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Got Dense Breasts? Why You Should Care and How It Affects Your Breast Cancer Risk

by Solange Lopes | November 2, 2024 | Career | 0 Comments

The letter came in the mail a couple of days before I even got a chance to open it. It was a routine mammogram I thought nothing of, like most of the other mammograms I had done before. Except this one was a tad different… The word “abnormal” jumped at me from the...

From Career Sacrifice to Career Focus: Managing your Career in a Sustainable Way as a Working Woman

by Solange Lopes | October 14, 2024 | Career | 0 Comments

Have you ever wondered how you can advance your career while being a woman, wife and/or mother, and not having to work 40+ hours every week? Have you ever considered cloning yourself so you could do all the things, everywhere at the same time? You’re certainly not the...

TCS Podcast Episode 56: The Summer Recap Edition

by Solange Lopes | September 6, 2024 | Career, PODCAST | 0 Comments

This episode is a summer recap for my working women and moms, looking back at the reality of the summer mental load, the power of doing nothing at all (yes, it's possible!), and how to make our careers hot again in the summer months (without sacrificing our summer fun...

7 Ways to Enrich Your Career In The Summer (Without Hijacking Your Summer Fun)

by Solange Lopes | August 30, 2024 | Career | 0 Comments

It’s the middle of summer, and I am trying out a new African restaurant with a colleague and a new professional acquaintance while nerding out on artificial intelligence during a work conference. Here I was, actually enjoying myself and advancing my career, while...

The Rest Bias for Women: Uncovering the Struggle and Power of Doing Nothing as a Working Woman

by Solange Lopes | August 6, 2024 | Self-care, Working Mom & Woman Tips | 0 Comments

For the first time in my adult life, I took a month off. An entire month off, traveling, seeing new places, swimming in the ocean and mostly “being” as opposed to “doing”. And it shocked the entire heck out of my system, my overachieving, productivity-minded, A-type...

For Better or Worse : Preserving your marriage during challenging times

by Solange Lopes | Apr 11, 2020

For better or worse, marriages can be wonderful, but they also require work. Lots of work, especially during challenging times. As we’re navigating the current coronavirus crisis, and entire families are safe at home together, many, if not most, marriage bonds are...

3 Ways to Strengthen Your Career in Times of Crisis

by Solange Lopes | Apr 9, 2020

Times of crisis, whether personal or professional, may not exactly bring to mind more successful careers. As we’re navigating the coronavirus crisis at the moment, so many jobs are being moved online to be performed remotely, while many others are unfortunately being...

Dear Working Mom, You Are Enough!

by Solange Lopes | Apr 8, 2020

Dear Working Mom is our weekly letter to working moms everywhere, where we talk about motherhood, life, work and everything in between… Dear Working Mom, As the coronavirus pandemic is beating our emotions and confining us home with our families, many of us may be...

Ask A CPA: What should I do with my 401k during the coronavirus crisis?

by Solange Lopes | Apr 2, 2020

As the coronavirus crisis is affecting the market in quite negative ways, many of us are wondering what will happen to our 401K accounts. Many are also wondering if we can actually use our 401k savings in case of emergency during the crisis. My $0.05: Here are a...

Let It Be Friday!

by Solange Lopes | Mar 27, 2020

Welcome to Let It Be Friday!, where I say hello (and TGIF), and round up the lifestyle, career and business news that inspired, excited, made me smile (or laugh out loud). I hope you and your loved ones are well and keeping safe, and wishing us all strength, patience...

How to be more effective (and mind your manners) during online meetings

by Solange Lopes | Mar 24, 2020

Online meetings are getting increasingly more popular with the increase in work-from-home arrangements. As the current coronavirus crisis is pushing most people to work remotely, online meetings are becoming the norm more than the exception. If you have been...

How to talk to children about a crisis

by Solange Lopes | Mar 23, 2020

Talking to children about a crisis is extremely challenging, and at times downright heart-wrenching, especially as a parent. With the coronavirus crisis upon us, many working parents are faced with tough questions from their children. As a working mom, you may have...

3 Rules of Netiquette or Online Etiquette when Working Remotely with Working Moms

by Solange Lopes | Mar 22, 2020

Working online as a working mom presents many complex challenges. While someone working on their own at home has to follow basic rules on online etiquette, for working moms performing their professional responsibilities remotely online, there are many other additional...

How to care for yourself as a working mom in times of crisis

by Solange Lopes | Mar 22, 2020

As working moms, many, we’re on the front line of caring for loved ones and families in times of crisis, such as the coronavirus pandemic we’re currently facing. This also may mean we may not have much time to care for ourselves, in between handling childcare,...

Double the Burden: On the Heavy Impact of Coronavirus on Working Moms and How to Help

by Solange Lopes | Mar 21, 2020

As we navigate the Coronavirus crisis quarantined at home, many working moms are under extraordinary pressure to handle multiple priorities at once, including childcare, elderly care, remote work and household chores, in addition to keeping a level head and...