Work and Life Balance

 

Recent Comments on Work and Life Balance

 

Lookism law suits!

In this post I was going to speak about the increase stages of attention you get when you pass from the "blend in" matching the color of your clothes and accessories attitude, to "aggressive beg for attention" colorblock outfits and finally to the alluring elegance of one color outfits. Than I so this communist, "army like" uniform picture! Can you see the women in the picture? Because they wear skirts? Can you really noticed many differences between the "lady" with the pants suit, and the men?  Read more >

Spotlight on Memorial Day: Semper Fi, A Marine's Run

Looking to change up my exercise routine, I ran a race Sunday that honored those in the military. The real honor came at the end when I cheered for Yuyri Zmysly, a man who doctors said could forever be in a vegetative state.  Read more >

Learning a new behaviour and staying course

Whether it be a diet, an exercise regime or even just practicing being grateful for all that we have, why is it so bloody difficult to stay on course? Is it that I am just a wishy washy person unable to follow through on any long term commitment or is it just much harder than I am giving myself credit for?   Read more >

Your Daily Reading: “Living Wide Awake™” Changes Are Coming…5-28-12

Those really feeling the restlessness could be in a place where others around them are criticizing their behavior.You aren’t unreliable or changeable; it’s the currents and underlying energies of ascension the past few days.Rest easy your changes are manifesting.Keep busy; rather than be over-focused on making big changes, because no action or results have occurred yet.Changes are coming…pushing the river produces nothing more at this time.Meanwhile maintain your emotional boundaries.  Read more >

What Relationships Mean to Me

  Relationships are what you make them to be.  It is tough to prioritize the relationships in my life.  First is my relationship with God my heavanly father.  I am alive after all because he created me.  I've had numerous relationships throughout life but Gods is the most dependable.  I've been through storms and paradise as a teenager...First loves, best friends and all that.  I can say that my relationship with my husband and children is one of my most cherished and of course my parents.  I didn't have a great upbringing bu  Read more >

Female Executives Use Career Counsellors

According to a 2012 report put out by the (US) National Association for Female Executives, the percentage of female employees who participated in career counselling programs was particularly high; 38% to be exact.  Their involvement “almost doubled” over 2011 stats. Many top companies throughout North America offer employee training, sponsorship and mentoring type programs and people within those organizations see the value in taking advantage of those offers.  Read more >

Books for Creativity: The Artist's Way at Work

Emily WenstromCreative JuicerFollow me on TwitterThe Artist's Way at Work is based on the well-established Artist's Way creative method http://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/. It uses the metaphor of the dragon as illustrated in Chen Rong's renowned painting Nine Dragons, believed to symbolize the enlightenment of Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism  Read more >

Stronger? That's a Nice Thought.

I don’t know how it is where you live, but the Kelly Clarkson song “Stronger” is on continuous airplay in the Bay Area radio market, broken up only by “Someone I Used to Know” by Gotye – two perfectly serviceable songs ruined by ubiquity.The Clarkson song bothers me more right now simply because I believe that “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” isn’t technically always true. I believe that sometimes, what doesn’t kill you makes you debilitated and vulnerable to the next blow, and to pretend that we always rise like the phoenix is just a shade too Hallmarkian.  Read more >

Broken Bits of Mother

 Read more >

Know the Best Part of a Working Mom's Day?

Best part of a working mom's day

[Editor's Note: Working moms are routine-centric. They have to be. Dropping off kids, picking up kids, handling work duties, the unexpected calls, special events, the list is endless. Yet with all that, there is one part of a working mom's day that is the absolute best. Know what that is? - Paula G]  Read more