Tips on living a calmer life as a working parent sent to your inbox every weekend My Newest Published Piece - on Gender Parity Dear Working Parents, This week's story is one about never knowing what opportunities will come your way...and about saying yes sometimes to things that scare you. A well-known legal publication, Law360, was looking for someone to write an Expert Analysis piece for their annual Women in Law report, specifically about how law firms can continue to support women in...
17 days ago • 3 min read
Tips on living a calmer life as a working parent sent to your inbox every weekend Parenting Through the Unthinkable Dear Working Parents,Announcement: September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Which means that yes, there are parents among us who are trying to figure out how to navigate work, parenting, and the stress of a sick child and their diagnosis, all at the same time. This week, we hope you feel seen in your struggle. Maybe you personally don't know anyone whose child has cancer....
24 days ago • 3 min read
Tips on living a calmer life as a working parent sent to your inbox every weekend Focusing More on Meaningful Connection with Our Kiddos We all want to feel a connection to our children, yes? I sure do. From the moment each of my boys was born, through our foray more recently into the teenage years, I’ve wanted to feel like I know them. Like they know me. And like we understand one another. Meaningful connections can be tough though, when we’re running in a million directions. When we’re...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Tips on living a calmer life as a working parent sent to your inbox every weekend What to Think About in Back-to-School Season Dear Working Parents,If there's one thing I've learned in the 12'ish years since our family's first official "back-to-school" season, it's that this whole going-to-school thing isn't just a transition for our kids, it's a major shift for us as working parents, too. Back in our kids' younger days, I remember both the trepidation we felt at sending our boys off into the...
about 2 months ago • 2 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...
about 2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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....
3 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...
3 months ago • 2 min read