DEEP DIVE: When It's Time To Pivot

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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Parenting, Kids & Family, Comedy

4.6 • 962 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Amy Wilson's book Happy to Help is out now and available wherever you buy books! Join Amy and Margaret in Philadelphia and San Antonio in February 2025 for their latest "What Fresh Hell Live!" shows. For tickets, head to bit.ly/whatfreshhelltour. This Deep Dive series is about reflecting on our trajectories as mothers - looking back, reflecting on where we are now, and thinking about the future. Listen to the whole playlist on Spotify. For moms who want to make a change, whether it's returning to an old career after a break, or forging a entirely new path, Amy and Margaret are here to tell you: it's possible, and it can be a time that feels like possibility instead of a series of closed doors. Amy and Margaret discuss: Their own (multiple) experiences with pivoting How the pandemic has affected working moms The challenges of reentering the workforce after being a stay-at-home parent for some time The first step to pivoting? Uncovering what you really want in this next stage of your professional life, which will take some time and reflection. Think big. Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the show: Caroline Fairchild for Working Together: "Nearly half of mothers work, take a break, and work again. Why is there still such a stigma?" Jamie Birt for Indeed: "9 Tips for Stay-at-Home Parents Re-Entering the Workforce" Misty L. Heggeness et. al: "Tracking Job Losses for Mothers of School-Age Children During a Health Crisis" Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love Sign up for our newsletter here! We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/ What Fresh Hell is co-hosted by Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson. mom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips, mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid’s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent, parental stress, kids stress, brain development, mom brain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amy, you and I have often discussed our troubles with sleep, including falling asleep,
0:05.0	staying asleep. Pretty much if it's a sleep problem, one of us has it. That is why we're so
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0:17.2	both been using Beams Dream Powder, and we're here to tell you it works.
0:22.1	Boy, does it. Other sleep aids can cause next day groginess, but Dream contains a powerful
0:27.7	all-natural blend of rashi, magnesium, L-theonine, apigenin, and melatonin to help you
0:34.7	fall asleep, stay asleep, and wake up refreshed. And Beam Dream is so easy
0:39.8	to add to your nighttime routine. You just mix it into hot water or milk, froth, and enjoy before bed.
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1:15.3	40% off no this is a very mom friendly workplace what fresh hell laughing in the face of motherhood
1:25.0	it's that i don't know how to use Snapchat at the HIP Media Company
1:28.3	with Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson. I've been dropped into the Hunger Games and now, no, go.
1:34.3	A podcast that solves today's parenting dilemmas so you don't have to. You'll be dead before you pay this loan off.
1:47.6	Hey, everybody, welcome to what fresh hell laughing in the face of motherhood. This is Amy.
1:51.8	And this is Margaret. And today we're talking about pivoting. Okay. I love this.
1:57.1	We on our six-year anniversary episode, we're talking about things that we'd taken away from the podcast.
2:04.4	And I said that really the most important thing for me that I had taken away from the podcast was finding a new path at midlife, shall we say, generously to myself.
2:14.9	I might be slightly past midlife, but let's just ignore that for now. Let's
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