Dear GGGs, Happy New Year! I hope you ring in the New Year in style, and have all your goals achieved and wishes fulfilled in 2013! You might know that instead of resolutions, I like to pick one word themes for the New Year, one of my words for 2013 is share. What can I share with the world that is authentic to who I am? How can I serve? And it is in just this spirit that I share with you my latest project, a web cooking show called Deb’s Kitchen. Here’s the trailer, featuring my hubby Kevin, baby Elle, and toddler Jacob.

When I speak at colleges and companies, women often ask me about what I eat, how I stay fit and healthy despite my busy schedule (and especially since having two babies in three years!). So, I thought I’d share what I actually eat and my cooking tips in a web show. You all know I’m no chef, but these are fast, healthy meals with a gourmet twist—things I actually cook (or, um, prepare) on busy weeknights. We shot 6, five minute episodes in my actual kitchen (with the babies in the background!). It was an incredibly fun experience, and I hope it’s just the beginning of much more to come. Episode 1 launches January 10th. I’d be so grateful if you’d help spread the word!

You can keep up with the show on its Facebook page, where I’ll be sharing behind the scenes pics and stories, giveaways and more. I can’t wait to hear what you think. If you have any feedback, ideas or suggestions for recipes I should feature, ways to promote/market the show, etc., I’m all ears.

Cheers to an AMAZING 2013, and as always, thank you SO much for your support . . . and keep working it!

She’s the owner of eponymous Rosie Pope Maternity, author of the new book Mommy IQ, star of Bravo’s “Pregnant in Heels” and mom of three young kids. I spoke with designer Rosie Pope shortly before the birth of her third (we were due a few weeks apart!) about her business and making it all work. Here are three great tips she shared with me:

Organize old-school. We have a huge chalkboard in our apartment that’s near the front door. It has information like who’s picking up oldest son up from preschool; supermarket shopping that needs to be done; if anything needs to be turned in for a school trip so our nanny and family members are on same page. Nobody else can touch it! I normally fill out the board on Sunday evenings.

Prepare the night before. I shower and make lunches in the evening. I try to incorporate my sons in basic things I do in the morning—like sit in the bathroom with me when I put makeup on. They end up painting on the walls with makeup brushes. But we’re doing it together, so it’s a bit of quality time.

Surrender to the chaos of motherhood. It took me being pregnant with my third child to let go of the control. Some days we look around the messy apartment and cry. I did just fall over a Tonka truck. There’s icing in my hair. But my kids are smiling and laughing. It sounds so cliché: you talk to people to who don’t have kids and they roll their eyes, and think it’s crazy that I’d rather be playing with my kids in this chaos than sipping a martini in my Christian Louboutins. But it’s true.

I recently spoke with CNN about tips for women to earn their worth in the work world. If you’re thinking about asking for a raise (and given the gross disparity in wages between men and women, you likely should be!), try these tips:

• Choose to negotiate. Although there has been new research challenging the notion that women don’t ask for raises, it’s my experience coaching women and particularly millennial women that they are still hesitant to ask for more money or benefits. The biggest improvement most women can make is choosing to negotiate in the first place.
• Gather your arsenal. You need to research the going rate for your contributions. Look at sites like salary.com and glassdoor.com to get comps for what you should be making. Also, practice your pitch. Do a mock conversation with a friend or mentor to build confidence– and brainstorm responses to inevitable counterarguments.
• Quantify your Accomplishments. Never focus on why you need a raise, but instead why you’ve earned it. Be ready to list all your accomplishments in a manner that matters to management. Instead of simply naming what you did, describe the results. What customers or $$$ did you bring to the company? How did you directly contribute to the bottom line?
• Think like a tiger mom. Research has shown that women feel much more comfortable asking for things when negotiating on behalf of someone else– as would an agent, or a mom negotiating for her child! Visualize and think, how would you make a case for them? Then, take your own advice!
• Take “No” for “not now.” We often hear, ‘don’t take no for an answer’– but that’s not very practical advice when it comes to an employment situation and you need the job! If your boss turns down the raise, use the opportunity to get real feedback about what you can do to get a yes next time. Say, “It would really help my future efforts to know what, specifically, I can do to earn this raise.” Get your boss to commit to a timeline of when she’ll reconsider– and follow up in 3, 6, 9 months, etc.

Yesterday I spoke with cbsatlanta.com about tips for standing out in the job hunt. We covered how you can use social media to find contacts at your dream company, and the all important use of “key words” to save your resume from the so-called black hole. Check out the video above!

Are you getting what you’re worth at work? Probably not. Yesterday I spoke with WABC about a new report that shows men outearn women in nearly every major U.S. market. In many places the gap is more than 100%! Yet, at the same time, a recent study by Catalyst has challenged the myth that women “don’t ask” for promotions and raises. They found that some women do in fact ask– they just aren’t offered as much in return. How can you reconcile this information and do your best to close your own pay gap? Check out the video below for some my tips: