canada.com:
Four local mompreneurs juggle motherhood and flexible careers to find work-life balance
The phrase work-life balance is bandied about a lot, especially as it relates to women returning to careers after having kids.
Truth is, between long hours at the office, preparing meals for little ones, keeping house and everything else involved in living life, the act of “balancing” becomes akin to running barefoot over a bed of hot coals: tricky.
No wonder more women are checking out of the 9-to-5 grind to start their own business. Working from home makes it easier to wear the mom and manager hats at the same time.
“There’s so many variations on this theme, but we know that, in Canada, three out of five new businesses (in 2007) were started by women,” says Calgarian Kathryn Bechthold, CEO of The Mompreneur, a print and online women’s business magazine.
“I think that’s a result of being mothers, having families, but still wanting a career.”
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