by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Dec 17, 2022 | Mindfulness, Working Dad, Working Mom
Do you ever struggle with trusting your own wants, joys, and desires? Working parenthood can be a world in which both our career’s demands and our families’ (many) needs crowd our brains, hearts, and calendars. Their wants, joys, and desires so often take priority. ...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Nov 26, 2022 | Mindfulness
This week of American Thanksgiving, my thoughts naturally turn to gratitude. The name of the holiday itself steers us there. Yet the history of this holiday is fraught, as we’ve been discussing at our house. My 4th grader has been learning in school about the...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jul 23, 2022 | Mindfulness
Is there anyone reading this who hasn’t felt an attack on their nervous system over the past weeks and months? Illness, and war, and guns, and the economy, and reproductive justice, and racism, and news and news and news…I’m one of many humans who is quite sensitive...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Mar 12, 2022 | Mindfulness, Working Dad, Working Mom
Two weeks ago, during my children’s winter break, I lost my cell phone on a ski slope. Now, at the outset, I want to recognize the immense privilege packed into that sentence. I own an iPhone with a fancy camera on it. (Heck, I think there are actually 3 cameras.) ...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Feb 5, 2022 | Mindfulness, Working Dad, Working Mom
Have we reached the limits on how much compassion we can have for working parents right now? Gosh, I hope not. But sometimes it feels to me like we’re treating compassion as a finite resource. What exactly do I mean? If you’re anything like me, your internal dialog...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Dec 18, 2021 | Mindfulness
In the chaotic early days of working parenthood, someone suggested I set an intention for my day. She was certainly well-meaning. I was clearly – and obviously – floundering. And I probably (secretly) rolled my eyes at the suggestion. Feeling as though I had...
