Milk and Mud » Personal Development

Inspiration to Rise Above It All

Kristen — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:14:27 +0000

Granted, they’re rather small ones, but my response on women and rejection in online business is making waves in the blogging community. I’m going to highlight several resources rising above and overcoming that have come to my attention since I posted that. It’s amazing how you stumble across things related to what you’re thinking about: [...]

Women and Rejection in Online Business

Kristen — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:43:34 +0000

Lisa Irby of 2CreateaWebsite recently did a video about fear of rejection online and women (video below). I don’t have a camera set up to do a video response, but I did want to respond to her because it’s something that’s been on my mind, too. I used to worry about making me front and [...]

Productivity and Personal Development… While You Do the Dishes

Kristen — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:37:58 +0000

I love to discover more about how I can improve myself. I love to sit and work on my business. I could probably happily spend hours every day writing or reading. Are you the same way? Unfortunately, life gets in the way. I shouldn’t say that it gets in the way, that’s not really fair. [...]

So You Think Being a Mom Means Personal Development is on Hold?

Kristen — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:39:04 +0000

I'll admit that one of my biggest pet peeves is people implying that you somehow need to put your own life on hold when you have kids.

Personal Development

Kristen — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:50:44 +0000

Personal development in the midst of parenting... is it possible? More importantly, is it possible without sacrificing your family for your own self-growth?

Learning New Skills and Gaining Knowledge

Kristen — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:42:01 +0000

I find myself constantly needing to learn new things. I think most mothers do. Parenting and running a household both require a lot dedication, commitment, and good management skills. If you’re like me and didn’t really get an education in how to be a wife, mother, and manage a household, things can seem pretty overwhelming [...]

Developing Vision as a Mother

Kristen — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:03:56 +0000

I’ve spent some time writing articles on being more effective as a mother. They’ve been pretty practical. I’ve just focused on telling you the “whys” of setting goals, a schedule, etc, and given you an outline on how to do those things. Today I’m going to take a bit of a different track and talk [...]