Written by melanie.marconiJune 30, 2026 Microshifting is the trending work style backed by ultradian rhythm science. Learn how breaking your day into focused blocks can prevent burnout and boost output.
Written by melanie.marconiMay 3, 2026 Learn how to set up your sit-stand desk correctly with our height-by-height guide. Covers desk height, monitor position, chair settings, and the 20-8-2 sitting-to-standing ratio — plus ergonomic workspaces available at VIDA Coworking in Portland and Beaverton.
Written by melanie.marconiMarch 29, 2026 Discover the neuroscience behind body doubling and why virtual coworking for women works. VIDA Virtual’s online coworking sessions are built around how women’s brains actually focus.
Written by melanie.marconiJanuary 30, 2026 Launching February 1, 2026 | Try Your First Week Free For years, VIDA Coworking has been Portland’s home base for professional women who refuse to choose between ambition and life. We’ve built two thriving coworking locations where our members show up, get focused work done, and leave feeling connected and
Written by melanie.marconiJanuary 20, 2021 We expect the year’s coworking trends to cater to the evolving “new normal.” Shortly after the pandemic hit, there were a lot of mixed messages and uncertainty regarding the state of coworking spaces. Could they survive the lockdowns? Would they later thrive as remote workers escape their home office? Nearly
Written by melanie.marconiNovember 11, 2020 Think of VIDA’s Business Services as Your Own Virtual Personal Assistant One of the strangest things about life in the pandemic is how distorted time feels. March seems like it took place about, oh…three lifetimes ago. Yet even as the months crawl by, days can feel more frantic than before
Written by melanie.marconiSeptember 22, 2020 The Portland coworking scene is quickly growing. Here are the shared office spaces that stand apart. We can’t sugarcoat it. The pandemic has been tough for coworking. Shops of all kinds, from international chains to the little indies have been scrambling to weather the storm. VIDA Coworking and other local workspaces
Written by melanie.marconiSeptember 15, 2020 Remote work has long been touted as a panacea for the many challenges parents and caretakers face at work. (At least for the privileged subset whose jobs could conceivably be done remotely in the first place.) By working from home, the idea goes, parents—especially women—can better balance the competing demands
Written by melanie.marconiJuly 31, 2019 In 2017, there were 57.3 million freelancers in the United States—a whopping 36% of the workforce. If that trajectory continues, more than half of the American workforce will be freelancers by 2027. With numbers like that, the proliferation of tech tools designed to make freelance workers’ lives easier, more efficient,
Written by melanie.marconiJune 10, 2019 One of the most valuable skills for any entrepreneur (or, who are we kidding, human being) is the ability to ask for help. There’s a hard limit to what we can accomplish alone, and none of us are good at everything. But asking for help can be uncomfortable, especially if