{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Marriage and Partnership | Summer Series 7","description":"Sharon reflects this week on work-life balance \u2013 or imbalance. She shares the marriage advice that stuck with her as she nears her wedding anniversary: \u201cMarriage takes 100% effort to be successful, but rarely is it split 50-50. Sometimes it\u2019s 60-40. Sometimes it\u2019s 90-10. But it always takes 100% effort to work.\u201d She shares how this framework applies not just to a relationship with our spouse but to any time we work with others. Summer Series 2024 | Curated guidance and resources to guide and support you in making this season \u2013 and what follows \u2013 just what you wish it to be.   Stay Connected For show notes visit: https:\/\/pointroadstudios.com\/podcast\/marriage-and-partnership\/ To connect on Linked In:  @Sharon Lipovsky @Point Road Studios  To connect on Instagram: @pointroadstudios Rate, Review & Subscribe to the podcast on Apple & Spotify   Ideas Shared The most inspirational advice I got leading up to my wedding: \u201cMarriage requires 100% effort to work. But rarely is it split 50-50. Sometimes it\u2019s 60-40. Sometimes it\u2019s 90-10. But it ALWAYS takes 100% to work.\u201d Mimi Barringer Taking the Lead is the series from the podcast Note to Self. Much of the series follows two Brooklyn moms with a tech idea that has the vision and ambition to change what it looks like to be a working mom. But of course, they are dealing with many of the same stresses they hope to solve. Later episodes in the series also check in with the dynamic working parenting duo Andrew Moravcsik and Anne-Marie Slaughter. \u201cIt\u2019s not that I don\u2019t want to work. I do want to work, but I want to work in a way that allows me to be home much more than a high-level government job would let me do right now.\u201d Anne-Marie Slaughter \u201cWe started out like most couples start out, I think a little bit naive, thinking that we are a two-career couple and we will also split the parenting 50-50.\u201d Andrew Moravcsik If you\u2019ve never read Anne-Marie\u2019s influential Atlantic article Why Women Still Can\u2019t Have It All, wait no longer. Read it! This week marks the first time in our nation\u2019s history that a major political party nominated a woman for the office of President. No matter your politics, this is a special moment. I loved watching this video overviewing her career narrated by Morgan Freeman.  Finally, below are the two key distinctions that helped me see how I was good at adding things to my life and work and why I was struggling to let things go. I had to start strengthening my emotional muscles to get in shape for those changes. Intellectual Learning \u2013 Ability to take on new things (e.g. job, hobby, relationship, etc.) Emotional Learning \u2013 Helpful when you are processing how to put things down (e.g. making a move, a job transition, ending a friendship, etc.) Resources and Links Original podcast episode \u201cThere is No Such Thing as 50-50\u201d ","author_name":"Design Yourself: Coaching and Creativity for How We Live, Work and Lead","author_url":"https:\/\/pointroadstudios.com\/podcast\/","html":"