Ep 21: Boss & Daughter with Ruth Pointer of The Pointer Sisters

Advice from Mom

What do you do when your family business is running you into the ground? How do you balance your relationships as family members and business partners? And when is it time to take a break? There are many big life questions in this letter from a listener who signs her name “Boss & Daughter”. Dr. Momma B provides lots of good resources for this precarious balancing act, and we hear advice and stories from another wise woman with a family business: singer Ruth Pointer of The Pointer Sisters. I’m sooooo excited (for you to hear these stories!) .·:*'`*:·..·:*'`*:·.·:*'`*:·..·:*'`*:·.·:*'`*:·. MOMMA B’S GOODIE BAG OF HELPFUL LINKS Women’s Business Development Center: https://www.wbdc.org/ SCORE for Small Business Advice: https://www.score.org Inc article: “7 Rules for Avoiding Conflicts of Interest in a Family Business” https://www.inc.com/guides/201102/7-rules-of-conduct-for-family-businesses.html Your new favorite Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1239148391/playlist/5PWHd3QySdpUXDOmEFrPsd?si=AmCwT2-TQx2syaWJLyY3sQ Your new favorite YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkLYXIc69XH8hYpvhC8kO90_uKtZnWob_ .·:*'`*:·..·:*'`*:·.·:*'`*:·..·:*'`*:·.·:*'`*:·. Support Advice from Mom by supporting our sponsor: For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit hellofresh.com and enter discount code Pickleball30 Advice from Mom is a production of Wise Ones Advice Services. It was produced by Juliet Hinely & Rebecca Garza-Bortman. Editing by Juliet Hinely and Samantha Land. Mixed and mastered by Jake Young. Publicity by Anna Beyder. Audio assistance by Bryan Garza. Ruth’s interview recorded by Isis Madrid. The song under our question is Rebel in Motion by Scissors for Lefty. Our theme music is by Love Jerks: www.lovejerks.com This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended to offer diagnosis or treatment of any medical or psychological condition. All treatment decisions should be made in partnership with your health professional.