Jobshare Revolution: Flexible Work for Work-Life Balance

Are you craving this July 4th weekend like water after a drought? That sense of spaciousness you feel when you finally unplug—imagine having that every single week .  Here's the hard truth: 59% of employees report feeling burned out very often or always (Gallup, 2024). The WHO found that working 55+ hours increases stroke risk by 35%. Our always-on culture is literally killing us—and traditio...

When was the last time you felt truly supported at work? Not just managed or directed, but genuinely seen, backed up, and cared for by someone who gets it? If you're drawing a blank, you're not alone. This episode tackles something affecting millions of working parents but rarely gets the attention it deserves: workplace loneliness and isolation. In May 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Viv...

Summer Self-Care & Taking a Real Pause When end-of-school chaos meets the need for genuine rest If there's one thing I know for sure, it's this: There will ALWAYS be challenging seasons to navigate when life moves fast and work is intense. Fresh off my daughter's high school graduation and our five-day "grad-u-palooza," I'm bringing back our #1 most popular episod...

The workplace mental health crisis is real—and current solutions aren't working. Here's what actually does. It's the end of Mental Health Awareness Month —and if you're a working parent, you know the cruel irony. May is supposed to be about mental health awareness, but it's also the most mentally exhausting month of the year. Graduations. End-of-school chaos. Emotional rol...

  A powerful story about burnout, boundaries, and reclaiming your life.   It’s Mental Health Awareness Month—and let’s be real: for moms, May might just be the most mentally exhausting month of the year. Talent shows. Awards ceremonies. Prom. Final projects. Finals. You name it—May has it. I’m in the thick of it. My daughter’s graduating in mere weeks, and the calendar is jam-packed with celebrati...

The Complicated Truth About Mother’s Day (And Why It’s Okay to Feel Everything) What if Mother’s Day didn’t feel joyful… and instead brought up a swirl of emotions? You’re not alone. In this deeply personal episode, I’m unpacking the messy middle of Mother’s Day—why it feels so complicated for so many of us, and why we need to stop pretending it’s one-size-fits-all. From loving-but-complicated rel...

If you ever thought, "It'll get easier when they get older," think again.  This Mother's Day, we're diving into the mental gymnastics of parenting—from toddler tantrums to college applications—and how sharing the load can be your saving grace. In this episode, I share my personal journey of navigating the college application process with my daughter, Iris, and how my husba...

Is Giving Up Control Holding You Back from Job Sharing? This Mindset Shift Changes Everything If you’ve ever said, “I love the idea of job sharing... but I don’t think I could give up control,” this episode was made for you. One of the biggest fears I hear from my high-achieving, big-hearted clients is the worry that they won’t be able to let go enough to be a good job share partner. The truth? Th...

Do You Have What It Takes to Job Share? 11 Key Traits to Know Before you get started  👉 Grab 11 Traits of Successful Job Sharers Checklist ✅ If you’re curious about job sharing but not sure you have what it takes, this episode is your permission slip to find out for real . Because today, I’m walking you through the 11 most common traits of successful job sharers—so you can discover your strength...

What if your dream job isn’t a new job—it’s sharing the one you already have? If you’re considering job sharing, this is the episode I wish I had when I started. Five words: I just had a baby. That was my why —the deep, personal reason I was determined to make job sharing work. I wanted to be fully present for my 6-month-old daughter without stepping away from the career I had worked so hard to bu...

A quick-start guide to job sharing—plus the highs, lows, and breakthroughs of my own journey—so you don’t have to figure it out alone. If you’re wondering what job sharing is exactly and how it works , you’re in the right place. When I first discovered job sharing, I had no roadmap. No guide. Just a bold vision of creating a life where I could thrive in my career and be present for my family. What...

Mom Spring Break: I needed it more than I imagined and if I could say anything to you, it would be, "Don't wait!" Moms, it’s time to give yourself permission to take a break—by yourself! In this special episode, I’m sharing one of the most unexpected and empowering experiences of my life: taking a solo trip during spring break. After 18 years of motherhood, I finally learned the val...

It’s 2025, and women are STILL making less than men. Here’s what needs to change. Women’s Equal Pay Day isn’t just another date on the calendar—it marks how far into the year women must work to catch up to what men earned last year . And in 2025? The numbers still don’t add up. The gender pay gap has barely budged, despite decades of advocacy. Women—especially mothers and women of color—continue t...

Women, Work & the Pandemic: 5 Years Later, Have We Made Progress? It’s been 5 years since the COVID lockdown. Here’s how the pandemic reshaped careers, caregiving, and what’s next for women in the workplace. In March 2020, the world changed overnight. Many of our kids left for Spring Break, never to return to school in person until the 2021-22 school year. For millions of women, the pandemic w...

Why Did Google Erase International Women's Day? And Why DEI Matters More Than Ever. Something happened this International Women’s Day that I can’t stop thinking about—and I bet you missed it too. Google quietly erased International Women’s Day from its calendar app. Not just that, but they also removed other major cultural observances like Women’s History Month, Black History Month, Pride Mon...

What I'm doing to cope with the 2025 dumpster 🔥, and how job sharing gave me stability and security during The Great Recession. There's something in the air this year, and I felt the need to talk about it—how I handle things when life feels uncertain and how job sharing was my foundation of security during one of the hardest times in my life. In this episode, I’m opening up about what h...

The Twist of Fate That Brought the New Year Reset to Life Wham! Bam! This is the episode I didn't plan. 👻 😷  After dodging COVID-19 for nearly five years, it finally got me. And while my instinct was to push through and keep working (hello, workaholic tendencies), something surprising happened instead. The Be Your Best Self: A New Year Reset —the very challenge we’ve been doing together—sho...

Ikigai Your Career & Explore Job Sharing in 2025 You made it! 🎉 Today, we wrap up the Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge with a bonus challenge designed to help you find clarity in your career and create true work-life balance. In this final episode, we’re exploring Ikigai , the Japanese philosophy for discovering purpose, and job sharing , one of the most innovative ways to create flexibili...

Manifest the Life You Want in 2025 & Decide Who You Want to BE I will admit, I’m not a ‘woo-woo’ person by nature. I’m just not. But after what I’ve experienced during some of the toughest years of my life, I’m officially a convert. I’ve seen the magic that happens when you put your intentions into the universe. In Episode 27, we continue the Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge with Day 5: Man...

James Clear Your Year: Habits That Stick in 2025 This is the year your habits stick—and I’m here to spill the James Clear tea 🫖  to help make it happen. In Episode 26, we continue the Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge with Day 4: James Clear Your Year: Habits That Stick. If you’ve ever struggled to maintain habits or dropped them after just a few weeks, this episode will transform the way you a...

Ditch resolutions! Science-backed methods to set achievable goals for 2025. In episode 25, we continue the Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge with Day 3: Setting Achievable Goals for the New Year. This isn’t your typical goal-setting process—we’re leaving behind vague resolutions that fade by February and diving into a kinder, science-backed approach to help you create the life you want. Before y...

A powerful exercise to choose a single word that embodies how you want to live, feel, and show up in 2025. What’s your Word of the Year for 2025? In episode 24, we continue the Be Your Best Self: A New Year Reset  with Day 2: Choose Your Word of the Year . This simple yet transformative practice will help you set the tone and mindset to guide your year ahead. Before you listen: 👉 Grab your Be You...

What if 2025 could be the year you truly show up for yourself?  In this episode, I'm kicking off the Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge by asking a deceptively simple yet transformative question: What will you leave behind in 2024? Before you listen: Grab your Be Your Best Self: A New Year Reset Workbook : workmuse.com/bestself Too often, we carry the weight of the past into the new year—old...

Steal my election week self-care strategies to stay sane over the next week, infused with a big dose of hope for Care. As we wrap up our 10-part lesson-focused series I'm calling Reaching Your Goals Despite [Fill in the blank - i.e. all we've been through/return to work mandates/layoffs etc.] and we hold onto our seats for the election of a lifetime, I am more hopeful for CARE than ever....

Kamala Harris announces a plan to support caregivers as the U.S. faces a childcare and eldercare crisis. The Care Movement's time has come and as a sandwich-generation dual caregiver, I'm here for it. This summer, a staggering study revealed the cost of childcare in all 50 states was more than two months of rent. Organizations like Moms First pushed CNN to center the care crisis on the p...