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Pandemic Lessons: How Mom-Life and Work-Life are One and the Same

Pandemic Lessons: How Mom-Life and Work-Life are One and the Same

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...
What Makes or Breaks a Parental Leave? Your Manager

What Makes or Breaks a Parental Leave? Your Manager

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...
9 Tips for Returning to Work from Parental Leave During COVID-19

9 Tips for Returning to Work from Parental Leave During COVID-19

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. ...
99 Questions to Ask Yourself Before, During, and After Maternity Leave

99 Questions to Ask Yourself Before, During, and After Maternity Leave

by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Mar 30, 2019 | Uncategorized

If you’re about to have a baby or return to work after maternity 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...
4 Strategies to Calm An Anxious Working Parent’s Mind

4 Strategies to Calm An Anxious Working Parent’s Mind

by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jan 26, 2019 | Uncategorized

In the Mindful Return course this past week, one mama shared how her feelings of worry and dread about returning to work after her maternity leave were pervading what should be a joyful time with her son.  Half-way through her leave, she started planning her return...
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