I met Jon McCoy and Becky Endicott, the hosts of the We Are For Good podcast, at a conference in 2022 and we clicked immediately. Our shared commitment to making the non-profit sector a better place to work has kept us connected.
I am so pleased to share this episode of We Are For Good that was released as part of their Mental Health Week series. We packed so much great conversation into this 28-minute episode. I opened up about my experience navigating mental health as a new mom – working through postpartum depression, anxiety and perinatal OCD.
My experience becoming a mother really shaped my drive to start Balanced Good – to create a business that works to reshape parental leave in the non-profit sector, while operating Balanced Good in a way that supports the mental health and wellbeing of my team.
Topics we cover in this episode:
- Why we need to engage in electoral processes and advocacy work to see legislative changes to parental leave policies in both Canada and the US
- The reasons new parents and first-time moms often fear parental leaves: the motherhood penalty, burnout, lack of support
- Why employers and managers need to invest in covering parental leaves in their team
- How we can prioritize wellbeing through seeing our staff holistically, as whole people with vibrant lives in and out of work
- Ways to combat burnout and the power of taking stock of your team’s workload to create more sustainable work cultures
Give it a listen and let us know what you think
