Digg DiggIn my latest post on Forbes.com, The Solution to Work-Life Balance, I take a look at how workplace flex initiatives might help to combat time-famine. As a society we are starved for time. Truly the master over your time is you. It’s in what we say yes to, what we say so to –…
Cultivating resilience is at the core of Joan Borysenko Ph.D.’s book Fried: Why You burn Out and How to Revive. The Harvard trained medical scientist is a pioneer in stress research and its impact on the brain and body. I’ve had the opportunity to attend a few workshops with Joan, and she has been one…
The work-life balance conversation might be old, but it’s relevant. No one seems to have any, and there doesn’t seem to be a magic bullet as workers are saddled with more and more stress. The resulting burnout could be rendering some workers “out-of-order.” The statistics are galvanizing: Job stress is estimated to cost American companies…
We are scattered across the globe. Souls impacted so intensely by the events of 9/11 that our career paths took a right turn. By “right” I mean in the direction of more meaningful work or vocation.And it wasn’t just New Yorkers. For some it was a matter of survival because they lost their jobs and…
A surge of inspiration was running through me on Saturday at the Book Breakthrough NYC (#BBNYC) workshop. I was fortunate enough to have the gift of attending. There were many takeaways, for THIS (moi) aspiring trade book author, but the biggest ah-ha was that producing a book is not just an inside job. As Hillary…
Blindsided in the work-life merge. That’s how a colleague expressed her feelings upon learning some critical information about her business which is undergoing a number of crises. The warnings were there as she was exhausted and there was no work-life balance to speak of. Phone calls and e-mails came from concerned friends who reached out…
Welcome back to Sanctum Sundays where you’ll get a little nudge to create your own Work Life Bliss as you head into the workweek, whether you’re an entrepreneur or have a corporate career. I was inspired by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter of CareerTrend.net who posted at 3PlusInternational last week. In her article, Marching Through Change, she talks…
Our uncertain times cast a spotlight on the concept of work life balance. The economic recovery has many questioning the intersection of our working and family lives. When the fire is the hottest, by default we do one of two things; we spiral into burnout or we take a deeper look at how we are…
