💌 WM Digest | May 21, 2024

A woman's place

Author

Kate Westlund Tovsen
May 21, 2024

… is wherever she chooses. Full stop. 😤 

Commencement speeches made in poor taste aside, I had a good week. A lot of that was tied up in this here community, which continues to fire me up and inspire me.

There are nearly 70 amazing women in our thoughtful and engaged Slack community, plus 160+ newsletter subscribers, 890+ LinkedIn followers and almost 100 Instagram followers. And each of those people (I can only assume!) is in support of supporting working moms!

Thanks for being a part of this world! 🧜‍♀️ 

🫶 Kate

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🌐 COMMUNITY NOTES 🌐

  • Welcome to our newest members: Danielle and Gouthami! 👋 

  • Congrats to Leila, Nicole, Danielle, and Kate, who are all part of the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center’s Milestone Circles program.

  • ICYMI, here are the prompts 🔒️ from last Friday’s workshop. It was such a special hour of connecting with one another and with our ideal visions of ourselves. I encourage everyone to take the time to complete the exercise!

  • We are going to start using Gatheround as our virtual meeting space. It’s a fun start up that is all about revolutionizing workplace cultures. (And though we are not a workplace, we do like both “revolutionizing” and “culture”! 🙃)

    • See the events section below and sign up to test drive/play around with me!

  • Speaking of PLAY 🛝, that’s the theme of Jess’s coaching conversations this week! 👇️ 

  • And lastly, shoutout to Jess for her new partnership with neli: The Motherhood Initiative! (You will move mountains! We are so lucky to have you in our corner (and our #coaches-corner🔒️) Jess!)

🗓️ UPCOMING EVENTS 🗓️
(Newly added or updated events are highlighted. Coaching is limited to WM Slack group members, but all others are open to the public!)

  • Wed, May 22 @ 11:00AM - Coaching Convo with Jess (RSVP)

  • Thur, May 23 @ 6:30PM - Coaching Convo with Jess (RSVP)

  • Tue, May 28 @ 2:00PM - Gatheround Playground with Kate (RSVP)

  • Wed, May 29 @ 11:00AM - Coaching Convo with Jess (RSVP)

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

  • Mon, June 3 @ 11:30AM - Working Mom Speed Networking (RSVP)

  • Tue, June 4 @12:00PM - Author Chat: L’Oreal Thompson Payton (RSVP)

🧵 THREADS OF NOTE 🧵 

  • OUR FIRST WM BABY WAS BORN!!! (squee!🔒️)

  • When to start bringing your child to the dentist? (weigh in!🔒️)

  • Foster puppy pics (awwww!🔒️)

  • Toddler dance party win (watch!🔒️)

  • Garden growth (ooo and ahh!🔒️)

  • Getting in the reading habit early (high five!🔒️)

  • A theater kid blossoming (applaud!🔒️)

  • How to stay close to your partner during infant stage? (weigh in!🔒️)

  • Another school year, another round of teacher cuts (commiserate!🔒️)

  • Recs for deet-free bug spray? (weigh in!🔒️)

  • Field day fun (high five!🔒️)

  • Job interview progress (celebrate!🔒️)

  • Feeling recharged after a weekend away (applaud!🔒️)

  • “Coming out of the valley” stories (share yours!🔒️)

  • Finances and multiple kids? (weigh in!🔒️)

  • Tips to keep little ones occupied (add yours!🔒️)

  • Happy first birthday to this cutie patootie (celebrate!🔒️)

  • Anyone with a connection to the marketing team at Starbucks? (make an introduction!🔒️)

Member Recs:

🔦 NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT 🔦 

🔗 Amelie Barry | Occupational Therapist
👨‍👩‍👧 Kids: Mom to Neve, 4 months
📍 Location: Grand Junction, CO
💗 Favorite thing about WM: there is no right or wrong thing to post… just moms raising up moms!
🍕 Favorite food: pizza, especially gourmet unique pizzas
📚️ Reading right now: Escape by Carolyn Jessop: escaping the FLDS church with her nine children and becoming the first mother to gain full custody from a FLDS marriage. Heartwrenching!
🛫 Recent travel: to Mexico for the last two weeks of my maternity leave — it was fantastic!
🐕️ Pets: also mom to a mixed breed from the 4 corners reservations, named Sage
🎯 Goal for the upcoming year: maintain full time work, work out 2-3x week and be an awesome mom!

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