Top Twelve Ways to Find Work Life Balance
Our chat in The Motherhood yesterday was filled with rich words (and suggested actions) of wisdom. What an amazing group of voices. I love these women! Here’s a quick summary from The Motherhood co-founder Emily McKhann’s summary of our conversation. “Maybe you’ve scoffed at the idea that work-life balance is actually possible. We have too. [...]
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Work Life Balance in The Motherhood!
Join us Monday February 6th at 1pm EST for a 30 min chat (we know you’re busy!) on all things work life. I will be joined by some wonderful special guests! We’re going to dive right in to what works, what doesn’t and the core that makes it all happen – relationships. Each of my special [...]
Posted in: mothering, sharing, work life balance.
Tagged: Boston College Center for Work and Family · Gabrielle Blair · REWorking Parents · Sarah Jane Studios · See Mom Work · Working Mom Fence · worklife balance
Finding Work Life Balance When the Muse Calls
A gathering of several hundred über gorgeous designers and creatives, building personal brands, running businesses and blogs – all with an eye for fashion and beauty. Yes, I’ve been at Altitude Summit in Salt Lake City, a conference for bloggers in the creative design and lifestyle sectors. All that creative energy in one room! So what are [...]
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Tagged: Alt Summit · Brooke Reynolds · Gabrielle Blair · Kathryn Storke · Sarah Jane Studios
Getting Real About Women and Power
Be the kind of woman who when she wakes up and puts her feet on the floor, the devil says, “Oh crap, she’s awake.” Anonymous, quoted by Kathy LeMay This is not another “go team, rah rah rah, women can do it all” posts. I’m no academic steeped in theory and models of how power [...]
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Craving Balance
When I first met The Daily Thrive’s founder Lisa Gates, I discovered her term “craving balance”. That term has stuck with me ever since. It seems to capture the hunger we have, with our multi-faceted lives that can be so exciting, so challenging and so exhausting! Too much of being pulled in innumerable directions; our [...]
Posted in: defining, planning, work life balance.
Tagged: craving balance · living an integrated life · The Daily Thrive
The Gift of Balance
I am honored to have been invited to be a resident balance expert at Real Stress Solutions, a project begun by Angela Bussio. My first post for the site is here on my number one way to give yourself the gift of balance. I invite you to dive in and be thinking about (or better yet acting on) [...]
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Tagged: 2012 · living with purpose and passion · New Year's resolutions · The Daily Thrive
Six Keys to Opting In (or Career & Skills Emergency Preparedness 101)
This is the second is a series of three posts focused on those who have mothered (and fathered) at home for a substantial period of time, the so-called ‘opt out’ cadre. I am passionate about what these parents (yes I was (am?) one) bring to the table of companies and communities if and when the [...]
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Tagged: emergency preparedness · mothers back to work · opting in
A Toe in the Mommy Wars
“this is not just a mother’s issue” As a work life flexibility advocate and pundit and I have the occasional opportunity to attend forums where employers, academics and organizations gather to advance innovative work place solutions. Without exception, the mantra of “this is just not a mother’s issue.” is proclaimed. Seems so obvious – of [...]
Posted in: asking, mothering, reforming, work life balance.
Tagged: Billie Williamson · Carol Evans · mommy wars · off-ramp · opt out · Working Mother Magazine
Three Lessons Learned From the Trail of a Summer Work Life Experiment
What to do with four children under nine and eight weeks of summer holidays when you run your own business? From home. Summer camps times four might just wipe out all profits for the year! An incredible nanny helps, but even they might burn out under the weight of entertainment and care for that many [...]
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6 People Who Have Made Work-Life Balance Work
With the “how does she (or he) do it?” question getting plenty of airtime at present due to Sarah Jessica Parker’s new movie, I am thrilled that work place flexibility guru, Rex Flexibility over at the Huffington Post, has shared some of our Work Life Stories series. He showcases 6 fabulous people who just do [...]
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