Mompreneur Musings: The Quest For Balance

Just getting ready to finish up my work to head home for Halloween! For the last two weeks, my girls both told me that they wanted to be fairies – all the rage with Pre-K and Kindergarteners. Last night as my older daughter was getting ready to go to bed, she told me that she [...]

Well, there is some truth here.  One of my goals is to make a difference in nutrition education across the country – see my blog (http://www.zoefoods.com/blog/mommy-will-you-talk-to-the-chef-at-school/) Okay – I stated it publicly – the next day another mom in the class approached me about getting together a small group of parents’ whose goal is just [...]

Married seven years as of yesterday and together for almost 10! Just another milestone to make me realize how quickly time passes. I had never heard of the seven year itch until a friend of mine told me about it. Why seven? Do we suddenly tire of our partners after seven years? Do people tend [...]

Did you know that many of the mainstream kid’s cereals – ones that have been around from when we were little – can be likened to white bread with sugar and vitamins? This point was driven home by an article from Consumer Reports called “Some Cereals – More Than Half Sugar.”
“A serving of 11 popular [...]

Nutrition in your child’s school – is there any? My kindergartener started eating lunch at school this year. She was so excited. At barely 6 years old, she is beginning to enjoy the freedom of making her own decisions. With this responsibility, she has quickly learned that it’s not always so easy to make a [...]

I have not, at least not for the last 20 years. After 25 years, I gathered up my courage, my husband, and my kids, and returned. Courage? Why would anyone need courage to go to a high school reunion?
Let me tell you why. Twelve years in one place is a very long time. Everyone in [...]

I wish I could say that I’ve figured out how to slow down my life – but I haven’t made much progress since my June entry (http://www.zoefoods.com/blog/slowing-down-the-course-of-time-do-less-not-more/). In fact, since being on vacation, I think I’ve tried to cram in everything that I missed doing while I was gone into the last several weeks.
The result [...]

As a working mom with more limited time with my girls, I struggle with the fact that children need boundaries and discipline and that I cannot give in to their every whim. I’ve discovered one way to make this a little easier – try to avoid certain situations in which I know they will constantly [...]

About a week ago I wrote about the benefits of pro-biotics – supplements that contain the good bacteria that are normally found in your body. After a round of anti-biotics and two weeks of eating vegetables while traveling in China and Central Asia – it sounded like a battle was waging in my stomach.
I have [...]

Have you ever told someone a real story and the reply was “It’s too good to be true?” Come to think of it, I haven’t with a sole recent exception. Recently I went to a meeting for Boston entrepreneurs/founders of companies. In discussing my company with one of the venture capital people at the meeting [...]