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She works at the intersection of personal transformation and systems change to ensure that all people can live a rich, full, and wholehearted life. Schulte is an award-winning journalist, keynote speaker, and author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250801722\/overwork\/\"><i>Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life\u00a0<\/i><\/a>and the New York Times\u2013bestselling book on time pressure, gender, and modern life,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250062383\/overwhelmed\/\"><i>Overwhelmed: Work, Love &amp; Play When No One has the Time.<\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/p><p data-block-key=\"9csb5\">Schulte was an award-winning journalist for\u00a0<i>The Washington Post<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>The Washington Post Magazine<\/i> and was part of the team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. Schulte hosts the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/podcasts\/better-life-lab\">Better Life Lab podcast on Slate<\/a>. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including <i>The New York Times<\/i>, <i>The Atlantic<\/i>, <i>Harvard Business Review<\/i>, <i>Financial Times<\/i>, <i>The Guardian<\/i>, <i>TIME<\/i>, <i>Slate<\/i>, <i>U.S. News &amp; World Report<\/i>, <i>New York Magazine<\/i>, <i>Fast Company<\/i>, CNN, and many others. 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