Mom’s Prime Years Guest Blogger, Life Coach Aurelia Williams
With spring just around the corner, perhaps you’re preparing for your youngest child to graduate from high school and go off to college. Have you thought about what you’re going to do with the free time you will now be experiencing?
Have you thought about what it will [...]

I remember back in the 1990’s “networking” was one of the biggest buzzwords. You networked for the best job. You networked to get your child into the best school. You networked to get clients. You networked to improve your social skills. You basically networked from sun up to sun down. It’s no wonder networking became [...]

When I think back on all the major milestones and emotional events in my life, I’m extremely thankful for the people that helped me through each occurrence.  Whether it was the sadness following the end of my first love affair or the excitement of finding out I was pregnant (many years later, with my [...]

A few decades ago when I was definitely not planning for retirement, my notion of retirement was a time in my life when I wouldn’t be working.  I also thought it would be a time when I would be old and likely not too energetic.
Fast forward a couple decades and like so many of you [...]

I’ve been talking  a lot lately about  choices, but we all know some things in life have little to do with choice - they just happen for better or worse.  How we handle those changes, be they good or bad, makes all the difference to us and those we love.
To get a little help in [...]

This time of year there are all kinds of business conferences and seminars taking place around the country and the world.  I guess the thinking is it’s winter, there’s less distractions so let’s all gather to brainstorm, share, mastermind and implement new strategies to grow our businesses.
That’s great news for the business/professional part of our [...]

Knowing the difference between what YOU want and what would make your kids/husband/partner/parents happy is an important distinction to make in this new phase of life.
You’re likely not use to asking what it is you want because you’ve been so accustomed to putting off your personal needs and interests while you encourage and support your [...]

There’s a reason why someone came up with the term the “February Blahs” - we’re smack dab in the middle of two momentous periods of the calendar.  Behind us we have the excitement and joy of the Holiday season and ahead of us we have the hope and anticipation of new life in Spring.
Until then [...]

The older we get the more we start asking that question: Is this how I envisioned the way my life would be back when I was an idealistic 20-year old?
Depending on the time of the month, the actions of your children, and the state of your home, finances and love life - the answer to that question can [...]

Right now many kids across the country are in the midst of starting or wrapping up exams for the last semester.  As moms trying to do what we’ve always done - help our kids with their studies - more than a few of us are finding it difficult.
One of the challenges of mentoring older children [...]