What do you say when people ask, "So, what do you do?" It's such a loaded question. In our culture, we often associate what we do for work with who we are, first and foremost. Chapter 6 of the book Lean Out: A Professional Woman's Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance challenges this …
The Perfection Trap
(Note: If you'd like to listen to this in podcast form, scroll to the bottom!) It's November, and that means the holidays are coming up! It's as good of time as any to talk about perfection and comparison – especially at this time of year when there can be lots of pressure at work and home to, …
Lean Out Podcast: Revisioning with Sarah Wittry
What's your vision for work-life balance? In the most recent episode of the Lean Out Podcast, Dr. Sarah Witry, a palliative and hospice care physician, shares her journey to finding sustainable balance. Working part-time, coaching women in healthcare, and raising four children, Sarah highlights …
Lean Out Podcast: Passions with Mary Wilde
How do you balance multiple passions without getting overwhelmed? It's a constant practice. I'm very familiar with this conflict, and so is my guest on the most recent Lean Out Podcast, Dr. Mary Wilde. Mary is an integrative pediatrician and owner of Imagine Pediatrics Behavioral Health and …
What Is Confidence, and How to Get It
(To listen to this article in podcast form, scroll to the bottom!) It's ubiquitous. No, not confidence... the desire for confidence. When I ask clients, prospective clients, friends and colleagues what they want, their answer is almost always confidence. It comes up so frequently. …
Stepping Off the Treadmill of Achievement
Chapter 5 is my most favorite chapter of the book, Lean Out: A Professional Woman's Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance. It's titled Stepping Off the Treadmill. In this chapter, the book takes a turn from criticizing lean-in culture and identifying the current problems faced by women in …