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    Work-Life Balance

    How Do You Define Yourself After Having Kids? Hierarchy of Self and Other Fun Thoughts

    ByKat Hours May 10, 2018Aug 10, 2022
    Comments 17 Comments

    So here’s a question that may sound odd: How do you define yourself after having kids? Are you a mother first, or a wife, or a lawyer [insert your job here], or a woman? Where does wife/daughter/friend play into the mix? What is your hierarchy of self? Do you have a strict one that you…

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    How to Manage Up With Regard to Family Commitments

    ByKat Hours Jun 20, 2017Jul 1, 2021
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    Here’s a suggestion for a topic we got from folks who took the survey a while back: how can working moms “manage up” with regard to family commitments? Along similar lines, “how to explain your new life choices to an employer who is used to you working long hours”? I can’t wait to hear what…

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    Advice on Work-Life Balance — To Your Pre-Mom Self

    ByKat Hours May 30, 2017Nov 1, 2018
    Comments 34 Comments

    2018 Update: We still love all the advice on work-life balance in this post — but you may also want to check out our more recent discussion on The Mommy Effect study and whether working moms underestimated the trials and tribulations of working motherhood.  Over at Corporette, we recently rounded up some of the top…

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    Childcare | Household | Lifestyle | Parenting | Work-Life Balance

    How to Level Up Your Childcare/Personal Help (When Money is No Object)

    ByKat Hours Feb 2, 2017Feb 27, 2025
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    If a nanny will not cut it for your family, these are some other options when you need to level up your childcare…

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    Holidays and Working Moms | Lifestyle | Mom Issues | Work-Life Balance

    Do, Delegate, NOPE: Holiday Edition

    ByKat Hours Dec 14, 2016Dec 10, 2020
    Comments 29 Comments

    Holidays can be extra tough on working moms — CorporetteMoms readers discussed what they DO themselves, what holiday tasks they DELEGATE… and which holiday tasks just get a big ol’ NOPE.

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