Advice on what it really means to be a working mom

Samantha Ettus, MBA, talks about stereotypes of working moms and what it's really like to balance work and family
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Advice on what it really means to be a working mom

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I sometimes cringe when I see the media image of a working mom. When you go to Google images and you type in working mom, you see a mom that looks very harried and she is balancing a baby bottle and a briefcase and a computer and it looks awful and no one would want that life. But the life of a working mom is really nothing like that. It is momming and working and momming and working. It is a seesaw. Your going back and forth between your worlds all day long. And that is okay. And that is fun and that could be very fulfilling and that is what being a working mom is really like. It is not a juggle it is a seesaw. One of my favorite tips for working moms is, "What to wear?" Wear something that is not very stain-able. You'll never see me wearing silk. And wear something that you can go back and forth between drop off and pick up and working and meetings and dinner out with your spouse. Wear something that you can have all day long for that mommy back and forth seesaw.

Samantha Ettus, MBA, talks about stereotypes of working moms and what it's really like to balance work and family

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Samantha Ettus, MBA

Lifestyle Expert for Working Moms

Sam is the leading lifestyle and parenting expert for working women. Since earning her undergraduate and MBA degrees from Harvard, Sam has coached thousands of women - celebrities, entrepreneurs, top CEO's and professional athletes - who aim to perform at the highest levels in both their professional and personal lives.

Sam is a bestselling author of four Random House books and a Contributor to Forbes and Disney’s parenting site, Babble. She hosts a nationally syndicated radio show for working moms and the Conference for Women’s monthly radio show, “Office Hours.”

Sam hosted leading online talk show, Obsessed TV and is known for her interviewing skills. She has interviewed countless luminaries from Al Roker to Bethenny Frankel and Mary J. Blige. Sam has made hundreds of local and national TV appearances and is a sought after speaker at corporations, conferences and colleges.

Sam aims to practice what she preaches in her daily life as a mother of three and wife of entrepreneur, Mitch Jacobs. 

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I sometimes cringe when I see the media image of a working mom. When you go to Google images and you type in working mom, you see a mom that looks very harried and she is balancing a baby bottle and a briefcase and a computer and it looks awful and no one would want that life. But the life of a working mom is really nothing like that. It is momming and working and momming and working. It is a seesaw. Your going back and forth between your worlds all day long. And that is okay. And that is fun and that could be very fulfilling and that is what being a working mom is really like. It is not a juggle it is a seesaw. One of my favorite tips for working moms is, "What to wear?" Wear something that is not very stain-able. You'll never see me wearing silk. And wear something that you can go back and forth between drop off and pick up and working and meetings and dinner out with your spouse. Wear something that you can have all day long for that mommy back and forth seesaw.