A study of 1,600 married women found that those with jobs were less likely to suffer from depression than those who stayed at home to look after their family.
But of the women who did work, the happiest were those who accepted they could not "do it all" and had to make compromises in their professional or family lives.
Sacrificing some career goals or passing responsibility for some aspects of parenting to their husband helped women achieve a healthy work-life balance and made them happier as a result.
Laura McC says the ideal situation for her would be to work one day a week.
What would be your ideal work/life balance? Do you disagree that you can't have everything? Tell us what you think....
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