by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Oct 31, 2020 | Childcare, Mindfulness
Frustrated by childcare fits and starts these days? We all are! Read on for some thoughts on both the logistics and how to re-orient our mental states. Question from a Working Mama: Do you have any advice for working parents who are juggling intermittent closures...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Oct 10, 2020 | Mindfulness
If someone suggested stopping your work as a way to make it go faster, what would you think? It’s counter-intuitive, right? How could stopping something possibly help the doing of it go faster? The “I don’t have time to stop,” refrain is blaring in working parent...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Aug 15, 2020 | Mindfulness, Working Dad, Working Mom
When is the last time you celebrated a win, no matter how small? In the era of a global pandemic when it seems like loses are a daily occurrence, you may (understandably) have put wins on the back burner. I’m here today to encourage you to reignite them. It turns out...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Aug 8, 2020 | Mindfulness
Early on in the pandemic, I found myself saying with some frequency, “when life goes back to normal…” Or “after COVID, I will…” It strikes me these were reasonable things to say at the time. A time when we thought life would return in a matter of weeks – or...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jul 18, 2020 | Mindfulness, Working Dad, Working Mom
Before I left on vacation for about 10 days away and unplugged, I was starting to wonder a bunch of things. When would I ever get a break from my children? When would I find joy in my days again? How could I possibly lead a retreat for the Mindful Return community,...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jul 4, 2020 | Mindfulness, Working Dad, Working Mom
“To retreat.” Verb. “To withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat.” The enemy forces in life these days are COVID-19. Lack of childcare. Burnout. Sibling fights. Job stresses. Economic challenges. Claustrophobia. ...
