Helping New Parents Return to the Office -- The Legal Profession Can Do Better with Lori Mihalich-Levin - Episode 90

The transition to parenthood is not easy if you belong in the legal industry. How to survive working as a parent? Kathryn speaks with Lori Mihalich-Levin, a health care lawyer in private practice at her firm. She is the founder of The Mindful Return, a platform that helps parents in planning a radiant, empowered, and smooth return from leave. Lori shares her reason for entering law school and the twist and turns in her career. Being a mother of two was not easy for her. However, she will discuss how it brought her to conceptualize her passion project. Episode Resources https://www.mindfulreturn.com/  Episode Highlights Who is Lori? - 0:37 What was Lori's reason for entering law school? - 1:22 Her story within her area of practice - 2:25 Twist and turns and wonderful results - 4:00 Lori's niche: conceiving a big law firm - 5:37 The Passion Project: the multiyear long decision on the process - 7:33 The Mindful Return - 9:22 The 4 Themes of Mindful Return - 11:03 People's reaction to change and tools that can help - 12:45 What should the legal industry be doing for the parent labor force - 13:50 Opportunities, recruiting, and retention tools - 15:48 Mindful mindset for a post-pandemic life - 17:03 How can you show up as a leader? - 18:41 Structural Reasons Why Legal House is Slow to Adapt with the Changes - 19:30 Balancing and living by mindful returns - 22:24 Advice for parents who are in transition - 24:27 Subscribe, Share, and Review To get the next episode subscribe with your favorite podcast player. Subscribe with Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify Leave a review on Apple Podcasts