by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Feb 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’ve found that the new mamas I work with often get fired up about changing workplace culture and making the working world more hospitable to new parents when they go back to the office. All those struggles they’ve heard about are no longer just theoretical,...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Jul 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Sati. In Buddhism, it means something like “remembering to remember.” But what new mama can remember much of anything? Let alone that she should be taking time for herself? A few months after I gave birth to my second child and returned to work after my maternity...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Dec 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve always been a Type A, need-for-order sort. Liking structure in my days. Preferring to avoid the unexpected. Planning and enjoying knowing what’s coming next. But as anyone who has had a baby knows, order goes out the window pretty soon after you bring that...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Dec 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Oh the places you’ll pump, mama! This ode is dedicated to all pumping mamas who need a laugh. With gratitude to Dr. Seuss. Congratulations!Today is your day.You’re off to Great Places!You’re off and away! You have bottles in your bag,You have milk in your...
by Lori Mihalich-Levin | Oct 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
My friend Alexandra Hughes, a wise coach, tells mamas: you can do it all…just not right now! As a goal-oriented, striving-to-be-less impatient, working mama, the last thing I wanted to hear when I went back to work after maternity leave was that somehow I couldn’t do...
