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3 Habits That Helped Me Write a Book While Working Full-Time

When I got my book deal with HarperCollins UK, I was thrilled that a childhood dream of becoming an author was coming true.Then, reality hit. I had less than a year to research and write an 80,000-word book.I had never taken on anything this big before, and certainly not alongside…

Weekly Dinners at Grandma’s House Keep Me Grounded As a Working Mom

I’ve been reflecting lately on my life as a working mom — thinking about what drains me vs. what fills me up. There’s one thing that gets me through the week more than anything else: our Wednesday night dinner at Grandma’s house.An invitation became my lifelineYears ago, when we moved…