Tips on living a calmer life as a working parent sent to your inbox every weekend Hi, I'm Lori: A Long-Overdue Reintroduction Dear Working Parents,According to some community leaders and entrepreneurs, a founder should do a quarterly reintroduction of herself. “Woah,” I thought when I heard this advice. “So if I’ve been leading Mindful Return for the past 12 years and have never done a reintroduction, I’ve missed nearly 50 opportunities to reintroduce myself! Oops.” Fortunately, I don’t think...
22 days ago • 6 min read
Tips on living a calmer life as a working parent sent to your inbox every weekend Travel with Kids is ALL the Things ... Dear Working Parents,What's on my mind these days? Summer travel - and, more specifically, travel with kids. In the most recent episode of the Parents at Work Podcast, my husband (and fearless co-host) Jason and I took a trip down memory lane and reflected on the past 15 years of travel with our boys. We found ourselves laughing about everything from diaper bags, long road...
29 days ago • 2 min read
Tips on living a calmer life as a working parent sent to your inbox every weekend Celebrating Mindful Return's New Business Certifications! Dear Working Parents,Happy August to you! Today, I'm excited to share some news about Mindful Return as a company. I've been at this supporting-working-parents-thing for 12 years now, always running a woman-owned business...always running a small business...always running a business through my own struggles. Over the years, though, I toyed with the idea...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Tips on living a calmer life as a working parent sent to your inbox every weekend Laura Vanderkam on Time Abundance Dear Working Parents,If you've ever read up on time management - particularly as it relates to working parenthood - you've probably come across Laura Vanderkam's work. You might know her from the popular Best of Both Worlds podcast she co-hosts with Sarah Hart-Unger, or from some of her bestselling books. I know her as my Class of 2001 college classmate, and my personal...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Tips on living a calmer life as a working parent sent to your inbox every weekend Meal Planning Got You Down? Dear Working Parents,Ah, meal planning. Say the word, and a parent who was previously in a good mood will likely give you a death stare. Gosh darn it, why do we have to keep feeding these kids (and ourselves) every day! If meal planning ever gets you down, this fun summer read by Jane Yamaykin, Mindful Return alum and also Mindful Return’s Director of Employer Experience, is for you....
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Tips on living a calmer life as a working parent sent to your inbox every weekend Women CEOs + Products that Support Moms Dear Working Parents,My husband Jason, co-host with me of the Parents at Work Podcast, is a devoted reader of the Washington Business Journal. Every now and then, he rips a page out and puts it at my spot at breakfast table for me to peruse. One morning, I discovered an article entitled, "Alexandria baby brand Lansinoh appoints Julie Talbot as new global CEO.""Wow," I...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Tips on living a calmer life as a working parent sent to your inbox every weekend Slow Down, Summer!! Dear Working Parents, The July 4th holiday in the US always feels to me like the mid-point of summer...the downhill part of the roller coaster flying forward after that, until the start of school. I don't think I'm mathematically correct that it's a mid-point for my kids, given they don't head back to school until late August, but for those of you whose kids got out in mid-May, perhaps it is?...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Tips on living a calmer life as a working parent sent to your inbox every weekend Tolerating Mixed Feelings in Parenthood & Life Dear Working Parents,I have mixed feelings as I write this. I’m about to head out the door in a few hours to attend my 25th college reunion with my family. And when I ask myself how I’m feeling about going, the answer is: ALL the things! I’m excited and really happy to get to hug my roommate and some dear friends. I’m delighted to get to see all our kids together...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Tips on living a calmer life as a working parent sent to your inbox every weekend Work Travel + Parenthood = Many Feelings Dear Working Parents,If you've ever packed your bags and headed out of town for work after having kids, you know the rules of the game changed drastically from those trips you took before you became a parent. Now there's not only more logistics to juggle, but many more people's feelings about the travel (including our own). I'm approaching (gasp!) the fifteenth...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Tips on living a calmer life as a working parent sent to your inbox every weekend Do You Know a Mom Who's "More Than Blue"? Dear Working Parents,I've been in that dark place postpartum, feeling “more than blue” and undiagnosed with a perinatal mood disorder. In retrospect, it should have been easy for my medical providers to spot my incredibly tearful and anxious state. That is, if anyone had screened me for it. The Mindful Return program probably wouldn't exist if I hadn't fallen into a hole...
4 months ago • 3 min read