Fran and Mari continue their discussion on navigating Family and Business.

Fran and Mari discuss running a family business and how to avoid pitfalls that can ruin your relationships with one another. 

Fran and Mari continue to discuss Fran's unique career journey and the challenges of being a law student and single mom. Mari shares what prompted her to pursue a new career and life path and how Fran inspired and gave her the confidence to do so. 

Feel like it's too late to make a career or life change? On this episode of It's Going to Get Better, Fran and Mari discuss Fran's unique career journey from human resources to telecom to law. Fran shares her story of deciding to pursue a different career as a single mom approaching 40 and why it's better to bloom late.

Fran and Mari continue to discuss the importance of community. Their conversation examines how to quickly assemble a supportive team in times of crisis and how to equip them. Join them as they talk about the necessary roles and choosing the right people for them.

We all need somebody! Fran and Mari discuss the importance of intentionally building your community. Their conversation also examines how we were never meant to do life alone and how identifying your community is an ongoing worthwhile endeavor.

Fran and Mari continue their discussion about what it looks like to become an "official" caregiver for people you love. They discuss the practical aspects of caregiving and navigating this part of their journey with mutual respect and grace.

Fran and Mari converse about what it looks like to become an "official" caregiver for people you love. Fran discusses how she discovered the difference between being the Mom of adult daughters and being a Mom-Caregiver. The conversation includes what the adjustments look like and why flexibility is essential.  

Mari and Fran continue to discuss how Mari's diagnosis of the rare and debilitating autoimmune Polymyositis changed her life, the weight fluctuations both she and her sister experienced due to illness, and what led her to accept the reality of the need for a wheelchair.  

Mari and Fran discuss how Mari's diagnosis of the rare and debilitating autoimmune Polymyositis changed her life and the life of her family. Fran and Mari also converse about navigating three concurrent serious illnesses including lupus and breast cancer as a family unit.