When most people think of addictions, they associate it with helpless people stuck in a rut, or teenagers who were led down the wrong path.

Very seldom do we associate addiction with parents, let alone moms who seem to be holding everything together just fine.

Yet it’s a growing trend which is alarmingly escalating – more and more moms are found to be addicted to some sort of substance.

Guest blog post by Betsy Talbot

“Be a white man. Take credit.”

So says Jack Donaghy from the TV series 30 Rock.

Unlike many women, Donaghy has no trouble taking credit when credit is due (and even sometimes when it's not!).

This may sound crazy, but when it comes to gaining recognition, women can learn a few things from the likes of Jack Donaghy.

Guest blog post by Judith Glynn
 
Birthdays after 45 can trigger the "what if" question. Could past choices have been different?

Or did you have it all and now face a challenging future with less?

Are you a bore, talking about what you used to do?

Guest blog post by Tara Mohr.

I coach brilliant women, lots of them. Dedicated, talented, brilliant women.
 
Most of the time, they don’t know their brilliance. They are certain they “aren’t ready” to take on that next bigger role. They are more attuned to the ways they aren’t qualified than to the ways that they are. They are waiting for someone to validate, promote or discover them. Sound familiar?

What keeps people interested in making a career in investing? What deters people from it? The answers we find, respectively, are big cash, and big risk/long hours.

There are huge rewards in successful investment careers, but a lot can go wrong, and you can end up working yourself to death (hopefully not literally).