To Increase Cash Flow, Treat Your Life Like a Start-Up: Tips from a Mom Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs are not successful because they are smart or original or savvy. Those traits help them, certainly. But it is a dogged persistence, and very specific action steps they execute daily, that make new business owners succeed. I thought I knew a lot about cash flow when I was a personal finance coach. And then [...]

Industries with Jobs for Single Women

Last September, SingleMindedWomen.com explored “Hot Careers in a Cooling Economy.”
With the economy beginning to heat up, it’s time for another look at industries with employment opportunities for single women.
Still Hot
Several of the fields noted last year still have jobs. In fact, despite a lackluster employment market, some of these fields have a lot of unfilled [...]

Healthy and Yummy School Lunches

While conducting research for my new book, Dr. Susan’s Fit and Fun Family Action Plan, I discovered that parents struggle with how to pack a healthy school lunch that their kids will actually eat! I found that often moms and dads avoid, or give in to whining, temper tantrums or begging, so that school lunch [...]

Ask Dr. Susan Bartell: My Child’s Acting Out!

 Question: My second child is nearly 4 years old and has been acting out in an aggressive manner for the past several months. My husband and I recently separated and when we are together, it is often times explosive. While we try to keep our tempers in check around the kids (older son 10), there [...]

The Obama Presidency and Your Career

Today, Barack Obama becomes the 44th president of the United States of America. How will his presidency affect your career? As single-minded women know, layoffs and job losses have dominated the news for several months. President Obama pledges to reverse the trend by creating new jobs. But where will these jobs come from?
Get energized. A goal [...]

Working Moms Now Have an Advocate in the White House

If this New York Times article is correct, working mothers will now truly have a friend looking out for their best interests in the country’s new presidential administration: Michelle Obama.
To quote the Times: “As first lady, Mrs. Obama has said, she plans to make herself an advocate for working parents, particularly military families, urging better [...]

Does Being Single Hurt or Enable Professional Growth?

The pursuit of a relationship has the power to serve as a distraction from achieving other important goals, such as professional ones. It can become so overwhelming that it pulls you away from investing energy into your career. Time at the office can be wasted daydreaming about finding true love or dawdling away the hours [...]

Workforce Diversity: Why You Should Care

These days, large companies generally include a statement about workforce diversity at their corporate websites and in their job ads. What does the emphasis on workforce diversity mean to you as a single-minded woman?
Statement of Intent
The concept of workforce diversity isn’t entirely new. Years ago, companies often used the term “equal opportunity employer” to convey [...]

Soaring Fuel Costs and Your Job: Is Your Career Running Out of Gas?

The high cost of commuting has many people questioning their jobs, and even their career paths. Are you one of them?
Feeling the Squeeze
Pain at the pump isn’t an illusion. In the United States last month, the average price for a gallon of regular gas was more than $4.00. And that was the bottom-of-the-barrel price; if your vehicle requires premium, [...]

It’s a Terrible Time to Relocate for a Job. Or Is It?

Home prices keep falling, fewer employers pay relocation costs, and company layoffs dominate the news. It all suggests staying put is the best move right now. But, surprisingly, for some people, it may actually be a good time to relocate.
Ultimately, It’s about You
Like so much in life, relocation depends on your circumstances as well as [...]

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