer Gonzales-Frisbie, Esq. (New York City)
Over the last year, in large law firms across the country, associates have lived in fear of losing their jobs, accepting and even seeking out longer hours at the office in the hope that if they can accumulate enough billable hours, their jobs will be spared. Unfortunately, such a [...]

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by Liz O’Donnell (Boston)
Who’s really keeping women out of the executive suite — the man in the boardroom or the man in the bedroom?
 
Women hold only 15 percent of all board seats and more than half (68 percent) of public corporations still have no women among their top compensated executives. Women are still earning, on [...]

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