Our Supporters
-
Subscribe to Blooming Betty
Blooming Tags
acceptance age Anna Kinworthy awhl balance barabara Barbara Moses blooming betty blooming betty salon brene brown choices confidence emotional motivation failure family female ceo friendship friendships goal setting growing up intellectual motivatin international women's day interview interviews kathy buckworth lifestage marriage maturity mid life crisis motivation partnership quarter life crisis Resolutions returning to work scale back self self awareness self confidence stay at home steve pavlina success successful friendships values women work balanceQuick Poll
Category Archives: Career
Give a little, Get a hell of a lot.
I write a lot about finding our your own version of success, improving your own life, and how to muddle through the trials, tribulations and hard choices to make that happen. But lets be honest, it is pretty self-centered. I … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Self, Topics
Tagged Ellen Schwartz, phyllis moen, Project Giveback, volunteering
4,516 Comments
International Women’s Day
Each year around the world, International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8. Thousands of events occur around the world on this day and often throughout the entire month of March to mark the economic, political and social achievements of … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Self, Topics
Tagged Gloria Steinem, international women's day, madeline albright, Rosie the Riveter
6,143 Comments
Self Confidence…Again
You know how some days you can feel like you can do anything, and other well, you don't? Well I have had a few of those days lately and needed a a bit of a self confidence boost. So, when … Continue reading
With a little bit of Bloomin’ luck!
After speaking at the annual World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, where Sheryl Sandberg’s subject surprisingly wasn’t the pending Facebook IPO, but women, she has come under public fire for sounding too elitist, too out of touch with the plight of … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Financial Success, Topics
Tagged Facebook, google, rebecca rosen, Sheryl Sandberg, Sylvia Ann Hewitt, world economic forum
5,102 Comments
Do you know what month it is?
I do. January is National Mentoring Month. Created in 2002 by the Harvard School of Public Health and MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, National Mentoring Month focuses national attention on the need for mentors, as well as how each of us—individuals, … Continue reading
Our Quest for Balance
I have little balance in my life. And I am o.k. with it. See, I’m impaired from the get go, I have an inner-ear disorder called Menieres that while it's very manageable, affects my balance, my real balance. So everyday … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Self, Topics, Wellness
9,695 Comments
Lessons from Mom
When you're five, she's a goddess. You smear your face with her lipstick and model her earrings and high heels, wanting to be just like mommy. That's the way it is until you're about thirteen, when she suddenly becomes the … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Relationships, Self, Topics, Wellness
Tagged dorothy rodham, hillary clinton, mother-daughter
17,732 Comments
Thinking of “Relaunching your” career? Here is an idea.
If you are returning to work after a “career break” (aka “off ramped”, “opted out”, took the "mommy track" or any other lovely labels), or maybe you would like to make changes to your current career path, well you should … Continue reading