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Leash the dog days to career benefit

August 10, 2007

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. Getting work done at this time of the year can be frustrating. Half the people you need to reach are out of the office. So […]

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Be still my self-defeating thoughts

June 15, 2007

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. You make a comment at a meeting that is followed by a wall of dead silence. Quick. Which thought goes through your head: a) Oh, […]

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Extreme work, extreme mothering collide

May 11, 2007

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. Never mind the women’s movement. It’s much tougher to be a working mother today than it was 20 years ago. Why? Because both working and […]

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Insecurity — in all its painfully needy ways — can be strength

March 16, 2007

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. According to stereotype, people who exude self-confidence would be expected to succeed in life and career — while the nervous Nellies among us are relegated […]

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A ‘new deal’ shakes up home life

February 09, 2007

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. At a recent social event, I overheard a half-dozen high-powered women talking about their spouses. Astonishingly, all six found themselves in similar circumstances: The women […]

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Trends to embrace — and watch out for

January 12, 2007

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. When I think of key trends that will play out in this and coming years, I am struck by how so many of today’s hottest […]

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11 Career & Life Moves for 2007

December 15, 2006

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. Avoid the New Year Blues. Here are some moves you can make to keep your career and your life on track in 2007. How’s the […]

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Gen Y-ers, boomers only sort of different

November 17, 2006

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. When it comes to work motivation, much has been made in the past decade about how the newest generation of workers is so different from […]

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Why some women just can’t fit in

October 20, 2006

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. A few weeks ago, I overheard an envy fest between two women. Woman No. 1: “I wish I could be more like you — no […]

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Burnout singes more workers

September 29, 2006

Globe & Mail Barbara Moses, Ph.D, is an international speaker, work/life expert, and best-selling author of Dish: Midlife Women Tell the Truth About Work, Relationships, and the Rest of Life. One of my clients describes herself as feeling like the end of a toothpaste tube, “where there is nothing more left to squeeze out.” Another […]

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