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BALANCE CAREER AND LOVE

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Learning to find a balance in your marriage and your career is crucial to a relationship!

Is Your Career Killing Your Marriage? [EXPERT]

You can have both a career AND relationship success!

Joanie is proud of her accomplishments. She has risen to the top of her department at work in less than a year. The extra hours in meetings and training sessions have been well worth it. She is thrilled to bring home the paycheck that she does, but her career success has been much more than that. The sense of achievement and boost in self esteem that Joanie continues to receive from all of her hard work is the most important benefit. Unfortunately, Joanie's husband disagrees with her.

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My Husband Suggested I Quit The Job I Love

Should I stop working full-time to support our family just because he's getting a raise?

At the behest of his wife, my husband has been pursuing a different employer as his current position, while solid and benefit laden, offers no room for advancement and little job satisfaction. It is one of those jobs that his father's generation would have envied. In fact, his father is pretty incensed that he would like to leave. Problem is, my hubby hates it and he'll be there a million years before he ever gets a promotion because no one leaves. It's a graveyard and he knows it.

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How To Be A Workaholic And Have A Relationship

Prevent your career from weathering your relationship with these four tips.

Making your mark in the business world requires for plenty of sacrifices, but one thing that should never be sacrificed is the goal of maintaining a healthy, loving relationship. As you methodically build your kingdom, keep the four next tips in mind, for they will help ensure that you'll have a contented lover sitting happily beside your throne.

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Janet And Jermaine Splitting?

Janet Jackson reportedly upset at Jermaine Dupri over her career woes.

National Requirer is reporting that the couple of four years is splitting after Janet's career decline has left relations between the two unstable. After all, Dupri was also the manager of Ms. Jackson's largely unsuccessful recent tour.

Gail Sheehy Shares Her Story of Heart break & Res

An intimate look at Gail Sheehy and Clay Felker’s long-term love affair

Gail Sheehy; best-selling author and veteran political journalist has another accomplishment on her resume: a 20-year-old marriage—one with all the right moves. She reflects upon her the long and winding road of her relationship with her husband; Clay Felker.

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The Balancing Act: Can You Have It All?

Janet Hanson provides insight on how to balance work and love.

An excerpt from Wall Street great Janet Hanson's book; "More Than 85 Broads;" about life after divorce for a workaholic. After she ended her 4-year marriage to a colleague, after realizing that they weren't in love, the Goldman Sachs banker decided to reevaluate her life. After that reflection, she realized she really could have it all with a little compromise.