Vickie Milazzo RN, MSN, JD

Build Monuments to Your Future

On my recent trip to Cambodia I was blessed to spend three days exploring the ruins collectively known as Angkor Wat. We experienced sunrise and sunset, as well as the noonday heat, in this magnificent complex of temples, many built more than 900 years ag... Read >

The Good Years Are Still Ahead of You

Every woman who reaches mid-life – that halfway stop where dreams have been either realized or abandoned – looks around and wonders, "What's next?" The kids are grown, the career is schlepping along and you wake up each day feeling just a little bit lost.... Read >

Mom: Get The Pay Raise You Deserve

The reality today is that even as women are making incredible achievements they're still battling the stereotypical role of traditional wife and mother. Mom's expected at home to make dinner and read bedtime stories, but the boss wants that report finishe... Read >

What, Only One Day a Year for Mom?

What is it about Mother's Day that you love so much? Do you love the fact that your husband and child join forces to prepare breakfast in bed for you? Or is it that your husband acknowledges what a great mom you are? Or simply that this day is not like ev... Read >

Certified Legal Nurse Consultant Spots Medical Negligence Where it is Least Expected

When an attorney takes on a medical-related lawsuit, the attorney is confronted with enormous volumes of medical records crammed with esoteric terminology, inexplicable shorthand and indecipherable handwriting. Yet his client's future depends on the attor... Read >

Master This 7-Part Breakout Formula to Start Your Own Business

Are you the rebel—mouthy and opinionated? Do you like the thrill of change, always eager for the next new venture? Is your idea of security to never be the victim of a corporation's downsizing or reengineering? Are you a fiercely independent risk-taker wh... Read >

What Was Albert Einstein Thinking?

Albert Einstein once said, "You can't solve a problem with the same mind that created it." To solve a problem you've obviously helped to create, you need to start with a new and fresh mind. For example, a woman thinks, "If I can change my job, my life... Read >

Certified Legal Nurse Consultant's Pain and Suffering Analysis Spurs Record Settlement

When an attorney takes on a medical-related lawsuit, the attorney is confronted with enormous volumes of medical records crammed with esoteric terminology, inexplicable shorthand and indecipherable handwriting. Yet his clients (plaintiff or defense) futur... Read >

5 Promises that Can Take Your Life and Career to New Heights

In 1982, the year I turned 28, I realized my life was headed all wrong. I had gone into nursing wide-eyed, thinking I could make a difference—even improve the state of healthcare. Then I bumped up against the reality that no matter how hard I worked, my ... Read >

There's a Millionaire Inside Every Woman: How Real Women Can Use 10 Feminine Strengths to Achieve

Is your life less than perfect? Are you feeling stuck in your daily routine? Have you ever looked at a friend or colleague and thought, "Wow, she has it together. What's her secret?" Every woman has 10 feminine forces but most rely on only 2 or 3 to ge... Read >

Speeding Up to Slow Down

The flowers were breathtakingly beautiful: bougainvillea like I've only seen in Hawaii and cannot grow at home in Houston. They covered a wall almost 15 feet long and half as high. Brilliant sprays of orange, red and fuchsia offset against a background of... Read >

Eight Great Ways to LEARN to Be a Kid Again

Most of us have taken at least one walk down the aisles of Toys "R" Us. There's no better place than a toy store to observe these truths: Learning is fun. Learning is kid stuff. Kids are smart enough to reject anything they don't like, yet many of the ... Read >

5 Tips to Increase Your Chances of Actually Achieving Your New Year's Resolutions

Even in January, more and more people forget about the well-meaning resolutions they made on New Year's to improve their lives. Here are five tips from my new book, Inside Every Woman, Using the 10 Strengths You Didn't Know You Had to Get the Career an... Read >