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5 podcast episodes every entrepreneur should listen to while planning their maternity leave

1. Megan Hale Episode #59 Megan Hale with Special Guest Hannah Poles    Megan shares her simple plan to focus her maternity leave planning efforts on 5 areas: Visibility, Growth, Revenue, Support, Non-negotiables   2. All Up in Your Lady Business Episode #61   Hosts podcast Jessica and Jaclyn discuss what they do in order to […]

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Six things you can do when you feel like you are making no forward progress in your business

This sucky sucky feeling will appear (over and over) as you get used to becoming a working mother. Because #havingitall is a myth. Balance is a myth. You learn to redefine productivity, reorganize priorities, and centralize the wins that pre-baby might no have seemed like a big deal.    Don’t get me wrong, there is

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6 essential maternity leave planning principles

Maternity leave – It’s been all over the interwebs lately.  I’ve been doing some head nods as many major news outlets push for more generous parental leave and provide detailed reasons as to why this is important. (If you haven’t read these and are interested, check out this and this.) When you are a business owner, although

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Guest Post by Hannah Poles, Multiples Expert

After two Mama Story guest posts where Deborah Leigh-Lasarow and Racheal Cook both shared what postpartum life with twins was like, I knew I wanted to provide a little extra support for those of you expecting two (or more!) babies. Thank goodness for Multiples Experts like my friend and colleague Hannah Poles!!! She specializes in

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The Nitty Gritty Details behind running my consulting + coaching business

I’ve always been somewhat of a Nosy Nelly. Catching glimpses into other people’s lives is fascinating to me. I can never learn enough about how others think, make decisions, and perceive things. And while I can definitely see how being all up in somebody’s business could be annoying to those who are being, it worked

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New mamahood can be lonely, but it should never feel isolating

Alone. It’s an interesting word. Sometimes I really love it. I will literally ask my husband a leading question like: “don’t you want to go to the beach with your paddleboard for a few hours?” And then when he says “oh yeah, that sounds great” (assuming I want to go along), I’ll say something like

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