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I Found Out the Secret to Being a C-Suite Working Mom
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My return to work after maternity leave was not a great experience. Personally, three months didn’t feel like nearly enough time to dive back into the workforce.
In the first few weeks back, I felt an immense amount of guilt whenever I left home to go into the office. I cried multiple times and often had trouble sleeping (apart from when my daughter woke up in the middle of the night) just thinking about the idea of commuting.
Ever since going back to work, I admittedly don’t think that I have the same level of enthusiasm, motivation or drive to perform at the same level that I was performing at pre-baby. And to be honest, work just didn’t seem anywhere near as important as being with my child.
Yet, feeling this way towards work simultaneously made me feel an immense amount of guilt because I wasn’t “bouncing back” the way I thought I should in my career.
Knowing that I have many colleagues and friends that are also full-time working Moms, I couldn’t help, but wonder if it was just me who felt this way? Looking around the office, it seemed like every other Mom was well-adjusted.
“I must be doing something wrong”, I’d often think to myself.
