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		<title>The Life of a Working Mother</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/09/the-life-of-a-working-mother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me tell you about the life of a working mother. So this morning I was running late for work because I had a hard time picking out an outfit because last Saturday I forgot to go to the dry cleaner because I was really busy shuffling my kids from soccer practice to the town-wide barbecue birthday bash to a party we were all invited to and so I had no clean work pants and I couldn’t wear knee-length skirts or capris because I was gardening on Sunday because I hadn’t weeded since June because every weekend in the summer I took my kids to the Cape so they could hang out with their cousins and anyway I got poison ivy on my legs and therefore hadn’t shaved them all week but I had to dress professionally because my boss and I were going to an industry event later in the day to network with potential clients. So, I decided to wear a long, flowy black skirt and after trying many different tops finally paired it with a black cardigan that looked professional and put on a pair of low black heels that wouldn’t hurt walking around a tradeshow floor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Miscarriage</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/08/on-miscarriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On my drive home from work tonight, I turned the radio to NPR and heard Ken Harbaugh reading a beautiful, touching essay titled, &#8220;After Miscarriage, Missing The Luxury of Grieving.&#8221; Harbaugh said, &#8220;A miscarriage is tragic enough by itself. What makes it worse is the fact that no social custom has evolved to help us through the loss. There is no ceremony, no coming together, no ritualized support.&#8221; Comparing his private grieving post miscarriage to the more public and communal grieving he experienced after his grandfather&#8217;s passing, he said, &#8220;In the months since, I have learned something about this kind of grief. It is not a luxury, but an essential part of healing.&#8221; Harbraugh&#8217;s story moved me and inspired me to share my own experience post-miscarriage. I too grieved silently for months until I eventually found a way to heal. Here&#8217;s how: “I know just how you feel.” Those six simple words meant so much to me even though I had no idea who had written them. They were posted in a chat room and the writer’s screen name held no meaning for me. For weeks, well-intentioned friends and family had been telling me they knew someone who went through exactly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s World Breastfeeding Week</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/08/its-world-breastfeeding-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It&#8217;s World Breastfeeding Week sponsored by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), a global network of individuals and organizations concerned with the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), &#8220;breastfeeding contributes to a lifetime of good health. Adults who were breastfed as babies often have lower blood pressure and lower cholesterol, as well as lower rates of overweight, obesity and type-2 diabetes. There is evidence that people who were breastfed perform better in intelligence tests.&#8221; And, &#8220;Breastfeeding also benefits mothers. … It reduces risks of breast and ovarian cancer later in life, helps women return to their pre-pregnancy weight faster, and lowers rates of obesity.&#8221; WHO recommends women have at least 16 weeks off from work after giving birth in order to adequately rest and breastfeed their child. However the organization reports many women abandon breastfeeding before the recommended six months because they lack the time and a place to breastfeed or pump at work. Here in the U.S. women definitely struggle to find the time and space to breastfeed. Most women are lucky if they can take 12 weeks maternity leave. I pumped in an electrical closet full of spiders when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Mr. President</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/07/dear-mr-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Dear Mr. President: I just watched your appearance on &#8220;The View.&#8221; I had never watched the show before; I&#8217;d only seen clips on YouTube of  Whoopi Goldberg saying what Roman Polanski did wasn&#8217;t &#8220;rape rape&#8221; and then defending Mel Gibson, because after all what he&#8217;s accused of doing isn&#8217;t really &#8220;abuse abuse.&#8221; The show wasn&#8217;t bad and I appreciate the accessibility you offer the media. But Mr. President, here’s the thing: just because I am a woman, just because I am a mom, even though I voted for you and am happy to have you in the White House, you will not win me over by going on daytime television. You could appear on &#8220;Real Housewives of New York&#8221; or guest star on &#8220;Glee&#8221; and I wouldn&#8217;t care. No, Mr. President &#8211; this woman &#8211; this American, voting, blogging, mother wants to hear more than standard sound bites interspersed with tales of your family vacation and thoughts on Lindsey Lohan and Justin Bieber spouted from a studio sofa. If you are trying to appeal to women, than why not address questions about women&#8217;s issue? Questions like: When will we see some progress with the Fair Pay Act? The Lilly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Skinny and the Scoop from Two Women Entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/06/the-skinny-on-the-skinnyscoop/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2010/06/the-skinny-on-the-skinnyscoop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are hooked on the TheSkinnyScoop, an online surveying tool for women. While our first impression of this website was, &#8221;It&#8217;s just another resource for women who over-engineer parenting,&#8221; the SkinnyScoop is more than we thought. For starters, the site sets itself apart from other resources that feed on mothers&#8217; insecurities. SkinnyScoop provides information direct from other women without any editorializing or product pitches. And, it goes beyond parenting and poses questions like &#8220;Have you ever hit the glass ceiling at work?&#8221; (Okay, so we posted that one.) As SkinnyScoop founders Eden Godsoe and Erin Crocker point out, when it comes to most family and household decisions, women call the shots. At SkinnyScoop, they can find and share information to make sure they spend wisely &#8211; and as you know, we are big fans of women using their purchasing power for good not evil. Says Godsoe, &#8220;The whole idea behind SkinnyScoop is that women seek out the advice of other women for our purchase choices and other major decisions.  We want to know how our girlfriends and other women we respect have tackled the same issue or purchase.&#8221; Godsoe and Crocker met when they were roommates at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Crocker is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What I Want for Mother’s Day</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/05/what-i-want-for-mothers-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case anyone is wondering, here&#8217;s what I would like for Mother&#8217;s Day: - A pair of Christian Louboutin Simple 85 Pumps in Magenta - A pitchfork for my garden - Equal pay for women - Paid sick time for working mothers and fathers - Better maternity leave policies - Choice - Quality maternal care. I don&#8217;t ask for much. Happy Mother&#8217;s Day.]]></description>
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		<title>Daphne&#8217;s Dangerous Diet</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/04/daphnes-dangerous-diet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My son tells me he is Scooby Doo&#8217;s number one fan. He loves the cartoon and watches the reruns all the time. He and his younger sister play lots of Scooby make-believe games, he was Scooby Doo for Halloween and my daughter was Daphne, and they only wanted Santa to bring Scooby related items at Christmas. You get the picture. Last night, my son was thrilled to discover that a new Scooby series, &#8220;Scooby Doo Mystery Inc.&#8221; from the Cartoon Network, was premiering on television. Wikipedia says the two key differences between this series and the others is that first, it is written like a serial, so the mystery threads through the whole series and second, &#8220;that Daphne and Velma attempt to make romantic sparks with Fred and Shaggy, respectively.&#8221; Oh well, I suppose the gang of meddling teens couldn&#8217;t stay &#8220;just friends&#8221; forever. And like my five year old daughter does now, I once had a crush on Fred Jones. So I get it. But there is another key difference between this series and the others that really makes me crazy – the gang got a makeover. Fred looks like he&#8217;s on steroids, Velma got breast implants and Daphne [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So Sexy So Soon</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2009/12/so-sexy-so-soon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When &#8220;Phineas and Ferb&#8221; (rated TV-G) ended last night, The Disney Channel played a video of Selena Gomez, a Disney star from one of its shows, &#8220;The Wizards of Waverly Place.&#8221; She was singing &#8220;Naturally&#8221; from the &#8220;Kiss and Tell&#8221; album.  Gomez is 17 years old and she is beautiful. Two thoughts popped into my head while watching her, &#8220;I wish I could get my hair to look like that,&#8221; and, &#8220;Where did she get that awesome necklace?&#8221; My next thought was, &#8220;Oh crap, my five year old daughter is watching this.&#8221; She was staring at the screen, dancing along to Selena&#8217;s moves. Off went the television. Gomez wasn&#8217;t dressed provocatively and her moves and lyrics weren&#8217;t overt. But she was singing, &#8220;You have a way of moving me,&#8221; on Disney. And if this forty-something was coveting the pop star&#8217;s clothes, hair and accessories, then there&#8217;s a damn good chance my 5 year old was soaking it all up too. Disney&#8217;s airing the video after a show deemed appropriate for 5 year olds, reminded me how hyper-vigilant parents must be about the media and marketing messages our children are exposed too. So it was timely that later in the night, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Female Breadwinner Will Survive</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2009/12/female-breadwinner-will-survive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First I was afraid. I was petrified. I heard there was a new study from the University of Missouri in Columbia on women breadwinners. Studies about women always make me nervous. After all, people are still buzzing about the research Marcus Buckingham&#8217;s been touting on why woman are supposedly so unhappy. And yet, the data does not fully support Buckingham&#8217;s claims. And then there was a study out of the UK that said children whose mothers work are less healthy than those whose mothers stay at home. From The Guardian, &#8220;Working mothers are more likely to drive their children to school and the youngsters are more likely to watch TV, drink fizzy pop and eat too few portions of fruit and vegetables.&#8221; (FYI, there&#8217;s no fizzy pop in my house.) So I could only imagine a study about women breadwinners would paint us as power hungry bitches by day and slothful, self-absorbed mothers at night. (Or was I just projecting?)  As it turns out, the study was relatively harmless. Dr. Rebecca Meisenbach, who conducted the research, reports &#8220;The female breadwinner is an increasingly important and common role in contemporary society, one that impacts family relationships, individual identities, and organizational policies.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It All Adds Up</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2009/12/it-all-adds-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday I stood outside of a polling station at 6:45 a.m. holding a sign for a candidate for U.S. Senate. For more than two hours I was out there, cold and bored, while people trickled into the voting station alone or two by two. A handful of morning commuters beeped and waved as they drove by, but otherwise, the morning was quiet and, I thought, uneventful. I spent the rest of the day &#8211;until 7:30 that night &#8211;making calls asking people to get out and vote. The work was mind-numbing. Over and over, I left the same message.  &#8220;Please remember to vote today.&#8221; I almost nodded off a few times the work was so repetitive and dull and I wondered if all the time I was spending would amount to anything. Each individual call seemed so inconsequential. After the polls closed, I headed into the city for the campaign party. I was tired and thought about bailing, but I know that showing up is important too, so I rallied. And when I got there, and the room was buzzing with excitement, and our candidate came out and accepted the nomination, I realized, it all adds up. Every sign hold, [...]]]></description>
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