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CrossFit, College, & Cooking
What You Missed Mondays with Diane Don’t Get Defensive Is it hard for you to hear feedback? Most of us would like to say that it’s not. After all, each of us wants to be the type of person who humbly and honorably receives… Read More
Careers STEM from Early Interest
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) careers are a rapidly growing sector of the professional world, yet many positions go unfilled by qualified professional women. Sheryl Sleeva, an executive leader and STEM champion, is working to change that. ------ 4word: What has your career path looked like up… Read More
Don’t Get Defensive
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another” (Proverbs 27:17, NIV). Or rather we could sharpen each other—if we were just willing to listen. Is it hard for you to hear feedback? Most of us would like to say that it’s not. After all, each of us wants to… Read More
Sleep, Storytelling & Sundays
What You Missed Mondays with Diane Who Am I? Work is something which often defines us, whether we meant for it to or not. Lori Berry discusses her journey through job transitions, balancing family and rediscovering her identity. Wednesday Interview The Dangers of Happiness Every day,… Read More
The Dangers of Happiness
Every day, we are bombarded with enticing invitations to stray from the path God has placed before us and enter into sinful and life-altering situations. Ines Franklin, the president and founder of Trochia Ministries, an online Christian discipleship ministry, talks with us today about her story of redemption… Read More
Easter, Exercise & American Sniper
What You Missed Mondays with Diane When Our Work is a Lifeline Work is a complicated thing. It’s often hard – it’s supposed to be! – and events in the workplace can leave us frustrated at the end of the day, in need of a… Read More
When Our Work is a Lifeline
Work is a complicated thing. It’s often hard - it’s supposed to be! - and events in the workplace can leave us frustrated at the end of the day, in need of a hot cup of tea and a hug. But our work can also be life-giving, fuel… Read More
Daughters, Disciplines & Dyeing Eggs
What You Missed Mondays with Diane Diapers and Deadlines: Working from Home Before becoming a work-from-home mom, Jordan Johnstone had many expectations about her upcoming professional and personal shift. Find out if her expectations became realities! Wednesday Interview Female Jerry Maguire Reinvents her Career… Read More
Female Jerry Maguire Reinvents her Career
Moving from one job to another is always a little nerve wracking. Changing from one industry to another...that’s another ballgame entirely. We talked with Molly Fletcher again to learn about her experience transitioning careers and why she did it. ------ 4word: You left a highly successful and lucrative… Read More
Diapers and Deadlines: Working from Home
The moment I saw the word "Pregnant" on my Clearblue test, I could almost hear my brain click over into a new gear. This baby wasn't a surprise. My husband and I had just started trying that month, so we knew there was a chance our journey into… Read More
Complaining, Companies & Crafts
What You Missed Mondays with Diane Someone to Pull You Up Have you ever felt like you needed a hand to pull you up? Ever had the opportunity to be that hand? Diane Paddison shares why women helping other women is so vital to our success.… Read More
Listen Up!
Did you think your career path would go one direction, only to now be on an entirely different path altogether? Charisse McCumber thought she knew exactly where her professional journey was going to take her, until God laid out a different plan. ------ 4word: How did you… Read More
Someone to Pull You Up
Ask any woman who has traversed the winding path of career, family, and faith, and they are sure to tell you one thing: they wouldn’t be where they are today without the help of women who walked ahead of them. These women come in all shapes and sizes:… Read More
Babies, Businesswomen & Breakfast
What You Missed Mondays with Diane I Want My Baby Back Going through a “parenting growth spurt? As our children grow up and transition through the different life stages, so does our parenting. Wednesday Interview Making a Difference With Monkeys We spoke with Nubia Echevarria,… Read More
Making a Difference With Monkeys
Some of the most well known and successful companies and organizations started because one person was brave enough to take their dream and make it into a tangible reality. We spoke with Nubia Echevarria, founder of The Monkey Project, to learn how she hopes these cute critters will… Read More
I Want My Baby Back
Any parent will tell you that from the moment that little baby lets out their first cry, life becomes a roller coaster of happiness and heartbreak, balance and bittersweetness, pride and patience. Parents will also tell you that the roller coasters have many different loops and turns, each… Read More
Unqualified, Unequal & Unimpressed
What You Missed Mondays with Diane Single Mom, You’re My Hero Nurturing a home AND a family? We think working mothers are everyday superheroes! Wednesday Interview Mentorship and The Church Author Natasha Sistrunk Robinson talks with us about her upcoming book "Mentor for Life: Finding… Read More
Mentorship and The Church
Mentorship is traditionally thought of as a professional, career-based relationship between a mentor and a mentee. But what about mentorship in the church? Is it really needed? Author Natasha Sistrunk Robinson says, “Yes!” and shares with us why she’s so passionate about mentoring as “intentional discipleship” within the… Read More
Single Mom, You’re My Hero
Working mothers are everyday superheroes in my book. They are not only nurturing a home and family, but also nurturing a career and all of the responsibilities that come with it. As a working mother myself, I understand the daily struggle with "mom guilt" and making sure that… Read More