Featured Wixii, Angel Tuccy, suggests that we give referrals, in order to get them: “The website, LinkedIn, allows you to grow your professional network online. It’s a valuable resource for managing your professional identity and engaging with other professionals. Claimed to be the world’s largest professional network, professionals are still stumped on how to engage […]
Free The Girls (“FTG”) partners with safe houses and after-care facilities in developing countries to provide an opportunity for women rescued from sex trafficking to earn a living selling second-hand clothing while going to school, getting healthy, and caring for their families. Selling bras (yes, BRAS!) allows them to work […]
This week, after reading I Refuse to be Busy (excerpt below) in the New York Times, I felt compelled to share the article. Unlike the author, I like to be busy. I thrive on managing chaos and bringing order in my life. However, as a confessed pragmatic optimist, doing things just right or “perfect” isn’t a stumbling […]
Wixii, Angel Tuccy, alerts us to the fact that most folks have a boring voicemail recorded. “It sounds boring but it’s familiar. “Hi, thank you for calling. I’m not at my desk right now.” No kidding. We got your voicemail. We already know you can’t take the call, so now we’re no longer listening as […]
Featured Wixii, Rachel Lefort, focused on creating a thriving mix by blending a career she loves with intentional mommy time with her daughter. Daily, Rachel is transparent, with her young daughter, about her work-life mix. She recognizes the effect her mix has as a role model, for her daughter, of living a mix […]
Do you spend time worrying about where your children are? Did they arrive to school/sports practice/friend’s house and forget to check back in? Wondering if your husband will make it home in a timely manner for a dinner/carpool/kid pickup? Are your children texting and calling endlessly when you are five minutes late to pick them […]
Work-Life Tips, as shared in “The Balance Myth” (reprinted with permission by the author) By Teresa Taylor The following eight “life” and “work” tips will help women rethink their work success, while excelling at home and in the office. They are written from my personal and professional experiences and shared in The Balance Myth: Rethinking […]
Yesterday afternoon, my three sons, along with 200+ classmates, participated in a Flash Mob to help gather 100,000 signatures by March 29, 2014 to “Urge the FDA to Say YES to Accelerated Approval for safe, effective therapies for children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.” It was a proud moment for our community as it rallied together […]
In her June 2013 TED talk, Anne-Marie Slaughter asks What Does Male/Female Equality Really Mean? She argues that breadwinning and caregiving must be valued equivalently in order to achieve full gender equality: “I suggest that real equality, full equality, does not just mean valuing women on male terms. It means creating a much wider range […]
We are thrilled to announce our 2014 Work-Life Thrive Summit Charitable Partner: Dolls for Daughters. In 2007, Wixii, Jessica Bachus, created Dolls for Daughters after her daughter Kenzi was stillborn at 24 weeks. Overcome with grief, Jessica felt compelled to channel her emotions into something that would honor Kenzi’s memory. With this notion, Dolls for […]
