Worklife Balance

Laura Rowley

What Melanie Griffith And Other Readers Would Tell Their Younger Selves About Work-Life Balance

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Rowley | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Work-Life Balance Tips, Melanie Griffith, Work Life, Work Life Balance, Work-Life Balance, Advice to My Younger Self, Life Balance, Work/Life Balance, Fifty News

Welcome to the second installment of "Advice To My Younger Self." Readers at Huff/Post50 have a lot of life lessons under their belts, and we wanted t...

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Lessons We Learned From Mad Men

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Mad Men, Worklife Balance, Workplace | Tagged David Weigand, Gender Roles, New Male Mystique, Stephanie Coontz, Sexism, Tv, Work-Life Balance, Undecided: How to Ditch the Endless Quest for Perfect and Find a Career -- and Life -- That Works for You, The Great Gatsby, Feminism, Facebook, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

Mad Men doesn't pretend that these "career girls" are empowered: These gals are as hemmed in by the intractability of the system as they are by their rigid underwear.

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Best Corporations To Work For In The World

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Google, USA Today, Great Place to Work Institute, Worklife-Balance, Jobs, Miller-Mccune, Compensation, Netapp, Revenues, Job Creation, Work Environment, Productivity, Business News

When it comes to workplaces, a new report tries to argue money doesn't always buy happiness. According to The Great Place to Work Institute, a comp...

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Three Lessons Learned From the Trail of a Summer Work Life Experiment

Chrysula Winegar | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: National-Work-and-Family-Month, Family Road Trips, Worklife-Balance, Kids-to-Work, Small Business News
Chrysula Winegar

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!

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Work-Life's Missing Ingredient -- Clear Definitions and Good Implementation

Cali Williams Yost | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Flexible Work Arrangements, Workplace, Worklife-Balance, Work, Working Women, Flexibility, Business, Workplace Flexibility, Flexible Work Schedules, Business News
Cali Williams Yost

As I contemplated what to write about in my post for National Work and Family Month, an interesting piece of research crossed my desk entitled, "Are Family-Friendly Workplace Practices a Valuable Firm Resource?"

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Is Work-Life Balance an Economic Necessity?

Joan Williams | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Work-Life Balance, Work-Life Balance Skills, Work/Life Balance, Work Life Balance Management, Work-Life Balance Tips, Business News
Joan Williams

Business in a capitalist society has one goal and one goal only: to make money. This is often given as a justification for denying the value of policies that help employees achieve (or even attempt) work-life balance.

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Men Are Unhappy: Good News For Women?

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Ellen Galinski, Worklife Balance, The New Male Mystique, Life Choices, The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness, Betsey Stevenson, Families and Work Institute, Chris M. Herbst, Justin Wolfers, Happiness Sstudy, Happiness and Women, Women and Happiness, National Happiness, Happiness, Women News
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

This just in: Men are as miserable as women. At least that's what we learn from a new study by Arizona State professor Chris M. Herbst, who suggests t...

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Is Multitasking Making You Stupid?

Joe Robinson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Multitasking, Work Life Balance, The Balanced Life, Work/Life Balance, Unplug and Recharge, Attention Span, Attention Deficit Trait, Healthy Living News
Joe Robinson

The ability to direct attention is a skill critical to anything you want to succeed at--work, relationships and especially life. Unfortunately, your attention span is not what it used to be.

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Risk Vs. Fear: Safe Is Sorry

Joe Robinson | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Risk Taking, Work Life Balance, Work-Life Balance, The Balanced Life, Taking Risks, Becoming-Fearless, Work/Life Balance, Home News
Joe Robinson

It's a human paradox: In your brain every day the forces of fear and safety are hard at work trying to keep you in your bunker and squelch your craving for novelty, self-determination and freedom.

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A Mother's 'Time Out'

Cara McDonough | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Work Life Balance, Stay at Home Mother, Work/Life Balance, Parenting, Stay-at-Home Mom, Stay-at-Home Mother, Stay at Home Mom, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News
Cara McDonough

I know, the moral of this story is supposed to be that losing my job and staying at home with my daughter turned out to be everything I ever wanted. But it's simply not true.

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Are You Having a Heyday?

Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cerina Vincent, Heyday, How to Love Like a Hot Chick, How to Eat Like a Hot Chick, Jodi Lipper, Work/Life Balance, Live Like a Hot Chick, Healthy Living News
Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent

Since having a fulfilling heyday* is an essential part of finding the balance that we all crave, we want you to take this quiz to find out if you are living you're heyday, and if not, how to start.

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The 4 Burners Theory: Choosing Between Family, Friends, Work and Health

Chris Guillebeau | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Balanced Life, Work-Life Balance, Work Life Balance, Life Balance, Balancing Life, Balance in Life, Work/Life Balance, Healthy Living News
Chris Guillebeau

The gist is that in order to be successful you have to cut off one of your burners. And in order to be really successful you have to cut off two.

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Marriage and Kids: Are Women Just Checking Off the Boxes?

Lisa Guest | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Work-Life Balance, Work Life Balance, The Balanced Life, Work/Life Balance, Healthy Living News
Lisa Guest

Who perceives women to be failures when they don't reproduce? More women are choosing lives of freedom and choice now than ever. Is it true the 1950s mentality of the spinster still exists?

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A New Female Epidemic: The Burden of Greatness

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Life Balance, Work Life Balance, Career Women, The Balanced Life, Work/Life Balance, Work-Life Balance, Work-Life Balance Tips, Working Moms, Career Success, Elena Kagan, Healthy Living News
Marcia Reynolds

There is a noisy revolution going on in our heads as we obsessively pursue our next great accomplishment. Is this freedom?

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A New Work Life Balance Bill

David Gray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Work-Life Balance, Work Life Balance Legislation, Work/Life Balance, Politics News
David Gray

There is a mismatch between the needs of American families today and the structure of American workplaces. The major need is for more flexibility as a result.

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Work-Life Balance: Why Can't American Women Have It All?

Natalia Brzezinski | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Work-Life Balance, Work Life Programs, Work Life Benefits, Worklife Balance, Work Life Balance Management, Work Life Balance, Work Life Balance Programs, Healthy Living News
Natalia Brzezinski

As we encourage female graduates to pursue the kind of balance that can lead to genuine fulfillment, we also need to empower them with the proper tools to attain both personal and professional aspirations.

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The Joy Of Failure

Marc Lesser | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Inner Life, Wellness, Work/Life Balance, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News
Marc Lesser

Accepting failure and embracing change have become buzzwords, clichés in our culture, allowing us to miss the potential of actually looking at failure and change through a new lens.

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Work-Life Balance? The Mantra That Balances What Matters

Fawn Germer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Work-Life Balance Skills, How to Balance Your Life, Work-Life Balance Tips, Work-Life Balance, Work Life Balance, Life Balance Tips, Work/Life Balance, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News
Fawn Germer

Work. Life. Balance. Work. Life. Balance. We've all heard those words so much it's as if they have merged together into a simple little mantra which, if repeated enough we will manifest.

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Passion and Work

Jen Grisanti | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Job Layoffs, Small Business Owners, Lifestyle, Passion, Priorities, Work, Work/Life Balance, Business News
Jen Grisanti

With the current state of the economy, people are looking at their lives and re-evaluating their mission. If Passion is your mission, are you living it?

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Five Easy and Fast Stress Busters

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Working Women, Stress-Management, Worklife-Balance, Stress Reduction, Healthy Living News
Dr. Tian Dayton

Taking an extra few minutes for yourself throughout your day to manage stress before it builds is good for everyone concerned!

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Peaceful Revolution: Getting to the Truth

Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women, Employees, Women's Issues, Work/Life Balance, A Peaceful Revolution, Jobs, Momsrising, Working Together, Peaceful Revolution, Teamwork, momsrising.org, Corporate America, Health, Comfort, Moms, Flexible Work Schedules, Healthy Living News
Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson

We've read a number of studies that talk about how it's not uncommon for managers at large organizations to "fly under the radar" with their own pro-employee, results-oriented work culture.

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Ladies Who Launch: Lay-Off Could Mean Free-Lance

Amy Swift | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Health Insurance, Creative Community, Freelance, Time Off, The Balanced Life, Self-Actualization, Economy, Work/Life Balance, Happiness, Healthy Living News
Amy Swift

Women are leaving corporate America in droves. Some of them are forced to go and others just can't stand it anymore. With the right planning and mindset, it might be the best thing you ever do.

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Want Balance? Be the Boss

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Make Mine a Million, Small Business, Children, Nanny, Economy, Work/Life Balance, Business, Self-Employment, Outsourcing, Mompreneurs, Core Competencies, Health Insurance, Construction, Revenues, Moms, Entrepreneurship, Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Working Moms, Healthy Living News
Laura Vanderkam

Many women who truly want to focus on nurturing their families, and making the most of their careers realize that they're better off going it alone.

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