by Susan Elford | Jul 10, 2019 | Family, Featured, Happiness, Highlight, Personal Leadership
How Revelations From a 13-year-old Can Spark Your Own Newfound Freedom “What if I bought you a bus pass and you could go anywhere you wanted?” I asked my youngest on the second day of summer holidays. (I gave her the first day of summer holidays to laze around and...
by Susan Elford | Jun 13, 2019 | Business, Career, Featured, Highlight, Success
Five Reasons Why Building Your Tribe is a Key to Solopreneur Success “I am so ready for a break,” sighed my eldest, as we cleared the breakfast dishes together on a beautiful sunny Sunday morning in June. She was getting herself psyched up for a day of study as she...
by Susan Elford | May 8, 2019 | Family, Featured, Happiness, Highlight, Personal Leadership, Success
Grade 12 Grad or Bust – How Graduating from High School Impacts Us As Parents NOTE: This article was originally published in 2019 when my eldest was graduation from high school. Now, in 2023, she’s graduation from university and my youngest is graduation from...
by Susan Elford | Apr 10, 2019 | Business, Career, Featured, Happiness, Highlight, Personal Leadership, Success
5 Ways You’re Holding Yourself Back, And What To Do About It “You’re putting a ceiling on our lives!” I exasperatedly said to my husband. “We just talked about this – how people inadvertently hold themselves back by unconsciously creating ways to keep themselves...
by Susan Elford | Mar 13, 2019 | Career, Featured, Happiness, Highlight, Personal Leadership, Work / Life Balance
The new work/life balance may not be about “balance” after all Honestly, I just about fell on the floor when my husband shared with me – a few years ago now – that he was feeling a little “stressed” when he had to pick up our daughter on his way home from work. Every...
by Susan Elford | Mar 14, 2016 | Business, Featured, Highlight, Work / Life Balance
I’ve been self-employed for 13 years. When I share that with people who don’t really know me or what I do, they tend to say things like: “Oh, that sounds relaxing.” “Oh, how nice! You can be home for your kids.” “You must love not having a boss.” Well, if you are...