By Holly Reisem Hanna

I want to thank everyone who took the time to answer this survey, I know how busy you are and I truly appreciate the time you took to provide these very valuable answers. The feedback that I received was awesome and I am so excited to let you know the results and about some new features and changes that I will be making here on The Work at Home Woman.

So here’s what YOU want and need…

Your Most URGENT Need at This Time:

1. Getting more clients, booking more shows and making more money.
2. Finding legitimate paying work-at-home jobs and opportunities.
3. Achieving better work-life balance.
4. More work-at-home ideas.

Solution: These topics are now my priority for content creation. I am going to give you MORE ideas, teach you how to make MORE money and how to find MORE legitimate work-at-home jobs and business opportunities! (more…)

By Erin Shirey

For many women, getting back in shape is difficult after having a child; and with the kids out of school for the summer, it can seem even more challenging. Throw in owning a business, running carpool, juggling Summer Camps and what is a Mom to do?  Does that mean you’ll be unable to find that strong, “hot mama” body again? Heck no! It just means that you will have to use some creative strategies to rediscover your fitness levels. Learn how to exercise with your little ones and implement fitness into your daily lives, and you’ll quickly discover that you have more energy, not less. And the more energy you have, the quicker you can run after your kids when they are getting into your computer, opened your makeup drawer or are climbing on the counters. (more…)

By Elizabeth Grace Saunders

Hello lovely ladies! Thank you for your great questions! As a time coach, I first get a holistic understanding of my clients’ specific situation before offering a custom solution. But for this column, I’ve done my best to provide helpful advice based on the provided information. To receive exercises that may help you better address your personal situation, go to ScheduleMakeover.com.

Here it goes! (Plus, look for my #1 Schedule Makeover Tip at the bottom of this post!)

Carole Bennett Asks:

How do you balance “home life” tasks with “working from home” tasks, when everyone else is just as wrapped up with their own projects as you are? (more…)

Thank you to everyone who entered the Chocolate Cake Club Back-to-School Giveaway!

There were a total of 62 entries for this giveaway, all entries were placed in a numbered spread sheet and the winner was selected using random.org

I’m very excited to announce our winner, drum roll please…

And the winner of the Chocolate Cake Club Back-to-School Giveaway is #13 phxbne Congratulations! Please let me know which package your prefer, the girl’s Spunky Stripe or the boy’s and send me your mailing address and phone number.

A special thanks to Sue Kirchner of Chocolate Cake Club for sponsoring this giveaway! (more…)

By Jenifer Francis

It is time to break out your colorful markers because today’s topic is “Block Scheduling.” Many of you have probably seen this before. Microsoft Outlook and Google Calendars does a fantastic job of managing your time for you in this manner. Block Scheduling is very much what it sounds like – blocking out chunks of time for each item in your schedule. If the computer thing works for you, wonderful! More power to you. But I find that because it is a calendar housed on a computer, it often falls under “Out of sight, out of mind.”

If you are a visual person, like I am, then you know that just because you put it in your calendar 3 months ago does not mean you will remember to do it. Or remember how much time the task/meeting/process will take. So what I like to do every Sunday is ‘block’ the coming week. (more…)