How Do I Go Back to Work? Enabling Effective Postpartum Transitions With Michelle Yu and Josie- S6 Ep 11

Dear Stork'd family

This week's guest Michelle Yu is the co-founder and CEO Josie, a company designed to support new moms re-entering the workforce, using their “three pillars” to facilitate success.

Click on the buttons below to listen to Michelle Yu share how Josie works directly with the employer to educate and create an infrastructure of resources and policies, coaching to the new parent and, last of all, managerial training to assist new moms re-entering the workforce.

In this episode:

• [3:03] Michelle shares her career background, and she recognized when she re-entered the workforce an unmet need, so she founded Josie

• [6:36] There is data supporting employers appreciate mothers being in a leadership role because of the exact skills they use at home, they bring to the office and discussion regarding education needed to provide support for working moms at the business level

• [8:58] Michelle feels that an essential component of returning to work for a thriving transition is to decide what your values and vision are going forward and get support from family and employee support groups 

• [13:05] What about the mom who does not have the resources or family support, and what resources does Josie provide

• [18:24] Research about parenting in the US and talk about a parenting crisis

• [22:39] Michelle explains how the interaction between her program and clients works and what she sees for the future

• [27:19] What Michelle would want new parents to know and what her challenges are as a mom of a three and five-year-old 

• [33:06] Unmet expectations can defeat you

• [41:01] Michelle shares what family means to her

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