I was with my daughter, Jenna the other day in her Manhattan apartment. She lives alone with her cat, Poppy. Jenna is now 27 and she is at the age where a lot of her friends are getting engaged or soon to be married. When I was 27 many, many years ago, my mom would hound me about when I was going to get married. I don’t do that with Jenna because I know she is living her best life.

Have you ever been told that you don’t have executive presence? Managers love to tell their employees this as a reason to tell you that you are not getting promoted. Many women are told this on a regular basis.

We have learned a lot in the last year around what employees want especially in light of the new working from home arrangements that have been put in place sine the pandemic. In most cases, people are finding it harder to leave their homes and come back to the office.

Mental Health Awareness has become even more important especially given the year we just had. Dealing with stress and anxiety and balancing it while working can be a challenge. I thought it would be helpful to share some tips on how I have overcome challenges with stress and anxiety in the workplace. Simple steps you take today, can help you manage how you deal with these issues in the workplace and your personal life.

“Oxic” is a process of introducing oxygen into the room while “toxic” can be poisonous, harmful and unpleasant in a pervasive or insidious way. Do you work in an environment that may be harmful to your health? The environment may need more oxygen to get rid of the toxicity.

Well it’s been a year since it was declared we are in a pandemic. It has been a rough year for so many people. I thought I would reflect on how for some of us our lives will be changed forever. While a lot of not so good things happened, we learned to survive and some of us may have had some opportunities. What did you learn over the last year? Post your comments below.