Working from home with children means planning ahead and having a few shrewd tactics up your sleeve.

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Autistic kid finds out that he’s unemployable and doesn’t enjoy most social settings. Decides to be a pro copywriter as a result.

Annie Anderson is the owner and digital creator at Midnight Rebel Digital Co. With over 25 years experience in design and development and more than 15 years experience with WordPress, Annie is a great person to have in your corner when it comes to websites, tech, and systems.

For working moms, the job is difficult as their responsibilities include parenting and taking care of their kids. Read about the tips on how moms working from home can achieve a better work-life balance.

It is not easy to find balance. In fact, it is close to impossible. But you are a mother, a wife, and a businesswoman – you have already proven that you are up for the challenge. Here are some tips that will help you.

While working from home offers several perks, it’s challenging to stay productive and accomplish work tasks for the day. Fortunately, there are simple yet effective rituals that can help supercharge your productivity as a working mom.

It’s a challenge to stay productive when working from home without any distractions, and even challenging to do so when you have a baby. Busy moms and dads need to stay super organized if they are to continue working from home after the baby is born.

Work-life balance is a term often tossed around in the workplace as it makes the company look more desirable to employees. But, let’s face it, not all companies advocate for work-life balance. Work-life balance means that there is an equilibrium between the demands of a career and the demands of our personal lives. Despite it being often incorporated into our company goals, a work-life balance is difficult to achieve.

Watching over your children and still remaining productive is a big challenge of working from home. What are the tricks to work from home and continue to lead by example both at home and in the workplace?

The modern American family is seemingly busier than ever. However, that doesn’t mean families have changed entirely. For example, parents typically want to provide their kids with nutritious meals.

Even today, when women have equal rights to men, women still have to fight for the society’s approval of their life choices. The scenario of the traditional family role division, where the father brings home the bread and mother stays at home with children is still perceived as the only “right” way by a great number of people.

Anu Ramani is Managing Director of Isoline Communications, a London-based independent content marketing firm specializing in the technology B2B industry.

Becoming a parent can be an incredible adventure, but it’s not all sunshine and roses. For many parents, the most difficult thing of all is lack of sleep.

Being a working mom is like working a double shift; the second you finish one, you’re on to the other, and the cycle never seems to end. Given the busyness of your role, maintaining your health may take a backseat.

What are your signs that you’re a parent who works outside the home?

It can sometimes feel like quite a challenge to be a responsible mom. Having to hold down a job and maintain financial stability on top of that can make it seem even more difficult to stay on top of essentials like money management.

Being a mom is hard work. Moms are much more likely to work full time now than in the past. Despite this, they’re also usually responsible for handling most household responsibilities.

Jeremy is the co-founder of LeadQuizzes, a quiz and survey software built for marketers to increase their leads and learn about their audience. Their users have generated over 4.7M leads and 73.9M questions answered.

Lisa Kroese has appraised and helped sell millions of dollars worth of art, antiques and personal property. She owns Expert Estates LLC, an estate liquidation and appraisal company in California. She also runs an estate sale business membership site.

As a child, Brenda saw her mother run a successful beauty salon. Now, she reaches out to other business owners to improve their operations.

Emily Kil is the owner of Eco Bear Biohazard Cleaning Company – a company that provides biohazard, unattended death, suicide, crime scene, and homeless encampment cleaning services in Southern California.

Myrtha Dubois knows all too well about life’s interruptions, such as feeling stuck, being overwhelmed, confused, frustrated, and running out of time. Time and time again, she rose to every interruption with three guides.

Getting through B-School was one of the toughest things I’ve ever done. It ranks right up there with having four children, and having a full time career. I’ve had to learn a few survival skills over the years, so I thought I would share some working mom career tips that I’ve learned.

It’s true. There really are only 24 hours in a day. Thus it is necessary to have some working mom trade-offs for survival, sanity, and thriving in this crazy environment.

As a working mom with four kids, balance is a never-ending challenge. I have demands constantly pulling me in every single direction. To get to a state of balance, try these tips for working parents.

Janice is the founder of The Career Introvert. She has made it her mission to dispel the negative myths about introversion while helping introverts get the most out of their careers and businesses.

Hansi is the president of relaxation4.me, a little publisher of grown-up coloring books for relaxation. He calls himself a student of life and studies everything he is interested in. He eats organic raw vegan, and health – physical as well mental – is very important to him.

Maybe you’ve heard that joke about how to eat an elephant? The answer: You eat an elephant one bite at a time. It’s good advice, not just for eating an elephant, but also for getting things done, especially when you’re feeling overwhelmed by your list of “to-dos”.

Being a parent is one long sociology experiment. I’d say that is particularly true if you have middle or high school kids in your house.

Zerah Capili works as a Creative Coordinator for Hope for the Heart and Soul Foundation, a NGO-based company that introduces underprivileged children to arts and crafts. She also handles her own business called “Sapinsapin Tanzan”, which sells mostly handmade products and features different quirky knick-knacks.

Zofia Rennea Morales is a scientific muggle turned sensible mystic and transformation alchemist.  She helps women move through extreme life changes, reprogram the frustrating cycles out and replace them with grace and ease around men, money, and health

Rebie Ramoso is a co-founder of Quarkus, a social enterprise and product design studio. Rebie, with the help of her team, celebrates the ingenuity and craftsmanship of Filipino artisans through innovative bags and accessories and provides them with opportunities to have a more sustainable income.

Juliette is an active, energetic person with a background in social psychology and an interest in sustainability and making positive changes in the world. She started with the social enterprise World Experience Philippines, which Smokey Tours is a part of.

April Buchanan founded The Perky Lady in 2015 and since then has transformed the lives of hundreds of women through great fitting underthings enabling them to magnify the beautiful and confident woman within. An advocate for body positivity, avid lingerie and lifestyle blogger, entrepreneur, former copper, stepmom, dog wrangler, lingerie enthusiast, and “natural” redhead.

Clyde Prestowitz is the founder and president of The Economic Strategy Institute. This is a global think tank that deals with issues of global trade, investment, and security. Previously he was Counselor to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Chairman of President Clinton’s Commission on Trade and Investment in Asia, a member Intel’s Advisory Board, and an advisor to many leading CEOs and governments. He is the author of seven best selling books and speaks six languages.

After having hit rock bottom, both personally and financially, Silva Mirzoian has reinvented herself, and has become the leading expert in helping others to jumpstart their personal and professional lives. She is an author, entrepreneur, lifestyle developer, transformational trainer, and creator.

Women entrepreneurs spend most of their time juggling the demands of a successful career and the demands of a personal life. Although most women believe that achieving the elusive work-life balance is impossible, it is possible.

Roxanne Robinson is a Certified Professional Life Coach and Motivational Speaker. She has a radio show on BlogTalk called Kingdom Girl, and she also writes articles. Roxanne is motivated by her passion to ensure that every woman and girl knows their purpose.

Nathalie Guerin is a manifesting coach helping online business owners manifest clients and cash in their business. Nathalie’s mission is to help as many entrepreneurs step into their power so that they can help other people. Nathalie is a powerful goddess, project manager, healer, coach, intuitive, and psychic.

There don’t seem to be many places where I can look up a list of tools that other moms have tried and use for their day to day survival. This includes simple things like sending cards for birthdays, ordering birthday gifts, communication tips, calendar tools, childcare, and backup childcare options.

One very important working mom survival tip is to build your team. However, I am limited to 24 hours per day. I require sleep.  I don’t do time travel either. So, what’s a girl to do?

LeaAnn Fuller is a successful entrepreneur, women’s empowerment and self love coach, author, and motivational speaker. She is the founder and CEO of Fuller Life, LLC, where she has used her own struggles as a young, single mom to launch her success. She is a co-author of the best-selling books “DIVAS” and “Chocolate and Diamonds, Celebrating the Majesty of Motherhood”. In addition, she is the founder of a program, Adopt-A-Mom for Christmas, founded in honor of her late mother.

Nicole Martinez is the author of “Midday Meditations”, “Spring Dream”, “The Logan’s Tree”, and the upcoming release “Intentional Business”. She is owner of Heart of Ink Publishing and director of the Believers in Business community. She devotes much of her time as a speaker and small business owner consultant.

Elizabeth Pampalone started her company in 2007 after moving to a new city. Her many companies that followed were born of her observations of the struggles that small businesses face. She has helped start over 10 companies and has created over 300 websites.

Christina Washington is an author, educator, founder of Innovative Learning Solutions, and founder and Executive Director of Young Scholars, the youth academic division of ILS. She is also a contributing author of 2 engineering lab manuals and author of Ms Pearl Makes a Discovery, a children’s book that encourages youth to get excited about science. Christina has received numerous awards for her efforts and continues to be a trailblazer in her industry. 

Jennifer McDonough is originally from the cheese state of Wisconsin and moved to Raleigh, NC 12 years ago with no plans to be any where else soon! She has 2 children, ages 8 and 5, who keep her on her toes. She enjoys reading, movies, and always learning!

Have you ever felt that you needed another “you” to get it all done? Parenting these days is a full time job. If you are a mother and have ever felt that you just couldn’t get it all done, you are not alone.

Angie Carter is a mom of 3 and business owner. She made the transition from working for others to running her own business designing her own line of personalized totes in the wedding related space.

Michele Morrissey is a corporate speech-language pathologist certified by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA). As founder of Lucidity, LLC, she leads a team of consultants and professionals.

Donya Zimmerman is the principle owner of Powerful Biz Woman (DBA of FACMBC) and is a business consultant, aspiring author, and public speaker/trainer. Donya received her Juris Doctorate (JD) in Law from University of Baltimore Law School. Donya is a contributing writer with the Maryland Daily Examiner Newspaper, and has made article contributions to the Simply Inspirational Women in Business Journal for 2014 published by Dr. Cheryl Cottle. Donya has also conducted several workshops and speaking engagements on business startups and female entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneur Tammy Lewis is the Owner and Agency Director of a home care agency located in the Triangle area of NC. At Ideal Healthcare Services, their focus is on their patients and they are dedicated to delivering quality patient care.

Krylyn Peters, “The Fear Whisperer,” is an author, speaker, coach, and singer/songwriter. Drawing on her experience as a licensed psychotherapist and her ability to easily connect with others, Krylyn creates immediate feelings of trust and integrity.

Christy Primmer is a registered member of The Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, and founder of “Primetime Pearls”, a women’s only energizing and mastermind group. Christy established her business, Primetime Consulting Services, to generate positive change in our world. Christy is a powerful speaker and coach, and is working on her first book publication project.

Entrepreneur Michelle McGlade is an accelerator for holistic health practitioners. She is passionate about furthering the industry of holistic health care and believes her expertise lies in her ability to coach and inspire others to accomplish greatness.

Entrepreneur Megan Drane is an international award-winning photographer with a successful photography business in the suburbs of Chicago. She is nationally known for her work with special needs children.

Many women want the best of both worlds – stay home with baby and be able to contribute financially to the family while working from home. This sounds like the ideal situation, until you actually try to do the work with children present. If you don’t set a realistic tone for your work-at-home venture early on, this will turn into frustration fast.

Working Mom Nicole Bruno has 3 children. She is the co-founder of a non-profit organization called Guiding Lights, which provides support to family and professional caregivers.

Judy Micale has become known as a coach who has a great “attitude about gratitude!” She conducts trainings around the nation. Judy has written and published her first book, “31 Daily Inspirations for Caregivers: One Day, One Breath, One Step at a Time”, which is on Amazon.

After acquiring a degree in biology, and then working 23 years at IBM as the first ever female Salesman in IBM Bristol, Jude Holden retired and became an entrepreneur. In 2014, she launched bluecondo.com.

Best-selling Author and Entrepreneur Lynne Klippel has been an author, publisher, ghost writer, and book coach since 2003. Her company, BusinessBuildingBooks.com, focuses on the marriage of Internet marketing and publishing so that her clients not only create great books, but related products and services to extend their brand and create additional revenue streams.

Entrepreneur Laurie Reid, a Florida licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, has over 18 years of experience working with tweens, teens, couples, and families. She is the founder and President of Breaking the Cycle Consulting, Inc., (BTC).

Debbie Jacobs is a positivity mindset Transformational Life Coach whose emphasis is on success and happiness. She’s been a certified workshop leader, and is currently pursuing certification from the Napoleon Hill Foundation. She also developed the “My Inner Voice” app for her training program.

A busy mom of two boys, Rachel Withers blogs about Fitness, Faith, and Family at FitTriangleMom.com. A North Carolina native, she likes to share local activities happening in the Triangle region. When she’s not playing with her kids, she enjoys writing, reading, running, and date nights with her husband.

Rachel Brenke is an author, photographer, lawyer, and business consultant for photographers and bloggers. She currently helps creative industry and blogging professionals all over the world initiate, strategize, and implement strategic business and marketing plans through various mediums of consulting resources and legal direction.

As the owner of Rome Bodies, Susan-Jane Rome helps women gain personal and financial freedom. She focuses strongly on the importance of mindset and spirituality, and provides empowerment to uplift women and the planet.

Alla Petcheniouk was born in Russia and grew up in Germany, then moved to the U.S. in 2010. She moved to NY in 2012 after a divorce, and began her spiritual journey. This is the point at which she considers her life to have truly started.

Felicia Goldwire is the owner of Deluxe Virtual Assistance.  Her company provides social media management, email marketing, and administrative support to busy business owners.  In her free time, you can find her cruising the highways and byways on her 2015 Harley Davidson Street Glide.

Stephanie Harris is the owner of Triangle Amusements, Inc., located in Holly Springs, NC. She has always had an entrepreneurial spirit and has finally found her niche with Triangle Amusements, Inc.

About a decade ago, Noa Ronen moved from Israel to Brooklyn, NY with her husband and two small children. She began working for a non-profit organization, and eventually started a blog about being an Israeli mom in New York City. Her blog became a business, and inspired her to become a Certified Life and Transition Coach. Noa and her family now reside in North Carolina.

Mofoluwaso Ilevbare (aka Fofo) is a transformational Vibrant Life & Leadership Coach, Speaker, and Trainer. A social entrepreneur & women-in-the-boardroom advocate, Fofo champions a charity for empowering women and young girls in Africa and around the world.

Clarissa Wilson is a money mindset coach and online business bookkeeper. There isn’t a day that goes by that she doesn’t love what she does to help amazing women (and men!) just like you every single day. Clarissa is an accountant with 3 college degrees.

Donna Ghanney is a certified Professional Life Coach, leadership trainer, author, talk show host, and motivational speaker. She is the CEO of Kingdom Empowerment, Inc. (Radio, Magazine, and Training Academy), Jewelry4AQueen (Jewelry Collection), and BRIA 100% Natural Whipped Shea Butter Cream.

Krisha Young detests diets. An unapologetic food nerd, she turned her own life around by putting food before pharma, and going with her gut. Literally. Krisha created ‘The Method’ to reclaim, re-frame and tame the power of the plate.

Pebbles Weitekamp is the founder and owner of Little Teether, a company focused on designing safe teething necklaces for babies that are also stylish for moms. Her success in designing for her wedding led to her selling handmade jewelry pieces on Etsy. This scaled to the launch of her own company, Little Teether.

Sarah Ramsden is a Personal Coach and Nutritionist who works with women who’ve won the battle with major health issues, but are left feeling like an impostor in their own life: out of place, everywhere they used to feel at home. A brain tumor survivor who’s been exactly where they are, Sarah helps her clients stop wondering if they’re making the most of their second chance, and turn it into the most exciting and meaningful time of their life.

Entrepreneur Valerie Jurik is a Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS), keynote speaker, consultant, and entrepreneur with over 30 years experience in the healthcare, medical equipment, and construction fields. She is the CEO, Founder, and Owner of Infinite Home Resource (IHR) and Freedom Frogs.

Lisa Phillips is a retired military wife, mother of two, and an author. She started her business to serve military wives and couples by helping them strengthen their family unit by fostering spiritual readiness.

A few years ago, I was a member in active working mom board on Babycenter, and the topic of time management came up on probably a weekly basis. One of the women posed the theory of limited energy, which I’ve learned to apply to everything in my life.

Entrepreneur Candi King is a mom of four children, ranging in age from 9 to 14. She has worked with wood extensively, and makes a variety of different wood items, including puzzles, doll houses, and barns. She also sews, and makes reusable cloth gift bags.

At age 30, William D. Burton was taught a mindfulness process which enhanced his creative ability to communicate with the Subconscious Mind. This led him to become recognized as both a wellness consultant and a world class performing artist.

Sharon Haver helps women entrepreneurs and small business owners be seen so that they can step into their star power. As an internationally recognized style expert and personal brand success strategist, with a combined background in the business of marketing, entrepreneurship, and visual messaging, Sharon helps women who want to be seen as an influencer get the high-level clients they want.

Michelle Campbell is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant and Founder/CEO of Time Value Accounting & Business Services, LLC. She has a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Finance from Florida International University in Miami, FL. Michelle has many years of experience navigating the waters of accounting and finance and has spent the majority of her career as the lead finance officer for non-profit educational institutions, including a major university and a national consumer advocacy organization.

Erin Edgar practices law as a licensed attorney in the state of North Carolina. She worked for many years in the non-profit sector, but she now has her own solo practice. Erin graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law and has received further training in mediation, collaborative negotiation, and other forms of conflict resolution.

Voice and Performance expert Laurece West trains business and creative professionals in speaking and communication skills, strategy, and mindset to significantly increase their impact in media, interviews, client interactions, boardrooms, courtrooms, classrooms, sales, proposals, negotiations, presentations, inspirational talks, and keynotes. Laurece works with individuals and teams, as well as students, at the Durham Arts Council, the Duke Institute for Brain Science, and the U.N.C. School of Media and Journalism. Additionally a singing coach, Laurece is the author of Creating a $20 Million Dollar Voice, the Professional Singer’s Road Map: How to Go from Good to Great to Legend.

Marilyn Moser is a wife and mother, and lives her passion of empowering women. She enjoys mentoring and coaching her team and business colleagues, challenging them to become their best self. She has 30 years of experience in the health & wellness industry from Radiology & Mammography Healthcare Sciences to a former fitness instructor. She cherishes her family, and loves traveling the world to live a life on purpose! She’s a top leader in a Nutrigenomics company and enjoys training teams to maximize their earning potential and a grow their influence.

Farha Syed is a certified residential interior designer. She is passionate about her work and believes in giving her clients a memorable experience in working with her. With each new project, she strives to give her best work by transforming her clients homes and lives.

When you have a lot to do, you need to be able to do things as quickly and efficiently as possible. The right tools serve as shortcuts that will help you maximize your productivity. Since we all rely on our phones to do just about everything, it doesn’t hurt to rely on a few smart iPhone apps designed to help you get work done.

Modern technology has enabled businesses to offer working from home more and more, so you’ve likely had the opportunity to decide if working from home is an option for you. However, unexpectedly having kids around the house can throw a wrench in your perfect plan. Whether they’re your own children or somebody else’s, getting work done while they’re around is difficult, but can be done.

Brenda Adelman is an on-stage and on-video performance coach, storytelling mentor, and forgiveness expert. She has a critically acclaimed one-woman show, based on her life story, that she’s performed in London, NYC, and Los Angeles, and a Hero of Forgiveness Award from the Hawaii International Forgiveness Project. Brenda has been interviewed on Fox-TV news and on NPR.

Jodi Murphy is a Safety Engineer with a construction/maintenance company in Jacksonville, Florida. After a 20 year career in the Navy as a carpenter, Jodi retired and went to college to earn a Masters in Occupational Safety and Health. She now applies her experience to ensure the health and safety of over 200 workers.

After owning her first award winning company for 11 years, Jenny Fitz felt it was time to go global. Her ability to network, promote and support female entrepreneurs has resulted in FEMM International.