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Advice You Will Never Hear From a Career Counselor

2/16/12 12:55pm by Katrina Alcorn
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Career Counselor Advice

Almost two years ago, I wrote my first blog post. As soon as it went live, I thought, I have quite possibly just ruined my entire life.  Read more >

Taking Work on Your Vacation This Summer?

7/13/11 1:17pm by Katrina Alcorn
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Our family just got home from a peaceful week in a tent, at the edge of Yosemite. For one exciting, very wet day, thunder and lightening crashed around us. The rest of our vacation was sunny days by the river, swimming, fishing, and eating popsicles. I even read a whole Aimee Bender novel! The absolute best part of the trip was all the focused outdoor time with our kids. The second best part was that we had no cell phone reception.  Read more >

Survey: 88% of Working Parents Suffer Stress-related Health Problems

6/27/11 12:50pm by Katrina Alcorn
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Working parents have a lot to juggle, and this can create stress. But what we often overlook is that stress has real health consequences. Several weeks ago, I put together a survey* asking working parents about stress and its effects on their health. More than 600 people responded. I filtered out respondents who lived in a household with at least one stay-at-home adult, which left 560 respondents in households where all adults work. Their answers were alarming:  Read more >

Working Parents: How Are You Doing? (Survey)

5/2/11 11:43am by Katrina Alcorn
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I just put together a very simple survey about working parents and stress. It takes only 3 minutes to complete.If you’re a parent and you work to help support your family, here’s what I’d like you to do: 1. Take the survey. 2. Share the survey (or this post) with everyone you know. 3. Check for results in a few weeks at Working Moms Break. Why am I doing this?  Read more >

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Working Moms Break

For moms who can do it all, but wonder why they should.

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Where moms and people who love them go to change the world.

Working Moms Break

For moms who can do it all, but wonder why they should.

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Full Name
Katrina Alcorn
Member Since
March 2010
About Me: 

Many years ago, I was a journalist--you know, the kind they had before the Internet came around. I wrote for newspapers and magazines in California and Hawaii (including The San Francisco Chronicle, Honolulu Advertiser, and HONOLULU Magazine). I also worked as an associate producer for a PBS documentary series called “Livelyhood.”

In the late 90s, I started working for a web startup as a content strategist (an inscrutable Internet title for ‘writer/editor’) and spent the next ten years at the epicenter of the Internet industry, through the boom, the bust, and the remarkable Web 2.0 resurgence.

I live in Oakland, CA with my husband, Brian; my son, Jake (age 2); daughter Ruby (age 7); and stepdaughter Martha (age 9). I now work as a freelance writer and web consultant.

I write about issues affecting working moms on my personal blog: www.workingmomsbreak.com and on www.momsrising.org. You can also find me on twitter: @kalcorn

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writer, web consultant
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Oakland, CA
About Me Tags: 

working mom, blogger, writer, feminist

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work-family balance, environment

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