Work At Home Mom Issues

Let’s face it. There are certain issues that other business owners and telecommuters don’t face. But we as work at home moms get it. We’ve all had the blow up with the family member who thinks we need to “get a real job”. The kids who think nothing of interrupting you at your desk because they never seem to remember that you’re working? We’ve been there. The babysitter canceling out an hour before you’re due on the most important conference call you’ve had during your career? Yep, we’ve scrambled during that crisis too. And we’ve definitely looked around our houses and thought “wow, where did this mess come from?” and felt overwhelmed with everything on our plates. Below you’ll find advice on how to deal with the situations you face each day that are specific to being a work at home mom.

Preparing for Summer as a WAHM

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With only 5 weeks of school left here, it’s time for me to start thinking about what the summer break is going to look like with the kids at home. I got a brief taste of it during Spring Break and am now both excited and worried. Can I keep them busy? Will I be [...]

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Depression

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While I was thinking about this week’s topic, I happened to be watching the tribute to Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes. I didn’t know he had lost a son in an accident. I said to myself “There’s one reason he became such a workaholic.” I lost a son to an accident as well. My life [...]

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What Women Do

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Have you ever stopped to think about who it usually is that you turn to when you need help as a WAHM?  I know that for me, as far back as I can remember, it’s always another mom that comes to the rescue.  It doesn’t matter what it is that I need, typically another mom [...]

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Embarrassed Kids

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I was looking around the Kindle bookstore last night looking for some books on a specific topic and got drawn to a book about writing. I clicked “Look Inside The Book” and what I read was surprising. I never got to the “meat” of the book because the introduction was very long. I might go [...]

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Six Misconceptions about Work at Home Mom Entrepreneurs

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When Missy and I started this site, we did so in an effort to make a more “serious” site offering work at home mom advice for WAHM entrepreneurs. Now, I’m not bashing any other sites in the space at all, but there are a lot of misconceptions out there about the work at home mom [...]

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When a WAHM Leaves the House for Work

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This last couple of weeks has been interesting for me and I am still trying to digest it all. After 6 years of working for myself and giving away pretty much everything I know for free, I decided to start doing consulting. At first it was fairly easy because all of my clients were located [...]

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16 WAHM Job Ideas

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Do you have friends or family that work at home but in an industry you know nothing about? If you don’t know anyone that has the same skills as you, working from home, sometimes it’s difficult to see ourselves working from home too. Instead of comparing what we know about others working from home, sometimes [...]

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Give Yourself Permission to Switch Gears

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I know that for me, being a work at home mom is one of the hardest jobs that I have ever done. I spend a lot of time taking care of other people’s issues. There is taking my daughter back and forth to school, scheduling appointments, keeping up the family calendar, planning out meals, grocery [...]

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Perception Is Everything

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One thing we tend to forget when having discussions via email, social media and on forums is that what you type is how people see you. There isn’t vocal inflection, body language and facial expressions, and you aren’t looking people in the eye. So what you type is what people get. I tend to use [...]

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If It Sounds Too Good To Be True…

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I was listening to the radio while running errands this evening and there was a ad for a network marketing work at home scheme. The ad said things like: “spend more time with your family” “you’ll be making money by next week” “it’s easy” “you’ll have more freedom” While all that sounds nice, if it [...]

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