Hey y'all welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast. I'm your host Heather McFaddean

and this is the place where I get to walk alongside you and connect you with people

and resources so you know that you don't mom alone and in this episode number 412 I

am welcoming to the show Diane Paterson.

You know I just think we have to remember that we are so fortunate. We have such a loving

God. He has compassion for us no matter what craziness is going on at work or what craziness

is going on at home. He's compassionate about what we're dealing with.

Diane is the founder and president of a ministry called Forward which helps mentor Christian

women in the workplace. She's also the author of the book Work, Pray, Love and a devotional

for women in the workplace called Be Refreshed. She understands the challenge of working

a full-time corporate job while raising her four kids who are now adults. She has been

a former global executive of two Fortune 500 companies and one Fortune 1000 company.

She's an independent director for a corporate and four different non-for-profit boards and

today she's answering your questions. I asked y'all to send in what's hard when you are

balancing all of the things and the relationships and the needs of your kids and your spouse

and your friends and your workplace. So Diane understands and she's here to help. Let's get

right to it. Here we go. Diane, welcome to the Don't Mom Alone podcast.

It is so fun to be able to do this with you Heather. Thank you so much.

Well, and based on the questions, the number of challenges and questions I received from

moms who are in the workplace whether it's remote work, whether it's working from home, whether

it's working in an office outside the home, we are pulled by so many demands on our time and

attention in our hearts really. And we're carrying an extra burden of guilt and feeling not

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