by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jun 4, 2022 | Leadership, Maternity Leave, Working Dad, Working Mom
Welcome to Mindful Return’s 2022 Summer Reading List! This is my 7th (woah!) annual book roundup for working parents. This past year, I’ve also had a blast hosting monthly author talks, so I’ve had a chance to speak with many of these writers personally. You can...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Apr 23, 2022 | Maternity Leave, Working Mom
Today, I introduce to you the South Africa Chapter of Mindful Return. If you had asked me 10 years ago, if I’d be a working mom of two boys and the CEO of a company with a global reach, I probably would have laughed at you. “Risk averse law firm partner laboring away...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Sep 11, 2021 | Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, Working Dad, Working Mom
When people ask why I created Mindful Return in the first place, I often answer, “out of sheer desperation.” Returning to work after my first child had its challenges. And then returning after my second drove me off the rails. There were plenty of baby-focused...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Aug 14, 2021 | Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, Working Dad, Working Mom
One topic I know we haven’t yet covered properly on the Mindful Return blog is infertility. We don’t shy away from hard topics here, though. And we have addressed tough working parent issues like miscarriage, see Returning to Work After a Pregnancy Loss. But we...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Aug 7, 2021 | Breastfeeding, Maternity Leave, Working Mom
Pumping while working was something I did nearly a decade ago. But I still have a very detailed and visceral memory in my body of the experience. Probably because I did it approximately 1,000 times! (Yes, I calculated it once…) Today, I’m so excited to welcome to...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jul 17, 2021 | Maternity Leave, Working Mom
Last week on the Mindful Return blog, we announced our 7 specific ongoing diversity and inclusion commitments (Mindful Return’s Diversity Commitments: Reporting Out from My Work with a Diversity Consultant). One of these commitments was to use the power of...
