💌 WM Digest | May 7, 2024

Thanks for your patience while I get this week’s digest out! I’ve had to prioritize some client work, plus I took most of the day off yesterday for an early Mother’s Day spa treat. 🧖‍♀️

What are you doing for Mother’s Day this year? (Feel free to drop it in the #wins channel, or perhaps you need a #pep-talk?) No matter how you are feeling about this weekend, just know that you are celebrated and held by the Working Moms community!

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🌐 COMMUNITY NOTES 🌐

• Welcome to our newest members: Alicia, Ashley, and Andrea! 👋 

  • (And if you’ve joined in the last 3 weeks and haven’t introduced yourself yet, please do!)

• ATTN bookworms: go vote for (1) book club chat dates/times with L’Oreal Thompson Payton and (2) upcoming book club picks over in #book-club by this Friday!

• Speaking of book club, what are your thoughts on Stop Waiting for Perfect so far? 👂️ 

• Coaching has been moved to Thursdays for this month! #coaches-corner has the latest, and our events calendar also reflects this.

• Our 5/17 workshop registration is live — free for members and $15 suggestion ticket for everyone else (see #events-and-replays for the discount code)!👇️ 

🗓️ UPCOMING EVENTS 🗓️
(Newly added or updated events are highlighted.)

• Thurs, May 9 @ 12:00PM - Coaching Convo with Jess (RSVP)

• Thurs, May 16 @ 12:00PM - Coaching Convo with Jess (RSVP)

• Thurs, May 16 @ 6:30PM - Coaching Convo with Jess (RSVP)

• Thurs, May 16 @ 8:30PM - 9:00PM CT - Speed Networking (RSVP)

• Fri, May 17, 10:00AM - 11:00AM - Workshop - Mother’s Vision: Establishing a Blueprint for the Mom you Want to Be (RSVP)

🧵 THREADS OF NOTE 🧵 

• Kids say the darndest things! (weigh in!)

• A new job offer, including a successful PTO negotiation! (celebrate!)

• Getting hopes up (and then feeling let down) re: a possible new client (weigh in!)

• Nap schedules for a 5-month old? (weigh in!)

• Caring for aging parents — new channel in the works! (weigh in!)

• Not appreciating “Teacher Appreciation Week” (weigh in!)

• Tips for relieving infant congestion? (weigh in!)

• Celebrating short term work while searching for something more permanent (congratulate!)

• Tips for wfh with a nanny? (weigh in!)

• Thoughts on kids’ behavior reflecting on you as a parent? (weigh in!)

• Getting back into journaling! (high five!)

• Diving feet first into the PTA as an American ex-pat (celebrate!)

• A first day of unemployment that started on a difficult note and ended on a better note!

🤓 COMMUNITY RECS 🤓 

• This massage chair

• This digital journal app

• This coloring journal

🔦 NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT 🔦 

🔗 Vivian Toledo Augusto | Top Customer Experience Voice | I develop Customer Success & Experience | Technology | Operations | Innovation | Customer Service | SaaS | Startups | CS Mentoring | Strategic Planning
👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Kids: 8 and 2,5
📍 Location: São Paulo, Brazil
💗 Favorite thing about WM: Being surrounded by strong women
😋 Favorite Food: Pizza
🎥 Favorite Movie: Legally Blonde
🌊 Favorite Way to Relax: Chatting with friends

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