by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Oct 23, 2021 | Working Dad, Working Mom
Going on my first work-related trip since COVID started has me thinking about work travel this week. I’ve had a complicated – but likely completely normal – relationship with work travel over the past decade since I became a working mom. My first trip...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Oct 16, 2021 | Working Dad, Working Mom
A year ago, when we kicked off our formal work within Mindful Return to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), our diversity consultant advised us to lead with a survey of the working parents in our community. The survey we conducted of our course alumni was...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Oct 2, 2021 | Working Dad, Working Mom
Both as a moment of reflection for all pandemic parents, and in honor of Hispanic Heritage month this month, I am honored to bring you today’s newest Amplifying Voices post on the Mindful Return blog. My guest today is Maite Fernández Simon, a Mindful Return alum who...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Sep 25, 2021 | Leadership, Working Dad, Working Mom
Last week, in a webinar I led for Happify about having smoother return to office transitions, we took a poll about where people were in the return-to-office process. Webinar participants were from many different geographies and industries. And about 20% had returned...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Sep 18, 2021 | LGBTQ+ community, Working Mom
Today, we’re excited to share the working mama story of Cait Zogby, one of our Mindful Return alums! If you’ve been following along on the Mindful Return blog, you know that earlier this year, we announced our 7 specific ongoing diversity and inclusion commitments...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Sep 11, 2021 | Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, Working Dad, Working Mom
When people ask why I created Mindful Return in the first place, I often answer, “out of sheer desperation.” Returning to work after my first child had its challenges. And then returning after my second drove me off the rails. There were plenty of baby-focused...
