New Parent Podcast

"I went back to work in the mindset of wanting to prove to them that I wasn't going be that new mom who bailed on my work, and to prove that I was still super reliable... In the early days I still wanted to be that person, I didn't want to give that up, but I also didn't want to give up being a mom. So that was hard to reconcile, and it was hard to realize that I can't do both things 120%, I had to find a happy medium for myself and my family…I wanted to stay in that same [work-first, above all] mindset, but over time it just sort of didn't happen. I naturally did want to step back a little more, and not because I didn't like my job but because I wanted to be a good mom too." In this episode, my guest Sarah tells her story about what it was like to transition from her role as a rock star professional, available 24/7 in a high pressure career, to becoming a working mom who then had other equally important tasks grabbing at her time and mental space. She shares about what it was like to have to change her prio