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4 types of gender biases in performance reviews you should look out for

by Solange Lopes | December 5, 2024 | Career | 0 Comments

As one of the only women at work, I used to dread performance review time, especially at year-end. Although I was supposed to know what to expect, it was most often a somewhat unclear, hence stressful experience. However, the more I’ve grown personally and...

Is gratitude a trap for women? How to navigate the gratitude trap as a woman

by Solange Lopes | November 30, 2024 | Working Mom & Woman Tips | 0 Comments

I remember it like it was yesterday. I had just left a well-paying job with benefits, with no backup plan other than following my purpose. With two young children, a mortgage and bills shared with my husband, I took the most dangerous leap of faith I could have ever...

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...

The Mother of All Negotiations: On Negotiating Flexible Schedules and Family-Friendly Policies as Working Moms

by Solange Lopes | Sep 20, 2023

As I started my career as a young professional woman, I was barely aware that I could negotiate my salary, let alone anything else. As I became a mother, it didn’t occur to me until a long time that I could negotiate for benefits including flexibility and other...

Negotiate like a woman! On Gender and Negotiation Working as a Working Woman

by Solange Lopes | Sep 18, 2023

I remember perusing article over article on negotiation tips while preparing for interviews as a young career woman. I had to do my research, come in with a certain number in mind, be assertive and not give in. Yet, somehow, more times than not, I ended up not even...

TCS Podcast Episode 49: Myth Buster: Women are not good entrepreneurs

by Solange Lopes | Sep 6, 2023

In this episode of the podcast, I'm busting one common myth that women are not good at entrepreneurship. Backed by research, this episode discusses how women are entrepreneurs at heart, and discusses 3 principles for women entrepreneurs. Listen in! Thanks for...

Why Women are Entrepreneurs at Heart: 3 Unconventional Principles of Entrepreneurship for Women

by Solange Lopes | Sep 4, 2023

I remember seeing women, many with babies hanging at their hips or suckling at their breasts, at the corners of sandy streets back home in Senegal, selling one product or another under the hot sun, from crackling roasted peanuts to fresh sorrel juice. At the time, I...

TCS Podcast Episode 48: Got post-summer financial recovery?

by Solange Lopes | Aug 27, 2023

In this episode of the podcast, I am discussing recovering financially after the often financially taxing days of summer, as working women and moms. In the episode, I share 3 main steps to recover financially after the summer. This podcast episode...

From vacation vibe to financial thrive: Post-summer financial recovery tips for working women and moms

by Solange Lopes | Aug 24, 2023

I don’t know about you, but the end of the summer is always a bit of a bittersweet moment for me. The (somewhat) sweet and lazy days of summer, peppered with kids’ chaos, traveling snafus and fridges emptying at the speed of the light, quickly give room to bitter and...

TCS Podcast Episode 47: Got Back-to-School Anxiety?

by Solange Lopes | Aug 19, 2023

In this episode, I discuss the rampamt anxiety working moms experience before and during the back-to-season, and share a back-to-school system to help alleviate the pressure. Listen in for tips and tricks to beat the back-to-school guilt and exhaustion, and...

Back to School Time! 3 Steps to Creating a Successful Back-to-school System

by Solange Lopes | Aug 15, 2023

For many, if not most working women and moms, back-to-school is quite the stressful time. New schedules to coordinate, childcare to secure, administrative duties to take care of, all the while juggling the rest of their commitments because life doesn’t stop because...

TCS Podcast Episode 46: Getting back to (better) work this season!

by Solange Lopes | Aug 13, 2023

In this podcast episode, I'm chatting about restructuring our work for a better back-to-work season as working women and moms! Listen in! Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for tuning in and listening to this week’s episode! If you enjoyed this week’s episode,...

Back to (better) Work: How to Restructure the Way we Work as Working women and Moms

by Solange Lopes | Aug 8, 2023

Get up, take care of the home, go to work, come back home, take care of the home and family, and do it all over again the next day… For many working women and moms, this is the song of dance we’ve been accustomed to for generations. Despite the advances towards gender...