If you’re in northern Virginia and beyond, you’ve likely heard of parenting expert, Dr. Rene Hackney, and may have even seen her speak and/or you or your children may have participated in one of her play groups, workshops or classes. This event is specifically designed for working moms to address challenges that come with working in or outside the home while raising a family.

A leading parenting and child development specialist and the founder and creator of Parenting Playgroups – Where Parents Learn and Children Play and AskDr.Rene, Dr. Rene will present strategies for effective and empowered parenting and she’ll address your challenges during a question and answer session.

Learn how using positive discipline strategies can empower you as a parent and build a stronger family, ultimately having a positive impact on your work life as well!

Learn more about Dr. Rene, get details about the event and register today at http://events.theenterprisingmoms.com

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For many Enterprising Moms, and moms in general, it’s a constant struggle … finding enough time to meet the numerous demands of daily life, never mind the quest for a little professional fulfillment and personal joy along the way. Is there time for it all?

According to one study, there’s plenty! John Robinson, a time researcher who’s often referred to as the father of time, says that working moms have 30 hours of leisure time per week. So, where’s the disconnect?

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and mother of two, Brigid Schulte, like many of us didn’t believe it. So, she did a study of her own time and shared her findings in the February 17th Sunday Washington Post Magazine article, “The Test of Time: A busy working mother tries to figure out where all her time is going.” The controversial article kicked up storm of discussion on the subject of moms and leisure time, how we define it, and how we spend it.

At this June 8th event, Brigid will share her experience in researching and reporting the piece and the conversations that ensued as the topic exploded in print, on the web and even lead to an appearance by Brigid on the Dr. Phil Show!

Opening with a talk by Brigid about her experience, the event will feature an interactive discussion and exploration of time, work, leisure and how we define and experience them all.

Do you have 30 hours of leisure time per week? Tell us about it below and join us on Tuesday, June 8th

About Brigid

Brigid Schulte is a reporter on the Washington Post’s Local Enterprise Team, a group of narrative writers that look for compelling and insightful stories that help explain how we live now. She came to the Post in 1999 to cover education, winning a top National Education Writers’ Association award for a series exploring the achievement gap. She has since written human interest, narrative and feature stories on everything from dying bats and the way the healthcare debate feels on the street to a lost jar of marbles and the plight of struggling Iraqi refugees in America for virtually all sections of the newspaper and Washington Post magazine.

She has won a number of journalism and writing awards, including the National Association of Black Journalist’s award for sports writing for a four-part series on a high school basketball team comprised almost entirely of immigrants or the sons of immigrants. She was also part of the team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for covering the Virginia Tech massacre.

Schulte wrote about national politics and national affairs for Knight-Ridder Newspapers’ Washington Bureau before joining the Post. She also wrote about southern politics as the Washington correspondent for the State Newspaper in South Carolina and covered the environment and the Pacific Northwest for the Seattle Times and other western papers in the Washington Bureau of States News Service. She has worked at newspapers in South Carolina and Wyoming, written for national magazines like The Washington Monthly and trade publications like The Harvard Education Review and taught English in Japan for two   years. An Oregon native, she graduated with a degree in English from the University of Portland and later obtained a master’s degree from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in New York.

Door Prize

Special thanks to Jenna Caudillo of JA Creative, provider award winning marketing and creative services to businesses and nonprofit organizations, for the following door prize:

We Grew It–Let’s Eat It!
DC twins Annie and Veda learn about the White House veggie garden and want to grow fruits and vegetables, too. But how, if you live in an apartment? Watch the twins and senior gardener Ida work and play their way through planting, tending, and harvesting in a neighborhood Community Garden. Then comes the fun of preparing and eating simple, tasty, homegrown food!

A picture book for young readers (ages 3-8 — Pre-K- Grade 4)
By Annie and Veda as told to Justine Kenin
Full-color photos by Becky Lettenberger
Designed by J.A. Creative
56 pages, soft cover 8.5” x 11”, with recipes and books for further reading

This is the third book they have collaborated on with Tenley Circle Press.

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On Wednesday, April 28, members of The Enterprising Moms will come together to support So That Others Might Eat (SOME), a non-profit organization that has helped thousands of people get off the streets, transform their lives and learn to live independently. Moms will prepare casseroles assembly-line style, and then volunteers and staff from SOME will distribute the casseroles to those in need.

We did this event last November, and it was a blast! It was great to connect with fellow business-owner moms and build relationships in a fun way while contributing to the greater good.

Steering Committee Member Marilyn Nowalk of Intelligent by Design has made it incredibly easy to give back to the community this way:

Nothing to buy. Nothing to bring. Three easy ways to get involved:

1. Donate & Participate (Contribute funds for food and supplies AND join in the fun!)
2. Donate (Can’t participate? Contributions for food and supplies are welcome.)
3. Participate (Can’t donate? Come on out to provide hands-on support!)

However you plan to get involved, register and/or donate today!

If you participated last fall, please chime in and share your experience. Testimonials go a long way in encouraging others to do the same.

Speaking of giving back, also check out our May 11 event, “Doing Well While Doing Good: Demystifying Corporate Social Responsibility.” Get details and register at the early bird rate!

Carolyn
Chief Enterprising Mom  |  @EnterprisingMom |  @ApplyWithin

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Too tied up in the frenzy of the holidays to give it much thought? No worries … Join us at the next Coffee and Connections where coaches Carolyn Semedo, of Apply Within, and Suzanne Caldwell, of Vital Coaching and Consulting, will help you get on track.

What: Setting Goals and Intentions for 2010
When: Tuesday, January 12 @ 9:30am
Where:  Busboys and Poets – Arlington, VA

During this interactive event, you’ll:

• Explore, clarify and get grounded in what’s most important to you, at your essence
• Learn how to integrate those things and honor them in your everyday life
• Understand the basis of those internal struggles, external conflicts and the ever-present “should” and “ought to” and learn what to do about them

Through coaching we’ll help you learn how to achieve a sense of alignment and integration so that you can set meaningful goals and intentions for your whole life from an empowered and grounded place.

Join us to learn how to get your new year off to the best start possible!

Shared by one business owner:

“I have found clients, friends and gotten information for services I need and hired those recommended service professionals. It is a good resource because being a part of the group offers a level of trust you wouldn’t find elsewhere. I have found such a supportive environment in which I have been able to get valuable feedback from a very talented group of women. It is an important group for me especially because it is valuable to have a resource of like-minded mamas.” — Jessica Christian, Photographer, Jessica Photo

Register today!

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