I am honored to win the 2016 Community Media Rika Welch leadership award for community impact; a testimony to the Guests who shared their stories on MidLIFE Matters. In addition, an 2018 interview I did with Judith Altmann, a Holocaust Survivor, won an award. In 2020 and 2021 two other awards acknowledged the content of interviews dealing with Child Sex Trafficking in CT and Non-Profit leadership. In 2023 MidLIFE Matters won First Place for a Profile Talk Show.Momma Said ...
Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 07:52AM 'Balancing' work and motherhood is all in the news, with the 37-yr old CEO of Yahoo! pregnant for the first time, and the Atlantic article about 'Having It All - not!' My view? As a first-time mother at 37, with the biggest job of my life, my worlds collided. Even though I grew up with a working mom, and she was now taking care of my daughter, and I had plenty of money for other services, and a husband who cooked, and strong organizational skills ... it took six years, but at 44 I said "there has to be another way." Motherhood is not the only reason I left corporate for independent consulting, but it sure helped me take that proverbial step off the cliff. Maria Shriver's mom told her 'you can do it all, just not all at the same time.' My (less famous, but equally wise) mom said 'your world is going to change 180 degrees.' I think when it comes to bringing up baby, it's still a man's world. And maybe that's a good thing -- in the end, they miss out on so much.
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