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August 26, 2010: Women’s Equality Day

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August 26 officially marks 90 years since American women have been allowed to vote. Most anniversaries are nostalgic, with the news media hauling out newsreel footage from their archives to give viewers a glimpse of a [...]

The Busy Woman’s Guide to Wedding Planning

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Summertime is wedding season, and if you’re not getting married this summer, you’re most likely attending at least one wedding. If you’re however planning your wedding, you’re trying to do a million things all [...]

How to Survive the Afternoon Crash

When it comes to a nap or tending to the excel report the choice is an obvious one, but I’ve tried and been successful with five slump busters to stave off afternoon fatigue to share with my fellow ‘yawners’.

Unplugging: the hour-a-day diet

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Picture yourself driving somewhere unfamiliar, scanning signs for your exit. What do you do?

Turn off the radio.

Now you’re at a cocktail party, trying to remember the name of an old friend. What do you do?

Shut your [...]

Christina Hawthorne Takes on the World


One of the issues we talk about A LOT on She Takes on the World is work-life balance, something many women struggle with.

The issue of work-life balance is very prevalent in TNT’s hit series, HawthoRNe. Juggling both family and career, recently-widowed nursing director [...]

Turning Off and Tuning Out: Practicing “Good Sleep Hygiene”

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The following post by Dana Wood is an excerpt from her new book, Momover: The New Mom’s Guide to Getting It Back Together (even if you never had it in the first [...]

How to Book Vacation Time When You’re Self Employed

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There are dozens of reasons why I love being self-employed. I make my own hours, pursue my own goals, and focus on things that are important to me. But if there’s one thing [...]

What I Learned from Leftovers

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I love leftovers. As a stay-at-home mom, wife and professional blogger, time is not on my side. I’m a fan of quick, home cooked meals. But with time rooting for the other team, it’s impossible [...]