by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Apr 22, 2023 | Leadership, Working Dad, Working Mom
Many of us dream of becoming authors. If you’ve had “writing a book” on your bucket list, you’re in good company. Some of us eek one out on a topic we feel passionate about. (For me, it was Back to Work After Baby; for my husband, Relationships to Infinity.) Some...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Apr 15, 2023 | Leadership, Working Dad, Working Mom
Does your employer offer support and benefits specifically for adoption? At Mindful Return, we are firmly committed to inclusion and representation of all working parent voices. We believe wholeheartedly in supporting working parents on their work-and-life journeys...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Apr 8, 2023 | Maternity Leave, Working Mom
Big news for working mom entrepreneurs!! For nearly a decade, Mindful Return has supported thousands of new parents as they navigate both the logistics and the emotions of returning to work after parental leave. Until now, however, we have not had a program...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Apr 1, 2023 | Mindfulness, Working Dad, Working Mom
Is there any reason for optimism these days? Is optimism even something we can learn? And if it is indeed learnable, how can we teach it to our children? If you’ve been following along on the Mindful Return blog, you know I’m all for a good brain re-wiring. And...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Mar 25, 2023 | Maternity Leave, Working Mom
It’s been a while since we visited the difficult topic of loss here on the Mindful Return blog. A number of years ago, Dr. Julie Bindeman, Psy-D. shared with us a piece called Returning to Work After a Pregnancy Loss. But we are overdue to revisit this subject,...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Mar 11, 2023 | Leadership, Working Dad, Working Mom
Today, the Mindful Return community is here to celebrate the family benefit enhancement achievements of an employee resource group (ERG) and its amazing advocates. Indeed.com, the global job site, with encouragement from its Parent and Caregiver ERG, recently added...