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A day in the life of Birchbox CEO Katia Beauchamp, who swaps coffee for meditation and refuses to let her inbox 'be the boss'

Áine CainJan 6, 2018, 01:06 IST

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• Katia Beauchamp is CEO of Birchbox, the beauty subscription service she co-founded in 2010.

• She is also a mother of three.

• She shared some insights on staying productive at work and finding balance in life with Business Insider.

Birchbox CEO Katia Beauchamp's schedule is pretty jam-packed.

And that's not just because she runs the beauty subscription company that she co-founded in 2010. Beauchamp is also the mother of three sons, including a newborn baby.

For her, balance isn't about checking off tasks on her to-do list. "If you try to tackle everything, you're not giving anything the attention it needs," she told Business Insider. "Slowing down is a big part of what I think works."

Here's a look at a typical day in the life of the CEO: