The Non-Negotiables of Parenting

Sometimes, hearing the worst advice is the best thing that will ever happen to us. For Kelly Scheib, Chief People Officer at Crunchbase, a former employer once told her, “When you’re here, you’re an employee, and when you’re at home, you’re a mother.”

Rightfully ignoring this remark, Kelly set out to create a family-friendly workplace, one that honors the non-negotiables of parenting. As a parent of five and foster mom, she tells us her emotional story of how she built her family in tandem with her career, and inspires women to rewrite their self-limiting beliefs.

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OSIF!

Oh shit, it’s Friday. OSIF?

Just me? Look at this magical photo. Pure freedom…

Do you know how hard it is to get to those 11 minutes??

Weekends are soooo intense – imagine 5 people of different ages, stages, wants, needs, brain development, all trying to hang out?! WTF?! It’s not all magic.

I remember feeling sad to learn that often, weekends are more peaceful when we split up – you take a couple kids, I take a kid, we reconvene for a golf cart ride, babysitter for a few hours here or there, piecing it together in the name of peace.

No matter how much optimization, childcare, move-across-the-country-to-chase-sunshine we create, it still is what it is in this intense phase of life. Living for those small moments of presence, and grounded in our why.

Yesterday, one child was truly in the depths of despair, and the other was in her corner, suggesting box-breathing. How beautiful.

I’m scared every day of the life we’ve built. And therefore alive and growing a little bit every day. They are too.

We grow so they can be better than we. OSIF! ~ @madscaldwell

Finding Freedom Postpartum

Your body is talking to you. And listening to it can help you find peace in postpartum.

In episode 48, we speak with postpartum coach Lizzie Langston who gives us a clear timeline of the postpartum journey, shows us how to clear out trauma and leaves us with some in-the-moment grounding exercises and mantras to live by.

Check out Lizzie's 12-week program for moms here:
Postpartum Freedom: https://www.lizzielangston.com/program. Early bird pricing ends on Mar. 1 2023.

Please make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode, and kindly review the podcast on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more working moms. We always want to hear your thoughts, concerns, questions or guest suggestions – email [email protected].

Episode social handles:

@WorkingMomHour

@EMechlinski

@MadsCaldwell