This sucky sucky feeling will appear (over and over) as you get used to becoming a working mother. Because #havingitall is a myth. Balance is a myth. You learn to redefine productivity, reorganize priorities, and centralize the wins that pre-baby might no have seemed like a big deal. Don’t get me wrong, there is […]
Us Type A control freaks business owners love a good tracking system. When I had just given birth I asked some of the smartest entrepreneurs with new babies what they used, and then did my homework to figure out which ones are the best (IMHO). In no particular order, here’s some of the apps
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This month’s Mama Story features Julienne DesJardins, a virtual assistant with expertise in digital marketing. As a business owner turned mamapreneur, Julienne brings lessons from management, marketing, and mamahood into the mix of her postpartum journey. Confession: I’m one of those people who starts listening to Christmas music in October. So, naturally, I
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I recommend using a four category system to plan how the key functions of your business will continue running while you are in milky mama-baby land. So, grab your list of things you do on a daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis, and let’s dive right into the categories. Keep in mind you could, at
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If co-working spaces are your jam pre-baby, you definitely will want to do a little detective work to figure out if it will continue to work for you with a baby in tow. Here’s some key questions to help guide the way. 1. Can I bring my newborn? Yup, let’s start with the simple
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This month’s Mama Story packs a double punch. Not only does lawyer and entrepreneur Lori Mihalich-Levin share her personal experience in balancing her postpartum needs with her professional career, but she goes into detail about how the gap in maternity leave resources actually led her to design her business, Mindful Return. If you are a Type
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Maternity leave – It’s been all over the interwebs lately. I’ve been doing some head nods as many major news outlets push for more generous parental leave and provide detailed reasons as to why this is important. (If you haven’t read these and are interested, check out this and this.) When you are a business owner, although
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This month I am honored to share another Mama Story, this time from a mama who I’ve known for nearly 10 years ago! Of course, we weren’t mamas at the time… Angie is a fellow health researcher, we met in Los Angeles while we were both students. I was completing my first training fellowship with
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As I write this, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month is slowly coming to an end. The one month a year when the topic is in the public eye and in the forefront of our minds. I was honestly on the fence about whether I would write this post at all. I thought, “what does
After two Mama Story guest posts where Deborah Leigh-Lasarow and Racheal Cook both shared what postpartum life with twins was like, I knew I wanted to provide a little extra support for those of you expecting two (or more!) babies. Thank goodness for Multiples Experts like my friend and colleague Hannah Poles!!! She specializes in
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