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

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 

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

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)

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

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...
How to stop being a people-pleaser

How to stop being a people-pleaser

I’ll admit it. I’m a recovering people pleaser. There, I said it…For the longest time, I had the strongest aversion to the word “No”.  It was as if I were compulsively moved to utter the one word that would grant me others’ approval: “Yes!” Although in many cases, I...

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How to integrate your faith with your work

How to integrate your faith with your work

Faith and religion are some of the few topics that are considered taboo at work, along with politics. In general, we simply avoid talking about faith at work. In most, if not many instances, we also don’t see how faith can integrated with our work, or how it could...

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How to establish your authority as a woman at work

How to establish your authority as a woman at work

Projecting authority as a working woman, especially as a woman of color, can be a challenge in the workplace. Due to the many stereotypes associated with being a woman at work, it can be difficult to get the respect and consideration you deserve as a working woman....

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How to start a new career

How to start a new career

I still remember my first day starting a new career in education, in my late thirties. It felt surreal. Growing up in a conservative household where my mother held the same job for decades, I was terrified at the prospect of starting over, possibly at the bottom of...

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How to reclaim your time as a busy working woman

How to reclaim your time as a busy working woman

Disclaimer: Please note this post contains affiliate links. I may earn a commission if you decide to purchase the products linked to this post. Have you ever lost so much control of your time you found yourself rushing from one thing to the next ? I certainly have....

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Weekly News Roundup

Weekly News Roundup

Welcome to our career, entrepreneurship, lifestyle and fashion weekly news roundup! Think of it as your online watercooler/work gossip station/coffee break spot for now…Want to add anything to our list? Email us at corporate@thecorporatesister.com! This week, we mourn...

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