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. ...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jun 27, 2020 | Working Dad, Working Mom
Wondering what books should be on your working parent summer reading list during COVID? No, probably not! (Ha ha.) If you’re a working parent these days, I suspect you haven’t had much bandwidth for reading books lately. Nevertheless, I welcome you to Mindful...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jun 20, 2020 | Working Dad, Working Mom
Boredom. We know, intellectually, that on some level it’s a good thing for our children. It’s important for them to have time and space to create their own worlds. Run around. And just play. Yet when boredom hits the whole family, it may be time to look for new...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jun 13, 2020 | Working Dad, Working Mom
Needing to use a bathroom does seem to be the limiting factor these days for our family outings. When we’re out on weekend hikes, it’s usually my own need to pee that prompts us to head home. Gosh, I sometimes wish I could simply go find a “pee tree” as my two boys...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jun 6, 2020 | Working Dad, Working Mom
Race. America. Black. White. This week we fell off another cliff. Again. Like many, we mourned George Floyd in our house this week. Like many, I’m at a loss for what to say here. This isn’t about me. It isn’t about how white people like me feel. And I can’t...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | May 30, 2020 | Working Dad, Working Mom
Strategic career planning is so incredibly hard, if not impossible, these days. I, for one, prefer to only think a day (or a few hours) ahead right now, lest my reaction to this pandemic mirror that of the brilliant music teacher in this now-viral video. Yet there...
