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How to Achieve All Your Goals? It’s Not What it Seems.

You’ve probably read a bunch of articles and a book or two that shout, ‘Think outside of the box!”, or “Move the cheese!”, or some other phrase that encapsulates the phenomenon.   I like to quote one of my kids’ favorite movies, The Swan Princess – “It’s not what it seems…”  It is a lesson I’ve […]

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Got Friends?

We’ve been battered by cold and flu season.  Since September 4th, at least one member of my family has been sick to some degree.  And a couple of weeks ago, a bad cold-turned-bronchitis compounded by a double ear infection, almost flattened me.  Of course this period coincided with my husband’s most important time of year […]

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GET CREATIVE: IT IS POSSIBLE!

I have a friend in the professional services sector in New York, working in one of those pressure-cooker 24/7 type of environments I wrote about recently.  In fact I have a whole lot of friends in these industries.  They work insane hours and are, for the most part, remunerated very well.  Most of them laugh […]

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Is it Complicated? Hell Yeah!

Two articles from opposing ends of the work-life spectrum piqued my interest last week. The first starts out like this “You’re meeting with your boss. Your kid’s Halloween parade starts in an hour. If you’re going to make it, it’s time to go – now. What do you do?”  Whilst this piece is written with […]

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You Are Your Own “So What”

Having entered the blogosphere relatively recently, I hesitated a little at the vastness of the dialogue, the sheer massive number of voices on topics similar to those I write and think about.  I thought a great about the “so what?” question.  What’s my point of difference?  Why read my blog?  Why engage with me?  And […]

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Work-life Extravaganza!

Wow.  Quite the week for work-life balance discussion.  And quite the week for women’s issues.  It seemed the debate lifted a notch with some serious new data telling the story of the health of the American workforce from Ellen Galinsky at the Families and Work Institute and more data coming out of Harvard via the […]

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Ask, Listen and Act!

No corporate, legislative nor media voice can replace your own. Ever had a voice inside your head literally tell you what to do? Or a warm, calm feeling that you’re on the right track, feeling guided somehow? We give it so many labels. Inspiration, intuition, gut feel, sixth sense, the hand of God, the Universe. […]

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Work-life Lessons from a Birth Story:

My eldest son is three years old today. He has brought nothing but joy and delight into my life. Even-tempered, curious and cute beyond words, he is a gift every single day. Naturally on his birthday, I am reflective about his actual birth. And birth always gets me thinking about women, medicine and power. Recently, […]

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