Want to Love Work and Life? Stop Using This Word.

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Deirdre Maloney

Recently Hubbie and I were in search of a new apartment, and before long we stumbled on an amazing option. We high-fived each other for finding this residential gem…with its beautiful garden and unbreakable new appliances. What a find!...we said…it’s our dream home! In our minds it was like our own little doll house... ...until it wasn't. In our case o...

Why You Can Chill Out About Other People

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Deirdre Maloney

A few weeks ago I was weaving my way through an art exhibit. It was set up so that you went through it in a single file line. Sounds simple, right? Except people don’t view art in the exact same way. Some could spend a whole day doing it. Others... ...not so much. This particular exhibit entranced me. My pace slowed, and soon there was a widening gap be...

A Tale of Two Freak-Outs

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Deirdre Maloney

What better way to learn a valuable, humbling lesson than by having a total, unadulterated freak-out? Having two of them. I would know. Though Santa was not involved, both of my personal incidents were still special in their own way, and each actually had a different fix. Yet, in the end, they both pointed to the same, spectacularly dramatic lesson ab...

Why Work-Life Balance is Bogus…and How to Get it Anyway

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Deirdre Maloney

Recently I found myself tackling an ambitiously crazy to-do list. I decided to update my website, start writing my new book, get new client business, keep my blog going and join an extremely well-connected new committee. Oh, and I wanted to have a little fun, too. I told myself it was completely doable. I just needed to focus on my work-life balance, to c...

How Your Big Goal Can Mess You Up

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Deirdre Maloney

It’s time for some tough love. I begin with my own, painful lesson. It happened during my morning run, as I was happily jogging by a favorite spot. Suddenly another runner came up behind me, passed me by and kept on going, leaving me in his wake. I felt myself tense up. My competitive spirit immediately rose within me. My blood began a slow simmer. Why? Be...

The Best Deadly Sin Ever

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Deirdre Maloney

I met my friend Allison when I was in Junior High. It was a lucky, lucky turn of events. Allison was an only child and her family travelled. A lot. Her parents quickly realized that the best way they could fully enjoy themselves was to take a friend of Allison’s with them. Which is how I found myself travelling to the Caribbean islands, Key West and Denv...