Overwhelmed in Elle magazine: “Every waking minute, some woman is made to feel guilty about how she’s spending her time. Laurie Abraham and a new book deconstruct the myth of work-life balance.”
Overwhelmed in Elle magazine: “Every waking minute, some woman is made to feel guilty about how she’s spending her time. Laurie Abraham and a new book deconstruct the myth of work-life balance.”
Jacoba Urist writes for Today about Overwhelmed, our story and other parents who are pulling out of crazy busy intensity because more really is not more.
Despite their best intentions to share the domestic workload equally, Brigid Schulte ended up with the lion’s share – while her husband, Tom, acted like the Lion King. It took outside help to redress the balance
It sounds counter-intuitive – but working smarter, not harder, can reap big rewards in productivity, innovation, creativity, health and – joy.
Q & A with Zosia Bielski of the Globe and Mail
Excerpt from the chapters Finding Time and Toward Time Serenity
Burn the To Do list, or flip it, and put what’s most important first. Work in “pulses,” gather your time, see the larger forces at work spinning the overwhelm, make the sane choices you can in the insanity and lose the guilt
Q & A with Rebecca Rosen of The Atlantic on how our workplace cultures and policies are stressing us all out
Hanna Rosin on the paradox of busyness as a badge of honor hits the nail on the head: To disrupt the notion that being busy shows status, change the way we talk – to ourselves and to each other.
In McLean, one woman is crusading to get parents — and kids — to relax the competitive atmosphere.