Motherhood Mondays: On finding balance

Last week, I featured seven working mothers who talked about how they try to find balance, while juggling children, marriage, jobs and everyday life. Thank you to all the lovely readers who weighed in on this important topic. I'd love to share four realizations I had...
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My Balance: Molly Peterson from DwellStudio

Molly Peterson is the Communications Director for DwellStudio, the amazing line of bedding and furniture. She lives with her husband James and 4-year-old son Lucas in Brooklyn, and they have a little girl on the way (any minute!). Here's how Molly tries to juggle it all...
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My Balance: Erica Rivinoja from "Up All Night"

Erica Rivinoja is a writer and consulting producer for the sitcom "Up All Night" and a writer/producer for "South Park." She lives in L.A. with her husband, Prince, and their two-year-old son, Ivan. They're also expecting a "lady baby" (as she puts it) in October. Here's how she attempts to balance it all...
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My Balance: Emily Kalanithi, an attorney

Emily Kalanithi is actually my sister-in-law! (Her husband is my sister's husband's brother.) She is hilarious and awesome. An attorney for the State of California, Emily lives in San Francisco with her husband Jeevan and their one-year-old daughter Eve. Here's how she tries to juggle it all...
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My Balance: Pilar Guzman from Martha Stewart Living

Pilar Guzman is the editor in chief of Martha Stewart Living. (She was also the former editor in chief of the amazing Cookie magazine; did you guys ever read it?) She lives with her husband and two sons—Henry, 8 1/2, and Willem, 6—in Brooklyn. Here's how she attempts to find balance...
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My Balance: Janet Ozzard from Babycenter

Years ago, Janet Ozzard was my editor at New York Magazine. She is one of the most brilliant, funny and incisive people I've ever met: She taught me to write about what actually matters to people, instead of what just sounds magazine-y. Her New York magazine work won like 8 billion awards (my favorite story I've ever written was her idea), and she then worked at DailyCandy and Lucky, and now she's the executive editor of the parenting website Babycenter. She lives in San Francisco with her husband Kermit and toddler Ella. Here, Janet talks about how she tries to find balance (including moving her family cross-country!)...
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My Balance: Yolanda Edwards from Martha Stewart Living

Yolanda Edwards is the Executive Editor of Martha Stewart Living magazine by day; and during her off hours, she co-founded the parenting website Momfilter and writes a personal travel blog. She lives in Brooklyn with her photographer husband and their 9-year-old daughter Clara. Here's how she attempts to find balance...
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My Balance: Jen Green from Anthropologie

Jen Green is the Brand Editor for Anthropologie, who lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with her husband and their almost-two-year-old daughter Finley Elizabeth. Here's how she attempts to juggle it all (along with a great point about marriage)...
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