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Exploring working motherhood 🦋
Not losing ourselves in the process 💯

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A little boost of joy during a very full work week?

Immediate confidence boost.

What boosts your confidence? by @vicki.abelson

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3 months ago

My kids have been home for 5 days (and counting). Memorial Day slid right into a stomach virus that landed us in the pediatric ER. (23/10 don't recommend. But the staff at CHOA are angels.)

I still have a job to do.
Deadlines. Client calls. A team that needs decisions from me.

I call weeks like this the Working Mom Olympics, but that's not exactly right.

My stay at home mom friends struggle with this too.

What it really is? A challenge to the belief that everything has to be just so.

Voltaire said don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. For years I wrestled with that.

Why wouldn't I want things to be perfect?

Because being a parent, being in mid-life, being an adult, none of that sets you up for perfect.

So today I worked out in my basement. In my t-shirt dress.

Mostly done is better than not done at all. by @vicki.abelson

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5 months ago

I saw this term today and I cant stop thinking about it.

Loud mothering.

It's the occasional Zoom call while in carline.
It's kid dentist appointments between client calls.
It's taking the morning off to see your son perform at the Second Grade Circus.

It's not hiding the fact that you're a parent at work.

I come from a long line of women that worked outside the home. My mom was physician, both of my grandmothers were teachers, my great grandmother was the first female physician in her village.

I didnt know another way.

But this was in the Former Soviet Union and the game and the rules were different.

Interviewing for jobs after business school the message I got was a little more mixed. I saw women in the C-suite (yeay!), but they didnt have kids. And I knew that one day I wanted to have kids.

Loud mothering can feel fun, exciting, frustrating, hard, and sometimes impossible.

For me, it's also incredibly worth it.

Happy happy mother's day! by @vicki.abelson

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5 months ago

If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.

It’s cliche for a reason friends.

Knowing where you want to go, why you want to go there is the work. Once you know the answers to those two questions, everything else becomes easier. by @vicki.abelson

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5 months ago

Your wisdom is a gift and a bit of a curse.

Wisdom brings knowing, but it can also bring fear.

Time to embrace one and let go of the other. by @vicki.abelson

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5 months ago

I almost didnt hit share on this post. It felt messy and vulnerable.

Heck, I may still delete later.

I hold myself to high standards and this app does tend to show you the other side of messy.

Today I wanted to share with you the real.

The work is in showing up. It's in wrestling with our ideas. It's in figuring out who we truly are, not who society needs us to be.

And that's my real goal. To share the journey of what it feels like to truly listen to yourself and become the most real version of yourself. taken in Atlanta, GA by @vicki.abelson

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6 months ago

Please tell me I’m not the only one… taken in Park City, Utah by @vicki.abelson

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8 months ago

If it’s good enough for high school Vicki, it’s good enough for CEO Vicki…

How do you manage your focus and energy? by @vicki.abelson

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8 months ago

So cringe, but so worth it.

Getting to hear good things about yourself is such a gift.

Plus it allows you to see yourself a little more clearly! by @vicki.abelson

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8 months ago

Let’s find a better way to take care of ourselves.

Still time to join us tonight.

Jan 29 7:30 est.

Send me a dm with your email address and I will send you the zoom link! taken in Atlanta, Georgia by @vicki.abelson

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9 months ago

If you, like me, are in the trenches of doing all the things and want a plan to reach your goals that’s easy. I got you.

Joint me for a free workshop on Thursday (I’ll record it) to learn exactly how I plan my year/months/days to make space for real life by @vicki.abelson

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9 months ago

I'm in the trenches with you. I am living in the realities of the world AND I have big dreams and things I want to accomplish.

Sometimes this feels like a dichotomy. How can we think of ourselves when the world feels heavy?

But the truth is that setting goals and working towards them is a critical way that humans stay well. Emotionally and physically.

Our systems, however, have to match our reality.

On Thursday, I will teach you the exact tool I've been using for the last 6 years (personally and with my clients).

Join me and busy leaders just like you. It's free, but the learning will last a lifetime.

DM to grab the registration link. by @vicki.abelson

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9 months ago