Productivity Will Not Save us

This summer I'm building in some breathers into my newsletter schedule while also sharing with you all some of my personal fave newsletters. If you are not familiar with Dr. Pooja Lakshmin's work, you are in for a real treat. I loved her book, Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included) which combines her expertise as a perinatal psychiatrist with deep and practical understanding of the systemic forces that makes life so difficult, especially for moms. Today I'm sharing, with her permission, an edition of her wonderful newsletter, Therapy Takeaway.Cool virtual events alert! I got two for you on Thursday, June 29th.LUMO and MH Worklife are teaming up at 2 pm EST for The Parental Leave Advantage, building support and establishing a winning model for the modern workplace, featuring friends of The Double Shift Sarah Olin and Blessing Adesiyan. The focus of this panel is to provide support to both employers and employees around leave management, parental leave coaching and talent management during leave. Sign up here.The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the Future of the Care Movement: also at 2PM EST, my colleagues at the Better Life Lab at New America are teaming up with A Better Balance to discuss how the power of story and broad coalitions were key to passing the federal PWFA and what we can learn from this success to move family-sustaining public policy forward. RSVP here.