by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Apr 10, 2021 | Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, Working Dad, Working Mom
With a world of vaccines-for-all-adults on the horizon (I got my J&J shot on Thursday!!!), conversations around the so-called return to work are mounting at a fever pitch. I’ve gotten a bunch of questions on this topic this week alone. “Do you have an opinion on...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Mar 20, 2021 | Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, Working Dad, Working Mom
“Is it normal to just feel dead inside about your work?” a mama recently asked me a few weeks after her return to work from maternity leave. She continued, “like whatever you are doing in the office isn’t important and feel like it used to feel? I have this awful...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Feb 27, 2021 | Maternity Leave, Pregnant, Working Mom
I’ve gotten some questions lately about how and when to tell your employer you are pregnant – particularly during this COVID era of working from home. The most obvious difference, for many new pregnant moms, is of course that their colleagues don’t see them in person...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jan 16, 2021 | Leadership, Maternity Leave, Working Mom
It’s been a slog for both career and personal life this past year, hasn’t it? We’ve all read the articles about the huge number of women being pushed out of the workforce. And how many of us haven’t thought about throwing in the towel at some point? With zero...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jan 9, 2021 | Maternity Leave, postpartum care, Working Mom
With the joy and terror of giving birth comes the inevitable worry about the well-being of our little ones. But too often – particularly in the US – the physical and emotional health of the mother or postpartum care is an afterthought. How much time have you...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Dec 19, 2020 | Leadership, Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the single most important factor in whether an employee feels support during parental leave is their manager. “Someone’s manager is THE single most important factor?!”, you ask, skeptically? Yes, hands down. But what...
