by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Aug 31, 2024 | Mindfulness, Working Dad, Working Mom
In times of transition, I find myself looking for touchpoints. Touchpoints that connect me to myself. Remind me to slow down. And bring me joy. I try to remind myself – and everyone in the Mindful Return community – that transitions like the return to work after...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Aug 24, 2024 | Mindfulness, Working Mom
I’m not exactly a certified Swiftie (though I’m definitely the mother of one). But these days I do don a blue string bracelet on my left arm that spells out “F-E-A-R-L-E-S-S” in wooden beads. A dear friend sent it to me earlier this year when our family was in...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jun 15, 2024 | Mindfulness, Working Dad
Today, it’s time to celebrate all the dads in our kiddos’ lives – and anyone who shares dad love and dad energy with them. Father’s Day gives us a chance to recognize them for all of the care, compassion, effort, and dad role-modeling they’re doing for...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jun 1, 2024 | Mindfulness, Working Dad, Working Mom
Yes, officially, we may have survived a stressful “Maycember.” But the pivot from spring to summer, the school year to break and camps, is still in full force. As with parental leave and the back-to-school transition, I like to remind parents that these transition...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | May 25, 2024 | Mindfulness
“Mom, is novel study screen time?” my eldest son blurted out as soon as I answered the phone. Now mind you, I was sitting in the middle seat on an airplane when he called, moments before we were instructed to put all our devices on airplane mode. And now I’m typing...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | May 11, 2024 | Mindfulness, Working Mom
“To linger.” Like “hanging out,” it’s an activity we often hesitate to engage in as working parents. A verb around which our muscles have atrophied in a world of go-go-go. Tomorrow, Mother’s Day in the United States, I invite you – no, urge you – to linger....
