by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jun 12, 2021 | Mindfulness, Working Dad
“Don’t blink,” or you’ll miss your children’s days as tiny beings, the wisdom goes. Yes, and “the days are long but the years are short,” we are also often reminded. Today, I’m so delighted to welcome Brian Anderson, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Fathering...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jun 5, 2021 | Working Dad, Working Mom
Welcome to Mindful Return’s 2021 Summer Reading List! This is my 6th annual book roundup for working parents. With my kiddos back at in-person school since mid-April, I’ve finally had a bit more time to turn the pages of some awesome books. You’ll see that the 2021...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | May 29, 2021 | Mindfulness, Working Dad, Working Mom
For as hard and awful as the many lockdown months of the pandemic were for me and my family, I wound up finding some comfort and stability in the daily lack of change. Every day in our house looked pretty much like the one before. We took hikes along the same...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | May 22, 2021 | Working Dad, Working Mom
There’s safety in numbers, my dear working parents. Safety in being something other than the lone voice complaining. Power in group action. “So?”, you may be asking. “What does “safety in numbers” have to do with anything?” It has everything to do with...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | May 1, 2021 | Working Dad, Working Mom
“Lately, I feel like I’m to blame for a lot of things,” I’m hearing from parents. “I can’t figure out why it’s taking me a whole week (or longer) to do a task that is, in theory, only supposed to take me 10 minutes. I can’t seem to bill the number of hours I...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Apr 24, 2021 | Working Dad, Working Mom
“My employer just said no to a post-COVID request to continue to work from home,” lamented the mom of a toddler and an infant. “What should I do?” This mama of two raised this issue last Friday in the weekly room I host on Clubhouse, and she is not alone in her...
