Hello Waves listeners, June Thomas here to introduce an episode of a great new

podcast that Slate recently launched. Better Life Lab explores the art and

science of living a full and healthy life.

Host Bridget Schulte T- Talks with behavioral and social science researchers

to help us better understand what drives our human experiences

and how we can change.

In the episode you're about to hear,

Bridget speaks with Michelle Hickox,

an accountant and banker who took summers off

and still got promoted.

If you enjoy the show, please subscribe to the Better Life Lab feed to get more

great episodes. Enjoy.

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Slate, I'm Bridget Schulte, and this is Better Life Lab. I've had a great career. I love

being the CFO of this bank, so I don't think the fact that I did it differently has

held me back in any way.

My oldest daughter, this summer she was talking to do that.

She looks back and says my family was able to do that.

I really want to find a way that I can do that as well.

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