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Is work-life balance a myth? Creating time, tackling burnout, and becoming a leader

Season #1

“There's no such thing as balance. There’s juggling, there's adaptability, and there's choice. We wear a variety of shoes throughout the day: the parent, the spouse, the employee: I don't think there is a place of perfect work-life balance. Instead, we need to admit that both family and work fulfill us in their own, different ways.”

In this episode, business and executive coach Stacie Riffert joins Pros&Babes founder and CEO Kinia Romanowska to explain why work-life balance is a myth, the mindsets shifts that help us tackle career burnout and how we can lead ourselves and inspire others at home and in the workplace. 

Listen in for insights on how to manufacture more time, tackle burnout and up your game as the CEO of your life. 

Stacie Riffert is a business and executive coach who believes that you can be both a successful leader and have the time to show up for the people and things that matter most in your life. Connect with Stacie on her website, https://www.empoweredleadershipcoach.com/ , or on social media:

0:00 Intro

3:16 Meet Stacie Riffert

7:37 Work-life balance: Is it a myth?

9:49 How to manufacture more time

15:11 Letting go of perfection

18:57 Life lessons from the corporate world 

21:36 Nurturing young CEOs 

24:28 Tips for tackling burnout

28:03 Making self-care our default habit

31:20 How different generations come together in the workspace 

36:30 A message for women who want to up their career game 

37:09 Connect with Stacie

37:40 Endnotes

If you’re enjoying the show, I’d be so grateful if you left us a review so we can reach more moms, just like you. No one should be alone with the crushing overwhelm of trying to balance family and career life.


Want more support from moms just like you? Join us for live sessions for support and networking: https://www.prosandbabes.com/stem-mom-webinars


Kinia Romanowska, BA, MA, is a well-traveled award-winning journalist turned entrepreneur, maternity leave strategist, and working parent whisperer. A wife and mom of three passionate about making sure the next generation doesn’t experience the “Motherhood Penalty,” she is the founder and CEO of Pros&Babes and creator of the MoMBA (Mom MBA), the pioneering 360-leadership and personal development program for the busy, ambitious mom in Canada. She is the host of the “Engineer Your Success, Leadership, and Life Harmony #likeamother” podcast.