💌 WM Digest | April 23, 2024

We are officially one week into The Society of Working Moms being open! I am bubbling over with the warm fuzzies that have resulted from launching this community. I love this quote from Jolene, which captures exactly how I feel about the group, too!

Reply to this email with any questions!
🫶 Kate

🌐 COMMUNITY NOTES 🌐

• Not a community note, per se, but happiest of birthdays to my dear mom, Debbie, who had no small role in creating this community both through the example she set for me and her unabashed support of me. LOVE YOU, MOMMA!

• Welcome to our newest members, Hannah, Andrea, Carey, Iman, Hope, and Laura! 👋 

• The first ever WM panel discussion is happening this Thursday! If you want a ticket and are not yet in the Slack group, reply to this email with a change — big or small — that you recently made in your life and I’ll send you a code for a freebie ticket.

• New channels: #shout-it-out, #private-channel-roundup

• We are piloting some new coaching days/times starting next week (see below) and the theme for this week’s coaching conversation is re-defining success after children.

🗓️ UPCOMING EVENTS 🗓️
(Events added or updated this week are highlighted.)

• Thurs, April 25 12PM - 1PM CT - Panel Discussion: The Power Pivot (RSVP)

• Wed, Apr 24 11AM - 12PM CT - Coaching Convo with Jess (RSVP)

• Mon, April 19 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CT - Speed Networking (RSVP)

• Thurs, May 2 12PM - 1PM CT - Coaching Convo with Jess (RSVP)

• Thurs, May 2 6:30PM - 7:30PM CT - Coaching Convo with Jess (RSVP)

🧵 THREADS OF NOTE 🧵 

• This Earth Day post (which turned into this Earth Day post on LinkedIn!)

• This meal planning win

• Getting red sauce out of white tees

• A pep talk after a school break scheduling snafu

• First day of day care tips

• First day back to work tips

• Tips for dad staying with baby for the first time

• Resignation etiquette

• When to drop a nap?

• This W and this W and this W around carving out time for hobbies that fill your cup!

  • (Honestly, the entire #wins channel has been happening this week. Go browse it if you need a mid-week dose of inspo!)

Help!
If you are not in the Slack group but can help, reply to this email and I will connect you, with permission.

• Anyone with experience opening a learning center? (weigh in)

• Anyone know someone at Texas Children’s Hospital? (weigh in)

Some product recs:

• This personalized name stamp

• These bottle labels

• The Ceres Chill breastmilk chiller

🔦 NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT 🔦 

🔗 Emily Schuster | Marketing and Communications Specialist | Writer
👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Kids: 7 and 4 years
📍Location: Canberra, Australia
💗 Favorite thing about WM: Meeting other working moms with shared interests. I've already made connections and reconnections that are enriching my personal and professional life.
😋 Favorite food: Tacos
📚 Reading now: Breath by Tim Winton
✈️ Recent Travel: Australian Outback road trip with the kids + in-laws
🧶 Favorite Way to Relax: Crocheting and knitting in front of the TV after the kids go to bed
🎯 Goal for the upcoming year: Apply for Poetry/Fiction Writing MFA programs

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