PinnedBirth and Healing in a Pandemic Pregnancy, Part 1: The Double LinePrologue: A Better Birth Experience Women in America don’t have enough support for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Parental leave is short or non-existent; labor preparation techniques like chiropractor appointments, supplements and acupuncture are expensive; support people like doulas and lactation consultants are reserved for those who can afford them; and…Motherhood5 min read
May 21, 2021What If: Psychological Safety could end Burnout Forever?It’s been a rough year right? Can we all pause for a moment and recognize that fact, taking a few deep breathes together? We’ve been through a lot. We’re still going through a lot. As I talk with family, friends, and colleagues, I see the psychological battlescars imprinted on people’s…Burnout5 min read
May 10, 2021What If: The Future of Connection is a Video GameWhen the pandemic first relegated so many of us to our homes, people of all ages immediately struggled with how to collaborate with colleagues, how to connect with loved ones, or how to learn from video conference calls with 30 other students. We immediately discovered that we didn’t have the…Videogames5 min read
Apr 26, 2021What If: As People Leave Cities, Trees Move InAs the experts from almost every field imaginable forecasted what the world might be like after the pandemic, the general consensus seemed to be that the pandemic wasn’t changing outcomes, but rather accelerating them. For all the fanfare that popped up around the great exodus of cities, the New York…5 min read
Apr 19, 2021What If: We Lose a Generation of Mothers in Leadership?What If is a series that explores new paradigms arising from of the COVID-19 pandemic Parenting is hard gig. Juggling a career and raising children is always a careful and tricky balancing act. A few years ago, I used to joke with my coworkers that my five-to-nine boss (my then…Working Moms4 min read
Apr 12, 2021The End of a Pandemic Maternity LeaveIn the Final days of my maternity leave, I had this dewy glow on the brain as if I were graduating from high school or looking back at Christmases from my childhood. I was reliving the nostalgia of this incredible baby time and soaking up every moment. I played with…3 min read
Apr 5, 2021Birth and Healing in a Pandemic Pregnancy, Part 5This is Part 5 of a Series. Read Part 4. Chapter 5: The Iterative Art of Breastfeeding I am pretty Type A. I took a StrengthFinders test, and my number one trait is Achiever. I am competitive, ambitious, and accomplishing big goals makes me happy. Until I had children, when…5 min read
Mar 29, 2021Birth and Healing in a Pandemic Pregnancy, Part 4: Birth and HealingThis is Part 4 of a Series. Please feel welcome to read Part 3. Leading up to my due date, we all hunkered down to avoid any possibility of another COVID scare. We were lucky enough that my hospital started allowing doulas into the birthing room, and my husband was…4 min read
Mar 22, 2021Birth and Healing in a Pandemic Pregnancy, Part 3: Pivot Before the Final PushThis is Part 3 of a Series. Read Part 2. It was a busy Friday, my last day of work before the baby would arrive. I had one month left from my due date and three weeks from the caesarian I requested. I was feeling slow and heavy, my breath…Motherhood4 min read
Mar 15, 2021Birth and Healing in a Pandemic Pregnancy, Part 2: Staying COVID PositiveThis is Part 2 of a series. If you missed it, read Part 1. There were some pros to a pandemic pregnancy. I was working remotely. No one saw me from the neck down, so hiding a growing bump was simple. It turned out that everyone started having insomnia at…Pregnancy5 min read
