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Supportive work environments don’t stop at supportive parental leaves; and neither do we

We know organizations want to support their employees with more balanced workloads, with thoughtful policies, and ensuring interim team gaps are covered intentionally, but in many cases, organizations are simply too busy or too unclear on the next steps. We’re ready to help you change that. 

Sharing the Balanced Good Origin Story

My journey into entrepreneurship was deeply personal and rooted in becoming a mom. My path to motherhood and my experience in parenthood was not easy.

Responding to the Political Climate

Our team recently came together to talk about the fear we are seeing across the sector, given the current political landscape.

We Are For Good - Parental Leave and Mental Health Week

I met Jon McCoy and Becky Endicott, the hosts of the We Are For Good podcast, at a conference in 2022 and we clicked immediately.

Welcome to beautiful uncertainty

This week's blogpost is by guest author Chavisa Horemans, MES, CDC, CTRC. Chavisa is a trauma-informed consultant who experience and work focuses on helping individuals overcome gender-based violence and hidden abuse and providing a safe and empowering space to heal and recover from trauma.

Back to School Basics

The transition to September and fall always seems to be a big one for working parents. Gone are the days of summer camps, a little lighter schedule, and perhaps “summer Fridays” at work.

Balanced Good is proud to be a certified Living Wage Employer

The team at Balanced Good is proud to announce that we’ve been certified as a Living Wage Employer through the Ontario Living Wage Network.

Expanding our services to include more non-profit roles

Hi, I'm Katie German! In my new role, I'm looking forward to expanding Balanced Good's Parental Leave coverage to programs based-roles.

Building an equitable and progressive employee handbook

We recently updated our staff policies here at Balanced Good. Our team grew from one to two to eight in a few short years and we knew that part of the growth meant making a more robust set of policies to guide our work.