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Tag Archives for: "Motherhood"
Home » Motherhood
 I’m sick of volunteering (and so are most moms)
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By Portia Mount
In Productivity, Working Mother
Posted November 11, 2018

I’m sick of volunteering (and so are most moms)

You are asked to chair your son’s school library fundraiser for the third year in a row. The principal tells you that no other mother is as organized or has raised as much money as you have and [...]

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 Why We Need Serena Williams’ Naked Pregnancy Photos
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By Portia Mount
In Parenting, The Juggle
Posted July 2, 2017

Why We Need Serena Williams’ Naked Pregnancy Photos

Unless you’ve been on a total social media blackout, you probably noticed a very pregnant Serena Williams is Vanity Fair’s featured cover subject. The photo is gorgeously shot by the famed [...]

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 Five Signs Your Kid’s Birthday Party is Over the Top
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By Portia Mount
In Parenting
Posted February 15, 2015

Five Signs Your Kid’s Birthday Party is Over the Top

I’m probably about to forever ruin my son’s chances of ever again being invited to birthday parties for writing this post, but I need to get something off my chest. I have a love/hate [...]

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 Another Sad Reminder There Aren’t Enough Female CEOs
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By Portia Mount
In Career, Work, Working Mother
Posted June 27, 2014

Another Sad Reminder There Aren’t Enough Female CEOs

Here’s food for thought. How often do male CEOs get asked about work-life balance or their parenting responsibilities? How many male CEOs make national news for oversleeping and missing a [...]

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 I’m Sorry: What Kids Can Teach Adults About Apologies.
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By Portia Mount
In Childcare, Health and Fitness, Live, Parenting, Uncategorized
Posted January 20, 2014

I’m Sorry: What Kids Can Teach Adults About Apologies.

It was a play date that started out pretty much like all play dates.  D2 and his pre-school classmate Meena were playing in the tee pee in his room. Meena’s mom and I were chilling out in [...]

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 New Year’s Resolutions for Working Moms 2014 Edition
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By Portia Mount
In Career, Working Mother
Posted January 5, 2014

New Year’s Resolutions for Working Moms 2014 Edition

Happy New Year! I’m back with lots of great content for you this year. I don’t normally make New Year’s resolutions. But in keeping with my philosophy of always being willing to help out my [...]

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 What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?
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By Portia Mount
In Career
Posted June 8, 2013

What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?

What would you do if you weren’t afraid? It’s the question that ultimately spurred Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg into writing her best selling book Lean In starting a national dialogue [...]

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By Portia Mount
In Parenting
Posted March 28, 2012

Everyone’s Son

  Can you image getting that call? It’s the call that every parent fears. It’s the call that tells you your beloved child, flesh of your flesh, blood of your blood, has died an [...]

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By Portia Mount
In Working Mother
Posted February 10, 2012

A Brief Guide to Understanding Women

There are some days when a picture says it all.  Fellas, take note. I’ve had one of those couple of weeks where it’s all I can do to get myself together and keep the wheels on. Hence, [...]

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By Portia Mount
In Career
Posted September 16, 2011

Soul-crushing Meetings, Chatty Cathys and Other Workplace Time Sucks

When I was a young singleton working for a large PR agency in New York, I was always jealous of my married colleagues who would leave the office “early” (that’s 6pm in the PR [...]

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