The Work-Life Balance Trap Is Real

Let’s stop glorifying overworking, shall we?

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Lara Buchar
June 04, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 12 minutes

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⚡️ “Gracious professionalism” is the new corporate buzzword we don’t totally hate.

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Here’s what we’re yapping about today:

  • Managers are unconsciously penalizing employees for unplugging. WTF? 

  • Why we’re officially swearing off the snooze button.

  • A career conference with Amy Poehler as the headliner?! Say less.*

  • Hot off the Girlboss Job Board: Cartier, Twitch, Netflix, and Adobe are hiring!

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🚨 Attention, people pleasers! This is mandatory reading.

👀 Is “polyworking” just another day at the office for you, too?

🙂‍↔️ They said at-home lasers couldn’t get these results. They were wrong.*

🍼 It’s not just the “baby blues”—moms are not okay.

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