story-telling

Work Life Stories: Fathering, Social Media and Food

“I am not working to put (my kids) into every single extra curricular activity; I am working so we can be together.” Adam Christensen manages social media communications for IBM based in New York/CT.  Originally from the West, he married Julie at the tail end of their college days.  Their honeymoon was the road trip […]

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Life Skills, Executive Function and How a Mind is Made

“The cynics out there might not be interested much in work place lessons from the home.  But there are layers upon layers of application.  Couldn’t your work place stand to benefit from reduced stress, higher productivity, greater unity and yes, an increase of love?“ A new world of work and life is coming.  In plenty […]

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Work Life Stories: Preparing the Minds of the Children (Part 2)

“We sacked the city of Rome, what did you do today?” First day of school, Sept 2009  Emily Orton’s thoughts on teaching, mothering and the world we are preparing our children for continue.  For part one, go here. “Mothers work wonders once they are convinced that wonders are demanded of them.” Charlotte Mason 18th century […]

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Work Life Stories: Preparing the Minds of the Children (Part 1)

There are many groups representative of the larger make-up of our economy whose voices have not yet been heard here at WORK. LIFE. BALANCE.  I’ve felt the absence of one group in particular in our story-telling: full time mothers.  Why in a blog that is all about the interplay between work and life is that […]

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Making Work Work in the New Normal

How do you compete in a world where competition isn’t necessarily the driver?  What does it look like when sharing and reciprocity are the new currency?  I spent a morning absorbing the words of Futurist Bob Johansen at the Work Life Conference in Washington DC, run by the Families and Work Institute and the Conference […]

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Work Life Stories: Broadway Baby (Part 2)

We met Erik Orton earlier in the week, and left his story as he reached crunch time for choosing his next step in the search for integrity in his work life.  Time to introduce Erik’s family, five children, all home-schooled. For Part 1 of Work Life Stories: Broadway Baby, go here. “I needed day job […]

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Work Life Stories: Broadway, Baby (Part 1)

Erik Orton is a playwright, composer and producer by day, and a presentations whiz for a large investment bank by night.  Erik’s story is the journey of an integrated life and what that means to him.  From high school, he was interested in theatre and music, pursuing a Bachelors in Media Music (film scoring, studio […]

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Work Life Stories: Flex in High Finance? An Unusual On-Ramp Tale

The big bad world of Wall St high finance is not the most conducive to mothering and flexible work options.  Here’s a unique story of just what is possible when you dare to ask.  After her MBA, Sariah Toronto spent several years with Citibank and then moved on to another major financial institution for 18 […]

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Work Life Stories: When the Dream Turns 180º

Working from home is not as easy as it sounds.  It is one thing when you’re self-employed and an entirely different proposition when you’re with a company that works hard and plays hard – with long hours, expecting face time and trying to create a culture as well as run a profitable business. Lindsay Hepworth […]

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Work Life Stories: The Mother of Invention

Meet Design Mom, Gabrielle Blair, mother of five, with her sixth child on the way.   She is Co-founder of www.kirtsy.com, “Digg for Chicks” says Mashable, and her Design Mom blog has been named a “Top Motherhood Blog” by the Wall Street Journal. Gabrielle has mothered full-time, run various businesses, worked full time, worked part-time.  Warm, […]

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