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Because setting boundaries, resting well, and building healthier systems is radical.

🧪What's New In the Lab

November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to honor the 53 million Americans balancing work, care, and everything in between. Whether caring for children, aging parents, partners, or friends, caregivers are the invisible backbone of our workforce. And yet, our systems still treat caregiving as a personal problem instead of a collective responsibility.

This month is a reminder to pause, reflect, and reimagine what care looks like, at work and beyond. How can you support the caregivers in your life?

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✍🏽 The Better Boundaries Brief

In the spirit of recognizing National Caregivers Month, I'm sharing this popular edition of the BBB: Caregiving and Work: Boundaries, Benefits, and the Fight for Equity

I dive into the realities of caregiving and work, and why our policies still haven’t caught up. From the unpaid labor that sustains families to the workplace benefits that fall short, caregiving remains one of the clearest mirrors of inequality.

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🎧 Work Is Third: Podcast Spotlight

This week’s highlight: Lessons on Staying Rooted and Leading with Heart with Lynn Gallagher

Leadership grounded in kindness. Boundaries rooted in who we are. 💛
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In this week’s Work is Third episode, I sit down with my friend, mentor, and former Secretary of Health of New Mexico K. Lynn Gallagher for a heartfelt conversation about staying rooted and leading with heart. I'm glad to share this in advance of World Kindness Day on November 13th, as we talk about the enduring legacy of kindness created by our late friend Retta Ward.
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We explore how grief, friendship, and self-awareness shape the way we lead, and how compassion creates stronger, more human workplaces.
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📊Data That Matters

Why this matters

1 in 5 working Americans is a caregiver. Whether for a parent, child, or other family member, so many us have the shared experience of balancing caregiving with our other responsibilities, including work.

But who cares for the caregivers? It’s important that we encourage self-care, but also recognize the role of systems and policies in supporting us. One example: guaranteed paid family leave.

Link: Caregiving in the United States 2020​

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💬Quote of the Week

“There are only four kinds of people in the world–those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers.”
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​Rosalynn Carter, Founder of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers​

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📓 Journal Prompt

Who do you care for, and who cares for you?

Reflect on how caregiving shows up in your daily life (personally or professionally). Where are you overextending, and where might you create space for shared care or rest?

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🌞 Affirmation of the Week

My care has value, and so does my rest. I honor both by setting boundaries that sustain me.

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💫 Closing Reflection

As we celebrate both National Caregivers Month and World Kindness Day, let’s expand our definition of care beyond what we give to others and include how we treat ourselves. Kindness isn’t just a gesture; it’s a practice of acknowledging our limits, asking for help, and extending grace. When we lead and live with that kind of kindness, we make space for healthier workplaces, stronger communities, and a culture where care is shared, not sacrificed.

🎶 The Rebellion Has a Soundtrack

Don’t forget—The Joyful Rebellion has a Spotify playlist! It’s a genre-defying soundtrack for rebels, rest-seekers, and boundary-builders featuring selections from Work is Third guests. Listen now!

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