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...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | May 15, 2021 | Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave
Remote Return from Parental Leave: 5 Areas to Focus On “How can I best navigate a remote return from my parental leave?” is a question I’ve gotten a lot lately. “On the one hand, some things are easier. Like not needing to pump or say goodbye to my baby during the...
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...