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Attendees
Presenter: Vicki Y Packheiser
Other Attendees: Courtney Ann Sy Abby Pollard Kelly Frazer Julia D Chinnock Talley, Sarah B Kayla Ford
Discussion Notes
- What has it been like thus far as a working mom?
- Challenge: Not in an environemnt where other people are in the same situation/no models or mentors
- Best: nice to be at work to have some fulfilling pieces and purpose in life/having a second identity outside of mother
- Tune in for ourselves and honor that
- Do what works best for your family
- Keep a sense of yourself
- Setting boundaries with work-in some ways it makes it easier
- Make space in the moment to have your feelings
- One path to burnout is feeling like we are indispensable
- Another opportunity kids give us: to heal through the perfectionist
- Felt like had to be a role model
Action items