We’ve been fielding questions recently about who we are as a social enterprise. As we’ve been answering these inquiries and thinking through the issues people have asked about, it’s been a catalyst to provide some needed clarity to our focus and mission! As we get ready to launch our fall programming (a new mentorship program …
We’re kinda granola addicts around here. Fav snack of the day is, well, granola of almost any flavor. So we were really excited to discover Beautiful Day, a social enterprise based in Rhode Island. They make – you guessed it – granola! But it’s more than just another cereal company. From Beautiful Day: We started …
We’ve said it before – just wearing a social justice tee doesn’t necessarily make you an advocate for justice. BUT, it sure is a great way to support non-profits and to initiate conversations about important issues that you’re passionate about! It may be cold right now in much of the US, yet spring is coming …
I’d had a rough day. I was tired, kids had demanded much of my attention, and then to top it all off, a toilet overflowed, requiring me to cancel a meeting. When a friend messaged me, I told her some of the story, but the whining that I wanted to do just didn’t seem like …
Photo by Hana Loftus So a little over a week ago, I wrote about my method for goal-setting and why it’s so important. Here’s some added advice which applies equally to mom life and to small business management. Simplify. Take all that complexity of your mom goals and/or business goals and turn it into bite-sized …
It’s 4:30. The baby is crying and rubbing her eyes, but I can’t put her down quite yet as I’m trying to implement a sleep schedule (albeit a loose one). As I pat her gently and walk around the house, the myriad list of things I need to do swirls through my head. There’s a …
Because this is a mom blogger column, there’s got to be SOMETHING on Disney, right? But instead of talking about Moana and Cars 3, or how to save money on your Disneyworld visit, we’ll take a different tack: 5 lessons on business that Mompreneurs can learn from Walt Disney, the man behind the brand. Photo …
Let me introduce myself. I’m a stay at home mom with several kids, ranging from baby to middle school. I deal with all the normal mom stuff: trying to keep the house clean (never), trying to cook healthy meals (struggle), trying to save money (my purse is full of expired coupons), trying to raise well-behaved …
Photo by Mario Mancuso, Used under Creative Commons license If you’ve read this blog for a while, you are probably somewhat familiar with the principles in the excellent When Helping Hurts, by Brian Fikkert and Steve Corbett. In summary, this book reminds us that we are to serve the poor with an attitude of mutual …
So here’s the latest on our good reads list: The Spiritual Danger of Doing Good, by Peter Greer “We had been caught up in a delusion, one that many fall into: As long as our graphs are up and to the right, as long as we have a growing ministry, a bigger congregation, larger amounts …
