Mental Health + Working Parents in the Legal Industry with Summer Eberhard - Episode 31

Kathryn talks with Summer Eberhard, managing director in the Associate Practice Group at Major, Lindsey & Africa and a working mother who advises young lawyers on negotiating their parental leave, and about the intersection of mental health issues and parenthood. They discuss the challenges of working as a lawyer and parent amid the COVID-19 outbreak, how associates should ask for and take parental leave, and some of the mental health issues that accompany both challenging tasks. Enjoy this episode!   Episode Resources Summer Eberhard: [email protected]  https://www.mlaglobal.com/en/people/summer-eberhard?byconsultantorauthor=summer-eberhard  [email protected]    Episode Highlights Mental health and working parents - 1:44 Living in a world with coronavirus - 2:07 Full-time working parents - 3:02 Stress - 4:08 Mental health during the coronavirus - 5:45 Prioritizing your mental health - 6:11 Working parents at home - 6:40 Summer's background - 7:39 The role of mental health issues - 9:05 Balancing stress and anxiety - 10:24 Worried about the coronavirus pandemic - 12:58 Having the support that you need - 13:47 One of the biggest mental health problems for working parents - 15:30 The other side of parental leave - 22:33 Mental health issues after taking parental leave - 22:50 Being a full-time attorney again - 24:01 A piece of advice for parents that need to talk with their firms after parental leave - 27:17   Subscribe, Share and Review To get the next episode to subscribe with your favorite podcast player. Subscribe with Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify Leave a review on Apple Podcasts