As she moved from job to job and then magazine to magazine the focus of her career mirrored her life. Roseanne was recruited by Seagram Wine Company right out of school, moved to a shelter magazine, then a fashion magazine and then a parents magazine. Much like her life she
Attending a birthday party for her niece where the 7 year old guests got to make and decorate their own cookies, she thought “what a great idea.” Due to downsizing of her company, Carrie Memmesheimer was laid off from her Technology Business Group Manager job at a human resources company
When her friend had a two-for-one coupon to a consultant who could tell her what colors and clothes to wear in order to look fab, she went. Scarlett DeBease had no idea that people got paid to help others with their image. Before having children, she worked on the corporate
As 2012 begins, I’m hearing from you, my followers, that you have a sense of wanting to break free. Many of you have pent up energy and are ready to stretch your legs. Time to shake off the shackles of “the new year blues.” I’m feeling the same way and
Nightmares can be scary at all ages, but when Sarina Galu’s son, Tucker, at age 3, woke up for the fourth night in a row from bad dreams, she needed a solution and her son was looking for security. His blankie had long since disintegrated and was reduced to a
Creating a venture that combined her talents, pointed her towards her goals and made her happy is what Jenifer Ross found with her new business W@tercooler. She has developed a coworking space in Tarrytown New York where she offers entrepreneurs, small business owners, and mobile workers another option for a
With a Grandmother who was an avid gardener, Karen Hughan helped plant flowers and vegetables each spring, and this experience planted the seeds of her future career. Karen’s father also loved to garden and as he passed away at a young age, gardening became a way of staying connected to
Looking around the baby play group listening to the other moms talk about people like Kim Kardashian, she realized she was the oldest mom there by about 15 years. That’s when Robin Gorman Newman realized she needed a new play group. She thought there must be other women who have
Having grown up down the road from a farm stand, it only seems natural that she would end up in Community Supported Agriculture, or “CSA” for those in the know. Right out of college, Gail Brussel started working in book publishing in the PR department but with the birth of
When her hobby collided with her professional life it was “an eye opening experience.” Kelsey Banfield was a self-professed foodie and found her first job at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, putting together a collection of recipes to create a charitable cookbook to benefit the hospital. As it was being compiled, Rizzoli