Work-Life Chemistry (2024)

$50.00

Work-Life Chemistry (2024)

Ditch work-life balance for a more sustainable approach. Sign up for this six-week email course to discover the unique formula that helps you thrive.

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Overview

  • Get a weekly email from Poynter’s Kristen Hare that guides you through a reframe of work-life balance.
  • Over the six-week course, you’ll look into your life choices and decode what they say about what really drives you.
  • Join a community of people dedicated to redefining how we approach work and life.

$50.00

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Learning Outcomes

  • Stop viewing “work” and “life” as opposite ends of a scale. Embrace mixing it up.
  • Define the elements that form your unique work-life chemistry formula.
  • Understand how to use your formula as a framework for daily and big-picture decision making.
  • Learn strategies to protect and evolve your formula as a way to mitigate burnout.
  • No special chemistry skills required!

$50.00

Overview

  • Get a weekly email from Poynter’s Kristen Hare that guides you through a reframe of work-life balance.
  • Over the six-week course, you’ll look into your life choices and decode what they say about what really drives you.
  • Join a community of people dedicated to redefining how we approach work and life.

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Work-life balance is a myth.

When we accept work-life balance as our driving philosophy, we hold apart two essential elements that are in fact inextricably linked. We falsely assume that harmony means equally dividing our attention. We ignore that it’s a set up for failure.

Work-Life Chemistry is a holistic, focused and sustainable approach to navigating the demands on our time, the opportunities in front of us and the relationships we cherish.

Learn how you can embrace this paradigm shift with this six-week Work-Life Chemistry email course. Enroll now and get started right away.

The concept of Work-Life Chemistry has been developed over seven years by the Poynter Institute’s Kristen Hare. Thousands of journalists and news leaders from around the world have created their own Work-Life Chemistry formulas to stay engaged, make decisions with confidence and find joy. But the curriculum is not just for media folks. It’s for anyone who wants to be more mindful about their decisions regarding work and life, including parents and caregivers, leaders, entrepreneurs, creatives, educators, freelancers and others.

“During Work-Life Chemistry, I was able to let go of the preconceived notion that a ‘balance’ existed, which is something I tried to cling to during the worst work periods, and punish myself when I couldn’t meet those expectations. Instead, knowing that everyone has different priorities and expressions of their work time helped elevate what actually works for me.” — Cher Vincent

“For the first time in a while, I remembered I have agency and control over my career and my growth. The work-life chemistry reframe is life-affirming and life-changing.” — Molly Duffy

“Kristen’s work-life chemistry teaching is super resonant. It made me realize how much I need to change.” — Brooks DuBose

Join a community of people dedicated to redefining how we approach work and life. You’ll get inspired by others’ unique formulas, see how formulas are used in the real world, and get special invites to work-life chemistry classes. Sign up with a friend to have a real-world lab partner.

Questions?

Make sure you read the information on the “Schedule” and “Requirements” tabs. If you need more assistance, please email info@poynter.org.

What to expect

Work-Life Chemistry is a six-week email course that starts as soon as you enroll. You’ll receive emails from Kristen Hare at KHare@poynter.org.

Week 1:  Hello, work-life chemistry. Goodbye, work-life balance.

Reframe how you think about work-life balance and learn more about the Work-Life Chemistry approach.

Week 2:  What drives you?

We’re not talking about values. We’re talking about motivators. You’ll complete a self-assessment challenge to start identifying key decisions in your life and career. 

Week 3:  Figuring out your formula 

You’ll decode your key decisions and spot themes and patterns. By the end of the week, you’ll have the first two elements in your formula.

Week 4:  Finding your third, aspirational element

Up until this point, you are discovering more about your natural tendencies. This week, you’ll complete a questionnaire about what element you need to add to your life to complete your formula. 

Week 5:  Putting your formula to work

Now what? You’ll learn about ways to use your unique formula to make choices that work better for you. We’ll also discuss using your formula to mitigate burnout. 

Week 6:  Evolving your formula over time

Formulas can and do change. You’ll learn how to evolve your formula to grow right along with you. 

Questions?

Make sure you read the information on the “Description” and “Requirements” tabs. If you need more assistance, please email info@poynter.org.

Who should enroll

Work-Life Chemistry is a six-week email course for anyone who wants to be more mindful about their daily and big-picture decisions regarding work and life. No science required!

Part of the philosophy of Work-Life Chemistry is considering the whole self, not just who you are at work and at home. You are a combination of roles and identities, styles and dreams. Each Work-Life Chemistry formula is as unique as the person who created it.

It’s simple to get started. Click or tap on the green “Enroll Now” button and complete the check-out process. As soon as you submit payment, you will receive your first email from Kristen Hare at the email address you provided. Every week after that, you will receive the next email until you complete the course.

Questions?

Make sure you read the information on the “Schedule” and “Description” tabs. If you need more assistance, please email info@poynter.org.

Instructors

  • Kristen Hare
    Faculty, The Poynter Institute
    Hi! I’m Kristen Hare. I’m a journalist, educator, author and creator of Work-Life Chemistry. I’ve spent my career telling stories that help us make sense...
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