Planning for the Unexpected

There is no good time to have a family!

There is certainly such a thing as being too young, and on the flip side, there is such a thing as waiting too long!

Why do I bring this up?

Because most professional women have their life planned out – first they get started in a career, then get married and have a family. After graduating from college, many will spend their 20s building a career. At that time, they aren’t worried about having a family yet – they think there’s plenty of time ahead of them – and that they can just get off The Pill (or whatever form of birth control they might be using) and get pregnant. That’s what “Family Planning” is supposed to be all about, correct? It is the idea that you have control over what point in time you will have children, along with how many children you will have.

But what most women don’t count on is not being able to get pregnant. That’s when life throws a monkey wrench in all the best laid plans.

It is absolutely devastating for any woman, who knows how to work hard, and has worked hard to get where she is in her career and life, to be told that she can’t do something (get pregnant). Especially because infertility is something over which you have very little control. Most women are not prepared to deal with this! It’s unexpected and it’s not part of the plan.

The thing about facing infertility is that there is nobody really to talk to about it, especially if your friends are able to get pregnant easily. They just don’t understand! One client of mine undergoing infertility treatment told me that all her friends drifted away after they had kids and she couldn’t. As a result, she didn’t have any support to help her get through this critical time in her life.

That’s where an experienced coach can help. The truth is that most people who have not experienced infertility firsthand only have a superficial understanding of it! My clients are usually extremely grateful to finally find a coach who can relate and understand. That’s one reason I call myself “The Full-Time Woman’s Coach.” Even though I do have several male clients, these issues of career, family, motherhood, starting your own business and work/life balance are all intertwined.

That’s why I will soon be giving my first ever tele-seminar titled “The Balancing Act” for women in business. This session is for you if you can answer “Yes” to any of these questions:

Do you often feel overwhelmed?

Does work-life balance elude you?

Do you ever feel challenged with trying to balance work, life, and family?

Are you considering starting a business and wondering how on earth you are ever going to fit one more thing into your life?

How do you squeeze one more thing into your crazy schedule?

Even our cell phones need to be recharged and so do you!

Can you make it? Or know someone else who needs to attend? If so I would love to hear from you!