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		<title>8 Tips for Work Life Balance</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2012/01/is-your-work-life-balanced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so out of balance this week. Work has been very busy. I haven&#8217;t run. I hadn&#8217;t blogged (until now). I&#8217;ve played a few rounds of Farkle Frenzy with the kids but haven&#8217;t had any meaningful conversations with them. I just found out Rick Perry dropped out of the presidential race. Yesterday, a typical day this week, I woke up at 1:30 in the morning stressing about a work project. I didn&#8217;t fall back to sleep until 5. I got up again at 7, got a phone call at 7:55 about an interesting career opportunity, had a root canal at 8, was in meetings from 10 until 4:30, made a decision and a call about the career opportunity at 4:45, answered emails until 7, drove home, ate dinner and worked until 11. So how ironic that today I was the guest on Betty Everything sharing tips on balancing work and life. I never look at balance as a daily thing. I prefer to look at my life on a weekly basis and carve out time for the things I want. Maybe I should expand that to a monthly view! The fact is, some weeks are better than others and most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If I Were Santa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I were Santa, I&#8217;d be making my list and checking it twice. And here are the gifts I would give: For Our Daughters: The gift of self-esteem and positive role models The mass media perpetuates a message that women and girls’ value comes from beauty and sexuality – and it affects us. Sixty-five percent of women and girls have an eating disorder. Eighty percent of the op-ed pages are dominated by men. The number of women in senior management positions globally has gone from 24 to 20 percent from 2004 to 2009. For Corporate America: More women in leadership positions There is a large, and growing, body of research connecting women at the tops of organizations to a strong bottom line performance. However, women comprise 53 percent of new hires, but only 37 percent of managers, 26 percent of vice-presidents, and just 14 percent of executive committees. &#160; For Working Mothers: Flexible work arrangements &#8230; and a day of rest The life of a working mother is challenging. Flexible work arrangements give parents the ability to work more flexibly and better manage the challenges of work and family. For Working Families: Passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Life of a Working Mother</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/09/the-life-of-a-working-mother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me tell you about the life of a working mother. So this morning I was running late for work because I had a hard time picking out an outfit because last Saturday I forgot to go to the dry cleaner because I was really busy shuffling my kids from soccer practice to the town-wide barbecue birthday bash to a party we were all invited to and so I had no clean work pants and I couldn’t wear knee-length skirts or capris because I was gardening on Sunday because I hadn’t weeded since June because every weekend in the summer I took my kids to the Cape so they could hang out with their cousins and anyway I got poison ivy on my legs and therefore hadn’t shaved them all week but I had to dress professionally because my boss and I were going to an industry event later in the day to network with potential clients. So, I decided to wear a long, flowy black skirt and after trying many different tops finally paired it with a black cardigan that looked professional and put on a pair of low black heels that wouldn’t hurt walking around a tradeshow floor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Do It All?</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/08/how-do-you-do-it-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post originally ran on TheMamaBee.com. We&#8217;ve since replaced some of the activities listed below for new ones, but our house remains dirty and we still don&#8217;t have any friends. With the movie version of &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Know How She Does It&#8221; opening next month, we&#8217;re wondering, how do you do it all? Here&#8217;s our story: People always ask me, “How do you do it all?”  I am a full time working mother –in fact I’m the family breadwinner.  I am also president of the PTO, chair of a town committee, organizer of  an annual event for 400 attendees, and I moonlight as a freelance writer.  “It’s easy,” I tell them. “But my house is always dirty and I have no friends.”  And then the person who asked the question always laughs.  But I’m not joking. My house is dirty.  While my husband has the time to clean, he has no interest.  And I have neither the time nor the interest. Type As like me thrive on checking things off a to-do list and cleaning never comes off the list; by the time you get through all of the rooms in the house, you need to start over.  I don’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Working Mother Vents</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/06/a-working-mother-vents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I cried a little today. I needed to vent some frustration. I am frustrated because this Friday is the summer concert at my children&#8217;s school and I just found out. I may ask for some flex time to attend, even though it&#8217;s short notice, but my top priority is my daughter&#8217;s theatre performance. I wasn&#8217;t able to attend her fall performance due to short notice and a lack of flexibility at the time. And so I really want to attend the end of year show. If I can only attend one event, that would be my choice. It&#8217;s not just working parents who miss out when they can&#8217;t get to school events. If you&#8217;ve ever watched  a child on a school stage scan the audience anxiously looking for parents and then waving and smiling when they are spotted, you understand how important family involvement is to a child. Schools constantly remind us to take an active role in  our children&#8217;s education &#8211; that involvement should extend beyond academics. I may be able to attend both the concert and the theatre show &#8211; depending on what time of day they take place and how busy I am at work. The problem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You on Choice Overload?</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/05/are-you-on-choice-overload/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 14:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dissatisfaction. You can sense it everywhere. The office, the playground, the wine bar, those hideous home shopping parties. But nobody talks about it. We touched on it here: &#8220;Like many 40-something, middle class women, my life looks good on paper. And it is&#8230;I have no reason, no right really, to complain&#8230;But I’m so tired all the time. I go from home to work and back again with barely any time to think&#8230; . I am fueled by two pots of coffee and a modest dose of Prozac every day yet I still can’t get out of my rut.&#8221; Women rarely give voice to the feelings. We think we must be spoiled &#8211; aren&#8217;t we lucky to even have these problems? But we&#8217;re wondering if this is all there is. Did we pursue the wrong goals? What can we do about it now? We&#8217;ve already invested so much. But we are the lucky ones &#8211; the women who can have a career, a family, and pursue personal passions- so why aren&#8217;t we satisfied? Undecided: How to Ditch the Endless Quest for Perfect and Find the Career and Life&#8211;That&#8217;s Right for You, a new book by Barbara Kelley and Shannon Kelley, explores &#8220;choice overload,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Have The Good Men Gone? Who Cares?</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/02/where-have-the-good-men-gone-who-cares/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Too many men in their 20s are living in a new kind of extended adolescence,&#8221; argues Kay S. Hymowitz in a recent essay published in the Wall Street Journal. Hymowitz is the author of &#8220;Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men Into Boys.&#8221; According to Hymowitz, the average American man used to achieve &#8220;most of the milestones of adulthood&#8221; like a good job, wife and children, in his 20s. But today, the author observes, &#8220;most&#8221; 20-something men act like aged frat boys, hanging out drinking beer and discussing Star Wars. And this, says Hymowitz, is frustrating &#8220;legions&#8221; of 20-something women. Really? Census data and statistics show today&#8217;s 20 something women are more likely to be single, well-educated and higher paid (even out-earning male counterparts in some cities) than in years past. Is it true that they have just &#8220;one key question&#8221; on their minds – &#8220;Where have the good men gone?&#8221; Perhaps these women are thinking about their careers, their friends and family, shaping their own lives. Imagine that. And if they knew what we 40-something women know, they might see lots of opportunity in the men&#8217;s&#8217; behavior. That 20-something men aren&#8217;t acting like their fathers, isn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Educators from a Working Parent</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/01/an-open-letter-to-educators-from-a-working-parent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a new year and while everyone is thinking about fresh starts and renewals, I would like to propose three New Year&#8217;s resolutions for teachers and school administrators everywhere. I offer these suggestions in the spirit of helping all working parents. Since many of you are working parents, my hope is these resolutions will make your life a little easier too. 1. Remember the two-week rule. Most businesses operate on a two-week notice rule. At the office, we always try to book flights for business travel two weeks in advance. Any earlier, and our plans will inevitably change. Any later, and the costs are too high. And when we ask for vacation time, we are required to give at least two weeks&#8217; notice for business-planning purposes (i.e. we can work really long hours the week before we go and get all of our work done.) Unlike many teachers I know, office workers can arrange for coworkers to cover for us while we&#8217;re out. Our vacations aren&#8217;t prescheduled for school vacation weeks, so we have some flexibility in when we take our time. But just like many of you, we haven&#8217;t taken a real vacation since Junior was born. We use all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is there a Reverse Wage Gap?</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/09/is-there-a-reverse-wage-gap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  An article in Time magazine yesterday, &#8220;Workplace Salaries: At Last, Women on Top,&#8221; suggests some interesting news on the gender wage gap. Data from the Census Bureau&#8217;s American Community Survey and analyzed by James Chung of Reach Advisors, shows a reverse gender wage gap in the largest U.S. cities by up to 17 percent. But only single, childless women under the age of 30 are out-earning men. Chung attributes this gap in women&#8217;s favor to education. Women college graduates are outpacing men three to two.   He also points out women are better compensated in cities where the primary industry is knowledge-based, where there is a minority majority and where manufacturing has decreased.   Across the board, women earn, on average, .20 cents less than their male counterparts. It would be wonderful to think women are closing the gap, but unfortunately the Time article points to several disturbing trends. The loss of manufacturing jobs and the low wages for men in minority majority communities isn&#8217;t good news for anyone. The fight for fair pay calls for equal wages for equal work. Nobody wins if one gender is underpaid. And then there is the issue of who is out-earning men: single, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Heard Women Make Bad Bosses?</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/08/have-you-heard-women-make-bad-bosses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t want to do this, but here it is: my personal boss scorecard. Boss 1. Male Irrational and unethical. Oh, the stories I could tell. Boss 2. Female She rocked. Boss 3. Female Demanding, micromanager who was smart as hell and taught me volumes. Boss 4. Male Great guy. I&#8217;d work for him again. Boss 5. Female Great woman. I&#8217;d work for her again. Boss 6. Female She rocked. (It was Boss 2 again.) Boss 7. Female Toxic. (Docked my bonus when I got pregnant.) Boss 8. Female Neutral. Boss 9. Male Toxic. What does any of this mean?  Not much. The fact is some people, regardless of gender, make great bosses and some don&#8217;t. And yet this week alone I&#8217;ve seen two &#8220;men make better bosses&#8221; stories. The first was surprisingly in The Glass Hammer and lead with this zinger, &#8220;You don&#8217;t have to look too far into management research to uncover that all the statistics point to one thing: we prefer to work for men.&#8221; The so-called research the author cites is a survey of MBA students taken and written about by Ella J. Edmondson Bell, PhD. Bell teaches a leadership course at Tuck where the classes [...]]]></description>
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