A friend who is in the Communications department at the American Psychological Association kindly provided me with the just-released results of their Stress in America survey, broken down by generations.  As soon as I read it, I was itching to share the key findings with you:    The Stress in America survey was conducted online ...

Juggling multiple jobs is becoming more and more common, as people seek work that will provide an additional paycheck or personal satisfaction that is lacking in Job #1.  Over at Stepcase Lifehack, Thursday Bram, a writer who has done this herself, has these insights to share: Keep firm dividers between your different jobs. Even if ...

Remember when you were a kid and stayed home from school because you were sick?  Remember how weird it was to watch all those daytime TV talk shows and think, “so this is how the other half lives.”  Remember how it was even stranger when you accompanied your mother on a brief errand or visited the doctor’s office and saw people out and ...

The other night, I was watching a re-run of an episode of Wife Swap.  I’ve seen this show before, and more often than not one of the characters is a stay-at-home-mom who acts very self-righteous about the fact that it is her job to take care of her children, and that it’s not appropriate to allow anyone else to be involved.   I’ve ...

The HR Capitalist has a great post about the distrust of those working from home.  Are they really working, asks writer Kris Dunn, or are they simply squeezing 3 hours of work into an 8-hour day? More importantly, can a remote worker/telecommuter even go to lunch without having that ''gotcha'' feeling?  A recent Business Week online ...

When I graduated from college, I immediately moved from Chicago to New York to begin my career in a global PR agency.  I left behind my boyfriend of a year, Stew.  Newly Corporate has a helpful post on surviving a long distance relationship that’s a result of relocation.  Here are four of Brandon’s best tips:   Make friends ...

It’s interesting.  You always hear about supermoms trying to do it all, but what about superdads?  Here’s what Stephanie Armour at USA Today has to say about this issue: Todd Scott, 32, has two children under age 5.  Each workday, he leaves his job at Himmelrich Public Relations in Baltimore at 5 p.m. to be with his family, and ...

Just a heads up that a new episode of the 30/20 Vision Radio Show will air live tomorrow at BlogTalkRadio at 3PM ET.  As I reminder, I host this monthly radio show with my fellow authors Christine Hassler (20-Something, 20-Everything) and Lindsey Pollak (Getting from College to Career), and our goal is to provide ''big sister'' advice to men ...

Last week, after we talked about the benefits of volunteering, no one will likely argue that it’s a worthwhile thing to do.  But how can you find time for it amongst the insanity of your everyday life?  Here are a few tips:   •          Determine what’s important and meaningful to you, ...

Just a reminder that the first 30/20 Vision talk show will be live on BlogTalkRadio this coming Tuesday, October 16th, at 1PM ET. This monthly series is for the 20-something woman who wishes she had a couple of big sisters to clue her in on the ins and outs of life after college. I will join my friends and fellow young authors Christine Hassler ...