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 […]
A quiet but devastating macroeconomic trend is sweeping through the corporate world, and economists have finally given it a name: The “Mom-cession.” Recent labor market reporting highlighted by Moms First reveals a staggering economic reality. Since late 2023, labor force participation among highly educated mothers with children under the age of five has been steadily […]
A few weeks ago, The Wall Street Journal published a feature that caused a collective, cross-country exhale among parents everywhere: “The Era of the Tiger Mom Is Over. Enter the Beta Mom.” The article highlighted a powerful, refreshing cultural shift. High-achieving parents are intentionally stepping away from the exhausting cycle of over-scheduling, constant performance anxiety, […]
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 […]
It’s the ultimate paradox of modern parenting: by almost every metric, we are doing more for our kids than any generation before us. Yet, if you ask almost any mom or dad today how they feel, the answer is usually a variation of the same exhausted refrain: “I just don’t feel like I have enough […]
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 […]
