Working moms redefining maternity leave
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On the surface, maternity leave is simple: You have a baby, you take time off work to take care of yourself and your baby, and then you go back to work. More from TODAY. com David Axelrod shaves off 40-year-old mustache for epilepsy President Obama’s senior strategist David Axelrod had to have a stiff upper lip to handle Republican criticism during the... The 2012 White House holiday card stars Bo! It's #ThrowbackThursday! Matt picks a vintage shot But now a new breed of working mom is quickly redefining the concept. From Marissa Mayer, who assumed the helm as CEO of Yahoo while six months pregnant and announced she’d only be taking “a few weeks of leave” that she’d “work through,” to moms who use the “downtime” to launch new businesses, they’ve certainly changed the new mommy landscape.
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Bridget O’Brien
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| 0.0885108 | “My maternity leave was my security blanket,” agrees Bridget O’Brien, ... |
| 0 | “My maternity leave was my security blanket,” agrees Bridget O’Brien, a former New York City school teacher who used her time away two years ago to found her own PR and event planning firm. “For years, I had been doing event planning free of charge for friends, nonprofits and charities. Working as a public school teacher in New York City is a noble job, but I hated the political aspect behind the scenes.” |
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Ford Myers
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| -0.162784 | “Women hear over and over again the message that they’re supposed to be able to manage it all—a career and a family. When it comes to taking maternity leave, there are very real fears of being seen as uncompetitive or dispensable,” says Ford Myers, ... |
| -0.121202 | “Women hear over and over again the message that they’re supposed to be able to manage it all—a career and a family. When it comes to taking maternity leave, there are very real fears of being seen as uncompetitive or dispensable,” says Ford Myers, a career coach and author of “Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring.” |
| -0.0900829 | “What I tell my clients is that if their employer isn’t going to be understanding early that you need to take maternity leave for your own sake and for the well being of your child, they’re not going to be understanding later on, when it comes to doctors’ appointments, school meetings and more,” says Myers. |
| -0.162396 | “What I tell my clients is that if their employer isn’t going to be understanding early that you need to take maternity leave for your own sake and for the well being of your child, they’re not going to be understanding later on, when it comes to doctors’ appointments, school meetings and more,” says Myers. “So if you do end up losing this job as a result of having taken maternity leave … it probably wouldn’t have ended up working later on, either.” |
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Mayer
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| 0.0878923 | “The reality is that women notice and respond to those subtle societal pressures to be better, stronger and smarter, and they make choices accordingly,” says mom of two Samantha Krigsvold. |
| 0.0531459 | “The reality is that women notice and respond to those subtle societal pressures to be better, stronger and smarter, and they make choices accordingly,” says mom of two Samantha Krigsvold. “As a professional woman, breadwinner and mother of two young children, my choice to take an abbreviated maternity leave was absolutely tied to an underlying pressure to prove I could handle it all.” |
| -0.0302047 | “Any woman who says she wants to go back to work full time as soon as possible after giving birth is not being honest with herself,” argues Krigsvold. |
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Marissa Mayer
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| 0.18066 | “For some women, working through pregnancy or using the same set of skills used on the job while on leave may be an effort to maintain normalcy,” says Jonathan Alpert, ... |
| 0.140202 | “For some women, working through pregnancy or using the same set of skills used on the job while on leave may be an effort to maintain normalcy,” says Jonathan Alpert, psychotherapist and author of “Be Fearless: Change Your Life in 28 Days.” |
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| -0.135438 | “Women get stuck in a cycle of fear where they can’t see all the other things that are important in life,” says Shari Goldsmith, ... |
| -0.054331 | “Women get stuck in a cycle of fear where they can’t see all the other things that are important in life,” says Shari Goldsmith, a life coach and mental health therapist. “It’s often difficult to be a woman in a workplace, and some fears related to falling behind may be valid.” |
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Charissa Duncan Mathews
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| 0 | “I believe every mother deserves proper recovery time, and only the mother can determine what the ‘right’ amount of time is for her,” says Charissa Duncan Mathews, ... |
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Slate
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