Life
The Scientific Basis for Parenting: How Our Children Become Part of Us
Every parent who has loved a child knows the extent to which our children become a part of us. It’s a powerful thing. And it’s certainly something that all kinds of parents experience: adoptive parents, foster parents, biological parents. These little humans that pass through our lives, live in our hearts, and take a piece […]
Navigating the Great Loop of Work and Life: Relaxing into Uncertainty
Taking a year off and circumnavigating the waterways of eastern North America isn’t the typical path to renewal, but for Mary Ellen Kettelhut it has marked a sea change in her perspectives on life, and work, and what really matters. For those who don’t know, the Great Loop is a boating voyage undertaken by about […]
The 4-Day School Week: Why it’s Not that Easy for Families or Work-Life
There’s a new study* that suggests there are neutral-to-positive academic effects of 4-day school weeks on children. Hmmmm… This is all about cost-cutting. Districts that reduce to a 4-day school week save money on everything from utilities to busing costs. I get it. Schools are strapped and it’s all good for budgets and balance sheets, […]
How to Ensure Integration Doesn’t Turn into Interruption – Asked and Answered
This question was submitted as part of Limeade Summer Reading Club where the group is reading Bring Work to Life! and (virtually) discussing work-life. Here’s the detail: My personal life has recently interfered with my work life. How can I better structure my time so my performance doesn’t start slipping? First of all, congratulations on recognizing the […]
When a Badge is More than a Badge: How to Create Motivating Work Experiences
This post was published on the Mars Drinks Blog. PDF Version: When a Badge is More than a Badge_ How to Create Motivating Work Experiences _ MARS DRINKS
What We Leave Behind: Lessons from Pompeii
We had the privilege of visiting Pompeii last month. It was fascinating and sobering. It was destroyed hundreds of years ago in a volcano. Most people weren’t killed by lava, but rather by the ash that covered them. There are casts of their bodies. People covering their noses and mouths as it became impossible to […]
Making the Business Case for Work-Life Integration – Asked and Answered
How to make a business case for work-life integration? My suggestions are here on the Limeade website!
What To Do About an Inflexible Schedule – Asked and Answered
This question was submitted as part of the Limeade Summer Reading Club where the group is reading Bring Work to Life! and virtually discussing work-life. Here’s the detail: I work in a job (manufacturing, energy, retail, food and beverage) where’s it’s harder to implement work-life integration. What types of supports do you suggest I explore? I get […]
What the Beatles Teach Us about Work-Life
The Beatles were before my time. Even so, last month we saw them in concert. A group of 50-something men wearing wigs, playing guitars and drums, and performing as the Beatles. They were good. Quite good in fact. The whole audience thought so (with the possible exception of my teenage children who rolled their eyes […]
Making Our Marks
We just returned from Mackinac Island where we went with the family for a summer weekend. Mackinac is a tiny, 3.8 square mile island, between the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan. It’s a special place. Motorized vehicles are banned so bicycles and horses are the only transportation. The island only has 495 permanent residents, […]