Dangers
of Being a Working Mom
I’m
thinking from the title, that guilt might have been your first instinct upon
reading this. Don’t hear “guilt” as much
as I want you to hear “healthy.” That
is, the healthiest way to be a Mom who works outside the home and the issues
that come with that. There is joy… and
there are dangers. I want to help you
with the dangers.
My
guess is you always knew that you could never be a stay-at-home Mom. Even though you couldn’t wait to have a child
-- and you loved how the child changed your life -- you knew you would go stir
crazy if you stayed home all day with these precious things you brought into
the world. For some of us, it was a good
thing we had a desire to work because our husband’s salary could not support
your family. That is not a bash on your
husband – you wanted them to follow their passion, their gift, their dream –
but their dream perhaps didn’t pay like you hoped it would. As a result, you entered the workforce. For others, being in the workforce with our
own career was always the option we wanted to pursue. Either way, the challenges of being a
“working Mom” entered our world. And our
world has never been the same.
Take working mom Kalie Carney for example, she's pregnant, works fulltime, and has a 2 year old daughter. She is one of many. To hear more about her story check out the feature local news station KMVT did with her and I here.
Here’s
the deal: As women, we have an arsenal of skills. We know how to multi-task. We know how to get things done. We can attend to details and keep the
organization of our “ship” afloat. And
we do this with a strength of character all the while taking on all of the
various messages sent our way (i.e. media, advertising, etc.). But, adding to that is this precious little
one. We love them with all of our
heart. We want to give them the best
life has to offer. But, we also want to
follow our dream. Therein lies the crux
of the matter for us.
You
want to do everything we dreamed and sometimes that goes beyond being a mom. But you want to be known for more than just
being a mom. You could never have imagined
the amount of exhaustion, the amount of guilt, the amount of confusion you
would feel as a mom. Is it really wrong
to want a career -- to want a paycheck -- to want to be successful at
business? The easy answer is “no,” but
how do you live that on a day-in, day-out basis?
I
will be answering these questions and more – with lots of tips for you – at my
upcoming webinar, “The Dangers of Being SuperMom.” I encourage you to attend! The webinar will be held on March 20th at 6:00 pm and March 21st at 10am, Mountain time. I will help you decipher what you really
should feel guilty about and what you need to focus on. You can do it!
Webinar Details
1. This time there is a $10.00 attendance fee that can be paid securely through PayPal.
2. Use the button provided below to pay. Once your payment has cleared a registration page will appear. If it doesn't please email me and let me know at kristi@find-my-way.com
3.On this page there are easy step by step instructions about how to register and sign up for the event.
Tuesday March 20, 2012 @ 6PM MST
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