Shining a Light During Mental Health Awareness Month As the month of May – Mental Health Awareness Month and the month in which we honor moms on Mother’s Day – comes to a close, we’re reflecting on some of the many unique struggles of working motherhood and mental health. Juggling the demands of a career […]
To close out women’s history month, and in honoring the generations of working moms who came before me, I interviewed one of the most influential working moms I know: my own mom, Josephine Yu. The conversation centered around both her and my grandmother’s experiences as working mothers. This was the first time I heard these […]
The holiday season is in full swing, and I don’t know about you, but our house is bursting with decorations, holiday crafts, candles, and way too many sweets (good thing we got the dentist visit in a few weeks ago, because if she saw their teeth now…!) While I just love this time of year […]
Strategies for sidestepping the workplace culture war A recent trending video on Tik Tok provides a cautionary tale for employers about getting the benefit of your benefits – with concerning implications for working parents. In it, the creator shares her experience requesting and receiving approval for Christmas holiday vacation. Subsequently, she is asked by her […]
We still can’t believe it’s already November – with the holidays just around the corner. As Thanksgiving quickly approaches, we wanted to show gratitude to the many individuals and organizations who have made it possible for Josie to be what we are today. We are so grateful for the support – and to be able […]
No tricks, only treats. Building from World Mental Health Day, we’ve spent this month focused on mental health and wellness, particularly for new parents who are wrestling with the demands from the many roles we play in our lives. To close-out October, Josie Mental Health Coach Celina Ticoll-Ramirez describes a framework for mental readiness that […]
This week, team Josie had the chance to comment on caregiving as an identity, a critical topic that has come up in so many of our employer conversations. We are tremendously grateful to S. Mitra Kalita and the team at Charter for this opportunity to be featured! Click here for the full article and see select quotes […]
To: The working parent who has had to allow extra screen time lately… From: Celina, Josie Mental Health Coach I want to address a common topic that has come up from many of the working parents in our community: screen time. The situation Your child is home sick from daycare. You’re working from home but […]
What an incredible week it has been for our team! First, on Wednesday, we had the honor and privilege to join an incredible lineup of speakers at Charter’s Future of the Workplace Summit. Then on Thursday, our very own CFO Zach Hafner had the amazing opportunity to give a guest lecture at Harvard’s School of […]
It is time to move past “win-loss” thinking, reframe the conversation, and together make progress by building parental leave programs rooted in advancing our shared values. In recent weeks, the topic of parental leave has shown up in multiple public forums, most notably in this Wall Street Journal article and this one from Glamour. […]
