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Read MoreRetirement: An Unexpected Work/Life Challenge

I started my career in the age of “you can have it all” in the late 1970’s. Over the next 40 years, my husband and I had four children while we both worked. I enjoyed my career and loved my family. But, like others, I struggled to find the trade-offs to create a manageable work/life blend. “You can have it all” was impossibly stressful! (Most likely jump starting the work/life balance movement.)...
Read MoreHow has Work/Life changed for Boomers? Then vs Now.

The Traditionalist generation had a cultural norm that “men worked and women stayed home with the children.” But then, a work/life shift occurred in the 1970’s. Boomer generation women joined the workforce at increasingly higher levels. I entered the workforce as a chemical engineer in 1979 at the steepest part of the curve. Boomer women in the 1970’s and 80’s experienced a time of...
Read MoreDo hawks have work/life issues?

I had the pleasure of speaking on my favorite topic – work/life pursuit – with the members of the Scotts Women’s Network at their HQ situated in the rural beauty of Marysville, Ohio. The venue was a Lunch & Learn sponsored by WELD (Women for Economic Leadership & Development). In the middle of the Lunch & Learn we had a visitor come join us. A hawk swooped down next to the...
Read MoreInspired by Walla Walla

One can’t help but to be inspired looking out at the rolling hills in Walla Walla WA. I was in Walla Walla and in the mood for inspiration. I conducted a Work Life Pursuit workshop for the Corps of Engineers. The workshop was enriched by the diversity of the participants. Occupations: Park Ranger, Budget Analyst, Accountant, Environmental Compliance, Fish/Water Quality Assurance,...
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