Women's Choices - Beate Chelette

The Best Call I Ever Made

May 23, 2013 By Balance Girl Leave a Comment

Motherhood, or to be more precise, single motherhood, is the greatest job in the world, the biggest challenge, and the most incredible growth opportunity, especially when you have to push through your fears and personal limitations because you have no choice. Very often my writings to you revolve around fear, and for many mothers and especially single mothers, they are often fears of the most fundamental kind. Plain survival. Will we make it? Will we be able to pay for it? Will we be up for the challenge? Will our children turn out ok? How do we know if we did a good job? Often the question … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discover, Family & Friends, Women and Success, Women's Choices, Work Life Balance Tagged With: Bill Gates, Chicago, college graduation, Corbis, self-made millionaire, single mothers

Will Telecommuting Hurt Your Career?

May 16, 2013 By Balance Girl Leave a Comment

Recently, Fortune 500 giants Yahoo and Best Buy became targets of heated criticism after they dropped a bombshell: their employees would no longer be allowed to work from home. You could almost hear the shrieks of shocked telecommuters who would now have to return to the office—or find new jobs, and the news has triggered a fresh debate: is telecommuting best for employer or employee? And does it help or hurt a woman’s career? Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer reasoned that ending the company’s telecommuting arrangement would promote “communication and collaboration,” according to an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building, Career, Women's Choices, Work Life Balance Tagged With: Business, productivity, Telecommuting, women in business

Do You Suffer From Attention Deficit Disorder In Your Career?

April 23, 2013 By Balance Girl Leave a Comment

If you are easily distracted, the one thing you need—focus—is not always easy to find. By Beate Chelette I call it a helicopter brain and maybe you experience the same thing. I have gotten so busy lately, and there are so many thoughts in my head, that I have to schedule absolutely everything so I don’t forget! Between coaching, editing my new book, event speaking, interviews, consulting and being the mom of an aspiring and talented young woman, I once again find myself wondering if I can actually get it all done. I know I’m not the only one who wonders that, as our lives … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building, Career, Discover, Women's Choices, Work Life Balance Tagged With: achieve your goals, ego-Rhythm, Focus, overwhelmed, work-life balance

Change or Move On?

March 6, 2013 By Balance Girl

When To Stay Put, Change, Or Move On Your business will tell you which is right for you. By Beate Chelette More than three months after Hurricane Sandy hit the northeast, entire neighborhoods are still struggling to overcome the devastation. Homes remain under rubble, many others are uninhabitable, and weary residents debate whether to move or rebuild. A natural disaster zeroes in on the question of when to stay put, when to change or just move on. Change is great when you have successfully gone through it, but I don’t know anyone who enjoys the usually painful process of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Women's Choices Tagged With: achieve your goals, secrets to success, work-life balance

The New Alpha Female

February 19, 2013 By Balance Girl

Her true power comes from unexpected places. By Beate Chelette What would you guess women said they wanted most in 2013? A recent survey suggests we’re seeing the rise of the alpha woman who chooses to be independent and aggressive when it comes to seeking out and getting what she wants. Such good news and among the findings: nearly half the women surveyed said they would prefer to be single and more than 40 percent have no hesitation asking for a raise. The GIY (get it yourself) mentality is gaining momentum, the study found, and more moms are choosing to tackle full-time jobs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Women's Choices Tagged With: Alphanista, Bill Gates, sisterhood

How To Disconnect From Negativity

January 29, 2013 By Balance Girl

Set a time limit for when you will put a stop to negative thoughts and allow yourself to flourish again. By Beate Chelette You will find that I like acronyms and tools. It’s easier to remember something if we can build a bridge in our minds. We are talking about K.A.R.L. which stands for Know, Accept, Relax, Live. In this article I’d like to take a closer look at an often overlooked yet pleasant side effect of acceptance. As the mother of 19-year-old on the cusp of stepping into womanhood, I witness first hand how the conspiracy theory can throw some unexpected wrenches in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building, Women's Choices

How To Find Acceptance And Move Forward In Your Life

January 22, 2013 By Balance Girl

Recently, a client of mine called very upset about some bad news. A lucrative new government work project she believed was set to begin had just fallen through. It wasn’t her fault, the directors in Washington D.C. decided to put the project on hold. Convinced she would not have the cash flow to meet her kids’ tuition, she went into a hole filled with fear and a persistent loop of doomsday thoughts. I know what that’s like. I’ve been there, so for close to an hour, I talked to her about the importance of finding acceptance and disconnecting from her negative, dire thoughts. I’d … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Women's Choices Tagged With: accept yourself, achieve your goals, create the life you want, key to acceptance, women and personal growth, women in business

Do You Take Things Way Too Personally?

January 15, 2013 By Balance Girl

We have heard it hundreds of times: Don’t take it personally. It’s just business. Your boss criticizes your performance or a client decides not to renew your contract. Maybe a colleague gossips behind your back or sends an angry email cc’ing your superior. These scenarios are tough to take, and most of us would struggle not to take them personally. We know the mantra of keeping the personal separated from business, and yet, when you think about it, and I know this is true for me, my business is very personal. I dare say that other passionistas out there love what they do as much as me. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building, Women's Choices Tagged With: bullies at work, it’s just business, Psychology Today, Taking things personally, The Four Agreements

Why Setting Boundaries Is So Important

January 1, 2013 By Balance Girl

Why Setting Boundaries Is So Important Boundaries let people know that you respect yourself. By Beate Chelette "Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly what you will have." -- Anonymous That is so true! How people treat us is, in the end, our responsibility. Think about the times, at home, socially or at work, when you’ve allowed someone to take advantage of you and you let it pass. Maybe your partner tends to run late, and you’re often left waiting—and fuming. Or your boss blows a gasket and yells at you, berating you in the process, and you let it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building, Women's Choices Tagged With: Boundaries

Whatever Happened To Sisterhood?

December 11, 2012 By Balance Girl

How to make women your allies, not enemies By Beate Chelette It used to be called sisterhood, the feeling of kinship with other women that fosters support and community. Perhaps you’re fortunate to have a support group of wonderful women, but many women don’t. Frankly, I don’t see much sisterhood around today, except maybe in the HBO hit series Girls, where the spirit of sisterhood is in and on the air. http://goo.gl/VpnH8 In business, I’ve seen how badly women treat each other. Gossip, back-biting and sabotage are rationalized as justifiable means to achieve the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Building, Women's Choices Tagged With: easy as ABC, how to give support, sisterhood, why is support important, women support groups.

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