by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Feb 3, 2024 | Maternity Leave
Maybe you’ve been following the Kyte Baby story over the past few weeks, maybe you haven’t. I wasn’t planning to write about it, for two reasons. First, pop culture and I don’t usually spend much time together. Second, I figured everyone had heard about it already,...
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 | Dec 19, 2020 | Leadership, Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the single most important factor in whether an employee feels support during parental leave is their manager. “Someone’s manager is THE single most important factor?!”, you ask, skeptically? Yes, hands down. But what...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Apr 4, 2020 | Maternity Leave
The experience in my life that feels most similar to this COVID-19 crisis is, without a doubt, having an infant at home. Yes, there was certainly more joy involved than during this pandemic. But there were similar amounts of existential fear. Discombobulation. ...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Mar 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
If you’re about to have a baby or return to work after parental leave, a million questions are probably running through your head. In no particular order. Swimming around your brain waves, and consuming most of your brain space. Am I right? How much better would it...
