A: Easy!
OK, not so easy, but it can seem that way. The key is to focus on your goals. In my personal instance, my goals are more family-focused than career-oriented. My first and foremost priority is not to miss out on family life. Here’s how to maintain balance in four easy steps:

1. Soul searching about what your goals are in your current life: Take your time—this can require a good deal of introspection;
2. Identifying your goals, such as balance, not missing out on your kids' younger years, reaching a specific career goal, or improving your marital relationship;
3. Making your goals a priority; and,
4. Sticking to it, no matter what!

In my instance, my goal was to not miss out on anything in my children’s upbringing while still satisfying my inner entrepreneur. I have made a conscious choice to work only from home—therefore I'm always available and always around.

Though it would have been much easier to set up an office outside my home (no distractions, no business calls interrupted by a kid screaming, “Mommy, my popsicle is melting!”), I decided to stick to my choice. I accepted — and eventually became comfortable with — the notion that my goal was to run my business and be there to help with melting popsicles — even if the two happened at the same time! It’s all give and take, and it feels good to be living my goals.

Similarly, although it's much easier to do business with a cell phone and a Blackberry (a wireless email device), I made the active choice not to give out my cell number to business associates, and not to make the Blackberry purchase. When I am with my kids, I want to minimize distractions. Granted, electronic tools would make my life easier and more productive from a business perspective — and there were strong temptations — but again I decided to stick to my choice. My goal is always in mind, and so the choices I make and the limits I set allow me to not miss anything in my children's upbringing.

After the kids are asleep, I love to get into bed and watch the latest episodes of House or Desperate Housewives — but  I can’t always do this. I may have taken time off that day to be with my kids, so I need to catch up on work. My goal was to spend time with my children and be productive, not to watch television. In order to have it all, you can’t have everything. Think about that for a moment. Don’t expect for life to be perfect, but do expect to be living your goals. You can have everything, as long as you know what everything is to you! After you’ve defined it, it will be easier to work everyday to achieve it — that’s fulfillment.

A Fortune 500 company may realize that I work out of a home office, and I may be perceived as a smaller, less professional outfit forgoing a level of success. But those are sacrifices I can live with, for as long as I'm sticking to my goal I'm maintaining balance. From the beginning, you must chart a path to where you want your life to go. It takes a conscious, active effort to set your goals and to have the discipline to stick to them.

So for Moms that are bored, overworked, or want more out of a relationship, the four-step process really works. Make yourself a goal and stick to it. Try it, put structure to your life and live the life you want to live. You are in complete control to see how your life changes in a positive way!