Can you truly have it all?

It's the age old question most women face. Can you have it all? The question is even tougher when you throw in working out or training for competition. Between family, work, relationships, and other commitments, something has to give. Unfortunately, I see that all too often women tend to give up their workout time first before sacrificing family time. That's why when I came across this event, I thought I'd share it with you.

Can you truly have it all?

On March 3rd, FlexJobs.com is hosting a FREE online documentary "HAVING IT ALL" followed by a special online panel with leading experts. They want to facilitate a discussion about the challenges for career-focused women who also want a family, the common misunderstandings, and changes that need to happen to improve the landscape for parents in the workplace.

HAVING IT ALL is a documentary about three professional women who set out to live their dreams of balancing career, marriage, and children. Director Vlada Knowlton follows each of their lives for two trying years, through unanticipated trade-offs, painful sacrifices, and routinely overlooked yet ubiquitously endured experiences of today's working parents. The documentary examines how each woman finds herself with a changed life and a changed idea of what HAVING IT ALL really means.

For more information and to register for the movie and/or the online panel discussion go to this link. The film will be available for online viewing on March 3rd from 5am-4pm ET and the panel discussion is from 4-5pm ET. Both events are FREE, but you must register and there's limited attendance for the panel discussion.

If you are looking for cycling related resources for women, TheChainlink has added a Women's Cycling Resource Center. Check it out for a variety of topics and links from advocacy to blogs, to event/rides to gear and bikes. Also Wisconsin Women Cycling and Women Bike Chicago.  Feel free to share some other great women's cycling resources.

By nature women try to juggle a lot every day. I'm divorced and no kids, but still find it hard to balance training, relationships, family, work, volunteering and maintaining a home. But I try very hard to not give up my training time, because it is my therapy, too. It's okay to be a little selfish and take some time for yourself and workout. In the long run it will make you a happier person.

Enjoy the ride,
Sheri