Work life reform and social good are two parts of the same whole.”
As I have dived deeper and deeper into the work life balance conversation, particularly in an American context, I have not been able to hide my shock and anger at the language I find surrounding mothers in the formal workplace. Denigrating, patronizing, and in some instances dangerous.
It has pushed me to seek for more knowledge. In so doing, the work life issue has let me to a hunger for more equity, more goodness in the world. It has led me to witness the power of radical platforms like blogging, like Facebook, like Twitter, to create dialogue and generate action.
This blog has been the burgeoning voice for a growing list of issues I am passionate about. I have concluded that whilst I view work life balance of part of a more global systemic discussion, that my mother activism and social good posts should have a different forum. I’d love to welcome you over to When You Wake Up A Mother, www.whenyouwakeupamother.com if you’d like to continue reading on those topics. It will be my more personal blog, and focus predominantly on mothers and our capacity to truly help change the world.
Work life balance will remain – I have not lost one ounce of passion for this topic. I believe work life reform and social good are two parts of the same whole. We cannot change the fundamental structures of our society if we feel like mice on a wheel. Every element is interconnected. As we reject some of the traditional rigidity of industrial age models and figure out together more fluid and mutually beneficially contemporary models, not only will be find answers for wellness and health and family development, but we will also unlock more energy and intellectual capacity to heal the world’s most pressing concerns.
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Of course we send bloggers. To add their voices and brings eyes to the page. To invite action. These women have motherhearts first. So too their readers. And when you wake up a mother, you wake up the world.
