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You are here: Home / Archives for work-life balance

The Urban Mom: Cat And Nat From Social Common

April 6, 2016 by Marianne Litman 3 Comments

This month, we’re featuring an entrepreneurial mom duo Cat and Nat, the creators of Social Common. Occupation: Entrepreneurs, moms Hometown: Toronto Current Town: Toronto, but considering Hawaii at the moment! Social media savvy is a great way to describe the entrepreneurial duo, Cat and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Motherhood, Parenting Tagged With: being a mom, moms, Social Common, social common creative, the urban mom, troonto moms, work-life balance

Felicity Huffman Gets Real About Being A Working Mom

February 19, 2016 by Marianne Litman Leave a Comment

felicity huffman, william h macy

The struggle of balancing work and family is something all working mom know too well. And Hollywood moms are no different. Felicity Huffman recently spoke about her own struggles with juggling a career and motherhood, and she didn’t mince her words. “First, I have to recognize how lucky I am … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Celebrity, Entertainment Tagged With: balancing home nad work, felicity huffman, william h macy, work-life balance, working mom

Canadians In Power Take Action To Provide Work-Life Balance

January 12, 2016 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Work-life balance in this day and age seems as attainable as owning a rainbow coloured unicorn. It’s something people high up in organizations seem to give some lip service too, but in practice? It seems like it hardly ever plays out the way it’s promised to, or at least desired to. It certainly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, Work & Career Tagged With: balancing family and career, balancing family and work, balancing work and life, canadian work-life balance, catherine mckenna, work-life balance

Eight Cinematic Working Moms Hollywood Got Right

November 25, 2015 by Marianne Litman Leave a Comment

Being a working mom, was there ever a harder job? We are told day in and day out that we can’t have it all, that we can’t do it all and that if we try, there’s hope for happiness in our future. To that we say, bye Felicia. Really, we’re juggling work, kids, dinner, laundry and about a million … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Movies Tagged With: 40 year old virgin, baby boom, date night, erin brockovich, movies with working moms, mrs doubtfire, Sex and the City, stepmom, the intern, work-life balance, workin gmother, working mom, working moms

Is Kaley Cuoco Not A Feminist, Or Is She A Victim Of Context?

January 2, 2015 by Marianne Litman Leave a Comment

To end 2014 off on a high note, Redbook released some of its cover interview with Big Bang Theory star, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting. Cuoco-Sweeting, 29, had some choice comments about feminism and the internet responded with its usual vitriol. The magazine asked the 8 Simple Rules alum point blank … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Celebrity, Entertainment Tagged With: big bang theory, feminism, feminist, kaley cuoco, kaley cuoco-sweeting, redbook, work-life balance

Parenting Advice From An Unexpected Source: Kim Kardashian

July 4, 2014 by Marianne Litman Leave a Comment

It is not often that we feel like we can relate to celebrities and it is even more rare to feel like you can related to Kim Kardashian. She recently spoke with Romy and the Bunnies about the joys (and struggles) of being a working mom. And while she may have a staff of nannies, chefs and maids to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Celebrity, Entertainment Tagged With: Kim Kardashian, motherhood, parenting advice, Parenting and work life balance, romy and the bunnies, work-life balance, working mom, working mother

Women Would Be Happier If

October 23, 2013 by Emily 5 Comments

Women would be happier if _____. Fill in the blank! But not too creative with your answers because everyone knows women only want to stay home and raise children because working makes them super unhappy. This morning as I was sipping the latte I bought with an adult colleague, I happened … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, Work & Career Tagged With: feminism, happiness, sahm, vice, wohm, work-life balance, working moms

Work. Life. Imbalance.

May 21, 2013 by Emily 9 Comments

Work. Bills. Groceries. Dinner. Bathtime. Staying up too late, and getting up too early, and meeting every end but never making any end meet. At work, the two projects I was hired to manage are winding down, and the late stages are where the execution takes place, and the demands of actually … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Work & Career Tagged With: motherhood, Vancouver, work-life balance, working

it is all up to me

March 17, 2012 by Nancy

Whenever I spend a chunk of time with my mom she says to me one of two thingsyou are working too hardor How is business? How are you managing financially? They are completely opposite. It kind of cracks me up.I can't always tell which one is coming but it is always one or the other. That … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: separation and divorce, single mom blog, work-life balance

reward (and punishment)

December 3, 2011 by Nancy

Do you do this too?You play this game with yourself- if I do this I get that.Lately I have started getting up an hour earlier because my younger daughter is trying rowing out. I vaguely recall saying that was a great idea.So my day starts at 5.There are breakfasts and lunches ( yes they could make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: motherhood, reward and punishment, single mom blog, work at what you love, work-life balance

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