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...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Dec 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
I recently had the good fortune to meet a Canadian mama, Shauna Cole, who is a compatriot in the world of helping new moms manage their careers and babies at the same time. Her experience with a really long maternity leave really intrigued me, especially given many...
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...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Apr 28, 2018 | Working Dad, Working Mom
[Post update: in 2019, I started an e-mail listerv for anyone who is a leader of a working parent group. If you lead one of these groups, go to this page to sign up for the Working Parent Group Network (WPGN).] It seems I’m becoming a serial instigator of working...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Feb 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Have you ever done the work of planning for your own maternity leave? Or seen a colleague go through that process? If so, you know this is not a project for the lazy or faint of heart. For things to go smoothly, you’ll need to plan for every aspect of the...