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...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Apr 4, 2020 | Maternity Leave
The experience in my life that feels most similar to this COVID-19 crisis is, without a doubt, having an infant at home. Yes, there was certainly more joy involved than during this pandemic. But there were similar amounts of existential fear. Discombobulation. ...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jan 18, 2020 | Maternity Leave
Should a new mom or dad shorten parental leave for a special opportunity that comes up at work? This excellent question came up last week in the Mindful Return course. It’s a common question, so I wanted to answer it publicly here on the blog. Here was this new...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Sep 21, 2019 | Maternity Leave
What is it REALLY like to be back at work the first week after your parental leave? My next door neighbor, Denise Myler, just went back to work after her third maternity leave and agreed to write about the experience while she was in it. This is the raw, unedited...
