Brigid Schulte works at the intersection of personal transformation and systems change to ensure that all people have the opportunity to life a rich, full and wholehearted life. She’s an award-winning journalist, think tank program director, keynote speaker and author of
Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life and
the New York Times bestselling book on time pressure, gender and modern life,
Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play when No One has the Time. She was an award-winning journalist for
The Washington Post and
The Washington Post Magazine and was part of the team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize.
She serves as the director of the
Better Life Lab at New America, using the power of story to reimagine better work, family, gender, and care. She hosts the
Better Life Lab podcast on Slate. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including the
New York Times, the Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, the
Financial Times, the
Guardian, Time, Slate, U.S. News & World Report, New York Magazine, Fast Company, CNN, and many others. She is a frequent television, radio and podcast guest and has been quoted in numerous media outlets. Schulte holds an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
