💌 SOWM Digest 030 | and so it begins

🎁 the holiday hustle is upon us - iykyk (I know you know!)

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Kate Westlund Tovsen
November 20, 2024

Today my family embarks on a 13-day trip, driving from Minnesota to Colorado and back, 6 days of which are “travel days,” predominantly in the car.

If you are wondering why I’m late in sending the digest this week, this is 1000% it!

The List:

✅ Trying to wrap client work before I’m out of pocket for 3 days (and then on vacation for 7 days, and then out of pocket again for another 3 days)
✅ Planning meals in accordance with what must get eaten before we leave
✅ Doing the laundry and packing bags
✅ Making sure road snacks and activities are packed and within arm’s reach
✅ Getting our house and cat sitter is up to speed
✅ Buying host gifts for our stops along the way
✅ Planning out the holiday cards
✅ Thinking ahead to December gifting and texting all the sibs/in-laws to figure out what to get their kiddos
✅ Trying to plan out holiday decor in a new (and much smaller) home
✅ Figuring out teacher presents for daycare

And, and, and…

Me and every other mom looking around at all the stuff that must be done between now and year end.

Moms are doing it all. I don’t need to tell you that.

But what I WILL tell you is that there is a supportive community of fellow do-it-all moms waiting to cheer you on inside of The Society of Working Moms.

I just wrote a post about it, in fact, featuring unsolicited praise of 4 different moms from within the group who reached out in the last week.

(Whether you join the Slack group now, or later, or never, there’s still a lot packed into the SOWM newsletter! 👇️)

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  • Wednesday, 11/20 @ 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CT - Coaching Conversation (note different time)

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  • Monday, 12/9 @ 2:00 - 3:00 PM CT - Workshop: Building Generational Wealth 🤗

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  • Thursday, 12/19 @ 8:30 - 9:00 PM CT - Speed Networking Happy [1/2] Hour 🤗

  • Monday, 12/30 @ 12:00 - 1:00 PM CT - Member Holiday Gift Exchange!*

Register at lu.ma/working-moms.

Member Recs

Never sponsored, just the good stuff as touted inside the Slack community!

Weekly Read

In lieu of this week’s article, here are two books that complement upcoming conversations inside the SOWM!

Meme Me

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(Shout out to Katie R. for this week’s meme!)

Reply with to this email with your best “mom meme” and I’ll give you a shout out in the next newsletter!

Open Roles & Opportunities

These are all jobs that were recently posted in the #job-board🔒️ channel.
Warm leads are noted with a ♨️ and the leads are only visible to members of the Slack community.

  • ♨️ Mid-Market AE @ Spot AI (various) (JD / Slack thread🔒️)

  • ♨️ Merchandising Manager @ Spanx (hybrid Atlanta) (JD / Slack thread🔒️)

  • ♨️ Hubspot Operations Manager @ Revive (Remote) (JD / Slack thread🔒️)

  • Associate Director - Direct to Consumer Social Media Strategist @ Eli Lilly (Indianapolis) (JD)

  • Recruiters - Contract @ Think Consulting (Remote) (LI posting)

  • Lifecycle Marketing Manager @ Merit America (Remote) (JD)

  • Senior Product Designer @ Good Inside (hybrid NYC) (JD)

  • Demand Generation Manager @ Carliloop (Remote) (JD)

Not a role, but a leadership development cohort for folks with 0-10 years of leadership experience (program info / Slack thread🔒️)

If you have a warm lead and want to share it with the awesome moms of the SOWM community but aren’t a member yourself, feel free to simply reply to this email!

SOWM Member Spotlight

Kate Pickett | Seeking program management and partner engagement roles with nonprofits contributing to equity and systemic change

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Kids: Bodie (17 months) and Altea (almost 4) (pronounced ALL-TAY-UH but it’s a spin on Althea)
📍 Location: Minneapolis, MN
💗 Favorite thing about the WM Slack community: The community! I honestly check SOWM like I check social media but I am much more engaged here. The constant positive support and cheerleading is amazing.  I can simultaneously ask this community forvalidation and feedback on work approaches, and then come back in the same day to complain about a stomach bug ravaging my household.  I’ll be met with different content, but the same energy of support.
🍚 Favorite food: Something I could probably eat every day is to fry up some leftover rice, and fry an egg to go in it. Add in some avocado and arugula if I have it.
📚️ Reading right now: Books have been tough to get into.  But, I have every intention of starting The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, maybe even today.
📽️ Favorite movie: It is hard to choose one, but something about Howl’s Moving Castle is so calming.
🐕️ Pets: Pepper the dog (a blue-grey super-mutt) and Mr. Meowgi the cat (both females, don’t let the “Mr.” fool you).
🎉 Recent win: I got a grant and did a native garden over the summer and I am so excited to see what grows next year.
🤓 Favorite way to relax: At the end of the day, I love to curl up in bed and do a NYT crossword - I’ve got a book of Tuesdays and book of Wednesdays that I’m working through.

(Editor’s note: Kate is also the coordinator of our first-ever SOWM holiday gift swap! [THANK YOU, KATE!] Learn more over at the #water-cooler!🔒️)

SOWM Community News

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(If you’re a returning member, please forward me your confirmation email and I’ll reactivate your Slack.)

  • Welcome to our newest members: Shelby, Maddie, Cate, and Jessica! 👋

  • COACH JESS WAS ON NATIONAL NEWS and did GREAT, no surprise! (We know her! We know her! 🥲)

    • Speaking of Jess, today’s coaching topic is “agency in relationships” — today’s session is 30 minutes earlier at 11:30 AM CT! Join her over in the #coaching-convos🔒️ channel for all the love.

  • We are doing a holiday gift exchange! Theme: sustainability (thrift, re-gift, or locally made) Price cap: $30. JOIN US!🔒️

  • New channel alert: #holistic-health🔒️ [If you're on the crunchier side of motherhood, this channel is for you! Naturopathy, functional medicine, home births, etc. (Disclaimer: this should NOT be treated as a source of medical advice.)]

  • Our first pick of 2025 for the no-stakes book club is The Power Pause by Mother Untitled’s Neha Ruch.

ISO…

(If you are not in the community but want to help out with any of the above, simply reply to this email and I’ll connect you with the op!)

Slacktivity Highlights

The following are 10 highlights from this past week inside the SOWM Slack community.

  • Thoughts on AI profile pics? (weigh in!🔒️)

  • When and why to start at LLC? (get ideas!🔒️)

  • On not letting housework get in the way of life (amen!🔒️)

  • Ideas for diversifying income streams? (share thoughts!🔒️)

  • Favorite secular holiday books for littles? (share your recs!🔒️)

  • How to politely say “I’m not doing that for free” (take notes!🔒️)

  • Setting traditions with your family, including adult kids (get inspired!🔒️)

  • Thoughts on starting a newsletter on LI vs. a traditional ESP? (weigh in!🔒️)

  • Props to this mom who launched her biz in the wake of a layoff (cheer on!🔒️)

  • A ChatGPT hack for analyzing LinkedIn post performance data (borrow it!🔒️)

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