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Disconnecting, Switching Off, and Rejuvenating

2/10/12 6:14am by Ruth Writes
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Time Off

Between blogging, social media, work, family, obligations, regular to-do's, where is there time to just BE? To switch-off, relax, and re-balance. Read this great post about how one woman switched-off to turn her life back on.  Read more

My Journey to Balance: M.D. to Motherhood

1/25/12 6:03am by paulag01
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Career Balance

Career choices can often feel SO damn hard. Like you are making a choice FOREVER. We fear what we'll lose if we choose this, but what happens then if we choose that? Read this woman's inspiring story from MD to motherhood in her quest for more alignment and balance.  Read more

Letting Go of Stress and Leaving it at Work

1/24/12 11:43am by Liberating Working Moms
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Releasing Job Stress

[Editor's Note: Leaving stress at the door. An important thing to do but often easier said than done. If you're overwhelmed, overtaxed, and stressed... it can be even harder to employ the skills and the mindset needed to let go. Here's how one woman is liberating herself. - Paula G]  Read more

This Whole Working Mothers Are Happier Thing

1/22/12 2:16pm by ann mylifeasprose
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Working Mothers

Last week, one of my favorite bloggers wrote a post for babble, basically kicking anderson cooper in the teeth for reopening a debate it seems that women have worked tirelessly to get beyond ... Who works harder? Working mothers or stay at home mothers? and Dr. Drew (who i usually have a lot of love for) also had a show that also addressed the question of stay at home vs working mothering.  Read more >

Bidding You Farewell

1/17/12 11:00am by jes
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goodbye jes

They say all good things must come to an end, and I suppose that’s true in some ways. Next month, a major chapter of my life will wind down to a close as I shut my laptop one last time, breathe a sigh of contentment, and bid my BlogHer co-workers a heartfelt goodbye. Or, I expect I will be breathing a sigh of contentment. It could be a sigh of fear, or apprehension, or incredulousness at my own brazen actions.  Read more >

5 Tips for Focusing on Resolutions

1/9/12 3:03pm by TiaBach
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Focus on Resolutions

It's easy to get psyched up about a new year and new goals. The adrenaline of change is pumping through my veins. I know I can do it. But the trick is feeling that way in February, March, April... heck even by the end of January. I want to go the distance this year, and not run out of steam because I sprinted out of the gate. Focus is always a problem for me, so I'm determined to sterilize my workspace. To that end, I've decided to:  Read more >

The Year of Letting Go

1/6/12 9:05am by Tiffany Mangum Cooke
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Letting Go

This is my year of letting go. Last year I tried unsuccessfully to bring balance to my life. Holding tighter and fighting harder was not enough. It is finally time to let go instead. I am afraid. Holding on gave me a false sense of control, but it kept me from the abyss. Letting go means I have to face things I have run from for years. Balance seems insignificant in comparison to my panic writing these words, but fear is one of the things I need to let go.  Read more >

Burnout Starting Earlier in Professional Women

1/4/12 2:07pm by paulag01
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Women Burning Out

Burnout has always been a challenge for high achieving women (and superwomen trying like heck to do it all). Yet it seems in today's hard charging never-disconnected age, burnout is happening earlier and earlier (like before the age of 30). Imagine being burned out before you even really get going. Surely not the trend we want to see.  Read more

Buh-Bye, Superwoman! Celebrating the Holidays Like a Real Woman

12/23/11 7:21am by Dana Theus
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Superwoman

Ever ask yourself why Wonder Woman never made it as a feminist icon? Because she’s not real – she’s The Impossible Woman. 2011 is the year I gave up on Woman Impossible and fell in love with real women, and my transformation was final last week when – in the midst of the work/holiday stress - I cancelled my annual-for-20-years Christmas party. Want a holiday gift for yourself? Give up on being a Superwoman and fall in love with yourself.  Read more >

Squeeze and Release: The Joys of Teaching

12/22/11 5:48am by kwombles
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Teaching

The pressure that's squeezed me for months has loosened. It had gotten progressively stronger, more forceful, wringing me exhausted even before the morning started. It's loosened, but it's not gone, and I know that it won't ever fully leave. I will get periodic reprieves, opportunities to rest, and I must make the most of those moments so that I am girded and ready when the pressure tightens again.  Read more >