Planning the Space in Between

Lauree Ostrofsky wrote a brilliant post about negative space. The Japanese call it ‘ma’, the space between things. She asks what one would do if we planned the things between activities. What would our day look like if we only planned the down time instead […]

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Are you addicted to stress?

This is the first in a series of interviews with top thinkers in the work-life balance community. Debbie Mandel, M.A., author of Addicted to Stress: A Woman’s 7 Step Program to Reclaim Joy and Spontaneity in Life, told me in an email interview how she […]

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Slow Quote – Quality Time, not Quantity

 “What counts is not the years in your life but the life in your years.”  -Adlai E. Stevenson (1900-1965)    We often hear “You’re as young as you feel” or “You’re as young as you think you are!”  Think about it.  How important is our […]

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