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Help Wanted

How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic

Help Wanted

Money News Network

Self-improvement, Education, Business

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Today, Nicole opens up about how she's been thinking about taking parental leave; from the logistical side of taking time off as a self-employed person to the emotional side of stepping away from your work if you're someone who defines yourself by your work. Jason shares how he and his wife figured out these logistical and emotional questions and how Nicole (and any listeners interested in being parents!) can too.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Help Wanted, the show that makes your work work for you.

0:11.1

I'm Jason Pfeiffer, editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur Magazine.

0:14.1

And I'm money expert Nicole Lapin.

0:15.9

On Tuesdays, Jason and I answer the helpline and help callers solve their work problems.

0:20.3

And on Thursdays, I give you one way to improve your work and build a career or company you love.

0:25.9

And it starts now.

0:28.5

Nicole, how do you feel right now?

0:33.2

Do you want the very, the very honest answer?

0:38.5

Like the most unvarnished answer?

0:40.6

Yes.

0:41.4

I feel so large.

0:42.9

I feel like I cannot breathe.

0:46.8

I normally can't breathe, as you know, and we swap tips about this, but I extra can't

0:51.1

breathe.

0:51.9

My pelvis is on fire. Right. There's a thing called lightning

0:57.2

crouch, which you haven't experienced, but it's a real side effect of pregnancy. If you look up all

1:03.6

the side effects of pregnancy, it looks like this crazy fucking disease. Yeah, well, I mean,

1:09.7

in any other circumstance, you might as well say that it is a terrible

1:13.4

disease. Like, you have a thing growing inside of you. Usually a thing growing inside of you,

1:18.8

not a thing you want. The thing that sounds bad. You know, human life. This is how it happens.

1:24.3

We're a bunch of animals. It's really crazy. Like, going through pregnancy just shows you. Like, we're not elevated in any way. We're a bunch of animals. It's really crazy. Like going through pregnancy

1:28.2

it just shows you. Like, we're not elevated in any way. We're a bunch of animals doing animal things.

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