Topic: Work Life Balance

A Win For Parents At Yahoo

A Win For Parents At Yahoo

We love her. We hate her. We love her. We hate her.

Since accepting the position as Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer has not stopped making waves. We loved her as a strong, powerful, female CEO of a big, important company … then some were irked when she took a two-week maternity leave after giving birth to her first child. More »

Your May Financial To-Dos

Your May Financial To-Dos

Are you seeing May flowers yet?

We know you’re probably itching to get outside and bask in the sunshine—or tackle some home improvement projects. So we won’t keep you. Below, find the five May financial to-dos that will help keep your finances in order into the summer and beyond. More »

5 Healthy Lunch Ideas For Working Women

5 Healthy Lunch Ideas For Working Women

Packing your own lunch is a smart decision both financially and for your health. It’s easy to pick up a sandwich at the deli, or even a to-go salad from the grocery store. Those options are fine every once in awhile, but the price and the mystery ingredients can start to take a toll. Brown-bagging doesn’t have to be a bummer. More »

The Business Of Putting Dogs Down

The Business Of Putting Dogs Down

It started because my dog had just died, and I was getting all of this mail for him. There was a condolence card from the vet’s office, another card saying the practice had made a donation to a shelter in his name, a few more cards from friends. He never seemed more like a person to me than he did after he died. More »

‘Find What You Love And Let It Kill You’

'Find What You Love And Let It Kill You'

These days, James Rhodes is a successful concert pianist. But for a decade, he didn’t play the piano at all, while he pursued another career that made him something like Don Draper, “albeit a few inches shorter and a few women fewer.” Then he gave it all up to pursue his childhood dream. He sacrificed everything — including his marriage and his income — to do it, but in the end, it worked. More »