💌 SOWM Digest 031 | happy cyber "the rest of the month"

It seems that in my prolonged “turkey tireds,” I missed every opportunity to hop on the post-Thanksgiving DEALS DEALS DEALS bandwagon.

So I’ll see you your Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday and raise you a promo through the end of the year!

Not sold yet? Here are some snippets from our gratitude channel, as shared on Thanksgiving Day:

So if you want to surround yourself with 100+ of the most lovely moms of all ages and stages in a community that is non-performative, non-judgemental, generous, wise and more… you gotta get in there! 

Hope to see you soon,

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Events Preview

* = member-led session
🤗 = free and open to the public
All other events are open to our paid community only.

• TOMORROW, Thursday, 12/5 @ 12:00 - 1:00 PM CT - Ask The Expert: Career Transitions 🤗

• Friday, 12/6 @ 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT - Speed Networking Coffee Break 🤗

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

• Wednesday, 12/11 @ 12:00 - 1:00 PM CT - Coaching Conversation

• Thursday, 12/12 @ 12:00 - 1:00 PM CT - Creative Command: Design Best Practices*🤗 

• Wednesday, 12/18 @ 12:00 - 1:00 PM CT - Coaching Conversation

• 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!

This AI prep tool for having hard conversations, this device for temporarily blocking distractions from your phone, this book to jump start your freelancing career, these neoprene toe warmers for us cold girlies, this book/toolkit/newsletter for all things “artful gathering”, these forever fave pajamas, this cult-following planner for focus, this book about making money doing what you love, this postpartum-friendly swimwear brand, this battery storage solution, and this goosebumps-inducing cover by Cynthia Erivo.

Weekly Read

How to Watch a Baby
The Verge
(12-minute read time)

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.

• ♨️ Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Analyst @ Positive Scenarios Consulting (remote) (JD / Slack thread🔒️)

• ♨️ Content Creation Manager @ Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (hybrid - Boston) (JD / Slack thread🔒️)

• ♨️ Marketing & Communications Coordinator @ Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (hybrid - Boston) (JD / Slack thread🔒️)

• ♨️ Marketing Director @ Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (hybrid - Boston) (JD / Slack thread🔒️)

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

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

• Community Associate @ Sermo (Remote) (JD / LinkedIn Post)

• Product Marketing Manager @ Cariloop (Remote) (JD)

• Sr. Manager, Content & Creative @ The National Geographic Society (D.C.) (JD / LinkedIn post)

• Sr. Manager, Marketing @ The National Geographic Society (D.C.) (JD / LinkedIn post)

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

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

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

Not a job, but here’s a casting call for working moms in the SF area via Milkstork. 🍼 

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 Slacker Spotlight

Kelly Ling | Mom | Negotiation Advocate | Founder | Executive Coach, ACC

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Kids: 2.5 and 7 months 🧒👶
📍 Location: Lafayette, CA
💗 Favorite thing about the WM Slack community: the WM slack community is so uplifting! Hard to pick a favorite, but I have been most engaged in coaching convos and biz owners [channels].
📚️ Reading right now: I've pre-ordered the Power Pause by Neha Ruch which I am super excited to read, and I just finished listening to the classic 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni.
✈️ Upcoming trip: we're going to Disneyland! 🏰✨. This will be our first time with little kids - and I'm one of those who optimizes every minute to get in all the rides, so I may have to adjust my approach with this new crew!
💪 Recent win: I recently took the leap as a solopreneur, and launched my business (Stork & Spark ✨) which is focused on supporting career-ambitious, expecting parents at the intersection of parenthood and career identity.
💆‍♀️ Favorite way to relax: a good massage

SOWM Community News

If you’d like to join, re-up, or otherwise manage your membership, you can always do so at this link.
(If you’re a returning member, please forward me your confirmation email and I’ll reactivate your Slack.)

• Welcome to our newest members: Jessica and Allie! 👋

• If you didn’t get in on the holiday gift swap but still want to come to the Zoom hang on 12/30, you are welcome to join us!

• Please fill out the member survey if you haven’t already.

  • I’m really enjoying everyone’s thoughtful feedback and have gotten so many great ideas to make 2025 even cooler! 😎

• The deadline to order your $5 copy of The Power Pause is 12/12!

Slacktivity Highlights

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

• Former teacher turned manager-coach turned… ? where to go next? (brainstorm!🔒️)

• Glasses for 0-3 kiddos? (share tips!🔒️)

• When are y’all finding time to work out? (weigh in!🔒️)

• Hot tip: book yourself a solo getaway (start scheming!🔒️)

• If you have an LLC, don’t forget to file the BOIR! (check it out!🔒️)

• Walking away from potential clients due to red flags (cheer on!🔒️)

• How to handle scope creep with a new freelance client (share tips!🔒️)

• How to find the surveillance sweet spot with baby monitors (weigh in!🔒️)

• There’s another little bundle of joy adding the SOWM universe! (celebrate!🔒️)

• What did you want to be as a kid, and did it pan out? (childhood dreams?!🔒️)