Throughout our Josie Shift Happens series, we asked leaders to reflect on the transitions that shaped them. They discussed how they navigated career and role transitions, work structure and environmental shifts, family planning and expansion, childcare and school changes, developmental parenting transitions that impacted work, family systems and caregiving complexity, and emotional and psychological career […]
There’s a version of working parenthood that people talk about often: the logistics. The scheduling. The exhaustion. But there’s another layer that emerges over time, one that’s harder to quantify. The emotional weight of being needed everywhere, and for everyone.The pressure of continuing to lead while quietly carrying more. The realization that nobody is coming […]
Some transitions are visible. A promotion.A new baby.A return to work.A parent getting sick.A family structure changing. But underneath those milestones is often something harder to articulate: the realization that the version of yourself that worked before no longer fully fits your reality now. Josie’s Shift Happens series asked leaders: What happens when your old […]
There’s a specific kind of exhaustion that comes from never fully arriving anywhere. You leave a meeting but carry the conversation into school pickup.You answer Slack messages while making dinner.You sit in front of your laptop thinking about your children – and sit with your children thinking about work. For many working parents, the hardest […]
There is a moment working parents know well, even if we don’t always name it. It’s the point where life expands in multiple directions at once. A bigger role at work. A growing family. A shifting school schedule. A different kind of mental load. New responsibilities at home. More people depending on you, in more […]
If you woke up this morning feeling like you’re running a marathon while balancing a tray of scalding coffees, a stack of unsigned school permission slips, and a heavy Q2 budget proposal, congratulations: you’re officially in Maycember. For the uninitiated, “Maycember” is that frantic, hyper-caffeinated stretch of weeks where the month of May somehow morphs […]
Josie is proud to share Heart & Hustle, a candid interview series celebrating working parents who are thriving at home and at work. Each feature spotlights leaders balancing the demands of parenthood with the hustle of building fulfilling careers. From late-night feedings to early-morning board meetings, these stories remind us that no two working parent […]
Deloitte and Zoom are slashing parental leave benefits in “The Great Rollback.” Josie CEO Michelle Yu explores why cutting benefits without supporting the transition is a high-risk gamble for employee retention and brand equity.
Heart & Hustle is a candid interview series celebrating working parents who are thriving at home and at work. Each feature spotlights leaders balancing the demands of parenthood with the hustle of building fulfilling careers. From late-night feedings to early-morning board meetings, these stories remind us that no two working parent journeys are alike. What […]
Stop hiding your professional life. Learn how to talk to kids about work using metaphors, modeling integrity, and building work-life integration that reduces parental guilt. Too often, we’re told that the gold standard of managing the 2 identities of “parent” and “professional” is strict separation. We are told to leave work at the door, to […]
