Technology makes things easier and improves our quality of life. But it also brings complication and creates stress unique to its very presence. In this episode, we discuss how we can keep technology on the helpful side of life.

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We have a complicated relationship with our technology, which we both love and love to hate! On the one hand, technology makes our lives easier. But it also creates complexity and stress. In other words: technology both helps and hurts work-life balance.

In this final episode of our series on work-life balance, I explore why and when it’s helpful and why/when it’s not. I also share my thoughts on what we can do to keep technology on the useful side.

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Highlights of Episode 104

• Why maximizing the use of time with your young kids starts with reframing expectations
• What play looks like for an infant or a toddler
• The impossible parenting standards that social media create
• Does ‘screen-babysitting’ work?
• Finding the tiny moments to support your baby in the most valuable way

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What is the best and most effective use of your limited time with your young kids? That's the question we're tackling with Strength-In-Words Founder, Ayelet Marinovich, in this continuation of our summer theme on work-life balance.

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How do we pursue success and vigorously go after our goals while avoiding stress and burnout? Is a balanced hustle possible?

Highlights of Episode 102

• When is busyness a good thing and when is it not
• The questions you want to be asking yourself
• Why is conquering busyness not about time management or being productive
• The self-created situations that feed our busyness addiction
• Tips for conquering busyness

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Are you one of those people who are always busy? Kathy Bourque, author of the book, Conquering Busyness, and Lou Blaser explore whether this is a good or bad thing, if and when it needs to be corrected, and the key things to focus on.

What does phrase work-life balance mean to you? Is there even such a thing as the right balance? And if there is, how do we figure what that is?

Highlights of Episode 101

• Preview of the next 3 upcoming episodes around balance
• Questions to ask ourselves to figure out what balance means to us
• Why work-life balance is relative and personal, a conversation of one
• How we can connect – because I want to hear from you!

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