The Working Mom's S.O.S with Kacey Hartung

Mindfulness at Work

Kacey Hartung is one of the valued team members of Cara Pollard Coaching. She is a working mom, manager, and life coach who brings a wealth of experience, knowledge, and expertise to this discussion.

Listen as we discuss the many trials and tribulations exhausted, working moms are facing. We discuss all of it and offer some suggestions for helping working moms-especially at this time. It all starts with communication and acknowledging how hard this is!

Kacey's created a quote card deck and one card is aptly named: The working mom SOS- Aka Save our Sanity! To order and find out more:

https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/working-mom

Moms are worried about teaching their kids online while working from home. They worry about it all, even the seemingly small fact that their child didn’t learn to make the “L” properly in cursive and their kids will be behind.

We examine the definition of a good parent, success, and the impossible dream of having it all- at least at the same time.

Cara shares what she often tells her clients- “Failure is not an option, in terms of the relationship with your child "!

“What does success mean to you?” Kacey asks her clients. She continues, “What is success? Working 40 hours a week and being done might be your definition and that’s OK because your definition will change with every phase of raising your child.” Why? Because she says-

“It’s all a phase and only phase” it really isn’t forever but that’s easy to see in hindsight.

Some of Casey’s clients and employees have told her that they have to strive for that next gold ring but young moms may have to say to themselves that they must adjust their choices and if that includes striving for the next ring then they need to get more help! If not, they may have to go into a neutral state at work - a status quo zone -and both choices are great!

Companies and parents have to adapt and adjust. We get tied up in rules and that everything should look orderly and remain stringent. We have to recognize rules will change and we will survive them- whatever they are -because we have to. That includes what school might look like in the Fall. We know one thing, it won’t look normal! So now we have to move forward and be flexible.

We hope to offer compassion, advice, and a little relief for working moms. We see you, we hear you, we applaud you!!!

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To reach Kacey and for further info:-http://www.balancedheartcoaching.com/

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