Ashley Merrill on the Misconceptions About Being a Working Parent

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

theSkimm

Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Ashley Merrill, founder and chairwoman of the restwear brand Lunya, started the company when she was pregnant. As she built her brand, she was also growing her family, and her big career moments and her big parenting moments always seemed to align. On this episode, we spoke with Ashley about the misconceptions that being a parent is just a part time job, why we need to speak up about childcare support, and how she’s shifted her career as her children have gotten older. In this episode, Ashley shares: Why we need to adjust our expectations about being a working parent How she made the decision to hire a CEO for Lunya What it was like to run two businesses during COVID Why the flexibility of entrepreneurship isn’t always a good thing

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0:00.0	I think we have some misconception that having a baby is not a full-time job and I've
0:06.0	spoken super clear that is absolutely a full-time job.
0:10.3	So if you're not going to do that job, which is fine, you just need to know that someone
0:14.4	else is going to have to do that job.
0:16.2	I think we set ourselves up for failure because for some reason we've just come to look
0:20.5	at parenting or primary caregiving as that thing you can do on the side and just like that's
0:25.0	just not what I found to be true at all.
0:28.0	I'm Carly Zaken and I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:31.0	Welcome to 9-5-ish with the skin.
0:33.7	We've run into so many questions over the years and had so many moments where we needed advice
0:39.8	and we got it from women who'd been there.
0:43.4	And that's what we're bringing you with this show.
0:45.6	Each week we're helping you get what you want out of your career by talking to the smartest
0:49.8	leaders we know because we know your work life is a lot more than 9-5.
0:55.6	All right, let's get into it.
0:59.8	Hey everyone, it's Danielle.
1:01.4	Today, our guest is Ashley Merrill.
1:04.0	Ashley is the founder and chairwoman of the restware brand, Luna.
1:08.3	Love, Luna.
1:09.8	Ashley started Luna back in 2012 when she was pregnant and now it's one of the most popular
1:14.9	brands in its category and softest and a lot of great things that we'll get into.
1:21.9	Thank you for that.
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