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...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jan 23, 2021 | Working Mom
Confused about your new mama wardrobe and what clothes to wear, especially as you get ready to head back to work? I’m delighted to be joined today by Lani Inlander, personal stylist at Real Life Style, to help you answer that tricky question: to buy or not to buy? ...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Sep 21, 2019 | Maternity Leave
What is it REALLY like to be back at work the first week after your parental leave? My next door neighbor, Denise Myler, just went back to work after her third maternity leave and agreed to write about the experience while she was in it. This is the raw, unedited...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Apr 27, 2019 | Working Dad, Working Mom
It all started with Twitter. I don’t know who “followed” whom or “tweeted at” the other first. But that is how Tom Spiggle and I first “met.” Given I had written the book, Back to Work After Baby, and Tom is the author of You’re Pregnant, You’re Fired, there were...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Sep 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
In May 2017, a few weeks after my book, Back to Work After Baby: How to Plan and Navigate a Mindful Return from Maternity Leave, came out, I had the pleasure of giving a talk at a wonderful book store in Washington, DC, called Politics & Prose. Fast-forward about...