Post Tagged 'work life balance'

March 26, 2025

Severance and the Bifurcated Self

One of the topics of the times is work-life balance. Should you work all the time, like Elon Musk? Should you embrace the workless life of social media influencers? To be middle class is a mix of the two. Continue Reading...

October 27, 2020

Justice Amy Coney Barrett: a new model for working women?

Judge Amy Coney Barrett became Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Monday night. Barrett has called herself “a different kind of lawyer,” and now she’s breaking new barriers. ACB may serve as an innovative model for professional women, as well as an opponent of misguided government programs and policies that encourage workplace discrimination against women. Continue Reading...

September 15, 2016

The rhythm of vocation: A challenge to ‘work-life balance’

“If all of our working and all of our resting serves the same vocation of love, why do we so often feel out of balance?” In a recent talk for the Oikonomia Network, author and church historian Dr. Continue Reading...

October 16, 2014

Ladies: Give Us Your Most Productive Years, We’ll Hold Your Eggs For You

This story has so many things wrong with it, I hardly know where to start. Apple and Facebook have both announced that will now offer egg-freezing – for non-medical purposes – for their employees (which runs at least $10,000, plus a $500 to $800 annual storage fee.) Continue Reading...

September 23, 2014

Fatherhood and the weight of work in the home

Mothers who have achieved success in corporate America are often asked how they balance the demands of child-rearing with those of their careers, and understandably so. Fathers, on the other hand? Continue Reading...