by angelahosking | May 15, 2018 | Build Your Confidence, Career, Empower Yourself
Caroline* had been studying for her certification exam for months. Each night, despite the lure of a binge worthy Netflix series, she studied flashcards, took practice tests, and consulted with her tutor. Every scoring indicator showed she was improving. Yet, two...
by angelahosking | Apr 29, 2018 | Empower Yourself, Work-Life Balance
My alarm jolted me into an abrupt state of consciousness. I pulled my exhausted self out of bed and stood up to great the pitch black room. I glanced at the illuminated numbers on the clock…4:45am. On a Saturday. I groaned as I struggled to remind myself why I...
by angelahosking | Apr 23, 2018 | Career, Empower Yourself, Workplace
Ladies, take a minute to think back about what you wanted to be when you grew up. What images of women represented a desirable future for you? Did early exposures to media display strong, capable, intelligent women? Or were you lured into thinking in order to be...
by angelahosking | Apr 17, 2018 | Build Your Confidence, Career, Empower Yourself
“Give the number first and make it high as hell” so says Bozoma Saint John, Chief Brand Officer for Uber. When it comes to negotiating your salary as a woman St. John concludes, you must throw out the high number first in order not to be low-balled from...
by angelahosking | Apr 9, 2018 | Build Your Confidence, Empower Yourself, Self improvement
There’s a storm coming, you just don’t know it yet. No matter how we plan, prepare and organize…the universe often blows us off course with the winds of change. If we are lucky, we notice the gentle breezes in the trees and the darkening of the sky,...