💌 SOWM Digest 023 | how we got here

My parents are visiting this week, which gives me a great excuse to step away from my work, but also to reflect on how my mom in particular inspires my work!

Working moms today are hardly well-supported, but at least we can (for the most part) talk about being a mother. As an ambitious exec in the mid ‘80s and early ‘90s, my mom had to leave that identity at the office door.

I’m so grateful for all that she’s done, and for all every one of our working foremothers have done, to move the needle and lay the foundation for the conversations we are having now.

I am enjoying my parents’ visit, especially tag-teaming bedtime stories and lullabies with my mom. It’s been fun to duet songs that my mom used to sing to me! 🥲

Go tell a working mom who came before you how much you appreciate them!

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🌐COMMUNITY NOTES🌐

• Welcome to our newest members: Ashley and Shelly! 👋 

• New channel alert 🤠: #geo_texas🔒️ 

• August’s financial workshop has been postponed. More info to come!

• September’s low-stakes book club pick: The Joy Of Small Things (microessays by Guardian columnist Hannah Jane Parkinson)

• A reminder: if you are job-seeking right now, use the #job-seekers🔒️ channel to post what you’re looking for (see channel canvas for more “how-to” use that space instructions)

• This week’s coaching conversation is about re-defining success/achievement in your life as a mom, woman, employee. Tune in Wed at 12PM CT in #coaching-convos!🔒️ 

🗓️UPCOMING EVENTS🗓️

New sessions since the last newsletter are noted in grey!
Member-led sessions are noted with an *asterisk.

• Wednesday, August 28 @ 12:00 - 1:00 PM CT - Group Coaching (RSVP)

• Thursday, August 29 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT - Building Relationships in a Virtual World… (RSVP)*

• Thursday, August 29 @ 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT - [members only] Biz Owners Huddle (RSVP)*

• Wednesday, September 4 @ 12:00 - 1:00 PM CT - Group Coaching (RSVP)

• Monday, September 9 @ 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT - Speed Networking Coffee Break (RSVP)

• Tuesday, September 10 @ 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT - Getting the Interview: Actionable Items to Stand Out in an Oversaturated Job Market (RSVP)*

A reminder that Group Coaching is only available to women within the Slack community.
You don’t need to RSVP via Luma, but when you do, you get a calendar hold and handy reminders.

💡WEEKLY READ💡 

This Study Of New Mothers Reveals The Importance of Community
(4 minute read)

➡️ Are you the first or the second mom in the story?
➡️ Weigh in with your thoughts on the importance of community here🔒️

👉️MEMBER RECS👈️

This “fanny pack” heating pad for menstrual cramps, this must-read for anyone who gathers people, this health insurance concierge for small biz owners, this [flo alternative] horoscope-meets-period-tracker, this handy guide for the most visible swimwear colors, this paid tech job-hunt community (with a free tier!), and this simple chocolate cookie recipe.

🤝WARM LEADS🤝 

• Social Media Manager @ American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) (PD / intro thread🔒️)

• Head of Sales @ LineLeader (PD / intro thread🔒️)

A cool job posting is 🧊 but a warm lead is 🔥.
So especially if you are able to make an intro, please post it in the #job-board🔒️ channel!

🔗LINKEDIN HIGHLIGHTS🔗

Here’s what some of our members are saying outside of Slack:

• Today is a very special day for me. Along with being my son's birthday, today marks ✨ 1 year ✨ of being a mother!… (read more)

• “If you can do THAT, then you can do THIS.”… (read more)

• Not demure, not mindful…This is how I’d describe my conversation yesterday with the sixty-something behind the BBQ counter in small town Texas.… (read more)

• Have you ever driven past the same construction site over a long period?… (read more)

(Want to be featured here? Post in #like-my-post🔒️!)

🧵SLACK-TIVITY🔒️🧵

• An IRL wm meetup! (yay!!!)

• Pool party anxiety (weigh in!)

• Baby eye problems (support!)

• Silly nap positions (share yours!)

• Getting paid for a passion (celebrate!)

• Caregiving for a parent, too (support!)

• Clingy kid school drop off reframe (aha!)

• Feeling energy shifts is people (weigh in!)

• This amazing string of work wins (wahoo!)

• This cupcake cake personal best (celebrate!)

• Health insurance for self-employed (weigh in!)

• How valuable is a PMP certification? (weigh in!)

• Non-traditional lullaby songbook (add your picks!)

• A daughter’s first menstrual cramps (share stories!)

• This super-food salad recipe is making the rounds (try it!)

• Topics for the inaugural biz owners huddle? (cast your vote!)

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