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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...

7 Steps You Must Follow If You’ve Unexpectedly Lost Your Job

by Solange Lopes | May 17, 2018

If you’ve ever unexpectedly lost your job, you know it's certainly not a good feeling. If you haven’t, it’s probably one of the most painful experiences you’ll ever go through. It’s especially true when it’s unexpected and through no fault of your own. Although for...

5 Tips on how to quit your job without burning bridges

by Solange Lopes | May 14, 2018

Whether it’s for a better opportunity or to leave an unfulfilling, or even toxic, situation, walking away from your job is no easy task. It almost always requires some form of adjustment of one sort of another. There are may reasons why you may be thinking, or may...

How to fight the Mommy Bias as a working mom

by Solange Lopes | May 7, 2018

As working moms, it can be challenging not to face the “mommy bias” at work, especially when we have to make special arrangements in our careers and businesses. Early pickups, flexible work arrangements, or impromptu family-related emergencies, are all par for the...

10 Things this Working Mom Wants for Mother’s Day

by Solange Lopes | May 2, 2018

Every year as Mother’s Day approaches, you can’t miss the onslaught of marketing ads, cards and flowers thrown at us from everywhere. Don’t get me wrong, getting a cute (preferably funny) greeting card, some adorable flowers and an elegant purse of pair of shoes is a...

Weekly News Roundup

by Solange Lopes | Apr 29, 2018

Welcome to our weekly career, entrepreneurship, lifestyle and fashion 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...

How to build more self-confidence as a working woman

by Solange Lopes | Apr 27, 2018

As working women, it's so important to cultivate the self-confidence we need in order to reach our goals and dreams. Without self-confidence, we also cannot face the many challenges and obstacles that come with being a working woman. From the pay gap to not having...

Put Pen to Paper: How to Learn Faster and Be Your Most Productive Self

by Solange Lopes | Apr 25, 2018

This post is sponsored by BabbleBoxx.com on behalf of the Paper +Packaging Board #ad As a professional or an entrepreneur, how many times have you felt overwhelmed by technology? Do you often seek a respite from the onslaught of apps, alerts, and other tools that are...

5 Steps to Write Your Best Business Proposal

by Solange Lopes | Apr 20, 2018

Spring Break is our favorite family time for road trips. That’s when we pick a destination, pack our bags, lock our home and literally hit the road. Yet before we even put foot to the pedal, there’s a thorough process of planning, reflection and elimination that takes...

How to successfully write a business report

by Solange Lopes | Apr 17, 2018

As much as I love writing, business report writing was not always my favorite. As a creative, I used to perceive them as too rigid and overly structured. However, what I ended up realizing is that not only are they powerful tools to communicate your ideas in any...