Saturday Secrets: Pandemic Lessons + Hispanic Heritage Month

Both as a moment of reflection for all pandemic parents, and in honor of Hispanic Heritage month, I am honored to bring you today's new blog post.

Thank you for subscribing to Mindful Return! View this email in your browser Saturday Secrets: We Are Pandemic Parents Tips on living a calmer life as a working mama sent to your inbox every weekend Dear Working Parents, Both as a moment of reflection for all pandemic parents, and in honor of Hispanic Heritage month this month, I am honored to bring you today's newest Amplifying Voices post on the Mindful Return blog.  My guest today is Maite Fernández Simon, a Mindful Return alum who is originally from Uruguay.  Maite is a mama and an editor at the Washington Post.    Her reflections on pandemic parenthood are so incredibly spot on, and the contrasts she notes between more community-focused versus individualist societies are eye-opening.  Welcome to the blog, Maite!  Lessons from the Pandemic: How Mom-Life and Work-Life are One and the Same.  Have a question about working parenthood or returning to work after parental leave that you'd like me to answer? Submit it to lori@mindfulreturn.com. #Amplifymelanatedvoices  In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 - October 15, check out both this excellent piece from the Latino Family Literacy Project entitled "How Parents Can Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Their Children," and also Josi Dego's "A Working Mom Latina's Perspective on Hispanic Heritage Month." More Working Parent Resources 1.  Struggling to Take *Real* Breaks + Vacations from Work? Whether you have trouble taking off for 1 day, or 1 week, join me for a Mindful Return Mini-Retreat / Workshop NEXT FRIDAY, October 15. After taking a 4-week long, soul-restoring trip across the US last month, I'm feeling inspired to host a hands-on, interactive 90-minute mini-retreat / workshop entitled "Intentional Vacation Planning for Working Parents."  During our time together, I will share more about the framework for my own trip, and we'll also take a deep dive into themes including: Mindset around vacations and travel Work issues and negotiating time off Financial considerations and money plans Managing kids as you travel Deciding when to unplug and not Sign up here, and I promise you'll walk away from our time together with new ideas for how you and your family can explore this big and beautiful world around us.  It's a world we often don't take much time to see, but that is there waiting for us at any moment. When?  October 15, 2021, 1:30-3:00pm Eastern / 12:30-2pm Central / 11:30am-1pm Mountain / 10:30am-12pm Pacific 2.  Did you miss this past week's conversation with Nanny Connie?  Get the recording here! To kick off Mindful Return's fall book talk series, I was so thrilled to speak with Connie Simpson, "nanny to the stars" this past Thursday.  We talked about her book, The Nanny Connie Way, and about all things baby care, navigating relationships with nannies and other caregivers, and even how to get our 3-year olds to listen!   Click here to access the link to the recording, if you missed it. 3.  Our next Friday Clubhouse chat will be on Friday, October 15, and we'll be joined by a therapist to talk about perinatal mental health issues. Since the spring, I've been hosting chats on Clubhouse through Moms Club on Fridays at 12pm Eastern about everything related to parental leave and thriving in working parenthood.  You can follow @mindfulreturn on Clubhouse to have these events show up in your feed. Clubhouse Chat: Friday, October 15, 12-1pm Eastern: Juggling Work + Baby - Ask the Therapist.  Hope you can join me there!  My co-host will be Joanna Strait, an amazing perinatal therapist who will help with everything from how to know if you need therapy, to techniques for managing anxiety and depression, to communicating overwhelm to our partners.  You won't want to miss this one! 4.  Mindful Return's 2nd Fall Book Talk is Coming Up on October 21, and We're Talking about Infertility. Next up in our book talk series, is a conversation about "The Infertility Epidemic.  Join me on Thursday, October 21, from 12-1pm Eastern / 9-10am Pacific, for a conversation with Alex Johnson, author of, Inconceivable: My Life-Altering Eye-Opening Journey from Infertility to Motherhood.  (Alex also wrote a heartfelt and helpful post for the Mindful Return blog, here: Inconceivable: Alex Johnston's Path to Parenthood through Infertility, IVF, and Surrogacy.)   Register here to join us on October 21. All the best for a mindful return, Lori Like MIndful Return Follow @mindfulreturn E-mail Mindful Return Instagram LinkedIn Lori K. Mihalich-Levin, JD, guides new parents to a calm and successful parental leave.  She is the founder of Mindful Return, author of Back to Work After Baby: How to Plan and Navigate a Mindful Return from Maternity Leave, and creator of the Mindful Return E-Course.  She is mama to two wonderful red-headed boys (ages 8 and 10), and is a health care lawyer in private practice at her own boutique firm, The GME Group, PLLC. Copyright © 2021 Mindful Return LLC, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: lori@mindfulreturn.com Mindful Return LLC Washington, DC 20015 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list