9 Lives for Women Blog

I’m so excited to share my new website at www.kathrynsollmann.com. It’s easier to navigate, more mobile-friendly and helps you find flexwork even faster. My site URL is no longer “9 Lives for Women” so that I can focus more clearly on the key services I provide as a flexwork expert. My new branding is indeed all about flexwork—on my…

The 2018 mid-term elections will keep the heat on politicians to make childcare more plentiful and affordable. But until significant changes are made, more creative thinking is in order before women at all income levels make the choice to forego work and stay home. Many women decide to avoid childcare expenses and stay home when…

Ask any mother what she considers her #1 priority and the answer will inevitably be “my family”. As it should be…but the question is, what is priority #2? Recently I came across a book written by a college friend called Priorities. There are lots of good reminders as author Elizabeth Stuart-Grimes prompts readers to understand…

When Hillary Clinton almost won the Presidency, were more women inspired to “lean in” toward the C-Suite? Probably not. Many highly educated, talented women don’t fret the glass ceiling—they want and need to lean in halfway to less life-consuming, more sustainable, flexible work that accommodates child and aging parent caretaker roles.

There’s one skill that women returning to the workforce after a family hiatus will revisit right away: the art of negotiating…with family and potential employers. When there’s not a dire need to restart your career tomorrow, the first deal-making is with family—and your goal is to convince your partner and children that any initial inconvenience…

Most women have gotten the memo on physical fitness. If we’re not going to the gym religiously, we’re fretting about making more time to exercise. We spend hours thinking about whether to eat this rather than that—especially when a zipper doesn’t zip or a button pops. Though we may devour every article about a diet that…