Understand to be Understood - It's Good Office Karma, by Lisa Martin 

As the media and several mommy-lit authors continue to promote counterproductive “mommy wars” between stay-at-home and career moms, what about the very real conflicts that can occur between mothers and their workplace colleagues?

Today’s working moms feel under incredible pressure to do it all – and to do it well. With society’s high expectations to navigate successful careers, raise well-adjusted children, manage Martha Stewart–like homes, keep the fires burning, and be ageless and slim, it’s no wonder many career moms are looking for emotional and physical support (and perhaps considering a very long vacation far, far away).

Be the Boss of Your Career, by Lisa Martin 

Ambition often gets a bad rap. It’s associated with a great goal that is achieved after much sacrifice and many trade-offs. For working moms in particular, ambition can be a loaded concept.

We can all think of examples of so-called ambitious people who reached the top of their field but gave up something to get there. Perhaps they had no children; maybe they experienced a divorce or lost their good health on the way to their goal.

But ambition doesn’t have to be a negative. In fact, if managed consciously, ambition can be a working mother’s greatest asset. When you are proactive in your professional and personal development...

Balance Dueling Careers, by Lisa Martin 

Logistical acrobatics is the best way I can describe the daily process families undertake to get moms, dads and kids to the right place – work, daycare, school, play dates and appointments – at the right time. As a working mom in a two-career couple, I know life can feel like a constant negotiation of household and transportation responsibilities.

It’s complicated. The roles of caregiver and breadwinner are shared in a dual career family. Depending on the circumstances of the moment, the demands of each role changes. It is an ongoing tug-of-war and shifting of plans. For example, Tuesday is your night to pick up the children from school, while your partner works late...