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What Exactly IS Mom Guilt Anyway?  A Clinical Psychotherapist Explains

What Exactly IS Mom Guilt Anyway? A Clinical Psychotherapist Explains

by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Oct 21, 2017 | Working Mom

We hear so much about this thing called mom guilt in the world of maternity leave and working parents.  But what exactly IS this mom guilt anyway?  Today I’m delighted to be joined by Nicole Grocki, a clinical psychotherapist (and mom herself) who specializes in...
No, working mom, you’re not “abandoning” your child.    Here’s why.

No, working mom, you’re not “abandoning” your child. Here’s why.

by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Sep 9, 2017 | Uncategorized

A few years ago, I was scheduled to go on a work trip for a few days.  My boys were little, though they weren’t infants.  And I was no longer breastfeeding, pumping, and feeling the postpartum hormones and oxytocin that stuck around for so long.  Though I’d only be...
What if We Aren’t to Blame?  Letting Ourselves Off the Hook as Working Mamas

What if We Aren’t to Blame? Letting Ourselves Off the Hook as Working Mamas

by Lori Mihalich-Levin | May 6, 2017 | Uncategorized

Last week, I had a work trip to Chicago, and I used some of my plane-riding down time to read a book I was wanting to read for my own pleasure (gasp!): Brené Brown’s Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead.  Now, I...
Mothering in a World Gone Mad…or How Lowering My Standards Saved My Sanity

Mothering in a World Gone Mad…or How Lowering My Standards Saved My Sanity

by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Feb 20, 2016 | Maternity Leave, Working Mom

Today, I’m excited to feature a guest post by Valerie Young, a public policy analyst formerly with Mom-mentum, who focuses on the economic status of mothers and other family care-givers.  I asked her to share with us how she herself combats the guilt that often...
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