Parents At Work

When your child is diagnosed with cancer, everything changes, including how you parent, work, and lean on the people around you. Lori Mihalich-Levin and Jason Levin talk with attorney, speaker, entrepreneur, and working parent Paula Edgar about her son’s childhood cancer diagnosis and the five-year journey that followed.
Paula shares how her family navigated fear, treatment, work demands, and uncertainty while building a community of support around them. She also offers practical guidance for helping families facing childhood cancer, from what not to say to the concrete ways friends, relatives, and colleagues can lighten their load.
Paula's LinkedIn profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulaedgar/
Podcast with Paula's dad:
https://www.paulaedgar.com/podcast/beyond-9/11-life-and-legacy-of-joan-donna-griffith-a-conversation-with-my-father-peter-griffith
Memorial page for Paula's mom:
https://www.paulaedgar.com/a-tribute-to-my-mother
Connect with Lori at Mindful Return
https://www.mindfulreturn.com/
Connect with Jason at Ready Set Launch
https://readysetlaunch.net/

Back-to-school season isn't just a transition for kids. It's a major adjustment for working parents, too. Lori Mihalich-Levin and Jason Levin share practical ways to make the shift easier, from treating the first month as an adjustment period and planning ahead for school closures to revisiting household responsibilities, communicating needs at work, and building relationships within the school community. They also explore the importance of boundaries, flexibility, and giving yourself permission to approach the new school year as an experiment.
Connect with Lori at Mindful Return
https://www.mindfulreturn.com/
Connect with Jason at Ready Set Launch
https://readysetlaunch.net/

Family travel isn't always relaxing, especially when your kids are little. In this episode, Lori Mihalich-Levin and Jason Levin reflect on nearly 15 years of traveling with their children, from diaper bags, long road trips, and airport meltdowns to confident teenagers navigating Paris on their own. They share practical lessons about giving kids ownership, embracing flexibility, balancing work and travel, and why every challenging trip helped build the independence and confidence they see in their children today.
Connect with Lori at Mindful Return
https://www.mindfulreturn.com/
Connect with Jason at Ready Set Launch
https://readysetlaunch.net/

What if the problem isn't that you don't have enough time, but that you're thinking about time the wrong way? In this episode of Parents at Work, Lori Mihalich-Levin and Jason Levin sit down with bestselling author and time management expert Laura Vanderkam to discuss her latest book, Big Time: A Simple Path to Time Abundance. Laura shares practical strategies for overcoming time scarcity, embracing life's complexity, making the most of your "golden hours," and creating a mindset of possibility. The conversation offers working parents a refreshing perspective on balancing career ambitions, family life, and personal fulfillment.
Connect with Lori at Mindful Return
Connect with Jason at Ready Set Launch
Connect with Laura on her website

In this episode of Parents at Work, hosts Lori Mihalich-Levin and Jason Levin welcome Julie Talbot, CEO of Lansinoh Laboratories. Julie shares her personal journey through IVF, becoming a first-time mom during the pandemic, and leading a global brand dedicated to supporting families. She discusses the importance of empathy, flexibility, parental leave, and creating workplaces where parents don't have to choose between career success and family life.
Connect with Lori at Mindful Return
https://www.mindfulreturn.com/
Connect with Jason at Ready Set Launch
https://readysetlaunch.net/
Connect with Julie at Lansinoh
https://lansinoh.com/