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.marconiMarch 21, 2026 Spring has arrived in Portland! Discover Forest Park’s best trails as wildflowers bloom and the forest awakens. Your local’s guide to three perfect hikes for the season of renewal.
Written by melanie.marconiJanuary 10, 2026 tart 2026 strong at VIDA Coworking’s newly updated fitness studio! Our Portland coworking space now features a new Peloton Treadmill, Peloton Bike, free weights, and more. Plus, get weekly workout routines designed to fit into your busy workday. Discover how VIDA makes wellness and productivity possible in one beautiful space.
Written by melanie.marconiFebruary 14, 2025 There are so many ways to Make Life/Work, but for me, one has always been getting in or near water – and the hotter the better! So I am a big fan of Hot Springs, hot tubs, saunas and steam rooms, and we do have a great selection of them
Written by melanie.marconiSeptember 29, 2020 These stress-relief activities can help get you through 2020 and into 2021. It’s no secret 2020 has been hard. The pandemic. Summer in quarantine. A rocky start to online learning. Extreme weather. Racial injustice. A critical election… Even the most resilient among us find it to be…a lot. That’s why it’s critical to
Written by melanie.marconiJune 21, 2020 The past several months have been many things. Strange. Frightening. Isolating. Reflective. Perspective-inducing. A stark reminder of the fundamental inequities and deficiencies that underpin our world. And a serious learning experience. Whoever would have imagined six months ago that we’d all have become armchair epidemiologists, anxiously poring over the dense
Written by melanie.marconiApril 19, 2020 Since childhood, I have been a big reader. I still read each night before I go to bed. Nonfiction is my favorite jam, and months ago, when the world was normal, my best friend recommended that I check out Gabrielle Bernstein’s new book, Super Attractor. Also a big fan of
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.marconiJuly 25, 2019 Life is demanding. Between work, children, partners, aging parents, and the endless responsibilities of daily life, we know that many women find the easiest thing to put on the backburner is themselves. We also know that’s not just a temporary solution, it’s a self-defeating one. Backburnered pots boil over, and
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