Dispelling the Myth of Work-Life Balance with Sarah Steele, aka The Corporate Mama
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Cameron Oaks Rogers
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I sit down with Sarah Steele (aka The Corporate Mama) to talk about the myth of work-life balance and how Sarah strives for work-life fulfillment, the differences between being a working mom versus a working dad in the corporate world, and why a mandated parental leave across all workplaces would be a gamechanger. Sarah shares her best efficiency and self care advice for parents working from home, tools she implements to self-regulate intense emotions and manage ADHD as a parent, and the joy she still gets from cultivating her Corporate Mama community.
Key Takeaway / Points:
- On the myth of work-life balance and how Sarah strives for work-life fulfillment
- Sarah’s most challenging part of being a mother with a corporate job
- On the differences between being a working mom vs. working dad in the corporate world
- On the concept of a mandated parental leave
- Sarah’s advice for parents working from home and efficiency tips
- Sarah’s work with self-regulating intense emotions and ADHD as a parent
- How our children can be a mirror for ourselves
- How postpartum depression and anxiety can manifest as rage
- On the value of giving yourself time to regroup as a parent
- Sarah’s joy in building The Corporate Mama community
Read more about the study that Cameron mentions about the “Motherhood Penalty” and the “Father Bonus” here
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a deer media production. |
| 0:04.3 | Today's episode, we are joined by Sarah Steele, those of you who are on TikTok and IG may |
| 0:10.2 | know her as the corporate mama. |
| 0:12.4 | I love her so much. |
| 0:13.7 | I have been a fan of hers for a while now. |
| 0:16.1 | I think her content is hilarious and relatable and it blends that world of like satire, makes |
| 0:22.6 | you laugh, and like, oh shit, I've experienced that exact thing. |
| 0:27.0 | The reason I really wanted to have her on is not only because I love her content, but |
| 0:30.4 | she also works as a corporate marketing director. |
| 0:33.0 | I fully cannot comprehend how she has a full time job and is creating this much content, |
| 0:37.9 | but somehow she makes time. |
| 0:40.3 | I think a lot of the community of listeners, specifically those of you who are parents, are |
| 0:46.0 | working in the corporate world and I try to share how I manage balancing work and being |
| 0:54.8 | a mom, but I also fully realize that my job is different than many. |
| 0:58.7 | So I love having Sarah on to kind of pick her brain on things that she has found helpful |
| 1:04.9 | to do in navigating this world of a corporate working mom. |
| 1:09.2 | What she struggles with, that's practices for managers, what you can do moving forward. |
| 1:14.0 | If you are managing whether you're managing parents or managing people who are taking care |
| 1:20.6 | of their sick parents or just the fact that like we have a life outside of our corporate |
| 1:25.7 | job. |
| 1:26.7 | So, I really love this episode, I know you guys will love Sarah, we dive into all of that |
| 1:31.2 | plus dealing with ADHD as a parent, the postpartum rage and over simulation and so much more. |
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