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Get Ready for the Working Moms Upcoming Book Launch!

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:00:00 -0500

Mother's Day 2025: The Working Mom LLC's 5th Anniversary!
More details coming soon!

Introducing: Navigating the Lifecycle of the Working Mom in Healthcare

A Working Mom® Series

Over the course of the next few weeks, we will provide tiny glimpses into our upcoming 1st book. We plan to release a series of books that will help our fellow working moms navigate the ups and downs of balancing successful careers in healthcare with raising a family (whether you are a surgeon, a midlevel practitioner, a dentist, a nurse, or any other much needed technician that we rely heavily on in our healthcare systems.

From tips and tricks for better organization, finance advice, quick meal ideas, nutrition and wellness advice, and pep talks when you need them most (because admit it, we all need those every once in a while).

We plan to release a series of books, in addition to grow our merchandise line, cultivating unique luxury products every mom will love, and design luxury destination seminars (that we are currently working with the American Medical Association) to obtain Category 1 CME for health and wellness lectures that can enhance not only our own lives, but also the lives of our family, friends, and patients.

So, when you are boarding your plane, Sonoma Valley-bound, for some anticipated collegial lectures, combined with relaxation, private yoga sessions, and incredibly crafted meals paired with local wines (if interested), know that you will return to your family and careers relaxed and recharged, with an arsenal of information intended to keep your mind and body balanced, while moving forward.

And when you start to feel that calm collected feeling start to fade……. you will then book your next trip! 😊

Future Trip Locations include:

*Monterey/Carmel/Napa/Sonoma (California)

*Sedona/Scottsdale (Arizona)

*Big Sky (Montana)

*Jackson Hole (Wyoming)

*Las Vegas/Lake Tahoe (Nevada)

*Key West (Florida)

*Charleston (South Carolina)

*Lake Placid (New York)

*San Antonio/Austin (Texas)

*New Orleans (Louisiana)

We can’t wait to have our community of healthcare working moms join us on this new adventure! So stay tuned, more to come soon!

Lisa & Adrienne

Tuesday's Tips

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:00:00 -0500

Let's Think Big!

Cherishing Time

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:00:00 -0500

Time is a weird thing.... sometimes we want it to speed up, and sometimes we want it to slow down. When we are young, busy, and stressed, we want time to move forward to easier moments in the future. When we are older and the days seem to be flying by, we want time to slow down. Fables speak of a fountain of youth, and scientists spend billions of dollars searching to find ways to lengthen our time on this earth. Every night when we go to sleep, we fast forward to the next moments in time....

As working moms, we always wish we had more time in the day so we can balance our jobs and spend more quality time with our kids. Often, it’s not that easy, especially when they have homework to finish, or after-school events. Then it’s onto dinner, shower, and sleep. It seems like an endless cycle. Days quickly turn into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years.... then the next thing you know, your baby is graduating college and moving out.

Cherish every moment! The future is never guaranteed, and when you get frustrated because they are into trouble, here’s my dad's advice that I think of often.... “In 10 years.... will this moment really matter?” It’s so true. We often get riled up and sweat the small stuff. Sometimes we just need to take a deep breath and remember the things that truly matter, kindness, love, and understanding. We were once in their shoes.

For my 15-year-old daughter Maggie, she wants things to speed up. She wants to be grown, driving, in college, and far away, to make her own life decisions. If I had a nickel for every time she has said to me, "I wish I were a grown-up", I'd be a billionaire. For me, I’d like time to slow down so she could be my baby just a little longer, protected, care-free, and without the stress of adult responsibilities. So, if there is one thing I'm sure of, it is that we may not have infinite time, but we do have infinite love.