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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Amelia Hill

‘Work-life balance is a lie’: women in business urged to stop trying to have it all

Thasunda Brown Duckett
US financial services boss Thasunda Brown Duckett: ‘Work-life balance is a lie’. Photograph: TIAA

Women should stop striving for work-life balance to avoid living in a constant state of guilt, the ITV presenter and TV show host Charlene White has said.

“A lot of parents, especially women, are told that we need to think about work-life balance when actually, if we focus too much on that, we consistently live in a state of guilt,” said the Loose Women presenter and mother of two. “I don’t think about work-life balance. I just do the best I can, every day.”

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