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The Work/Life Balancing Act

• Halloween is the work life balance breaking point for some working parents

  If you're a working parent, chances are high you are nervous right about now. You are stressing over making it home in time to enjoy Halloween night with your children. Any small obstacle to your leaving at a decent hour becomes giant. 

  This is make or break it night when it [...]

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• Guess what American workers and bosses fear most this Halloween?

  As we head into the final quarter of 2012, I'm sensing a lot of angst. People are fearful about the economy and they're uncertain about whether things are getting better. I asked American workers, small business owners and top execs about their biggest concerns and shared them with readers in [...]

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• Get that Halloween Candy Out of Here!

  
  
  

   

  I love candy. I love sharing my candy. This is problem in the workplace. This is an especially big problem around Halloween. 

  I not only raid my kids' candy bags and bring in my leftovers, but also I encourage my co-workers to pick out there favorites and gobble [...]

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• Will we ever find work life balance while we're juggling many balls?

  I juggle a lot --  marriage, children, work, volunteering, friends. It's a choice. I know that one day, I
  won't have much to juggle and frankly, that scares me. But sometimes, I'm juggling so much, that I feel like I'm doing nothing right.

  I wonder how many other [...]

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• How to deal with an annoying co-worker

  This morning, I had to work on a project with a very annoying man. He was loud, bossy and he was a know-it-all. I hadn't eaten breakfast and I'm not a morning person, and which means I was cranky to start with so it took a lot of self [...]

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• Low Wage Workers struggle in many ways you can't imagine

  Ashley Maddox is polite and hard working. She wants a good life for her son, just like all the rest of us working parents. But if you're a salaried worker, you might find it interesting to hear what Ashley's life is like.... Times are tough for low-wage workers By Cindy Krischer Goodman      [...]
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• Sarah Silverman's Dad: Why You're Never Too Old to Stick Up for Your Kid

  My husband often teases me about being a lioness. He says I protect my baby cubs too much.

  He's right.

  As my babies become teens, I'm trying harder to let them fight their own battles. Sometimes, letting them do this  is harder on me than it is them.

  I was thinking about this when I [...]

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• Become a better problem solver in the workplace

  Are you a born problem-solver, or is it a skill you learn?

  Miami Publicist Lisa Palley says it's a skill you learn and she was taught it at a young age. Her parents told her to stay calm when she had a problem and think it through. Over the years, they [...]

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• Why we're miserable at work. The reason might surprise you.

  Lately, I'm starting to wonder about all the negativity I'm hearing about workplaces.

  I've heard employees are whining, bosses are bullying  and workers are completely unengaged.

  On top of that, employees are stealing each others lunches, sending curt emails, shooting down good ideas and sometimes even getting violent.  

  What's going on? Are most [...]

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• When TV working moms quit their jobs are they bad role models?

  
  Earlier this week, I tuned into one of my favorite TV shows, Parenthood, and watched one of my favorite working mothers, power lawyer Julia Braverman-Graham, lose her cool. Julia, mom to a biological daughter and a newly adopted grade-school-age son has been distracted at work in recent [...]

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