From the category archives:

Self-care

What Can You Do With Your Business When There Is A Family Emergency?

The reason we work and grow our business is because of our family. We work from home so we can be there for our family when they need us. We do it so we don’t have to ask for time off or worry if we’ll have a job to come back to if something happens. [...]

July 13, 2011 Continue Reading →

Take a Vacation and Truly Relax Knowing Your Business Is in Good Hands

When you own a business, it’s your baby. It’s the way you make money and support your family. When you are not successful, you don’t have the ability to contribute to your family and that may not be a good thing. When you rely on your business to support your family, you must work it [...]

June 29, 2011 Continue Reading →

10 Ways to Take Care of You While Your Virtual Assistant Takes Care of Your Business

Now that you’ve hired a Virtual Assistant, you need to plan what you will do with the extra time you have. Many entrepreneurs dive into more work. If it is the kind of work that builds the business and provides more income, that is a good choice. If it is more work the VA could [...]

June 10, 2011 Continue Reading →

Are You Keeping Up With Your Health?

Late last month I received a Universal wake-up call, you know, that lovely 2×4 that hits you out of the blue. I went in for my annual blood work and a follow up on a benign cyst found late last year. In the process, we talked about my annual mammogram. I swore up and down [...]

March 15, 2011 Continue Reading →

Our Harry Potter Vacation

I am not ashamed to admit that I am a die-hard Harry Potter fan. I think I love the movies and books more than my own children do. I have always been into books and movies about magic, knights in shining armor, etc. Something about the Harry Potter series really caught my eye and my [...]

October 19, 2010 Continue Reading →

The Joy of Exercising….Are You Kidding Me?

As many of you well know, I am a big advocate of self-care, which happens to include regular exercise. Regular exercise? Yuck! Well, I have to tell you a little story about my own self-care which includes regular and not-so-regular exercise. Over the past 2 or 3 years, I have been in and out of [...]

August 2, 2010 Continue Reading →

Have You Ever Tried Reflexology?

As an advocate of self-care, I try to walk my talk. One thing I usually do for self-care is an acupressure massage at my local mall. This past weekend, I tried their reflexology foot massage instead. I have experienced reflexology in the past and liked it. I had never had it done at this place, [...]

April 26, 2010 Continue Reading →