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6 Strategies For Work-Life Balance

Posted 04.10.2013 | OWN

By Martha Beck You have a work life. You have a home life. And you have, in all probability, forgotten how to keep them separate. Martha Beck d...

Passion at Work?

James Wheatley | Posted 04.09.2013 | Healthy Living
James Wheatley

Simple enthusiasm and an honest desire to do one's best are not good enough. No, you must bring your passion to the table and lay bare your soul. We require access to your most profound and visceral feelings. This job must move you.

Live YOUR Life

Brad Harrington | Posted 04.04.2013 | Business
Brad Harrington

Over the past year, the work-family discussion has been injected with a massive shot of adrenaline. Much of the resurgence of interest has resulted fr...

Does the Marissa Mayer Backlash Finally Mean Our Work Culture Is Changing - for the Better?

Anjali Sareen | Posted 05.01.2013 | Business
Anjali Sareen

While we might not be able to change the five-day workweek or the two-week-a-year vacation cycle, we can change our approach. We can understand that in order for employees to love their jobs, they must feel valued and happy.

Three Steps to Break Up With Your Nightmare Boss

David Peck | Posted 03.13.2013 | Business
David Peck

Nightmare bosses cause a reactive mess of coping behavior among their team. People will avoid giving them bad/controversial but important news, suck up to them, hide below their radar, or worse, adopt similar behavior with their own teams.

Dickens' Enduring Lessons

Brad Harrington | Posted 01.30.2013 | Business
Brad Harrington

Reflection, small acts of kindness, and ultimately, transformation are just three of the lessons offered in Dickens' A Christmas Carol. On my own reflection, I'm convinced it was that transformed character of Scrooge that my old friend was thinking of when she gave me that tiny statue of Scrooge so many Christmases ago.

Why Work-Life Balance Is a False Narrative

Dr. Patty Ann Tublin | Posted 01.13.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Patty Ann Tublin

In spite of the fact that work-life balance as portrayed in the media has become as elusive as the search for the Holy Grail, women continue to desperately seek it out. Consequently, we are left feeling exhausted and guilty for failure to obtain an unachievable goal!

Pondering the Light and "Dark Side" of How We Work

Lisa Levey | Posted 01.01.2013 | Business
Lisa Levey

Far too rarely do we step back to contemplate what's not working with our modern work norms or how we could work not just differently, but better. Could we seek to work with greater focus and attention when we are working rather than with partial focus while we're doing everything else?

Is Social Media the New Work-Life?

Robin Hardman | Posted 12.29.2012 | Business
Robin Hardman

Bringing social media into the workplace is, similarly, no longer a choice. Whatever you may think of it, social media is with us now -- you can either be in control of the message it's sending or let the message control you.

My (Not-So-Secret) Addiction

Robin Hardman | Posted 12.11.2012 | Business
Robin Hardman

In honor of National Work and Family Month, I'm coming clean: I'm a napper. Have been all my life.

Will Marissa Mayer's Baby Give Birth to a Leader?

Nanette Fondas | Posted 12.04.2012 | Parents
Nanette Fondas

A self-described computer geek, Mayer may be just the super-mom to write the code that helps thousands of other families optimize work and family responsibilities.

Having It All!

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 12.03.2012 | Business
Ellen Galinsky

If you think you've heard what Anne-Marie Slaughter of Princeton University has to say on "not having it all" because you were among the 1.7 million people who downloaded her article "Why Women Still Can't Have It All," from The Atlantic, you are only half right.

The Impact of Technology on Our Work and Family Lives

Judi Casey | Posted 12.02.2012 | Technology
Judi Casey

As we celebrate National Work and Family month, I'm wondering how increasing usage of information and communication technology affects and will continue to impact today's working families.

The Retirement Game

Wray Herbert | Posted 11.07.2012 | Science
Wray Herbert

Why do people keep toiling long beyond when they have to? Of course, the lucky ones do it because they love their work, and others want to bequeath something to their kids or hedge against misfortune. But what about those who lack these motivations but earn too much money anyway?

Having It All: The Last Word

Brad Harrington | Posted 10.17.2012 | Business
Brad Harrington

In reflecting on this summer, the two stories that will stick with me most clearly are the London Summer Olympics and the "having it all" debate that has stimulated so much conversation.

For A Better Work-Life Balance, Follow The Fearless Rule Of Engagement

W. Hunter Roberts | Posted 09.26.2012 | Healthy Living
W. Hunter Roberts

To hell with balance! Do what you love, really, and include loving yourself. The rest will fall into place. It's all about saying yes to what, and whom, you love, without guilt or fear.

WATCH: Can You Increase Fertility In Your Late 30s?, From Dr. Nancy Snyderman

Posted 10.09.2012 | MarloThomas

These days, many women are choosing to have children later in life. When she met with me, health expert Dr. Nancy Snyderman answered a question that ...

Meghan McCain Takes Shot At 'Humiliating' GOP Tactics

Posted 06.20.2012 | Politics

Meghan McCain spoke out on the debate over the use of the word "vagina" in the Michigan House, telling MSNBC's Ed Schultz that the Republican response...

Pregnancy Rate Drops For Women In This Age Group

Reuters | Posted 08.19.2012 | Women

By Alex Dobuzinskis June 20 (Reuters) - Pregnancy rates for U.S. women in their early 20s fell nearly 18 percent from 1990 to 2008 and...

Got Global Work and Family Research?

Judi Casey | Posted 08.19.2012 | Business
Judi Casey

If the inaugural conference of the Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) last week is any indication, global work and family scholarship is thriving.

I'm 55 -- And Happy To Be Child-Free

Slate | Posted 06.20.2012 | Women

Name: Margaret Ganong Age: 55 Location: Seattle, Wash. I'm assuming that the currently child-free who feel most passionately about this issue...

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 | Fifty

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...

Balance Yourself, Not Work Your Work And Life

Annie McKee | Posted 04.20.2012 | Healthy Living
Annie McKee

Learning to live mindfully and to focus on hope and compassion will help you to ward off stress and balance yourself.

I'm Quitting My Job Because My Mentor Left The Company

The Grindstone | Meredith Lepore | Posted 01.03.2012 | Women

You've done it. You have actually found the perfect mentor. You have found the person at your company who not only supports and advises you but also p...

My National Work and Family Month Flashback

Kristin Maschka | Posted 12.27.2011 | Women
Kristin Maschka

My boss and I were both stopped in our tracks by a pair of assumptions common in many workplaces.