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This week's guest post comes from Joannie Yeh, pediatrician and time management life coach. She tackles an important subject - working mom guilt - and gives us concrete techniques to deal with it. You can find more from her at Betamomma.com. Happy Mother's Day!

You may not think spending more time with your kids is as easy as something you could start today. Since most of my friends – who happen to mostly be women who work outside the home - began having kids, I noticed that a common post on their social media was about how they wished they had more time with their kids. I have almost 10 years of harboring these sentiments myself, with my firstborn entering this world just as I completed pediatric residency training. More recently, I also completed training as a time management life coach. With my experience as a working mom of 3 kids and as a time management life coach, I developed a system for working moms so they can spend more time with their kids without guilt. Here is the very do-able and practical quick win first step of that system.

Guilt-free working mom spends time with child drinking a cup of cold water on a hot day
Photo by Monstera
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You're a busy woman. You have work, family, friends, and hobbies all vying for your attention. How do you find the time for all of them without being overwhelmed? Perhaps, you know someone who constantly says yes to extra projects at work, overcommits socially, or takes on too many extracurricular activities for her kids. How do you know when it's time to say no? I want to share a handy tool that I’ve created to help you decide whether extra activities are worth your time.

How do you determine whether to take on more activities? Photo by Kelly Sikkema
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Editorial note: My friend Katharine Grugan, an amazing pharmaceutical scientist and working mom, shares with us how she manages work and life by setting boundaries.

Working mom sets boundaries while on the phone with her kids
Managing work and life might require setting some boundaries. Photo by Vitolda Klein
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Not too long ago, I was looking for podcasts on career development in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry. Of course, bonus points if the podcast has a focus on women. So far, I haven’t come across any in this particular niche (hey, Michelle, project idea… you know, for when our kids finally go to school after this pandemic!). Dear readers, if you know about a women-in-pharma-careers-relevant podcast, please leave in the comments below or send us a note!

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Looking for career development podcasts for women in pharma. Photo by Aaron Burden
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While the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the United States, many school districts are announcing their back-to-school plans. Their plans for students include hybrid and/or all virtual learning. These models place a huge burden on parents, particularly those with younger children. These parents must now function as teachers as well as caregivers when children are home during the workday. Many parents, myself included, have been scrambling to form “pods” as a solution to schooling and childcare. I am sharing everything working parents needs to know about pandemic learning pods: what are pods, how to find a pod, how to find a caregiver, and some other considerations for pod formation.

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Many parents are forming pods as solutions for schooling and childcare. Photo by Element5 Digital
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