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Are you better or worse?
Are you better or worse at your job since you had kids? I’ve been thinking about this question ever since Jennifer wrote this comment last week to my post Something to Whine About: It’s ironic that...
View ArticleSomething rotten…except in the state of Denmark
Several of my friends have been talking about a story that appeared earlier this month in New York Magazine called “All Joy and No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parenting.” Do parents hate parenting? According...
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Moms turned inside out (Part I.)
Do you compare your insides to other people’s outsides? Most of us do, even though we know better. We’re social creatures. It’s natural to make comparisons. But we rarely get to glimpse other people’s...
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Sneak peek at survey results
I’m still going through your wonderful responses to the survey and hope to post the results next week. Here’s sneak peek at the data: 81% of people who took the survey said they worry about burning...
View ArticleMAXED OUT in New York Times Motherlode
I’m thrilled and honored that my book is getting some New York Times love. Read it here: “Being A Working Mother Means Always Having to Say You’re Sorry.” There’s an interesting back story to this...
View ArticleWe have three winners!
Thanks everyone who participated in the audiobook giveaway. I learned from your comments that most of you would listen to the audiobook while commuting or doing chores (good use of multitasking!), and...
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10 Things Working Parents Should Have on Their Happy Lists
Cross-posted from The Huffington Post. I write a lot about unhappiness. Specifically, the unhappiness that affects millions of overworked, under-appreciated moms and dads who live in the country that...
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Do You Let Him Clip the Nails?
A few years ago, I put together a survey called “Who Clips the Nails?” I wanted to find out how parents in two-parent households divide up childcare tasks. At the time, the media was reporting that men...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Been Up to Lately
Years ago I caught part of an interview Josh Kornbluth did with Barbara Boxer on a local PBS show. Kornbluth (a Bay Area writer) was asking the congresswoman how she finds the will to keep going when...
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Guest Post: The Book I Never Planned to Write
Liz O’Donnell’s new book, Mogul, Mom, & Maid: The Balancing Act of the Modern Woman (Bibliomotion, Nov. 2013) looks at the choices women are making, both at work and at home, as they struggle to...
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Letter from Portugal: Here moms are “dondocas” or “paradas.”
In Maxed Out, I pepper you with statistics about how the U.S. lags behind most of the developed world when it comes to support for working parents. But that doesn’t mean life is perfect in those other...
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Survey: Well-being & Your Work
—Update 1/21/14 The survey is now closed. Check back in the next week or two when I hope to share the results here.— In the last few months, I’ve given dozens of interviews with print, radio, and TV...
View ArticleI’d love to come to your book club!
Is your book club reading Maxed Out? I love talking with book clubs—both corporate book clubs or regular ol’ book clubs in someone’s living room. If you gather a group of 8 or more people, I can join...
View ArticleMaxed Out & advice for creatives @ SXSW 2014
I haven’t had time to do much writing lately, but I am doing a whole lot of TALKING… Below is the presentation I gave at the South by SouthWest conference (SXSW) this morning. I share my “maxed out”...
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Mother’s Day Sale! $1 for ebook (+ TEDx)
$1 for the ebook For a limited time, my publisher is offering eight ebooks for moms (including Maxed Out) for $1 each. Buy one for yourself, and send another to a mother you love. Or buy a round of...
View ArticleMake Your Workplace About Results, Not Hours
I’ve written before about why I believe results-only work environments (ROWE) have the potential to transform the workplace for the better, not just for moms and dads, but for anyone who wants to be...
View ArticleTEDx Video: Changing the Conversation About Women and Work
The talk I gave at TEDx Monterey in April is now available online! “Maxed Out: Changing the Conversation About Women and Work.” If you like it, please share it.
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Making Work Work: Sliced Bread Design
About six years ago, while I was busy “maxing out” at my full-time job in San Francisco, a friend of mine started freelancing for a company that sounded like a working mom nirvana. It was a small web...
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My Boss
Like most people of my Generation (GenX), I’ve had a lot of different jobs. In high school I worked as a babysitter, a housecleaner, and a box office ticket taker for a local theater. In college I...
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Solicited Advice
You guys! I need your help. Can you answer one question to help to me prepare for a conference I’m speaking at next week? Here’s the question: What is the single best piece of advice you’ve received...
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