THE RESEARCH IS IN – Working Mothers can Raise Their Well-Being
THE RESEARCH IS IN….
How did Working Moms faring during the pandemic? 142 working mothers responded to the call to share their experiences and well-being impacts. The most important finding was that 85% of the respondents reported suffering ...
Burnout Risk is Greater in Pandemic Times, especially for Working Mothers!
Working mothers have been especially hard-hit by the pandemic. In addition to balancing their work responsibilities from home – many working remotely for the first time – they are also having to serve as school mistresses and child-care ...
More Desperately Seeking Sanity: The Power of Casual Acquaintances
“Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.” Benjamin Franklin
I love Benjamin Franklin and look often to his wisdom for insights; the ...
How Does Working Affect Your Kids Over the Long Haul?
When I was researching depression in children of mothers who work, every mother I talked to worried that working might be negatively impacting their children’s development. They worried that they should be spending more time with their kids and ...
From Frazzled to Composed in One Minute Flat!
Working mothers take everything they do seriously because they care. They care about their work and they care about their families (and generally not in that order), creating stress and guilt for them. This stress can make them tired, moody, ...
The Genesis
As a student in Martin Seligman’s Master of Applied Positive Psychology program at Penn (lovingly referred to as “MAPP”), I was in awe of him. When he singled me out one afternoon in October 2016 by responding to a question I raised with ...