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We need to continue to push for more flexible organizations, supportive public policy, and progressive conversations at home."—Jessica DeGroot This page is for anyone looking for a "third path" to create time for work and for life: for rewarding careers, for family, and/or for other personal pursuits. Too often we imagine an "either-or" scenario: Either we work and outsource more care than we'd li
Pride Month reminds us that families have always been more expansive than narrow definitions allow. Care happens in q***r families, single-parent families, chosen families, multigenerational homes, co-parenting arrangements, kinship networks, and communities of support. Work-life integration must be designed for all of us, not just for one family model.
This month, let’s ask a better question: whose care is being recognized, supported, and protected?
May asked a lot. What did you learn about your capacity, your needs, and your systems? And what will you take into June?
05/26/2026
Making time is not about finding it.
It is about choosing it.
We often talk about time as if it were hiding somewhere. As if one day we will finally “find the time” for rest, caregiving, connection, movement, reflection, or the work that matters most.
But time is shaped by choices. And in organizations, those choices are shaped by culture. When leaders treat every meeting as urgent, every email as immediate, and every calendar as endlessly available, people learn that their lives come second.
But when leaders model protected time, transparent priorities, real flexibility, and respect for caregiving, they create something different.
They create permission.
Work-life integration does not happen because people magically become better at time management. It happens when individuals, teams, and organizations make intentional choices about what matters, what can wait, and what deserves space.
Making time is leadership.
Making time is culture.
Making time is care in action.
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