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goop’s Elise Loehnen calls for a work culture that allows people to be employees *and* parents at the same time

It's okay to admit that the balance shifts daily in a parent's life, and sometimes it's not perfect.

Are remote teams the solution to a working mom’s top problem?

Motherly cofounders used their instincts to help build a next generation business where remote teams—and parents—can thrive.

The scientific case for cutting long commutes for pregnant people (and the rest of us)

There are health benefits when pregnant women have shorter commutes.

3 ways to tackle your most-dreaded ‘adulting’ tasks in under 30 minutes

Being a grown-up isn't always fun, but it turns out that some of the things you've been procrastinating about the most aren't actually that bad.

Mindy Kaling is refreshingly honest about how #momlife surprised her

"I wasn't ready," she told USA Today. "I don't think anyone is ever ready. I definitely knew I wanted kids, but the decision, it was not something that I had, like, planned."

5 important lessons my working mom taught me about my career

2. Start strong from day one—don't wait for permission to launch your full potential.

Working mom guilt is real—but it doesn’t have to be

Each of these—children and work—can feel like a calling, we can feel devoted to both.

As a working mom, I don’t ‘have it all’—but I love everything I have

I still don't have it "all." What I do have is realistic expectations for what I can accomplish in a day.

Most parents feel like they’re failing during first year of parenthood

Way too many parents are internalizing blame they don't deserve.

To the woman who loves motherhood, but doesn’t feel defined by it

Being fully immersed in the deep, sometimes treacherous waters of raising tiny humans is wondrous, yes—and occasionally overwhelming.

Mindy Kaling gets honest about working mom guilt: ‘You always feel like you’re missing out’

"I literally think there's no world where I would always feel like I bond with her enough and was not shortchanging time with her," Kaling told the Hollywood Reporter.

When I first came back from maternity leave, I felt like I was better at my job than being a mom

But, little by little I started remembering why I founded my business in the first place. I remembered how wonderful my clients were and how satisfying it felt to use the intellectual part of my brain.

Does being a special needs mother make you a less valuable employee? Absolutely not

It is not like your hard-won professional skills have evaporated overnight the moment your child received their diagnosis.

Amazon’s looking to fill over 3,000 work-from-home jobs this spring 🙌

This could be a great gig for a parent.

Working motherhood is: Not traveling for 18 months so I could breastfeed my baby

Even local travel options were challenging.

This viral comic about working motherhood is so true

It's not really an even playing field.

Our childcare is provided entirely by my parents + my in-laws—but part of me still worried

I felt like going back to work meant the end of my time being my daughter's mom. In that way, it felt like her grandparents were going to become her new parents and I'd be chopped liver.

If I had my way, every working mom would have a life coach

Here's why.

Growing up with a working mom showed me what I can accomplish

It showed me that you can do all of this—you can be this brilliant, strong, woman—and you can still be a mom first.

Day care saved my motherhood

I have the incredible privilege of working from home, but I also felt like I was drowning.