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My mom tried to tell me that there’s “proof” Jesus existed. Like, I’m sure that some dude named Jesus did exist, and was born in Bethlehem, in the 3rd century. But we have no proof that he was the reincarnated flesh vessel of an all powerful deity.

No evidence of the resurrection, the miracles, the supposed good news. And even if Jesus did go around proclaiming to be the messiah, these days we call that psychotic delusion. Thousands of years ago, science wasn’t as advanced as it is now, and religion was all people had. Anyways

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There cannot be a good cohabitation between radical feminism and religion. It simply isn’t possible and it’s a core idea of this activism. I understand that some women out there want to reconcile the two but really you’re holding on to that just like women really into make up and contouring, not leaving the house without it, can be holding on to that habit and still think it’s a feminist act. You have to take distance and therefore see sexism for what it is, where it infiltrates. All the most popular religions, monotheistic and/or seemingly ancestral, are based on showing a profound misogynistic face, among other biases. It is everywhere in those “holy” texts, if not explicit then implied heavily.

You want to save your favourite toys because you have found comfort in them or out of habit, because you were raised like that, but what about really fighting for women liberation ? The purpose of radical feminism ? We aren’t here to play games and round off the corners, this isn’t easy but ultimately that’s the job we are here for. It’s not just about facing the issues other women face (not yours personally), it’s about seeing them all and fighting them all. Sometimes this means you have to confront yourself, your beliefs, what has been taught to you. Whether that’s female socialisation or how religion has been used by men since their very creation to convey their sexist perception of women and legitimised it by pretending an almighty being was responsible for it and therefore that it could be nothing but true. Radical feminism has always been and will always criticise religion as it is necessary in order to have women be less dependent on ideologies that keep us chained.

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World Religion Resources (Part 2)

Hermeticism:

Hermeticism

Hermeticism and the 7 Principles

What is Hermeticism?

The God Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus

The 7 Hermetic Laws

The All, the Supreme Deity

The Hermes’ and Hermeticism

The Emerald Tablet of Hermes

The Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean

The Kybalion

The Corpus Hermeticum (Book)

The Stone of the Philosophers

Alchemy

Inner Hermetic Teachings (Book)

Hermetic Initiation

Hellenism (Greek Polytheism):

Mythos (Book)

The Creation Myth

Legends, Plays, and other Texts

Ancient Greek Religion

The Virtues of Hellenism

Theoi Greek Mythology

Dionysus Myths

The Rape of Persephone Myth

Greek Religion Beliefs

Gaia, the Earth

Rhea, the Mother Goddess

Zeus, King of the Gods

Hera, Queen of the Gods

Athena, the Illuminating Warrior

Athena Myths

Prometheus, the Martyr

Apollo, the Golden One

Aphrodite, Goddess of Desire

Poseidon, God of the Sea

Hades, God of Death and the Underworld

The Muses

The Fates

The Furies

Nymphs

Sirens

Gorgons

Harpies

Hymns to the Gods

Homeric Hymns

Hymns to Dionysus

Hades, the Underworld

Elysium

The Hellenic Ethnic Religion Explained (Video)

Celtic Polytheism:

Religion of the Celts

Beliefs and Practices

List of Deities

Encyclopedia of Myths and Folklore

Danu and Anu

The Tuatha De Danann

The Dagda, All-Father of Ireland

The Morrigan

The Morrigan and Her Sisters

Cernunnos

Cernunnos, God of the Wilds

Brigid

Brigid - Goddess and Saint

Goddess Brigid

The Legend of Cú Chulainn

Nuada of the Silver Arm

Celtic Pagan Prayers

The Ogham

Making Offerings

The Aos Si and Faeries

Asatru (Nordic Polytheism):

Asatru

Asatru Facts

Lore and Texts

The Creation Myth

Ragnarok

The Death of Baldur

The Nine Worlds

Yggdrasil

The Bifrost

Odin, the All-Father

Frigg, Queen of the Gods

Thor

Freyja

Hel, Queen of the Underworld

Loki, the Malicious Trickster

Fenrir, the Devourer

The Valkyries

The Elves

The Dwarves

Land Spirits

The Wild Hunt

Nordic Shamanism: Seidr

Courses in Seidr

Seidr

The Runes

Runes and Rune Magic

Rune Magic Handbook

Asatru Music - Wardruna

Slavic Polytheism:

Deities and Myths

Slavic Gods

Top 10 Deities

Veles

Perun

Lada

Goddess Lada

Goddess Mokosh

Triglav, the Three-Headed God

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A friendly reminder that if you mean Christian you should stop generalizing it to "Judeo-Christian" or "Abrahamic" or "faithful/faith-based" or especially "religious". There are, fun fact, other religions in the world.

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Dear youngins,

When you start a job, WRITE DOWN THE DATE YOU STARTED. Also the date you ended, if it ended. Write down the address. Write down the supervisors name.

You have NO IDEA how many forms this will be on. Seriously. I dont care if you have to email it to yourself on your hello kitty email or something, write it down and keep it. 

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For given that death is coming no matter what we choose to do, is it not better to burn out in an exciting life, than to fade away in monotony and boredom?

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To move forward in life requires being open to possibilities, but this entails experiencing the dizziness of anxiety. Without an ability to co-exist with anxiety and take action in the presence of it we would be unable to pursue risks, explore the unknown, and determine the limits of our capabilities. We would be unable to stand openly towards the future and choose among the possibilities that appear before us, nor able to utilize our power to create new possibilities that have never before seen the light of day.

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you are an existing person, a human being; do you treat this fact with the seriousness and respect it demands? Or would you rather avoid the question?” 

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The NYPD deleted this tweet, but the fact is they proudly displayed having caught people who took diapers and cough medicine.

Basic. Necessities.

This is not public safety. This is cruelty on display.

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REVAMP YOUR WHOLE LIFE !

“what does “revamp” mean?”

revamp means to give new and improved form ! to renovate, redecorate, & refurnish.

you deserve a opulent, high end lifestyle. you deserve all the best things in life regardless of your history. don’t let the past dictate your future. you deserve absolutely everything you desire. if you desire it, you are meant to have it.

“but.. isn’t it too late for me to revamp my entire life? :/“

no !! it is never too late. you know why ? because time doesn’t exist. time does not change. only matter changes. when we are feeling nervous about our manifestations not happening "in time" we have to stop and remember that time isn't going to change to get us what we want. only the bridge of incidents, which includes people, places, and things, can change to get us to the ideal reality that we desire. If you think of "time" as a constant unchanging line, in which you move from moment to moment, then you can easily change the way you view your past and your future. for example, i can affirm that my younger self is loved, supported, and nourished now because that moment technically still exists in the timeline that I have been traveling. the same exact concept can be applied to the future.

“amazing! now how do i revamp my entire life? :)”

you have GOT to let go of the old story. i literally want you to visualize your old story/self in a casket. close the casket & BURY it. never, ever think back to the old story until you completely revamp your entire life. once you do, you can go back to the grave site and laugh all you want, knowing that it had ZERO power over you. 💌

BE DEDICATED & BE SERIOUS. if you really want to step into your ideal life, actually be consistent and persist. you can’t put in the only small amount of work you have to do for one day & then go back on tumblr bombarding different loa blogger’s asks + messages or scrolling through tumblr trying to find more loa info. get off of tumblr. seriously. i promise you, you’re not missing anything. once you come back from successfully revamping your life THEN you can bombard our inbox’s (with your success stories)💌

always remember, the 3D is NOT your enemy. we all should know this by now. i don’t care if your 3D is showing you’re broke living in a trailer with no roof & no money. it is all past assumptions only to remind you that it can be changed when we change our attention and focus. 💌

LAST BUT NOT LEAST..

HAVE FUN !

4. life is literally your creation my love !! feel free to re-customize your reality any time you like.

think about what you want your clothes to look like, your daily lifestyle, your body, your friend group, all of that! once you finish, make pinterest boards & picture those images as they are your very own !

i’ll give board examples below <3

body 💌

lifestyle 💌

friendspo 💌

clothes 💌

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I moderated a panel discussion where the participants shared their stories and life experiences by addressing three poignant and thought provoking questions.

The first question was tell us about an important career or business decision you have made; given the insight you have now in the outcome…“What you would have done differently?”

If I asked that question of myself, I would have to say there are many things I would have done and/or would do differently.

Early on in my career, referring to one particular manager, I received feedback in the form of high praise when things went right or harsh criticism when they didn’t. But I never really got the here’s how you could, or you might want to try…from that manager. Needless to say I wasn’t the only person who was treated that way and yes, the manager didn’t last long.

What I did differently: when I became a trainer I spent a great deal of time observing and evaluating whether someone should be hired and if so, determining what kind of training and support they could need to be successful. As I worked with my trainees I developed a feedback process of 3 things they did well and 3 things that needed improvement or change. The later usually centered on being on time, having done their homework or research and being fully prepared. I still see those as the same top 3 areas that need to be addressed in the workplace today.

Running Late!

Being on time, that one always perplexed me. I always believed if you asked for an appointment with someone you should be on time. While it was never said it to me, that manager would say to other people “you need to be on time,” like that would fix the problem of being late. I on the other hand would suggest to my trainees that we get to the meeting site, set-up for the presentation and then IF we had time, get a cup of coffee and check voicemail/email. I would also fly in the night before to make sure I was there for an early morning appointment, just in case there were flight delays. I also would travel at the end of my work day to get to the next work location, and then check into a hotel in that city rather than making a long drive in the morning in case of weather or other unforeseen traffic delays.

Be Prepared! Whether it was making sure you have enough presentation packets or that the PowerPoint presentation launches properly with the laptop and LCD projector, it’s really about attention to detail and planning ahead. I would always say let’s bring a few extras just in case there are extra attendees and I am famous for having a copy of the presentation on my desktop, on a CD and USB drive as backup-just in case.

Research-now it could be that I am very inquisitive, but I always feel more prepared if I know about the company, the person in charge of the decision making process and who else they are considering, i.e. the competition. There is great power in knowledge. Knowing your competition’s weaknesses helps you tailor how to present your strengths. If you are familiar with what the prospective company does, who their clients are and what is important to their success you essentially have a road map of how and what to present to them. Knowing something about the person you are trying to persuade to choose you over someone else who is just as qualified is also very important. What are their hot buttons and past or present concerns? Think of an interview situation where you knew the person asking the questions versus one where you had just met the interviewer. You will have a very different interaction with someone you know very little about versus someone you are acquainted with. Using the internet you can Google someone and find out all kinds of information about a person, like where they went to school, where they used to work and with Facebook and LinkedIn you can even find out who you know that they know.

Insight is often referred to as being introspective; the understanding of cause and effect as it relates to a specific situation or some might even say an epiphany!

What I do differently now? I have realized that accountability is something that is learned, but only if someone wants to be.

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Poets are never young, in one sense. Their delicate ear hears the far-off whispers of eternity, which coarser souls must travel towards for scores of years before their dull sense is touched by them. A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

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Dealing effectively with emotions is a key leadership skill. And naming our emotions — what psychologists call labeling — is an important first step in dealing with them effectively. But it’s harder than it sounds; many of us struggle to identify what exactly we are feeling, and often times the most obvious label isn’t actually the most accurate.

There are a variety of reasons why this is so difficult: We’ve been trained to believe that strong emotions should be suppressed. We have certain (sometimes unspoken) societal and organizational rules against expressing them. Or we’ve never learned a language to accurately describe our emotions. Consider these two examples:

Neena is in a meeting with Jared and the whole time he has been saying things that make her want to explode. In addition to interrupting her at every turn, he’s reminded everyone again about that one project she worked on that failed. She’s so angry.

Mikhail gets home after a long day and sighs as he hangs up his coat. His wife asks if anything’s wrong. “I’m just stressed,” he says, pulling out laptop his to finish a report.

Anger and stress are two of the emotions we see most in the workplace — or at least those are the terms we use for them most frequently. Yet they are often masks for deeper feelings that we could and should describe in more nuanced and precise ways, so that we develop greater levels of emotional agility, a critical capability that enables us to interact more successfully with ourselves and the world (more on emotional agility in my new book of the same name, available here).

Yes, Neena may be mad, but what if she is also sad? Sad that her project failed, and maybe also anxious that that failure is going to haunt her and her career. With Jared interrupting her so frequently, that anxiety feels increasingly justified. Why didn’t the project work? And what’s going to become of her job now? All of these emotions feed into her anger, but they are also separate feelings that she should identify and address.

And what if what’s behind Mikhail’s stress is the fact that he’s just not sure he’s in the right career? Long days used to be fun — why aren’t they any more? He’s surely stressed, but what’s going on under that?

These questions open up a world of potential inquiry and answers for Neena and Mikhail. Like them, we need a more nuanced vocabulary for emotions, not just for the sake of being more precise, but because incorrectly diagnosing our emotions makes us respond incorrectly. If we think we need to attend to anger, we’ll take a different approach than if we’re handling disappointment or anxiety — or we might not address them at all.

It’s been shown that when people don’t acknowledge and address their emotions, they display lower wellbeing and more physical symptoms of stress, like headaches. There is a high cost to avoiding our feelings. On the flip side, having the right vocabulary allows us to to see the real issue at hand–to take a messy experience, understand it more clearly, and build a roadmap to address the problem.

Here are three ways to get a more accurate and precise sense of your emotions:

Broaden your emotional vocabulary

Words matter. If you’re experiencing a strong emotion, take a moment to consider what to call it. But don’t stop there: once you’ve identified it, try to come up with two more words that describe how you are feeling. You might be surprised at the breadth of your emotions — or that you’ve unearthed a deeper emotion buried beneath the more obvious one.

Here’s a vocabulary list of emotion terms; you can find much more by searching Google for any one of these.

It’s equally important to do this with “positive” emotions as well as “negative” ones. Being able to say that you are excited about a new job (not just “nervous”) or trusting of a colleague (not just “he’s nice”), for example, will help you set your intentions for the role or the relationship in a way that is more likely to lead to success down the road.

Consider the intensity of the emotion

We’re apt to leap to basic descriptors like “angry” or “stressed” even when our feelings are far less extreme. I had a client Ed (not his real name) who was struggling in his marriage; he frequently described his wife as “angry” and got angry frequently in return. But as the vocabulary chart suggests, every emotion comes in a variety of flavors. When we talked about other words for his wife’s emotions, Ed saw that there were times that she was perhaps just annoyed or impatient. This insight transformed their relationship because he could suddenly see that she wasn’t just angry all the time. This meant he could actually respond to her specific emotion and concern without getting angry himself. Similarly, it matters in your own self-assessment whether you are angry or just grumpy, mournful or just dismayed, elated or just pleased.

As you label your emotions, also rate them on a scale of 1-10. How deeply are you feeling the emotion? How urgent is it, or how strong? Does that make you choose a different set of words?

Write it out

James Pennebaker has done 40 years of research into the links between writing and emotional processing. His experiments revealed that people who write about emotionally charged episodes experience a marked increase in their physical and mental well-being. Moreover, in a study of recently laid-off workers, he found that those who delved into their feelings of humiliation, anger, anxiety, and relationship difficulties were three times more likely to have been reemployed than those in control groups.

These experiments also revealed that over time those who wrote about their feelings began to develop insights into what those feelings meant (or didn’t mean!), using phrases such as “I have learned,” “It struck me that,” “The reason that,” “I now realize,” and “I understand.” The process of writing allowed them to gain a new perspective on their emotions and to understand them and their implications more clearly.

Here’s an exercise you can use to reflect through writing. You could do this every day, but it’s particularly useful when you’re going through a tough time or a big transition, or if you’re feeling emotional turmoil—or if you’ve had a difficult experience that you think you haven’t quite processed..

Set a timer for 20 minutes

Using either a notebook or computer, write about your emotional experiences from the past week, month, or year.

Don’t worry about making it perfect or readable: go where your mind takes you.

At the end, you don’t have to save the document; the point is that those thoughts are now out of you and on the page.

You can also use these three approaches—broadening your vocabulary, noting the intensity of an emotion, and writing it out—when trying to better understand another person’s emotions. As we saw with the example of Ed and his wife, we are just as likely to mislabel someone else’s emotions as our own, with similarly complicating consequences. By more understanding what they are feeling more precisely, you will be better equipped to respond in a constructive way.

Once you understand what you are feeling, then you can better address and learn from those more accurately described emotions. (If you want to assess your own Emotional Agility, here is a link to a quiz.) If Neena addresses the sadness and regret she feels in the wake of her failed project — as well as the anxiety about what it means for her career — that is more productive than trying to figure out how to deal with her anger at Jared. And if Mikhail can recognize his own career anxiety, he can start to craft a plan to build his future more deliberately — rather than simply miring himself in more of the same work when he gets home each night.

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Dear Ascend,

I’m very fortunate in my life that a lot of things are going well with me! I’m recently engaged, I just got a promotion, and I’m planning to apply for a part-time MBA program. However, I can’t help but worry about when I’m going to have kids.

It feels like all these opportunities are unfolding at the same time, and I wonder: How do women progress in their career, go back to school, and still bear children at a reasonable age? I know it’s complicated and everyone is different, but any stories of how women get through an MBA program and manage a family is welcome.

Sincerely,

I Want It All

We asked Danna Greenberg, author of Maternal Optimism: Forging Positive Paths through Work and Motherhood and the Walter H. Carpenter Professor of Organizational Behavior at Babson College, to weigh in.

Dear IWIA,

Congratulations on all these exciting life changes. A promotion, a marriage, and starting an MBA program are all progressions that signify you are thriving in your life and your career. Still, even positive changes can be stressful.

I remember back to my own early career: I found myself juggling entry into a PhD program, being recently engaged, anticipating a move to Europe, and worrying about how and when we might integrate a family into our already full life. While you are specifically asking how you will “get through an MBA program and manage a family,” I think you are really asking, “How will I become the working mother I want to be?”

So let me share with you some perspective that I wish I could share with my younger self. Integrating work and family is not always easy, and it definitely will not unfold as you expect. Yet, know that you have time, and there is space to create the rich, meaningful life and career you desire. At the stage you are at — what we call “envisioning working mother” in our book, Maternal Optimism — there are five steps you can take to create a strong foundation for building the life you want in the future.

Know there is no “ideal time” to start a family.

We first need to talk about what it means to be a “reasonable age” to start a family. Women’s responses to this question will vary depending on their family background, ethnicity, race, religion, and even geographic location. Despite these differences, what professional women often think of as a “reasonable age” is actually quite different from what is a reasonable age.

In the United States, the average age of first-time mothers is around 28 years old. In other developed countries, the average age is 31 years old. For college-educated women, this number is even higher: Half of women with master’s degrees start a family after they are 30. In fact, the number of women ages 30 to 34 who are first-time mothers is higher than women aged 25 to 29.

All of this means that a reasonable age for professional women to start a family is more likely to be in one’s 30s, not 20s. And many women find there are benefits to starting a family in their 30s, as they may be more established in their careers and have more power at home and at work to create the work/family life they desire. So the next time a kind but uninformed family member, friend, or even boss asks you when you plan to start a family, feel free to let them know that their expectations may not match the reality of professional women’s lives in 2021.

Take control of your reproductive health.

With that being said, we do need to talk about women’s health. For those assigned female at birth who are looking to conceive (as opposed to adopt) children, the real concern about “reasonable age” is typically a fear about infertility and “advanced maternal age.” While the media may stoke these fears, they are not unfounded. Approximately 15% of couples within reproductive age will struggle with fertility, and about one-third of women over 35 who are trying to conceive may experience challenges.

Instead of worrying about future infertility, ask yourself: “What can I do now to take control of my reproductive health?” A visit to your OB/GYN should not just be about birth control and an annual exam — it should also be about understanding your fertility. An analysis of family reproductive history, a discussion of lifestyle choices and current medications and supplements, and basic tests on hormone levels and egg count can provide you with a better understanding of your reproductive health.

If your partner is male, you’ll want to ask about male reproductive health since 40% of infertility issues partially or fully stem from the male partner. Egg freezing is expensive, but explore this option with your doctor and find out if it is a benefit your employer, or partner’s employer, provides. In short, taking the time now to understand your reproductive health can help you manage your anxiety and make more informed decisions about when you should try to start your family.

“Lean” into your career.

Once you better understand your timeline, your next step is to make sure you’re not making career choices today based on your visions of the future. When my female students come to me to discuss career options, I too often hear, “I want to go into XYZ industry, because it will be an easier career for integrating work/family.” Even my own daughter was advised to pursue one career path over another because it would give her greater flexibility when she had a family.

Similar to expectations about “reasonable age,” we often have false assumptions that some careers are more family-friendly than others. From the work side, how easy or difficult it is to integrate work/family will depend more on the organization you are working for, your direct work colleagues, and your boss — not on the industry you are in.

So rather than strategizing about a family-friendly industry, young professional women should focus their energy on expanding their skills, gaining new experience, and leaning into their careers. When women have power in an organization, they are more confident in advocating for what they want and are more successful in negotiating the work/life arrangement they desire.

You can build that power now by positioning yourself for the next promotion, pursuing a graduate degree, or accepting a stretch assignment. These early career experiences increase the value you bring to your current team and organization, they increase your marketability, and they increase your confidence in your professional role. When you are ready to start a family, you can leverage your professional power. Whether it is a non-traditional maternity leave, a graduated return to work, or a flexible work arrangement, you will have an easier time advocating for yourself and getting what you want if you have already established yourself professionally.

Explore different work/family paths.

As you lean into your career, there are steps you can take to better understand what life as a working mother might look like for you. Rather than wondering and worrying about how you will integrate family into your busy life, focus on what you can learn now so that you can make better decisions later.

One way to do this is to look for vicarious role models: people in your life who already are doing the work you aspire to do. Start paying attention to the varied ways other people — at work and in your personal life — are integrating work and parenthood. Take note of what you admire and what you don’t.

Consider inviting a working parent you admire to share their work/life story with you. In your invitation, you can share that while you are not yet ready to start a family of your own, you are reaching out to a few people you admire to learn more about how they have made their own work/family choices and what advice they might have for someone early in their career.

Questions you might want to ask include: How did they decide when to start a family? How have they navigated two careers and caregiving? What have been their biggest challenges? What have they learned in hindsight? If you are specifically focused on an MBA, you might ask the university you plan to attend to put you in touch with women who have pursued an MBA while starting a family to learn from their experiences in that specific program.

As you point out, work/family integration is different for each person. Asking people about their stories enables you to better understand their choices and the messiness behind what may look like someone who is “doing it all.”

For instance, younger colleagues often tell me how much they admire how I have been able to have a “successful” academic career while raising three children. What they don’t see, if they don’t ask, is the years where I worked part-time because it matched my caregiving ambitions. During those years, I worried endlessly about my research productivity and long-term career prospects. There were years where my partner and I both invested heavily in our careers and relied more on paid and family child care, and of course worried about those choices. And there is the period now, where it appears as if my entire work/family story has been about continually advancing in my career and raising young adult children who are thriving.

Having these conversations now can help you begin to think about what you might want to do when you find yourself navigating pregnancy or adoption, returning to work, and embarking on working motherhood.

Establish a solid partnership at home.

Beyond putting your career and reproductive health in order, this is also the time to get your home life in order. The pandemic has exposed ongoing gender inequities when it comes to work/family. In dual-career couples, working mothers still shoulder most of the responsibility of caring for children and carrying the mental load of managing the household. Even in same-sex partnerships, one partner typically takes on the majority of the unpaid work. Yet, an egalitarian home partnership is one of the most important factors in helping working mothers thrive at work and at home.

The time to establish a more equal home partnership is now — before you introduce children into your work/family mix. Pre-children, women should assess if they have fallen into gendered household patterns where one partner is doing the cooking, cleaning, and shopping, and the other partner is managing finances and yard work. Women also want to look at family caregiving responsibilities and consider if keeping connected with relatives, remembering birthdays, and coordinating family and friend gatherings is all falling to them.

The home management routines couples establish before children sets the stage for how they will manage caregiving in the future. Different strategies couples can use to establish more egalitarian home responsibilities include having formal weekly or monthly household management conversations, creating shared calendars or to-do lists, or using workflow management tools, such as Slack or Trello.

If you and your partner actively share household and caregiving responsibilities prior to starting your family, you are more likely to be active co-parents after children are added to the mix.

When young women begin to think about work and motherhood, they often are fearful about the future. We assume work/family is a seesaw, and if work is up family is down. Yet, we forget that work/family can, and often is, mutually beneficial. Becoming a parent can help people become more self-aware, more empathetic, and develop new skills and relationships that help them thrive at work and become more successful leaders. Having a rich, meaningful career can help you be a better parent, as it provides perspective, meaning, and greater economic stability. Planning now and remembering to look for the wins rather than losses is the best way to prepare for your future life as a working mother.

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If you work all day and then come home to make dinner, clean house, and do laundry, you'll probably gladly choose to get to bed at a reasonable hour. If you don't, you'll pay for it the next day by being exhausted at work.