Finding Balance

By now, you’ve almost certainly heard about mindfulness — the trendy practice of living in the now by paying attention to your thoughts.

A healthy work-life balance is a laudable goal that most people aspire to. In fact, a flexible schedule has become one of the most sought-after elements of a job.

Women are inspiring. They hold high-power positions across different industries; they start their own businesses; they raise families. In fact, more than 70 percent of American women with children are in the work force.

Not too long ago, my husband told me that he wouldn’t be able to take our kids to the sitter’s in the morning as we had planned on. He had an early work meeting scheduled, and did I…

Last year I went to my first work conference since I began freelancing full-time when my daughter was born three years ago.

After having three jobs in three years, I learned that a paycheck isn’t the only thing that matters.

High ambition is a great thing, but it’s no secret that a demanding career often puts your relationship to the test.

Across the country, parents are struggling to afford childcare, which can cost more than 12 percent of a two-parent family’s income.

When my second child was born, it just made sense for my career to take a backseat to my husband’s nine-to-five job.

At the time, I was working overnights as a behavioral health technician in an inpatient…

You are desperate to get away. The overbearing boss, the high maintenance client, your triple-digit inbox notifications, and too many hours of CNN have you in a funk.

Or maybe it’s worse than a funk — You’ve conjured…

For the first three years of my child’s life, I didn’t have to pay for childcare. My work-from-home job gave me some flexibility, and I had a family member nearby who helped look after my daughter.

If the standard six to 12 weeks of maternity leave didn’t feel adequate for your family, causing you to leave your job behind for a period of time, you’re certainly not alone.

Welcoming a new baby into your world is a wonderful, exciting, and overwhelming experience. And it can feel like almost no time has passed before you are faced with the difficult decision of whether to stay home with your baby…

A few months after I gave birth to my second child, a senior (and childless) executive I admired pulled me aside at work. You’re doing a great job, she assured. “But,” she added, and looked me…

I had a fairly straightforward, predictable pregnancy. The hardest thing about it was the 45-minute commute to work with a growing baby sitting on my bladder. I was a state employee, a senior editor at UC Berkeley, underpaid but…

There are 168 hours in a week and we're all so busy.

We say it all the time. "I have so much going on. I wish I had time for that." We convince our friends, our…

From all angles, the Democratic convention was deemed a smashing success. Even conservatives agreed. As a woman, it was a historic experience. This March I lost my mom, a gargantuan feminist in her own right — she would have loved…

Americans are terrible at taking vacations, and that’s a shame, because they aren’t helping their companies or themselves. People are just less productive in summer, for a whole host of reasons. So you might as well hang out…

This post was originally published on Everyday Feminism.

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