I'm a bit frazzled and discombobulated lately. There's so much going on around me and in my brain that I'm having trouble latching onto the now and being HERE. Instead, I'm bouncing around from one...

It has been said that "the surest way to keep a man in prison is not to let him know he's there." And the surest way to keep a woman from embracing her pure career ambition is to make her...

Are you happy in your current position? Or are you expecting to climb the ladder or rise in your career to a higher position? If you’re happy where you are, if you’ve reached the pinnacle...

The search for the perfect job is a difficult and complex journey littered with variable life occurrences and expectations. It is not an uncommon thought to be excited one minute and downtrodden...

With the bombardment of headlines forecasting doom and despair in the economic sector, it’s hard for a freelancer and small business owner to keep her head up and stay positive. But recently I...

A reader sent me this question: "I have a cherished baby and a husband who is willing to support me. Women in my new mothers group pressure me to abandon my established small business any...

With baby boomers approaching retirement, I have come across many articles offering advice on what to do to prepare for the next generation leaders. The advice focuses on ways to make the field...

"Get to it and do it." It's a statement I heard plenty of growing up. Chores to be finished? "Get to it and do it." Math homework? "Get to it and do it." Whatever the...

I think a lot about the future. About how I want to make my mark on this world, do something of significance, and find that perfect intersection of talent, passion, and opportunity. And I’m not...

While I was considering leaving the practice of law, I sat down and made a list of what I wanted out of my next job. My list consisted of things like flexibility, autonomy, creativity, the ability to...

Not only did I learn things at Vogue, but I picked up a few things as a young litigator at a big NYC law firm as well. It was not nearly as "sexy" of...

I made a big move this weekend, in the physical sense, as well as less literally. I moved to a new apartment in a new part of town, and it’s as if I’ve officially started a new phase in...

In an earlier post I talked about how my job doesn’t give me adequate opportunities to develop myself as a leader. My organization lacks structure and...

Gen@Work is DivineCaroline's monthly column looking at career through the prism of generation. If you have a question for our Gen@Work panel, please send it in care of the editor at...

I make my living teaching women how to unapologetically own their ambition in a society that has a double standard. It’s our prevailing cultural paradigm: ambitious men are go-getters, but

Speaking as a woman who has had multiple rounds in the Boxing Ring of Work with the Work/Life Balance issue especially since I returned  to Asia...

I thought something would happen the last week of March, but what was supposed to happen didn’t. See, I was supposed to figure out who the man of my dreams was this past week. Stop laughing....

Even after I declared a major in college, from "Undecided" to journalism, I've still been pretty undecided about all my career-related choices. I'm having trouble making up my mind, and I...

When I was in college, I decided to major in social work because at the end of the day, I wanted to feel that if I didn't do this job, there might not be someone else to step up and do it. ...

Last month, CNN looked at relationships and their impact on careers, particularly among young women. The

This morning, my husband was talking about how much he has enjoyed the fact that I have such a flexible schedule now. Since I left my "Big Law" job a year ago - and even though I

Last week, one of our local news channels did a piece on women being able to "have it all."  They interviewed a woman who promotes relaxation, and believes that women need to take time...

While married, what did Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt have in common with 1/3 of American couples?  Before I answer that, let me share a question posted by a DamselsInSuccess reader: 

Each morning, I leave home and head for a job that many young women envy.  I spend my days educating young people, working with passionate volunteers, and coming up with creative ways to engage...

On the hit MTV series The Hills, Lauren (LC) is offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go to Paris by her boss at Teen Vogue. Instead of jumping at it, like any sane person trying to pursue a...

Let’s say you’ve been in a successful business partnership for 5 years with someone who’s been a close friend for 25. You both enjoy this partnership so much that you decide to...

So in the spirit of end-of-the-year- list-making, and the fact that I’ve been speaking a lot of about this recently, I’ve pulled together a list of things that fall into this brain-teaser...

For four years, I worked for a mid-sized law firm with approximately 45 attorneys in the local office. My first few years there were fantastic. I was on top of my game and headed in all the right...

The issue of respect comes up often for me...as in, which fields command respect and an immediate presumption that you are an intelligent human being? Certainly physicians command this (though I've...

Last year I decided to participate in a mission trip to the Central African Republic to conduct research focused on micro-enterprise development through the Graduate Professional School Ministries...

In recent months, things have been a bit off.  I’m sure you can relate on those days when you wake up with the same obligations and expectations as yesterday, and you’re even less...

After spending a few months as a life and career coach, I am becoming a lawyer again. But  I’m doing it differently this time, joining the ranks of young lawyers in Orlando

Have you ever noticed that women are frequently stereotyped as being more talkative of than men? Maybe it’s just my first-born traits coming out, but being talkative is something that holds...

This post is an opening argument to the question, “Do women need men and/or children in order to be fulfilled?” The opposing viewpoint, from www.thestateof.com, can be read

Even when you love your work and the people you work with, seeing the same people and doing the same tasks day after day gets old. I've finally found a job I love, but I occasionally still find...

Ambitious women drive ourselves crazy. I hear these sorts of comments all the time: “I love my career. That said, it demands a ton of hours. At home, my clean clothes and

I didn’t think it was possible to see any black lining to the recent finding that women in certain urban areas are making

I was an editorial assistant at Vogue in 1995-96. It was not a job I ever imagined I would have but one which I fell into and have never forgotten. This post is not a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada,...

I have been fortunate to work on brand campaigns that I feel have tried to responsibly illustrate women and their beauty and style. For several years I did the art buying, production and casting for...

Women who telecommute, at least part time, tell me, "I have a killer job." The pièce de résistance of their professional setup? "I can work from home when I need to. I...

I started a new job on Wednesday. At 23 years old, I am now the Executive Director of a young professional organization whose mission is to attract and retain young talent and leadership

When I was a little girl, my mother was often waiting for me when I walked in the door after school.  We spent countless hours in the kitchen cooking together, while I recounted the details of...

I continue to read that women in business hesitate to ask for what they want, and therefore, they don’t always get what they want. Ladies, please understand it is okay, and even expected, that you...

During my research for my book, amBITCHous, I e-mailed queries to thousands of high-achieving women and always received a flood of responses that generated a...

I am, what some may call, a habitual rebel by temperament. According to my mother, from the moment I could make up my own mind and say ‘no’ (that would be me from age 2 onwards), I had always...

During my six years of law practice, I faced unrelenting pressure to please every partner, every client, every moment of every day, regardless of the personal toll, and not look like an out of...

As a part-time writing instructor, teaching in Boston, you tend to go on a lot of job interviews.  This also means you usually have more than one job at a time.  Classes open up, someone...

Welcome! At Damsels In Success, we're seeking to generate a movement among women, and we are excited you're here to share the dream.

In 2007, life is complicated for women, figuring...

We always hear about men golfing. We know that lots of deals are struck on the golf course. We even know a few women who golf for both pleasure and business. So, why don't more women play golf? I...

As motherhood and work seem to be a hot topic on the boards, I wanted to offer my own comparison nugget.  Entrepreneurial pursuits seem to be kinder to mothers than the traditional corporate...

Currently, I’m helping a corporation build a community website based on an idea that arrived to me in the shower. When I was studying creative writing in college, I had one professor who claimed to...

It's hard to tell your story when you are so used to telling others' for a living.  I ask people to put their lives and tales in front of the world every day.  Sometimes I have to convince...

I love, live and breathe fashion. I pick season’s colors, watch fashion trends, travel to Paris to source fabrics, and I sketch constantly.  Ah yes, and read fashion magazines and shop whenever...

To Do in the Next Six Weeks:
1. Finish the most challenging women’s health book I’ve written to date. Two weeks.

2. Prepare to market the 10 amazing authors whose books...

I don't want to tell you this, but I have to: I got fired from my very first job out of college. I still feel the twinges of shame and inadequacy, the fear that at the ripe old age of twenty-two my...

My name is Monica Favela George and I have a problem. I LOVE shoes. So much that I have risked my entire financial well being on launching my own shoe line.  I did not work for anyone else in...

Generally, I’m a free spirit when it comes to how I approach life but when it comes to work, I’ve always done what I should do opposed to what I want to do…until now.  The path has been a bit...

My life as a retail entrepreneur plays out like a twisted Mastercard commercial.  I  have paid a price for my vision and the many costs involved include forfeiting a six-figure salary; no...

“Do you think you could try looking a little older?” was the constructive criticism I received during my first professional review following college graduation.  I was working as an...

I have been working in the art and legal fields in New York City for the past twelve years.  Three years ago I culled my favorite parts of each of these fields and launched my fine art...

I am so lucky to have the best of two lives – a professional one and a mommy one.  I am the mother of 2 gorgeous and extremely rambunctious (code for wild!) girls, 2 and 4 years old.  ...