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6 Easy ways to curb stress—fast!

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The holiday season is one of my favorite times of year, what with the cocktail parties, fantastic sales, and excuse to eat more than my fair share of chocolate. But what I don’t enjoy so much is the mounting stress to get everything done by a rapidly approaching deadline. That’s why I…

Make stress work for you

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We all know what it feels like to be frazzled, and it’s not fun. But I recently learned something interesting, albeit counterintuitive, about stress: Some events that make us want to tear our hair out can actually be beneficial to our bodies. You see, when stress comes in short blasts…

Michelle Obama's 9 rules for a happy, healthy life

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Michelle Obama has openly made her health and fitness a priority, a first for any first lady. As Editor-in-Chief of Prevention magazine, I wanted to know more. We met recently, and she shared her rules for living a balanced lifestyle. Here, in her words, are her 9 essential moves…

A WWE Diva leaves a career for marriage: Do women really still do this?

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Last night, Lilian Garcia stepped out of the ring and waved goodbye to her career as an announcer for the WWE. Garcia, one of the federation's most famous voices, participated in many of the dramatic story lines while wielding the mic for Raw and other wrestling specials and shows.

Dubbed the first and only "Decade Diva" for the WWE, Garcia's ten-year stint came to an official and emotional close, which she described as "tough." Although her contract expires at the end of the year and wrestling publications report that her retirement was not a surprise.

What is most interesting to me about this story is not that the singer, radio deejay, and pageant winner made a career out of belting out the national anthem and playing along with wrestling hijinks, but the reason given for her departure. Garcia, blogs and other pubs are saying, left to get married.

The Working Mother 100 Best Companies for moms

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How about some good news for a change? Our 2009 Working mother 100 Best Companies are standing tough in their support of working families.

Despite the layoffs, cutbacks and general economic maladies the country is facing, these work-life superstars continue to spend on health care, child care and work/life benefits. In fact, spending has actually increased at many of our winning companies, with about a third reporting that added funds have gone to new and improved programs. Now that’s change we can believe in!

We have learned that how, when and where you work aren’t as important as the quality of the work you produce. A full 100 percent of this year’s winning companies offer telecommuting and flextime schedules, 98 percent offer job-sharing, and 94 percent offer compressed workweeks.

Hail the Breadwinner: Praise for Working Parents from a Stay-At-Home Dad

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By Aaron Traister

I never realized how hard working dads have it until I was forced to confront my wife about her performance in the traditionally male role of the breadwinning parent. On a recent evening, after the kids had gone to bed, I hunkered down for a…

Here Comes My Baby

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Learning about being a working mom. I've seen an ad in the pregnancy magazines that shows a smiling female executive behind a desk talking hands-free on the phone.…

10 Affordable Ways to De-stress

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By: Nina Kim and Georgia Price

Jack Welch says there's no work-life balance. What do you say?

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In true Jack Welch fashion, the former CEO of General Electric and lauded biz guru, recently made some pretty definitive statements about work-life balance to a group of HR professionals. "There's no such thing as work-life balance," he told the Society for Human Resource…

Role Reversal: My Husband's Struggle as a Stay-At-Home Dad

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By Sasha Brown-Worsham I have long been convinced my husband was the superior parent.

His patience is more extensive, his stamina — for "one more" reading of Olivia or…