How Do We Survive When We Have New Stressers?

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"i do think my work will be flexible. But i haven't allowed myself to really think a ton about that, because i feel ike we're working so well in this space," she says. "How how do we keep our head above water and keep our eye on the prize? It's a quest for all of us."

It’s one thing to know you want to upgrade your work life. It’s another to take the steps necessary to establish a new routine and career outlook. There are three phases to any major life change, according to management research findings: separation, experimentation, and reintegration.

Making a change is possible, manageable, and worth the effort. As proof, two women who are well into the process reflect on the steps they took to come as far as they have, as well as the payoff they’ve seen in their lives.

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Shilpa Bhandarkar is the CEO of the tech venture arm of a law firm.

Bridget O’Brien is a marketing director within a large health system.

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