Mothers Running Businesses From Home
It’s a hard time to be a parent, and even more so for mothers running businesses from home like Monica Cravotta, Cristina Bocanegra, and Candice Hahn. Listen as they discuss the unique challenges facing them and many other mothers and entrepreneurs at this time.
What you’ll find out
- What tips can you provide for juggling changing management in the workplace and virtual learning as parents?
- How can working moms still be effective in the workplace post-COVID?
- What is the resiliency toolkit and the Seven Principles?
Key takeaways
- “The working part is what I do for myself, to keep myself stimulated, and to keep my brain active, and to set a role model for my daughter to understand what it means to do hard work, and to put something back into the world that has good.” — Candice Hahn
- “As moms, we feel like at times we’re the only one and I think some of the good that’s come from shelter-in-place, and the lockdown, and the pandemic is we’re all in this and I think there’s now a collective sort of like, sigh of relief, like you get me.” — Cristina Bocanegra
- “The last (principle) is Moxy. This is generally letting go of the need for praise, or approval, or sympathy to really come into your own.” — Monica Cravotta
Who you’ll hear from
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