Morgan's Mission

In 2020 female unemployment reached double digit numbers for the first time since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the joblessness of women. Nearly 11 million women found themselves without jobs February through May and erased a decade of gains by women in the labor force. A recent McKinsey and Lean In survey of North American female employees found that 25% of women still in the workforce were thinking of leaving or otherwise reducing their paid work due to the pandemic; citing inflexibility, stress, and the responsibilities they felt at home and to their families.

What is surprising to many is that while 2020 amplified the role of women in the American workforce and the difficulties many find themselves in – it isn’t a new problem in America. Sheryl Sandburg wrote in Lean In that “43% of highly qualified women with children are leaving careers or off-ramping for a period of time.” Why is that so many women in 2020 and in the years prior feel compelled to leave the workforce?

I believe that it is support. Women can hear, read, and have the knowledge of how motherhood will change your life but until you truly step into the role of a working mother, you will not fully understand. Throughout my years in the workplace, I have mentored many women as they make the transition to working motherhood and the most common thing they say is “I didn’t know it would be so hard.” Balancing the role of managing household responsibilities with a career is a delicate balance. Women are often tasked with the undue burden of figuring it all out. How will the children be cared for now that school and childcare facilities have closed? Whose career takes precedence when there are children who need to be taught and cared for during the day?

I have seen women surrounded with helpful partners, the best of childcare options, and all the other help in the world and still feel as though they were failing in some aspect of their life if not all. The balance of a career, of household responsibilities, and of caring for oneself can be overwhelming and women often feel that they are not accomplishing at some facet – most often they feel it across all areas of their life.

My mission is to empower working mothers whether they are newly transitioned to the role (which brings with it additional stressors that are natural byproducts of the postnatal stage) or if they are old pros who have been in the trenches for many years. Working as a mother is a juggling act – my goal is to help you understand which of your balls are glass and which are plastic. That is, what balls are you able to drop and which are not? I have found the key to successfully navigating my career and my household responsibilities is learning how to identify the glass balls in each role and allowing myself to drop the balls that are plastic. I want to help others learn to make peace with their own balls and find happiness and success both at home and in a career.

- Morgan