Putting It All Together: You Are Here
Transitioning from your role as lead parent to working lead parent can be nerve-wracking, dizzying, and unpredictable. It can also be intent...
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Where Was I...?
A loosely-sketched road map for parents going back to work after taking a career break to care for their children.
Episodes
10 episodesPsychologist Dr. Rae Anne Barry on the Importance of Self-Care
Whether you work in or outside of your home, self-care needs to be your number one priority. You may scoff at this, or laugh, or think it co...
Home Management Expert Mary Louise Starkey on Covering Your Second Shift
When you go back to work, as the lead parent, keep in mind that you’re actually signing on for a second job. The full-time job you were doin...
Ryan Miller on a Partner's Perspective and Changing Family Dynamics
Going back to work was a huge transition for Angela, as it is for anyone who has left the workforce for many years to raise their children....
iRelaunch Founder Carol Fishman Cohen on the Art of the Interview
The best thing you can do for yourself going into an interview is to know that you’re going to crush it. In this episode, return-to-work exp...
Career Coach Suzanne Coonan on The New Jobs Landscape
The “career ladder” has become a “career lattice,” with greater opportunities for those of us who chose to take a career break. That’s not t...
Career Coach Michelle Friedman on Figuring Out What You Want to Do
In this episode of “Where Was I…?” career coach Michelle Friedman talks about various exercises that can help you decide on a direction as y...
Amy Cuddy on Impostor Syndrome
In this episode, Amy Cuddy, best-selling author of "Presence," talks to us about how to conquer impostor syndrome by identifying your core v...
Anne-Marie Slaughter on the Devaluation of Caregiving – and Caregivers
When we first thought about producing this podcast, we wrote one name on a piece of paper and said to each other, “Just imagine if we could...
The First Day of School
For our first episode, we spoke with two women who left a full-time job to care for their young children. Lauren Pricer was an Assistant Vic...