Successful Home-Based Business Mom Inspires Thousands With Her Captivating Novel: ‘The Journey’

This is a press release that just was delivered to me. I can’t personally endorse her book, but it sure looks like her heart is the right place.

AS VEGAS, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ — Available now, “The Journey”
(ISBN 0-9748988-0-5) is a moving story that chronicles the life of Annie, a
mom who takes on the challenge of building a home-based business as she
strives to blend career and family. The book’s author, Julie Abarzua says:
“This enchanting story is a thoughtful and inspiring gift for the busy woman
in your life this holiday season!”

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*(Caption: “The Journey” by Julie Abarzua.)

Julie embarked on her own journey a few years ago that led her in a new
direction both personally and professionally. She admits that Annie is based
on her own experiences as a mother working outside the home while raising her
children. Her struggle is one that is repeated across the country by
thousands of parents every day. “Like me, Annie found her solution by
starting and successfully running a home-based business that afforded her the
time and income necessary to blend her career and family life,” says Julie.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Julie spent much of her professional
career focused on encouraging and directing young people toward living their
best lives. Married to her husband Kurt in 1986, they are raising their two
sons in Las Vegas where she stays busy as a consultant and inspirational
speaker, and continues to build her home-based business.

As a successful businesswoman, Julie decided to self-publish “The Journey”
with help from friends, and other successful writers. “I hope ‘The Journey’
will provide insight and inspiration to others; especially moms working
outside the home.”

Reviews indicate she will be equally successful as an author.

‘The Journey’ is a riveting work of fiction that women and couples
everywhere will readily identify with. I’m giving you fair warning … once
you pick up ‘The Journey,’ you won’t be able to put it down. So pour a cup of
tea, park yourself in your favorite reading spot, and enjoy!,” says Belinda
Thompson, Las Vegas.

“In ‘The Journey,’ the author [has] done the same thing I sought to do in
my book, only better! … Brilliant … ‘The Journey’ is not as much a book
you will ‘read,’ it is a book you will ‘feel,’” says John Milton Fogg, author
of “The Greatest Networker in the World.”

The book is available at http://www.BelieveInTheJourney.com

Add comment November 18th, 2005

Viewpoints On Career vs. Motherhood/Why ask women to choose?

Wendy Fertschneider from the San Luis Obispo Tribune wrote a jolting piece, posing the question — why is it that women are being asked by society to make a choice between career and family. I think she raises some excellent points.

She keenly states that it isn’t a blow against the feminist movement to have women putting off their careers to raise their children, but rather that it is a blow against the feminist movement that we are still pitting two values (work and family) against eachother and asking a woman to choose one of them.

That’s right. How can we as a society integrate family friendly work enviornments, telecommuting. more affordable insurance, longer maternity leaves etc. for working women? Or for that matter, as Wendy shines light on well in her piece, men?

Many of us have persevered in balancing both worlds by opening our own home businesses. That’s one answer to the situation but still sorely lacks the health insurance that our families need and that are a large percentage of even employed women’s income.

Check out her article here, and don’t forget to come back and comment with your thoughts.

Add comment November 17th, 2005

Putting Pressure on Agencies to Increase Telecommuting

Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.), chairman of a House Appropriations subcommittee, has included a provision in a spending bill to require certain agencies to prove that more of their employees are telecommuting or risk losing $5 million.

This is an informative article. It’s nice to know there are some strong advocates of telecommuting out there. I often think of telecommuting from the perspective of employers saving money. But this article brings to light the societal benefits of telecommuting. It’s interesting to note:

“The subcommittee estimates that the federal workforce uses 31.1 million gallons of gasoline each week.”

Wow! That’s an awful lot of fuel!

1 comment November 16th, 2005