It’s more than interviewing preschools, baking three dozen cupcakes (or picking them up at the store) and creating a new marketing campaign before tomorrow morning.

Just as the rewards of being an Executive Mom are unique, so are the challenges. Your co-workers may not understand the importance of a kindergarten graduation, but then again, your kids probably don’t get what “Mommy has a big meeting today” really means either.

As a coach who specializes in helping professional moms be their best in both worlds, Nicola Ries Taggart assists clients in creating and implementing strategies and solutions for success so they can feel good about their role at work and at home.

• Are you getting ready to have your first child and are anxious or confused about how you will structure your life in order to welcome your new addition and continue your career?
   
• Are you returning to work after having a baby and wondering how you will manage it all (demanding work, new baby at home, sleep-deprivation, maintaining home commitments, nurturing your relationship, taking time for yourself)?
   
• Are you traveling for business and struggling to manage the logistics so it has the least impact on your family?
   
• Do you say your family is a priority, but end up working during the evenings and weekends?
   
• Are you questioning whether you are being the most effective leader at work now that you have little ones at home and can’t put in the same hours or focus?
   
• Are you feeling like your home life is complicated and chaotic, but the idea of getting it under control feels overwhelming?
   
• Do you need your head in the game for important meetings, but are exhausted due to lack of sleep?
   
• Do you want to feel more balanced and healthy personally, whether it’s losing weight and getting more exercise or taking time for rest, rejuvenation and play, but you just can’t figure out how or when it’s possible?
   
• Do you dread going home at the end of the day because your toddler has been throwing tantrums and you just don’t know what to do or have the energy to deal with it?
   
• Do you want to leave a legacy, professionally and personally, but are not feeling like you are doing well in either area?
   
• Do you need to select a child care or preschool for your kid, but don’t have the time or know where to start?
   
• Are you feeling like you and your partner are ships passing in the night and have lost the spark since having children?
   
• Do you long for time to yourself, but just don’t know how it’s possible while taking care of everything and everyone else?
   
• Do you feel like you need to learn to run your business or work in a new, smarter way now that you’re a mother, but can’t fathom figuring out how on your own?

If you are a business leader or owner, as well as a mom, you probably answered “yes” to more than one of these questions. These are the challenges that busy, professional women who are also moms are dealing with everyday.

And these are the challenges that clients of The Executive Moms Coach are solving everyday.