The Breadwinners: Recent Episodes
Jennifer Owens + Rachael Ellison
The Breadwinners is about the neverending hustle and its impact on all aspects of our lives. From our finances to our relationships to our kids to our health, we’re interested in what it takes to keep it all going. In every episode, Jennifer and Rachael consider the research and share their takes on what we’re learning every day about breadwinning. Join us as we break it all down so that we can build it back up better for all. Visit us at www.thebreadwinnerspodcast.com.
In 1978, Carol Evans helped launch Working Mother magazine. In 2001, she returned to become the first and only working mother to own it. In between, she would launch the Working Mother Best Companies as a way to encourage companies to compete to do better for their employees. In our Season Four finale, Carol shares the history, impact and legacy of the Best Companies — and what work still needs to be done to support all working parents. Support Abortion Rights Visit abortion.cafe to find resources. Visit shoutyourabortion.com to join the campaign to normalize abortion. And give today at donations4abortion.com to support abortion funds by state. Learn more at podvoices.help. Episode Links A Brief History of Carol Evans This Is How We Do It: The Working Mothers' Manifesto The 100 Most Influential Women in Advertising History Intrepid Women: Carol Evans, CEO, SHARE 2021 Working Mother Best Companies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A billionaire executive, author, philanthropist and working mother of two, Sheryl Sandberg has long been one of the most influential — and controversial — breadwinners in the world. This week, we dive into Sandberg’s “sort of a feminist manifesto,” Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, to consider its legacy nearly 10 years later.
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Episode Links Why Women Still Can’t Have It All — Anne-Marie Slaughter Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders — Sheryl Sandberg TED Talk The 2012 TIME 100: Sheryl Sandberg — Muhtar Kent Lean In’s Sheryl Sandberg Problem — Nellie Bowles, New York Times I Was a Sheryl Sandberg Superfan. Then her “Lean In” Advice Failed Me — Katherine Goldstein, Vox The End of Leaning In: How Sheryl Sandberg’s Message of Empowerment Fully Unraveled — Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post Stop Leaning In And Start Fixing The Real Problem — Mona Andrews, Forbes What Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’ Has Meant to Women — Emma Goldberg, New York Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2013, new working mom and newly minted tech CEO Marissa Mayer announced a bold new policy: no longer could employees work from home. The change not only impacted hundreds of employees at Yahoo, it sparked a debate that roiled workplaces nationwide. In this episode, Jennifer tells that story and how it prompted the launch of #NationalFlexDay. Support Us Share us with your favorite breadwinners today. Get The Breadwinners t-shirts, stickers and more! Episode Links Zooming Into a Very Different National Flex Day How to ask your boss for a more flexible work schedule Marissa Mayer's No-Flex Policy Old School for Young Mom CEO Back To the Stone Age? New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Bans Working From Home Just Relax, NoFlex Boss: Flex Is a Boost Not Bust for Your Workplace Yahoo Says That Killing Working From Home Is Turning Out Perfectly — Greg Lindsay, Fast Company Marissa Mayer, Who Just Banned Working From Home, Paid To Have A Nursery Built At Her Office — Nicholas Carlson, Insider Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In March 2007, Tim Ferriss told a room of over-caffeinated tech engineers that they were working too hard. That he was more successful doing much, much less. From that day on, Ferriss became known as the “4-hour guy,” turning his passion for productivity into a one-man franchise. This week, Rachael + Jennifer take time to consider how to save it, use it and even, waste it. Support Us Get The Breadwinners t-shirts, stickers and more! Episode Links Revisiting ‘The 4-Hour Workweek’ -- Cal Newport, The New Yorker Tim Ferriss Is Everything That's Wrong With the Modern World (and Why You Should Follow his Lead) — Michael Schein, Forbes Tim Ferriss, the Man Who Put His Money Behind Psychedelic Medicine — Benedict Carey, The New York Times How Tim Ferriss Beat Depression and Became an Inspirational Icon — Richard Feloni, Inc. From Productivity to Psychedelics: Tim Ferriss Has Changed His Mind About Success — Clay Skipper, GQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When the pandemic forced non-essential workers home to work from the kitchen table, the bedroom, the backyard, they benefited from decades of improvements to technology and collaborative tools. In this episode, Rachael reveals how the modern era of work from home began — and its powerful impact on today’s changing workforce. Episode Links Dad in Viral BBC interview Speaks Out Our Favorite News Reporters Working From Home Bloopers How the Coronavirus Outbreak Has – and Hasn’t – Changed the Way Americans Work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today, the typical public school year is 180 days long, leaving about 16 weeks of child care to be covered by working parents who have only two to three weeks of paid leave (if they have any at all). How did we get here and what happens when we try to change tradition? Jennifer + Rachael break out their calendars this week to track it all down.
Support Us Get The Breadwinners t-shirts, stickers and more! Episode Links The History of School and Summer Vacation — By James Pedersen Year-Round Schooling Explained — By Jaclyn Zubrzycki Popularity Grows Anew for Year-Round Schooling — By Madeline Will The Pros & Cons of Year-Round School — By Brooke McGuire First Days of School, Decade by Decade — By Elizabeth A. Harris School's in: The History of Summer Education in American Public Schools – By Kenneth Mark Gold Agrarian Roots? Think Again. Debunking the Myth of Summer Vacation’s Origins — By Saskia de Melker and Sam Weber Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From Ann Romano to Clair Huxtable to Jane the Virgin, this week The Breadwinners take a deep dive into how modern working mothers have been portrayed on TV. Rachael shares her favorite takes, considers the time that the NYTs’s front page asked, “Is Murphy Brown really a tramp?” and lets Jennifer belt out the theme song to “One Day at a Time.” Sing along! Support Us Get The Breadwinners t-shirts, stickers and more! Episode Links That Time ‘Murphy Brown’ and Dan Quayle Topped the Front Page — Jacey Fortin, The New York Times Clair Huxtable's feminist rant — The Cosby Show Working Women On Television: A Mixed Bag At Best — Neda Ulaby, NPR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shocking news: Paying women less is nothing new. Back in the 1860s, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton made a case for bridging the wage gap even as they fought for our right to vote. Jennifer and Rachael consider what’s happened since as well as the impact the pandemic is having on women’s wages now. Support Us Get The Breadwinners t-shirts, stickers and more!
Episode Links Batgirl Teaches Batman a Lesson about Equal Pay Quick Facts About the Gender Wage Gap — Robin Bleiweis, Women’s Economic Security for the Women’s Initiative at the Center for American Progress. Why Salary History Bans Matter To Securing Equal Pay — Robin Bleiweis Gender pay gap statistics Women still earn less than men for comparable work in 2022 America — Greg Daughtery, Investopedia Canadian women make 89 cents for every dollar men earn. Can new federal legislation narrow that gap? — Nick Boisvert, CBC News The Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap — AAUW 5 Facts About the State of the Gender Pay Gap — Janelle Jones, Department of Labor The gender pay gap situation in the EU — European Commission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With her red polka dot kerchief, blue work shirt and confident “We Can Do It” pose, Rosie the Riveter emerged an icon for working women during WWII. The men who created her, however, never meant for her to be permanent. In this episode, Rachael tells her story, from her birth to her disappearance in the 1950s to her rebirth — and shares what it took to make her possible in real-life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When it comes to feeding infants, we seemingly all agree that “breast is best.” In 2015, CDC reported that 83 percent of U.S. babies start out that way. But we didn’t always think this way. In this episode, Jennifer and Rachael dive into the pressure on new moms to not only breastfeed, but to breast pump as well and how it has impacted the workforce and public policy. Support Us Get The Breadwinners t-shirts, stickers and more! Episode Links Lactivism: How Feminists and Fundamentalists, Hippies and Yuppies, and Physicians and Politicians Made Breastfeeding Big Business and Bad Policy — Courtney Jung Where does the United States stand on breastfeeding? — Laura Santhanam, PBS Newshour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pandemic pressures have pushed millions of women out of the job market. What will this mean for their careers and earning potential — and what really needs to change in order to support working parents’ ability to support their families? In this episode, Rachael and Jennifer dive deeper into The Great Resignation’s impact on women. Episode Links Women are leading the way in the ‘Great Resignation.’ Here’s what it means for employers and job seekers — Michelle Fox, CNBC Why the Pandemic Is Forcing Women Out of the Workforce — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker Women in the Workplace 2021 — LeanIn.org, McKinsey During the "Great Resignation," women are changing jobs like never before — Aimee Picchi, CBS News A Real-Time Look at The ‘Great Resignation’ — Luke Pardue, Gusto 2022 Employee Experience Trends: The 4 things your people need you to know — Qualtrics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Yet another phrase created with the influx of working moms into white-collar professions in the 70s and 80s, “work-life balance” has stuck around as the concept we love to hate. Where did it come from and where will go from here? Jennifer + Rachael break it all down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When the Family Medical Leave Act passed in January 1993, supporters hoped it was the first step to paid leave but here we are, still waiting. This week, we track the long and bumpy road to FMLA, look at what it actually offers and to whom, and try to name the five other countries that still don’t offer paid leave.
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When a 4.3 million workers in America quit their jobs in one month, they might be telling you something. In this episode, Rachael and Jennifer consider the factors driving the job market today — and whether calling it “The Great Resignation” is the right way to go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Women with children have been working as long as there have been women, babies and work — but the phrase “working mother” is a modern description. This week we launch Season Four with a deep dive into its complicated history.
Support Us Get The Breadwinners t-shirts, stickers and more! Episode Links Employment Characteristics of Families — 2020 Nation’s Working Mothers Increase 800% Over Last 150 Years It’s Time to Retire the Phrase “Working Mom” — by Katherine Goldstein and Jo Piazza A Blast From the Past: 10 Cringeworthy Ads From Past Issues of Working Mother The Working Mother as Role Model — by Anita Shreve The Triumph of the Working Mother — by Stephanie Coontz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In her most recent Women in the Workplace report, Stanford University sociologist, research and author Dr. Marianne Cooper reveals who is holding our workplaces together during the pandemic: “Women leaders are disproportionately doing the work to make their companies be better and do better. Their companies should do better by them.” Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Research: Women Leaders Took on Even More Invisible Work During the Pandemic Women in the Workplace 2021 Cut Adrift: Families in Insecure Times Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Want more Marianne? Visit MarianneCooper.com Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At age 16, Dr. Mary Bell Carson was already starting her financial career, working as a bank teller in her hometown. After a career as a financial behavior expert in the military and government sectors, Dr. Carson now brings her expertise to Chief Financial Mom, where she helps moms make smart money decisions and have healthy financial relationships. Episode Links Chief Financial Mom Real Money, Real Experts podcast What Questions to Ask a Financial Planner Brad Klontz’s Money Scripts test Rate and review us — and visit The Breadwinners store today! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Keeping track of passwords and logins can be hassle enough for us, but how about our parents and loved ones? Christopher Huziak of Final Security shares how his company is helping the Sandwich Generation deal with its digital legacy, whether for themselves or their parents and loved ones — and why it’s so important to protect it. Episode Links Final Security Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chelsea Brennan founded Smart Money Mamas to help women build thriving relationships with money — and teach their children the money lessons most of us never got. Today, her company is helping thousands of women create lasting financial change for themselves and their families. On this episode, Chelsea shares her tips for changing your POV around money with an eye towards building generational wealth. Episode Links Smart Money Mamas Rate, review and subscribe to us — and visit The Breadwinners store today! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sutter Health operations executive Cecilia Aviles returns to The Breadwinners to continue her conversation with Jennifer about life as a breadwinning mom. In this episode, she shares how raising two biracial daughters teaches her something new every day about race, gender and the next generation, as well as what surprises her most about living in the Sandwich Generation. Episode notes Episode 78: Crisis, Care and Creativity in the Pandemic Rate, review and subscribe to us — and visit The Breadwinners store today! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A working mom of two, Tamar Smith first met Jennifer in those heady first days of childcare drop offs and pickups, when their toddlers daughters chose each other as their first-ever friends. Now with their girls off to college, Tamar and Jennifer reconnect to talk about life as a family of three at home, responding to “how do I?” texts from our freshmen daughters — and how we plan to pay for the next eight years of college tuition. Rate and review us — and visit The Breadwinners store today! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you ever price-checked a medical procedure — or even considered it? ClearHealthCosts CEO Jeanne Pinder is bringing transparency to the healthcare industry by gathering data on medical costs from providers, patients and government price lists. In this episode, she shares the questions we should all be asking our healthcare providers. Episode Links ClearHealthCosts
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After two decades in the investing industry, Deborah Owens is now an author and wealth coach on a mission to help women overcome their fear of investing through coaching, accountability and support. On this episode, she shares why financial ignorance is so expensive — and why you can’t save your way to wealth. Episode Links Visit WealthyU A Purse of Your Own: An Easy Guide to Financial Security Nickel and Dime Your Way to Wealth and Confident Investing
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Jake Tamarkin, co-founder of Everyday Life Insurance, is on a mission to change his industry. His goal: to help people with average incomes find just the right amount of coverage to protect their families. In the Club, Jake shares his advice for doing just that — and what Jennifer should do when her own term policy ends. Episode Links Everyday Life Insurance Rate and review us — and visit The Breadwinners store today! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Author, speaker and Money Tips for Grownups podcast host Bobbi Rebell joins Jennifer to talk about learning to launch our kids into their financial futures the right way, mistakes and all — and how we’ve each learned our own breadwinning lessons too. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today!
Episode Links How to Be a Financial Grownup: Proven Advice from High Achievers on How to Live Your Dreams and Have Financial Freedom Money Tips for Financial GrownUps podcast GrownUpGear.com Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Want more Bobbi? Visit BobbiRebell.com Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Here’s a sobering stat: While more than 11 million firms are women-owned, only 4% generate revenues of $1 million or more. In this episode, Aliza Freud, founder and CEO of SheSpeaks, an influencer marketing agency founded in 2007, talks about what it takes to grow from solo-preneur to payroll-paying business as well as the pros and cons of seeking investor funds to grow your company.. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Women Business Owner Statistics: National Association of Women Business Owners Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Rachaelellison.com Want more Aliza? Visit SheSpeaks.com Visit The Breadwinners store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nearly 4 million babies are born every year in the U.S., and yet it seems like we all start from zero when it comes to learning what we want — and need — to know as new moms. In this episode, certified doula and author Bailey Gaddis joins Jennifer to talk about her new book, Asking for a Pregnant Friend: 101 Answers to Questions Women Are Too Embarrassed to Ask About Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood — and shares the answers that surprised even her. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Why I Celebrate My Naked, Honest Postpartum Body Loud And Proud 13 Secrets of People Who Always Have a Clean House Asking for a Pregnant Friend: 101 Answers to Questions Women Are Too Embarrassed to Ask About Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood Feng Shui Mommy: Creating Balance and Harmony for Blissful Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood Want more Jennifer? Visit jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit rachaelellison.com Want more Bailey? Visit BaileyGaddis.com Visit The Breadwinners store for NEW MERCH! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At last count, the U.S. was home to about 10.3 million teen girls (15 to 19) thinking about who they want to be — but not quite sure how to get there. That’s where former M&A lawyer Illana Raia comes in. Illana has founded Être, a mentorship platform to connect girls in the U.S., Canada and India with female leaders to help them see potential futures for themselves. Illana joins Jennifer to talk about her mission, organization and going global in a pandemic. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today!
Episode Links Être: Girls, Who Do You Want to Be? How a Former Skadden Lawyer Founded a Mentorship Program for Girls Meet Four Middle School Girls Changing the World Through Science Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Want more Illana? Visit Etre Girls.com Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
To Susan McPherson, founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies, there is much more to connecting than sending a generic LinkedIn invite. Known for her extensive, vital and vibrant network of contacts, Susan joins The Breadwinners to share her passion for connection as well as her new book, The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Relationships. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links New Survey Reveals 85% of All Jobs Are Filled via Networking The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Business Relationships Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Want more Susan? Visit Lost Art of Connecting. Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A time of isolation and stress can also be one of clarity, helping you to answer the essential (and eternal) question: What is your Why? Executive and personal coach Shoshanna Hecht joins Jennifer to share how she works with high-achieving women to take concrete and powerful actions toward their goals — and how lessons we’re learning now will impact our lives as breadwinners in the future. “Boundaries will save our lives.” — Shoshanna Hecht
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Episode Links These Work-from-home Tips Can Help You Take 'control Over Your' Day Could the Coronavirus Pandemic Shift Gender Roles Once and for All? Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Rachaelellison.com Want more Shoshanna? Visit ShoshannaHecht.com Visit The Breadwinners store — NEW MERCH! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feeling dissatisfied, disconnected, and maybe even a little bored, management consultant Tina Berger asked herself: Surely this can’t be all there is to life? That question led Tina on a spiritual quest to reawaken the inspiration she lost on her way to success. Today, she joins Jennifer to discuss her new book, Coming Around, and shares lessons learned by questioning not only how we judge accomplishments but the hidden systems that too often get in our way. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Coming Around: Surprises and Surrender on the Path to Inspiration Why Empathic Leadership Is Essential Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Want more Tina? Visit TinaBerger.com Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today 20% of children in the U.S. have an ongoing health issue related to physiology, development, behavior, and/or mental health — and that number is rising.
Sehreen Noor Ali, co-CEO of Sleuth, a guide for early childhood health that helps parents identify solutions, resources and cures through shared stories and smart technology, joins The Breadwinners to discuss the fight parents face to get the care their kids need from our health and education systems. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Work-Life Imbalance: Parenting a Child with Healthcare Needs Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Rachaelellison.com Want more Sehreen? Visit Sleuth.com Visit The Breadwinners store!
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From her love of crochet, quilting and crafts, Linda Permann has built a career as a talented writer, editor, designer and teacher, working for such brands as Adorn, Craftsy and Bluprint. Today, she is on the other side of the ever-changing business, serving as Yarn Manager for One Big Happy Yarn Company, where she is building a store from scratch, while also creating content — and raising two future crafters as well.
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When it comes to know what you’re worth (and seeing it in your paycheck) it helps to have friends — as in those who will share their stories, strategies and tips for negotiating your full compensation package. Consider Claire Wasserman, founder of Ladies Get Paid, that friend. She joins The Breadwinners to talk about her new book, which features nine real-life stories of breadwinning women and the steps they took to get paid. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Ladies Get Paid: The Ultimate Guide to Breaking Barriers, Owning Your Worth, and Taking Command of Your Career Friends Who Talk About Money podcast 7 Career Coaches on the Most Important Advice They’re Giving Clients Right Now Want to Get Paid What You’re Worth? Claire Wasserman and the Ladies Get Paid Network Are Here to Help Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Rachaelellison.com Want more Claire? Visit Ladies Get Paid Visit The Breadwinners store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lynn Harris, founder and CEO of Gold Comedy, an online platform for funny women and nonbinary folks to learn about writing and telling jokes, assembling a standup comedy set and trying out material, joins Jennifer to talk about the power of a good joke and how comedy fosters confidence. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links The Radical Power of Becoming a Funny Girl Statistics Show Dudes Still Get Majority Of Bookings at Stand-up Comedy Shows Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Rachaelellison.com Want more Lynn? Visit GoldComedy.com Visit The Breadwinners store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When Amber Briggle called her county sheriff out for his anti-transgender comments in 2016, little did she know it would lead to an invitation to the White House. What she did know, however, was the importance of learning, advocating and growing into her role as a breadwinning parent of a middle school son who is transgender — which he argues is the least interesting thing about him. (He can do triple back flip, after all!) In this episode, Amber joins Jennifer to talk about the research, fight and awareness that is growing for kids who are transgender. “When you attack the trans community, you attack my kid — and when you do that, my Mama Bear claws come out.” — Amber Briggle Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Transgender Kids Are Just Kids After All Meet Max on GenderCool.org Transgender Awareness Panel 2020 The Texas Attorney General Promised to Remember My Transgender Son. His Recent Actions Show He's Forgotten Research Brief: Data on Transgender Youth Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Rachaelellison.com Want more Amber? Visit Lovetothemax.net Visit The Breadwinners store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Conversations regarding diversity at work often focus on questions of race and gender, leaving little room to discuss the needs of employees with visible and non-visible disabilities. In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Sarrett of Disruptive Inclusion and Emory University’s Center for the Study of Human Health, joins to consider questions of language, stigma and accommodations in the workplace for people with disabilities — and what it means to be an anti-ableist. Episode Links Language Matters: Ableism in Everyday Language Interviews, Disclosures, and Misperceptions: Autistic Adults' Perspectives on Employment Related Challenges Persons With a Disability: Labor Force Characteristics — 2019 Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Rachaelellison.com Want more Jennifer Sarrett? Visit DisruptiveInclusion.com Visit The Breadwinners store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When it comes to breaking down gender norms at home, author and activist Emma Johnson argues that one of the best tools society has is shared parenting agreements in cases of divorce. In this episode, Johnson shares results from her new survey of 2,3000 single moms: “The answer is clear: The more equality that women have with their parenting schedule, the more money they make, the happier they are and the better they feel about themselves as moms.” Episode Links The Kickass Single Mom: Be Financially Independent, Discover Your Sexiest Self, and Raise Fabulous, Happy Children. The Parenting Fantasy that Holds Women Back Self-care for Single Moms 8 Things You Should Never Say To a Single Mom Moms for Shared Parenting Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Rachaelellison.com Want more Emma? Visit wealthysinglemommy.com Visit The Breadwinners store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When it comes to navigating careers, author and thinker extraordinaire Lindsey Pollak says the most successful and happy professionals describe themselves as frequent and deliberate recalculators, always considering where they want to go next — and how to get there. In her new book, Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work, Pollak shares actionable advice for activating your own personal GPS to avoid obstacles and get where you want to go. Episode Links 23 Essential Tips for Working Remotely Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multigenerational Workplace Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Rachaelellison.com Want more Lindsey? Visit LindseyPollak.com Visit The Breadwinners store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With nearly half the U.S labor force now working from home full-time, employers and employees see flexible work very differently than they did a year ago. But what should post-pandemic office life look like? Manar Morales, founder and CEO of Diversity and Flexibility Alliance, joins The Breadwinners to share her work, her thinking and her conversations with employers about how to build workplace cultures that truly work for all. Episode Links The COVID-19 Crisis Provides an Extraordinary Opportunity for Business Leaders How To Build A Diverse And Inclusive Workforce as a Small Business Google will let all its staff work 2 days from home as part of a 'flexible work week' starting September 2021 Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Rachaelellison.com Want more Manar? Visit Diversity & Flexibility Alliance Visit The Breadwinners store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Before the pandemic, 2.2 million non-working moms with college degrees said they wanted to go back to work. With thousands of women leaving the workforce due to caregiving, homeschooling and job losses, it’s a number that’s sure to rise. In this episode, Carol Fishman Cohen, CEO and co-founder of iRelaunch, joins The Breadwinners to talk about career breaks, returnships and the impact of the pandemic on women’s return-to-work plans. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Ted Talk: How to Get Back to Work After a Career Break Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work To the 865,000 Women Who Left the Workforce Last Month… Women With Career Gaps Are Being Tapped for Talent Pool Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Rachaelellison.com Want more Carol? Visit iRelaunch.com Visit The Breadwinners store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects.
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What makes a good story? Thaler Pekar, master storyteller, joins The Breadwinners to talk about how she and her team work with organizations to find, develop and amplify stories that foster critical support — and why story listening is so important for us all. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Every Perspective Has a Story Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Rachaelellison.com Want more Thaler? Visit ThalerPekar.com Visit The Breadwinners store Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For our season three finale, long-time listener, first-time guest and working dad of two Brett Sonnenschein joins Jennifer to share his view of breadwinning and parenting. From rushing to pick-ups and impacts on his career to tackling chores and juggling responsibilities at home, Brett recalls how the never-ending hustle has come to define his life and family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As we reach the end of the school year, Rachael and Jennifer consider just how far we’ve all come in the six months — years? — of The Breadwinners: Season Three. ICYMI, we’ll be featuring just a few of our favorite guests in the coming weeks. Let us know what you think! Episode Links Check out past episodes at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Even with 52 million Americans working and parenting at the same time, working parenthood can still feel like a lonely (and exhausting) proposition.. Global talent expert and coach Daisy Dowling joins Jennifer to consider the challenges currently facing working moms and dads — and shares solutions from her new book, Workparent. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Workparent: The Complete Guide to Succeeding on the Job, Staying True to Yourself, and Raising Happy Kids A Way Forward for Working Parents A Working Parent’s Survival Guide Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Want more Daisy? Visit Workparent.com Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The world is coming back online — and workplaces are too. But many employees say they aren’t ready to return to their desks. In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider a new survey that finds 39 percent of employees would consider quitting if their employers weren’t flexible about remote work. (Among millennials and Gen Z, that figure rises to 49 percent.) Are you ready to commute again? Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Employees Are Quitting Instead of Giving Up Working From Home Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Author, speaker and Money Tips for Grownups podcast host Bobbi Rebell joins Jennifer to talk about learning to launch our kids into their financial futures the right way, mistakes and all — and how we’ve each learned our own breadwinning lessons too. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today!
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To mask or not to mask, that is the question we all have as we step into a changed world. In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider this latest stage of the pandemic: reopening and the impact of what some scientists are calling COVID-19 anxiety syndrome. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today!
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Feeling dissatisfied, disconnected, and maybe even a little bored, management consultant Tina Berger asked herself: Surely this can’t be all there is to life? That question led Tina on a spiritual quest to reawaken the inspiration she lost on her way to success. Today, she joins Jennifer to discuss her new book, Coming Around, and shares lessons learned by questioning not only how we judge accomplishments but the hidden systems that too often get in our way. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Coming Around: Surprises and Surrender on the Path to Inspiration Why Empathic Leadership Is Essential Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Want more Tina? Visit TinaBerger.com Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With the number of vaccinated Americans growing, CEOs are now turning to returning to work — with some handling the transition better than others. In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the pushback some leaders are facing as they consider post-pandemic office life, especially one that that comes without school or child care services firmly in place. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Employees Are Feeling Burned Over Broken Work-from-Home Promises and Corporate Culture ‘BS’ As Employers Try To Bring Them Back to the Office Washingtonian Staff Protests C.E.O.’s Article on Remote Work by Refusing to Publish WeWork CEO Says Least Engaged Employees Enjoy Working From Home Wework Report: The Future of Work Is Hybrid Who Works Where [and Who Cares?]: A Manager's Guide to the New World of Work Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At last count, the U.S. was home to about 10.3 million teen girls (15 to 19) thinking about who they want to be — but not quite sure how to get there. That’s where former M&A lawyer Illana Raia comes in. Illana has founded Être, a mentorship platform to connect girls in the U.S., Canada and India with female leaders to help them see potential futures for themselves. Illana joins Jennifer to talk about her mission, organization and going global in a pandemic. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today!
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As society has begun to reckon with the impacts of systemic racism, sexism and white privilege, such sensitive and painful topics come to the workplace as well. In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider how some leaders have blundered into such conversations, even as others are using such discussions to bring diversity topics to the fore — and the lessons we can learn from both. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links What Really Happened at Basecamp Inside the All-hands Meeting That Led to a Third Of Basecamp Employees Quitting Basecamp CEO Apologizes to Staff In New Post: "We Have a Lot to Learn" WWD in Turmoil After Staffer Behind Grievance Forum Canned Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Visit The Breadwinners Store Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects.
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This year’s Bright Horizons survey of working families finds that the stress and mental loads are bigger than ever. Yet it’s not only us parents who are struggling. Chief Marketing Officer Kristy Cunningham joins Jennifer to share how children are managing their own mental loads and what’s worrying parents right now in terms of the impacts on our children’s social skills, cognitive development, and overall childhoods. Episode Links 7th Bright Horizons Annual Modern Family Index Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Want more Kristy? Visit Bright Horizons Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden’s quiet commitment to maintain her teaching career at Northern Virginia Community College even as First Lady has us thinking about the growing numbers of Americans, especially women, who hold more than one job at a time, how we’ve done it ourselves — and 21 suggestions for side hustle gigs. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Share of U.S. Workers Holding Multiple Jobs Is Rising, New Census Report Shows 21 Ways to Make Money Online for Beginners Jill Biden Gives Quiet Lesson in Juggling First Lady Role With Outside Job Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We’ve all experienced a career transition (or two) but a career transformation is something altogether different. In this episode, Pat Roque of Rock on Success joins Jennifer to share how she’s helping women find the mindset, skill set and tool set they need to create the career and life they truly want. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today!
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In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider Anne Helen Petersen’s insightful essay, “Against ‘Feel Free To Take Some Time If You Need It’,” which considers the internal and external pressure to stay productive at all costs. “The myth of meritocracy teaches you that if you do say no, you are closing off roads to your potential excellence. Or, more bluntly, you are not ambitious, and a lack of ambition (at least in the United States) usually means that whatever financial fate befalls you, you deserve it.” — Anne Helen Petersen Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today!
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To Susan McPherson, founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies, there is much more to connecting than sending a generic LinkedIn invite. Known for her extensive, vital and vibrant network of contacts, Susan joins The Breadwinners to share her passion for connection as well as her new book, The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Relationships. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links New Survey Reveals 85% of All Jobs Are Filled via Networking The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Business Relationships Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Want more Susan? Visit Lost Art of Connecting. Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vaccines are rolling out nationwide, meaning that life is shifting once again. In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider how the pandemic is prompting some people to see opportunities for change and action, while Jennifer experiences a deep case of the Blahs. Please help us grow: rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today. Episode Links Out of the Pandemic, Chances for Another Future Feeling Blah During the Pandemic? It's Called Languishing Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change How Resilience Works Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nearly 4 million babies are born every year in the U.S., and yet it seems like we all start from zero when it comes to learning what we want — and need — to know as new moms. In this episode, certified doula and author Bailey Gaddis joins Jennifer to talk about her new book, Asking for a Pregnant Friend: 101 Answers to Questions Women Are Too Embarrassed to Ask About Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood — and shares the answers that surprised even her. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Why I Celebrate My Naked, Honest Postpartum Body Loud And Proud 13 Secrets of People Who Always Have a Clean House Asking for a Pregnant Friend: 101 Answers to Questions Women Are Too Embarrassed to Ask About Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood Feng Shui Mommy: Creating Balance and Harmony for Blissful Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood Want more Jennifer? Visit jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit rachaelellison.com Want more Bailey? Visit BaileyGaddis.com Visit The Breadwinners store for NEW MERCH! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As vaccines reach more adults and older teens, families with younger kids have a new equation to solve when it comes to making summer plans. Will this be the second year of no summer camp, limited travel and shocking amounts of screentime? (#askingforafriend) In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the latest advice on family travel and share how they’re navigating the long days of summer with kids. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Family Travel Gets Complicated Without a Covid Vaccine for Kids You’re Vaccinated. Your Kids Are Not. What Now? Summer Vacation With Unvaccinated Kids: Here's What You Can Do Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A time of isolation and stress can also be one of clarity, helping you to answer the essential (and eternal) question: What is your Why? Executive and personal coach Shoshanna Hecht joins Jennifer to share how she works with high-achieving women to take concrete and powerful actions toward their goals — and how lessons we’re learning now will impact our lives as breadwinners in the future. “Boundaries will save our lives.” — Shoshanna Hecht Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links These Work-from-home Tips Can Help You Take 'control Over Your' Day Could the Coronavirus Pandemic Shift Gender Roles Once and for All? Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Rachaelellison.com Want more Shoshanna? Visit ShoshannaHecht.com Visit The Breadwinners store — NEW MERCH! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a move to increase job satisfaction and lower hardship, Seattle has passed a law requiring major employers post schedules 14 days in advance. In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the 58 percent of U.S. workers paid an hourly wage (82 million) and the impact that unpredictable work schedules can have on their lives and families. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Seattle’s Secure Scheduling Ordinance: Year 2 Worker Impact Report Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Visit The Breadwinners Store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
One of the biggest weapons in the fight for gender equality comes from how we spend our money. Since 2014, journalist Amy Cross has been working to make it easier for consumers to do just that by assessing thousands of companies through Gender Fair. In this episode, we consider how to make the world a fairer place, one purchase at a time. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Five Minutes With Amy Cross, Founder of Gender Fair Gender Fair App on Apple App Store, Google Play Store and Chrome Extension. Want more Jennifer? Visit jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit rachaelellison.com Want more Amy? Visit GenderFair.com Visit The Breadwinners store Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 2019, American women were starting an average of 1,817 new businesses per day. In this episode, Rachael and Jennifer consider what drives women to cut their own path, share their own experiences with entrepreneurship and revisit Morra Aarons-Mele’s excellent essay on the dangers of “entrepreneurship porn.” In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the research Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links The Dangerous Rise of “Entrepreneurship Porn” Fly Female Founders: How She Build That Event SCORE: The State of Women Entrepreneurs Women.NYC Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Visit The Breadwinners Store for New Merch! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today 20% of children in the U.S. have an ongoing health issue related to physiology, development, behavior, and/or mental health — and that number is rising.
Sehreen Noor Ali, co-CEO of Sleuth, a guide for early childhood health that helps parents identify solutions, resources and cures through shared stories and smart technology, joins The Breadwinners to discuss the fight parents face to get the care their kids need from our health and education systems. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Work-Life Imbalance: Parenting a Child with Healthcare Needs Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Rachaelellison.com Want more Sehreen? Visit Sleuth.com Visit The Breadwinners store!
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As some employers begin to reopen offices, a new survey finds that half of all workers wish to remain remote permanently. In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider how leading firms are considering the answers to the important questions when, how, and why should employees return to the workplace? And why no one size ever fits all. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links SHRM: Half of Workers Wish to Remain Remote Permanently Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit RachaelEllison.com Visit The Breadwinners Store!
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In her new book, Think Like a Breadwinner: A Wealth-Building Manifesto for Women Who Want to Earn More (and Worry Less), financial expert and author Jennifer Barrett returns to The Breadwinners to reframe what it means to be a breadwinner.
By dismantling the narrative that women don’t — and shouldn’t — take financial responsibility to create the lives they want, Jennifer reveals not only the importance of women building their own wealth but the freedom and power that comes with it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The question is, will that anger equal action? In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider Helen Lewis’ insightful new essay, “The Pandemic Has Given Women a New Kind of Rage,” and remember how spot-on she was a year ago as the pandemic erupted. (Revisit that one in Episode 11: Breadwinning + Caregiving in a Pandemic) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, former magazine publishing exec Deborah Burns joins The Breadwinners to talk about what she learned about writing after completing her memoir. It’s a lesson she now shares with brands and executives alike as they seem to invent — and reinvent — themselves in her new book out this month.
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Before the pandemic, the price of childcare already rivaled that of many college tuitions
— and that’s if you could find it. Now researchers estimate that at least 20,000 childcare centers have closed in the pandemic, with thousands more expected to follow suit. In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the growing impact of childcare deserts — and how they’ve navigated childcare needs through their own families’ ages and stages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When it comes to navigating careers, author and thinker extraordinaire Lindsey Pollak says the most successful and happy professionals describe themselves as frequent and deliberate recalculators, constantly considering where they want to go next. In Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work, she shares actionable advice for activating your own personal GPS to avoid obstacles and get where you want to go.
Episode Links 23 Essential Tips for Working Remotely Recalculating: Navigate Your Career Through the Changing World of Work The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multigenerational Workplace Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Rachaelellison.com Want more Lindsey? Visit LindseyPollak.com Visit The Breadwinners store! Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Between receiving less help from their parents, earning more college degrees than men — and oh yes, the gender wage gap, women now hold two-thirds of America’s student loan debt, according to the American Association of University Women.
As Congress considers the question of student loan forgiveness, Rachael + Jennifer consider the role that gender is playing in the student loan debt crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From her love of crochet, quilting and crafts, Linda Permann has built a career as a talented writer, editor, designer and teacher, working for such brands as Adorn, Craftsy and Bluprint. Today, she is on the other side of the ever-changing business, serving as Yarn Manager for One Big Happy Yarn Company, where she is building a store from scratch, while also creating content — and raising two future crafters as well.
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In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the power of words, especially those by Claire Trageser in her essay on Elle.com, “Stop Telling Women They're Amazing.” From real-life stories of Mom-Life to Rachael’s grandmother’s favorite Erma Bombeck column, we consider how to see and talk about what we’re all experiencing now as breadwinning moms.
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Lynn Harris, founder and CEO of Gold Comedy, an online platform for funny women and nonbinary folks to learn about writing and telling jokes, assembling a standup comedy set and trying out material, joins Jennifer to talk about the power of a good joke and how comedy fosters confidence.
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As vaccines start to roll out and friends and family report some success in accessing them, the pandemic’s end seems so close and yet so far away.
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the latest research on our collective mental health, consider whether phone calls are making a comeback and share how they are navigating the pandemic’s latest long chapter.
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Before the pandemic, 2.2 million non-working moms with college degrees said they wanted to go back to work. With thousands of women leaving the workforce due to caregiving, homeschooling and job losses, it’s a number that’s sure to rise.
In this episode, Carol Fishman Cohen, CEO and co-founder of iRelaunch, joins The Breadwinners to talk about career breaks, returnships and the impact of the pandemic on women’s return-to-work plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nearly 3 in 4 women with at least $100,000 to invest now say the pandemic has negatively affected their ability to retire. In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the pandemic’s impact on the existing gender gap in retirement savings.
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Here’s a sobering stat: While more than 11 million firms are women-owned, only 4% generate revenues of $1 million or more.
In this episode, Aliza Freud, founder and CEO of SheSpeaks, an influencer marketing agency founded in 2007, talks about what it takes to grow from solo-preneur to payroll-paying business as well as the pros and cons of seeking investor funds to grow your company..
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According to famed executive coach Michael Watkins, about a third of a company is in transition at any one time as people change roles, responsibilities and employers, impacting everyone they were working with as well as their new team.
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the research on career transitions, how to successfully take on a new role — and Jennifer’s new dream career.
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When it comes to know what you’re worth (and seeing it in your paycheck) it helps to have friends — as in those who will share their stories, strategies and tips for negotiating your full compensation package.
Consider Claire Wasserman, founder of Ladies Get Paid, that friend. She joins The Breadwinners to talk about her new book, which features nine real-life stories of breadwinning women and the steps they took to get paid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Girls Who Code Founder Reshma Saujani and 50 or so influential voices have gathered to ask President Biden to consider creating a “Marshall Plan” to help the millions of working moms pushed out — or at least weighed down — by the added caregiving, homeschooling and not to mention, job losses impacting them and their families.
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider what such a plan might look like — for men and women — and the PR power of an alliterative title. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With nearly half the U.S labor force now working from home full-time, employers and employees see flexible work very differently than they did a year ago. But what should post-pandemic office life look like?
Manar Morales, founder and CEO of Diversity and Flexibility Alliance, joins The Breadwinners to share her work, her thinking and her conversations with employers about how to build workplace cultures that truly work for all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider our never-ending to-do lists, the joy of white boards and the job of getting our loved ones vaccinated.
“What’s the secret to getting an appointment? It’s the same secret to navigating any American system: have a tech-savvy English-speaking person in your life with ample times on their hands.” — Anne Helen Petersen, “The Secret to Getting a Vaccine Appointment” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What makes a good story?
Thaler Pekar, master storyteller, joins The Breadwinners to talk about how she and her team work with organizations to find, develop and amplify stories that foster critical support — and why story listening is so important for us all.
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Despite an estimated $15 billion spent annually on manager training and leadership development, a recent study finds 75 percent of Americans still say their “boss is the most stressful part of their workday.”
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the research and share their own experiences and tips for dealing with workplaces that don’t work.
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Psychiatrist Carl Jung claims there are 12 personality archetypes that “are imprinted and hardwired into our psyches.”
In this episode, entrepreneur and branding strategist Kristi Faulkner joins The Breadwinners to talk about how Jung’s archetypes can help brands — and individuals — better understand the way customers/audiences perceive them as well as how to speak more clearly to those you want to reach.
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When Tiffany Haddish was invited to host a three-hour pre-telecast ceremony for the Grammys for no pay, she had two words to say: “No thanks.”
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the attraction (and pressure) to work for free, whether speaking at events, writing thought leadership, weighing in on a proposal or the like. When do the factors of free work add up in your favor — and when is it all just a big fat zero?
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When it comes to breaking down gender norms at home, author and activist Emma Johnson argues that one of the best tools society has is shared parenting agreements in cases of divorce.
In this episode, Johnson shares results from her new survey of 2,3000 single moms: “The answer is clear: The more equality that women have with their parenting schedule, the more money they make, the happier they are and the better they feel about themselves as moms.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tomorrow marks the beginning of a new administration — and a new chapter for the hundreds (thousands?) of women who successfully ran for office in 2020. In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the rising numbers of women running for office, why we need even more female voices in politics and the awesomeness of creating a new tradition of Second Gentleman.
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Conversations regarding diversity at work often focus on questions of race and gender, leaving little room to discuss the needs of employees with visible and non-visible disabilities.
In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Sarrett of Disruptive Inclusion and Emory University’s Center for the Study of Human Health, joins to consider questions of language, stigma and accommodations in the workplace for people with disabilities — and what it means to be an anti-ableist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do you talk about how much you make? Would you ever?
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider how our relationship to money is tied to our values — and how we value ourselves. We also consider how not talking about money impacts the wage gap for women.
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There’s no getting around it: relationships take work. In this episode, sex and relationships therapist Cyndi Darnell shares her insights on how the pandemic is impacting our sex lives, the power of being vulnerable and relationship myths.
“One of the biggest myths we believe is that the skills necessary to navigate relationships and sex are ‘soft skills.’ Frankly, there’s nothing soft about these skills because they’re some of the hardest you’re going to learn” — Cyndi Darnell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Child care, elder care, health care, and housing. As we turn the page on a new year and a new administration, Rachael + Jennifer mark the first anniversary of The Breadwinners by considering what a worker-centric approach to the economy should — and could — look like.
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In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider Indiana University sociologist Jessica Calarco’s research on “mothers grappling with parenting, partners, anxiety, work, and feelings of failure during the pandemic,” featured in a great interview with writer Anne Helen Petersen.
We also say goodnight to Season 2 of The Breadwinners and look forward to waking up to Season 3 in 2021.
Until then: Keep Hustling and Happy Holidays! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Just when you think your health care team has seen it all — pivoting to create outdoor urgent care, drive-up testing services, and a parking-facility x-ray center to serve patients in a pandemic — wildfire smoke drive you back inside to learn about air exchangers.
Welcome to the front lines of healthcare in 2020. Cecilia Aviles, senior operations executive for Sutter Health in Northern California, joins Jennifer to talk about how her team of 4,000 employees and are finding new ways to serve patient Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Winter is coming, the holidays are looming and the pandemic is still here. Are you feeling as anxious and stressed about all of this as we are?
In this episode, Rachael and Jennifer consider the stress we’re under normally this time of year — and how the pandemic is compounding it. Oh, and we talk about ways to cope too. Visit TheBreadwinners.com to share how you’re surviving this season!
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When Amber Briggle called her county sheriff out for his anti-transgender comments in 2016, little did she know it would lead to an invitation to the White House.
What she did know was the importance of learning, advocating and growing into her role as a breadwinning parent of a middle school son who is transgender — which he argues is the least interesting thing about him.
Amber joins Jennifer to talk about the research, fight and awareness that is growing for kids who are transgender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An analysis of 194 countries finds that infection and fatality rates in the first three months of the pandemic were generally lower in countries with female leaders.
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider what we can learn from these countries’ leaders — including Angela Merkel, Jacinda Ardern, Tsai Ing-Wen and Erna Solberg — reporting significantly lower rates of infection and death due to Covid.
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The holiday season normally be hard enough when we’ve lost a loved one but add in a loss of normality and you’ve got a recipe for sadness and stress.
Grief and resilience expert Allison Gilbert visits The Breadwinners to share her insights for remembering our loved ones, finding joy, and new ways to celebrate and honor those we’ve lost through meaningful virtual memorials.
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Turns out as with all things gender and work, there’s a promotion pandemic gap too.
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider new research showing that one-third of men working remoting with kids at home have received a promotion during the pandemic versus just 9 percent of women in the same situation — not to mention the raises that go along with them.
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What role can business play in improving society?
In this episode, Dr. Vanessa Weaver, diversity expert and CEO and founder of Alignment Strategies, joins Jennifer to talk about her three decades of work to bring equity and belonging to companies’ cultures of success; how the conversation around racism changed this year; and where it needs to go in the years to come.
“There has been an exploration of race that has been extremely healthy.” — Dr. Vanessa Weaver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Research finds that more than a third of all American workers have a side hustle now — a result fueled in part by the pandemic’s decimating impact on jobs and wages.
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider what economists mean by “gig economy” versus the “passion economy” or “hustle economy” — and what it means for all of us breadwinners to be working so much right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It seems like yesterday that we were all just trying to figure out what the school year might look like — now it’s about dealing with the day-to-day of life, lessons and learning what to do when your child’s classmate’s sibling’s caregiver tests positive for Covid.
Work-life expert Michelle Birnbaum joins Jennifer to talk about the new rules, etiquette and stresses impacting working parents — and their employers — as well as to share her guide for navigating it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Before COVID, recessions were typically “man-cessions,” impacting male-dominated industries like housing construction and manufacturing. Like all things now, the pandemic has upended the norm, fueling significant job losses for women working in restaurants, hotels and retail, to name just a few.
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the research regarding the latest unemployment trends and the factors that could impede women’s return to work in the months and years to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael Collins, Chief of Staff for Employee Engagement at Google, joins Jennifer to talk about the evolving nature of diversity, equity + inclusion efforts; the central role that whiteness still plays in these discussions; and the importance of building a culture of belonging for all employees at Google. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Six women vied for the presidential nomination this year. Today, one of them — Sen. Kamala Harris (D., CA) — is a major-party candidate for vice president, navigating the racial, ethnic and gender biases that continue to impact our daily lives.
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the research into how Americans view female leaders and consider what’s changed (and still needs to change) since Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to run for president nearly 150 years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Jennifer talks with Barbara Cook, CEO of Lovers, a female-founded sexual wellness retailer and brand with stores in five states.
Cook shares how she is navigating the pandemic’s impact on retail, learning more about remote work than she had ever expected, and working to rebrand Lovers to reignite passion in the nearly 40-year-old brand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Happy National Flex Day!
Today as we mark the 8th annual National Flex Day, the holiday spotlighting the power of flexible work, Jennifer + Rachael consider how our collective take on workplace culture has changed since 2013 — as well as since March when the pandemic forced 42 percent of the labor force to work from home full time overnight.
Join in the conversation by sharing your #NationalFlexDay story today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, FlexJobs’ Brie Reynolds joins Jennifer to talk about a Bizarro world where 42 percent of the labor force now work from home full-time. As we all learn what we like and don’t like about flexible work, most of us still want to keep at least some aspect of it going forward.
Want to learn how? Check out Flexjobs’ job board as well as its new series of flexible work webinars. And on Oct. 20, make sure to share your flexible work life with #NationalFlexDay! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In a recent op-ed for Foreign Affairs, philanthropist Melinda Gates laid out ways our typical pandemic responses leave women behind.
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider Gates’ argument as well as UN recommendations for supporting women here and globally to ensure we don’t exacerbate existing inequalities even as we fight the pandemic’s daily impact on aspects of our lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At The Breadwinners, we often talk about caregiving as parents. But how about as children caring for our parents?
In this episode, Jeff Bevis, CEO of FirstLight Home Care, an in-home care provider, joins Jennifer to talk about trends in eldercare and the pressures on caregivers, especially breadwinners.
“It’s a daunting task, but we see so many of the adult children try to carry a full-time job and often manage their households and care for their kids too.” — Jeff Bevis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Before work, family and life intrudes, making and keeping friends seems almost as easy as breathing. Now the pandemic is making relationships harder than ever to sustain.
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the power of friendship to improve our lives, grow our brains, and create a biweekly podcast on work-life issues.
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When it comes to where we want to be as a community, nation and world, we all have a role and responsibility to play. But first, we need to decide where we want to go.
This week Kristina Libby, Chief Science Officer at Hypergiant, joins Jennifer to talk about the role that tech, art and soul plays in our lives — and why we need diverse viewpoints asking important questions at every stage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Writing The New York Times, columnist Claire Cain Miller points out the essential breadwinners truth: “Framing how to balance work and family as personal choices… distracts from the bigger structural issues that force these choices. Individuals are left to figure out how to make it work — and feel guilty when it doesn’t.”
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer go back to basics to consider what we all need to work and live during a pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When art director and photographer Natalie Kocsis decided to document her daily pandemic life as a breadwinning single mom with a pre-K son at home, little did she know she’d still be doing it 170 days later.
In this episode, Natalie shares her caregiving, career-pivoting and cemetery-walking story with Jennifer as they both embark on very different new school year experiences as working moms.
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The world lost a true warrior and pioneering advocate for gender equality with the death on Friday of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider how Justice Ginsburg’s work changed the way female breadwinners are protected through her “sense of strategy and careful selection of cases,” which served to persuade “the all-male Supreme Court, one case at a time, to start recognizing the constitutional barrier against discrimination on the basis of sex." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What happens when more than half of all working parents co-work from home? That’s the question Yale University’s Emma Zang and Thomas Lyttleton set out to answer with their latest research released by the Council on Contemporary Families.
In this episode, we dive into the good news (men are taking on more childcare), the bad news (the housekeeping gender gap is widening) and examine findings that show that telecommuting moms are reporting higher levels of stress than those who work outside the home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When our kids do something wrong, our first move is to help them learn how to empathize and apologize. Somehow it becomes much harder when it’s our turn to say we’re sorry — especially when we’re serving as a leader.
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the research regarding how and when to apologize — and when we really shouldn’t have to. #sorrynotsorry
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There are lots of data about the changes working women make once they become moms, but very little understanding of how or why behind their decisions.
In this episode, Sarah Deming, PhD student in the Department of Sociology at Washington State University, shares research from her survey of 1700 working moms.
“I’m really a believer the power of women’s stories to inform what it feels like on the ground. For a lot of women, it’s traumatic the way they’re trying to juggle these things.” — Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For those of us working, schooling and living in the same place, a quiet home office is a luxury — that typically goes to the man of the house, according to a recent survey.
In this episode, Rachael and Jennifer consider the new book Easy Living: The Rise of the Home Office by Elizabeth Patton— and why women are the ones typically left searching for space to work at home during the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As the number of child care slots shrink and the prospect of remote education grows, working parents are in crisis.
In this episode, Katherine Goldstein, host of The Double Shift podcast about the lives of working mothers (and soon-to-be homeschool teacher to a kindergartener), makes the case for a national “CareCorps,” putting young adults to work supporting working families. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We’re back from our summer rerun mini-series to consider what we know about the pandemic’s long-term impact on our children’s future lives. (Spoiler alert: not much.)
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the historical events researchers are pointing to when forecasting the pandemic's impact, what they’re seeing in their own families and communities — and the meditative joy of a Law & Order marathon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More than a quarter of all partnered working moms outearn their spouses — and yet most still say they do not consider their work a career. Could this be because the majority of breadwinning moms (72 percent) fell into their role by chance or luck?
In this episode, Jennifer + Rachael dive deeper into the stats that describe “chance” and “choice” breadwinners and consider what fuels our career vs. paycheck mindset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Six months into the pandemic and the novelty of sharing our home lives with our work partners has long ago worn off — and yet, it continues apace.
From our daily anxiety and stress to our kids, partners and pets, Rachael + Jennifer consider the impact of all-day Zoom meetings from our bedrooms, closets and patios — and revel in the delight of an old-fashioned/no-camera conference call.
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In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider new research that finds that 47% of parents aren’t sure they’ll be able to return to work due to their child care needs — and share how they’re muddling through.
All month, The Breadwinners are revisiting and reconsidering our most popular episodes from the first weeks of the pandemic as new trends are revealed. Let us know how you’re doing at www.thebreadwinnerspodcast.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Like the pandemic itself, the pressure it’s placing on our mental health is never-ending — as in one-third of all Americans are now showing signs of clinical anxiety or depression.
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider fresh research surfacing regarding our nation’s collective mental health and what’s changed in how we are living, five months later.
All month, we are revisiting and reconsidering our most popular episodes from the first weeks of the pandemic as new trends are revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We know it matters — and that it helps us focus — but what exactly is mindfulness?
Harriet Stein, founder and president of Big Toe in the Water, joins Jennifer to break it down and build us up on how to pay attention in our busy breadwinner lives, with a special focus on the needs of essential healthcare workers.
“Mindfulness is really a practice of compassion for ourselves, first and foremost.” — Harriet Stein
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Written 44 years ago, "Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life" by Gail Sheehy was a seminal work focused on the common themes of men and women in their late thirties and early forties — or what she called “The Deadline Decade.”
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the sudden time-squeeze of adult life that Sheehy identified — and how the question of “Will I have time to do it all?” manifests today among #breadwinners, especially during the never-ending pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Many entrepreneurs feel that running at 110 percent all day every day is the only path to success — and yet, an estimated 70 percent of startups fail. Could there be a better way?
This week, Rational Confidence founder Kathleen Stetson joins The Breadwinners to share her research into start-up stress, self-awareness, and sustainable self-care — as well as the power of mundane mindfulness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A survey of midlife women found that 66% of us feel only "somewhat in control" of our health while nearly 90% describe their stress levels as "moderate to high."
Sound familiar?!
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider why nearly half of all women, ages 30 to 60, aren’t taking time for health (including getting regular screenings) and share what they were doing (pre-pandemic) to put themselves on their own to-do list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Even before the pandemic, men and women were changing their minds about breadwinning — and yet, new studies find that women are still left holding the bag when it comes to homeschooling.
Stephanie Coontz, director of research and public education for the Council on Contemporary Families, joins Jennifer to consider the pandemic’s impact on family dynamics. Spoiler alert: “Men and women are happier when they are sharing the labor,” says Coontz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Employee surveys find that nearly everyone likes receiving feedback. Indeed, “people believe constructive criticism is essential to their career development,” says one report.
In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the research behind constructive criticism and positive encouragement — and why it matters so much how you do both.
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Oddly enough, workplace policies created by straight white men for straight white men without caregiving responsibilities don’t seem to be working these days. In this episode, Julie Kashen, director of Women's Economic Justice and senior fellow at the Century Foundation, joins Rachael to talk about our nation’s approach to child care — and why it's time for change. “We all need to come together to say ‘This is what’s best for all of us.’ We need a significant federal investment in this sector so that we can all afford good care, we can come back to work as the economy recovers, and we can pay the people who provide the care what they’re actually worth.” — Julie Kashen Please rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners anywhere you listen to podcasts. Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Want more Julie? Visit The Century Foundation: tcf.org/experts/julie-kashen/ Episode Links Fear and Hoarding in the Time of Coronavirus: Invest in Child Care, Not Private Jets https://msmagazine.com/2020/05/04/fear-and-hoarding-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-invest-in-child-care-not-private-jets/ Child Care for All: A Blueprint for States https://tcf.org/content/report/child-care-blueprint-states/ ‘I Had To Choose Being a Mother’: With No Child Care Or Summer Camps, Women Are Being Edged Out Of The Workforce https://www.thelily.com/i-had-to-choose-being-a-mother-with-no-child-care-or-summer-camps-women-are-being-edged-out-of-the-workforce/ Coronavirus Pandemic Could Lead to Permanent Loss of Nearly 4.5 Million Child Care Slots https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/early-childhood/news/2020/04/24/483817/coronavirus-pandemic-lead-permanent-loss-nearly-4-5-million-child-care-slots/ The Child Care Industry Is About To Collapse. There’s No Bailout Coming. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/child-care-industry-coronavirus-no-bailout-congress_n_5ebe9ea0c5b6ae86c2fd2c00 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Psychologists define resilience as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, stress and tragedy — but how do we find resilience in the first place? In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the research into skills resilient people use to get up, dust themselves off and step forward during difficult times — and what we can learn for our own lives. Please rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners anywhere you listen to podcasts. Episode Links What Makes Some People More Resilient Than Others https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/health/resilience-relationships-trauma.html Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure https://hbr.org/2016/06/resilience-is-about-how-you-recharge-not-how-you-endure How People Learn to Become Resilient https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/the-secret-formula-for-resilience Why Self-Compassion Trumps Self-Esteem https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/try_selfcompassion An Online Optimism Intervention Reduces Depression in Pessimistic Individuals https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259718702_An_Online_Optimism_Intervention_Reduces_Depression_in_Pessimistic_Individuals Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Studies suggest Black women may be almost twice as likely to experience infertility as White women — and much less likely to seek medical help to get pregnant, let alone talk openly about it. In this episode, media executive Kim Sealy shares her infertility story with Jennifer. From the costs of IVF to the sadness of miscarriages to the stress of responding to her Caribbean family’s traditional views, Kim encourages Black women to share their stories — and seek the help they need to start the families they desire. “You’re expected to be perfect and when I discovered that I was having issues, I didn’t go out and tell everyone.” — Kim Sealy Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Why Are So Many Black Women Suffering Through Infertility in Silence? https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a23320626/infertility-race-survey/ This Is Why We Chose To Talk About Black Women And Infertility https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a23785945/black-women-infertility-letter-from-the-editors/ Here’s Why Many Black Women Are Silent About Their Struggle With Infertility https://bit.ly/2YsAYit What No Talks About at Work: Infertility and Miscarriages http://bit.ly/BWepisode5 Infertility and Impaired Fecundity in the United States, 1982–2010: Data From the National Survey of Family Growth https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr067.pdf Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Want more Kim? Visit her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-sealy-58b3685/ Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We’ve all experienced a toxic workplace — but have you ever stepped up to speak out about the problems you see? In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the research regarding employee voice — the phenomenon of workers speaking up when they see or hear something that troubles them — and what happens when we all feel silenced. Please rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners anywhere you listen to podcasts. Refinery29 Top Editor Christene Barberich Steps Down After Backlash Over Lack of Diversity, ‘Racist Aggressions’ https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/refinery29-editor-christene-barberich-steps-down-diversity-racial-discrimination-1234627692/ The 'Bon Appétit' Test Kitchen and the Myth of the Happy Workplace https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ep4znz/the-bon-appetit-test-kitchen-and-the-myth-of-the-happy-workplace Create a Workplace Where Everyone Feels Comfortable Speaking Up https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Create-a-workplace-where-everyone-feels-comfortable-speaking-up?gko=7c8d3 The Neural Bases Of Social Pain: Evidence For Shared Representations With Physical Pain https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273616/ Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s never good news when HR unexpectedly joins a meeting with your manager — and such was the case for Betty Wong Ortiz, editor extraordinaire, who like millions of others was laid off at the start of the pandemic. In this episode, Betty shares her job search story with Jennifer — and how being honest on LinkedIn led to a viral post of 23,000 views as well as a supportive network of connections and potential new job leads. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links I Got Laid-off Over Zoom This Year, But Found an Incredible Community Because of It https://www.synchronybank.com/blog/millie/laid-off-over-zoom/ With Jobless Benefits Set to Lapse, Congress Is at Odds Over an Extension https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/us/politics/unemployment-benefits-coronavirus.html More People Will Be Fired in the Pandemic. Let’s Talk About It. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/14/opinion/layoffs-coronavirus-economy.html United States Unemployment Rate https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Want more Betty? Visit her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bettywongortiz/ Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ever read a job description and immediately decide it’s not for you based on the language alone? We certainly have. In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the research and impact of coded language in job descriptions — and how we can hire better. Are you on the job hunt? We'd love to hear your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Please rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners anywhere you listen to podcasts. Episode Links How To Take Gender Bias Out of Your Job Ads https://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2016/12/14/how-to-take-gender-bias-out-of-your-job-ads/#605d4ddf1024 Gender Decoder for Job Ads http://gender-decoder.katmatfield.com/ You Don’t Know It, But Women See Gender Bias in Your Job Postings https://www.ere.net/you-dont-know-it-but-women-see-gender-bias-in-your-job-postings/ Four Ways to Make Job Descriptions More Inclusive https://koyapartners.com/blog/inclusive-job-descriptions/ Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Even before they got pregnant, Stephanie and Ethan Huckel started talking about breadwinning — as in who would be the primary earner for their family and who would take the lead on caregiving. Today, that conversation continues as Stephanie leads on the work front and Ethan leads at home. In this episode, Rachael and the Huckels consider the research regarding breadwinning, ubiquitous messaging around gender roles and which member of the Paw Patrol is non-binary. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Why I No Longer Call Myself an Ally https://inclusionalliescoalition.wordpress.com/2020/04/27/why-i-no-longer-call-myself-an-ally/ How to Navigate the Gender Landscape at Work https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/02/lessons-in-how-to-make-the-workplace-inclusive-for-lgbtq-employees/ How to Make Your Marriage Gayer https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/opinion/sunday/marriage-housework-gender-happiness.html What Gay Couples Get About Relationships That Straight Couples Often Don’t https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/04/what-gay-couples-get-about-relationships-that-straight-couples-often-dont/ How to Balance Two Careers Without Arguing https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/relationships/how-to-balance-2-careers-in-one-family-without-arguing/ Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We know that sleep is good for us — and who doesn’t love a day off? And yet, both are so much harder to come by when you’re demanding systemic change on day 4,325 of a COVID pandemic. In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the research regarding our need for rest, our inability to find time or space for ourselves right now, and why it's important to put our mental health on our to-do list. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Why Can’t You Sleep During a Quarantine? https://www.health.com/condition/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/cant-sleep-during-quarantine-insomnia ‘Coronasomnia’: Sleep Issues and Insomnia During the Coronavirus Outbreak https://www.talkspace.com/blog/coronavirus-insomnia/ When You Should Take a Mental Health Day https://www.verywellmind.com/when-and-how-to-take-a-mental-health-day-3144754 Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Laura Mignott, master marketer and events entrepreneur, knows the answer. From the major events she produces to the brands she counsels to the podcast she hosts, Laura makes connections everywhere she goes. Today, she is sharing her best tips for growing a strong network in a new course, called One Degree of Connection. See link below. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Event Planners Sound Off on the Future of the Industry https://www.campaignlive.com/article/event-planners-sound-off-future-industry/1685802 The Secret To Launching A Successful Podcast https://www.blackenterprise.com/laura-mignott-reset-podcast/ Meet The Woman Responsible for Giving Women of Color More Visibility on Stages Across America https://www.essence.com/news/money-career/laura-mignott-tech-black-speaker-circuit/ The Reset podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/1goi67oMyDKcPLf6mNfxlY Fly Female Founders https://flyfemalefounders.org/ One Degree of Connection course https://courses.genconnectu.com/courses/One-Degree-of-Connection Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Want more Laura? Visit DFlash: https://www.dflash.co/ Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Take a moment and look at your LinkedIn contacts. How many look like you? In this episode, Jennifer + Rachael consider the research regarding cross-racial relationships, the unconscious biases we hold and the impact it has on who we recommend, mentor and hire. “Because of the racial context in which we're all living, if we want to have cross-racial relationships, part of what makes them successful is our willingness and ability to learn how to talk about racism, even in the context of the friendship” — Beverly Daniel Tatumm Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? https://www.amazon.com/Black-Kids-Sitting-Together-Cafeteria/dp/0465083617 Diversity as a Second Job https://www.cjr.org/special_report/journalist-of-color-second-job.php Code Switch: Cross-Racial Relationships https://www.npr.org/2020/01/27/799925293/code-switch-cross-racial-relationships The Dark Side of Networking https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/09/networking-mentorship-milkman/539703/ Why Journalists Are Walking Out of Newsrooms in Protest https://www.adweek.com/digital/why-journalists-are-walking-out-of-newsrooms-in-protest/ Thick: And Other Essays https://www.amazon.com/Thick-Essays-Tressie-McMillan-Cottom/dp/1620974363 White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies (1988) https://www.collegeart.org/pdf/diversity/white-privilege-and-male-privilege.pdf Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As protest and pandemic overwhelm our news feeds, the power of language, storytelling and narrative-shaping has never been more apparent — or more important. Christina Blacken of The New Quo, a narrative intelligence consultancy, joins The Breadwinners to talk about how she works with leaders to connect with the values, emotions and needs of their listeners to get them where they need them to go — and why it’s so important to match story and narrative with lived action. “The stories that they tell, no matter how true they are or not, become the dominant narrative in the lexicon. That’s why we need to have counter-narratives so that we can inform people and stop that and focus on the real issues.” — Christina Blacken Episode Links Sway Them in Color podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/0pB6p8cte9I3ckSVFfGH4u?si=mXHsVsqMQQOXrLgfU7xC3g How Being 'Different' Helped These 14 Female Entrepreneurs Find Their Niche and Made Them More Successful https://www.businessinsider.com/how-being-different-made-14-female-entrepreneurs-more-successful-2020-3 Understanding and Dismantling Racism: A Booklist for White Readers https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/understanding-and-dismantling-racism-booklist-white-readers 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234 Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Want more Christina? Visit The New Quo: https://www.thenewquo.com/ Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The conversation regarding #pandemic life has centered around maintaining motivation for work and school, but can we find inspiration as well? In this episode, Jennifer + Rachael consider how to reach for the stars when you can't go outside. Is it possible to create new ideas right now — or will we keep overworking ourselves in an effort to control an uncontrollable situation? (Asking for a friend.) Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today! Episode Links The Difference Between Motivation & Inspiration https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140512234002-23063390-motivation-inspiration/ Motivation vs. Inspiration: How to Achieve Your Goals in the Long-Term https://erickson.edu/blog/motivation-vs-inspiration Why Inspiration Matters https://hbr.org/2011/11/why-inspiration-matters All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DB2WQAQ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Clear Health Costs https://clearhealthcosts.com/ The Surprising Reason the Best Ideas Come to You in the Shower https://www.rd.com/advice/work-career/best-ideas-in-shower/ Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Women not only earn less than men, we invest less too, meaning we miss the opportunity to grow our wealth on a scale larger than any paltry savings account interest rate can offer. Jennifer Barrett, chief education officer of Acorns, the savings and investing app, and founding editor of Grow, its personal finance magazine site targeting Millennials, joins Jennifer to talk about the messaging most women hear about money from childhood on — and why it’s so important to embrace our financial future. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners today. Episode Links Could The Coronavirus Pandemic Shift Gender Roles Once And For All? https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferbarrett/2020/05/11/could-the-coronavirus-pandemic-shift-gender-roles-once-and-for-all/#11fd85ec4240 Why We All Need to Think Like Breadwinners https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_barrett_why_we_all_need_to_think_like_breadwinners_jan_2019 Women and Investing: The Gender Wealth Gap Nobody Talks About https://www.sofi.com/blog/women-investing-gender-wealth-gap-nobody-talks/ Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Want more Jennifer Barrett? Visit Grow: https://grow.acorns.com/ Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today’s workforce is comprised of four generations — Boomers, GenX, Millennials and GenZ — all of whom come to work every day with different views, communication styles, needs and challenges. In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider how we can, and should, work together to thrive and grow at work. Tell us your generational story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners! Episode Links Why We Need Multigenerational Workplaces https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/diversity/2020/how-to-attract-multigenerational-workforce What Are the Different Generations in the Workplace? Your Definitive Guide https://lindseypollak.com/different-generations-workplace-definitive-guide/ How Millennials Today Compare With Their Grandparents 50 Years Ago https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/16/how-millennials-compare-with-their-grandparents/#!17 Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The coronavirus pandemic is upending the way we work, live and connect with one another — and it’s happening so fast that it’s pushing us to new heights of stress, fear and uncertainty. Brigid Shulte, Director of the Better Life Lab at the New America Foundation, joins Jennifer to talk about work and life in the time of Covid — and the basic supports still needed to protect both. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners! Episode Links Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time https://www.amazon.com/No-Excuses-Women-Change-Think/dp/1580053882 Crisis Conversations — Live from Better Life Lab https://www.newamerica.org/better-life-lab/events/online-crisis-conversations-live-from-better-life-lab-4/ Tear Up Your Pandemic To-Do List https://forge.medium.com/tear-up-your-pandemic-to-do-list-453add9e3eec Which Companies Still Aren’t Offering Paid Sick Days? https://www.newamerica.org/better-life-lab/reports/which-companies-still-arent-offering-paid-sick-days/ Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Want more Brigid? Visit Better Life Lab: https://www.newamerica.org/better-life-lab/ Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As some employers start to reopen their workplaces, two-thirds of Americans say they are worried about returning to their desks. But how much of our work still needs to be done onsite, and how much can be done at home? In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider the questions that need to be asked — and answered — as we consider returning to the office. How are you juggling home, work and family now? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners! Episode Links Is America ready to return to work and get back to business? https://www.qualtrics.com/blog/covid-19-back-to-work/ Working from home is here to stay, even when the economy reopens https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/11/work-from-home-is-here-to-stay-after-coronavirus.html Twitter Will Let Employees Work From Home Permanently https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/twitter-work-from-home-forever-coronavirus-1234604586/ I’m A Psychologist. Here’s How Employers Can Help Workers Get Through This Pandemic https://www.fastcompany.com/90493478/im-a-psychologist-heres-how-employers-can-help-workers-get-through-this-pandemic Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"You need to know how to play the game in order to change it. But you also have a responsibility to change it while you're playing it." In this episode, Jennifer is joined by Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead, which aims to propel women to take their fair share of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025. Its 50 Women Can Change the World leadership program is now focused on serving women in journalism and applications to join its group are now open at 50womencan.com. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners wherever you listen to podcasts! Episode Links No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power https://www.amazon.com/No-Excuses-Women-Change-Think/dp/1580053882 The Ms. Q&A: Gloria Feldt Wants More Women Empowered and in Power https://msmagazine.com/2019/09/23/the-ms-qa-gloria-feldt-wants-more-women-to-be-empowered-and-in-power/ Leading In Chaos: How Resilient Are You? https://www.taketheleadwomen.com/blog/leading-in-chaos-how-resilient-are-you Lean In: Women in the Workplace 2019 https://womenintheworkplace.com/ Pew: The Data on Women Leaders https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/fact-sheet/the-data-on-women-leaders/ Center for American Progress: The Women’s Leadership Gap https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/reports/2018/11/20/461273/womens-leadership-gap-2/ Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Want more Gloria? Visit Take the Lead: www.taketheleadwomen.com/ Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Women represent nearly two-thirds of the workforce in the 40 lowest-paying jobs, many of which are now considered essential. Nevertheless, at least 36 percent, or 13 million, of these workers earn less than $15 per hour. In this episode, we consider breadwinners in low-paid occupations such as food services, healthcare and retail and the added struggles they now face in the pandemic. How are you juggling home, work and family now? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts. Episode Links When Hard Work Is Not Enough: Women in Low-Paid Jobs https://nwlc-ciw49tixgw5lbab.stackpathdns.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Women-in-Low-Paid-Jobs-report_pp04-FINAL-4.2.pdf Snapshot of the COVID Crisis Impact on Working Families https://econofact.org/snapshot-of-the-covid-crisis-impact-on-working-families States Are Stepping Up with Emergency Child Care Solutions for Frontline Essential Personnel in Response to COVID-19 https://tcf.org/content/commentary/states-stepping-emergency-child-care-solutions-frontline-essential-personnel-response-covid-19/ 22 Million Americans Have Now Filed For Unemployment In The Last 4 Weeks https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/836424302/22-million-americans-have-now-filed-for-unemployment-in-the-last-4-weeks Tens of Millions of Americans Are Risking Their Lives for Less Than $15/Hr https://www.newamerica.org/public-interest-technology/blog/tens-millions-americans-are-risking-their-lives-less-15hr/ Fear and Hoarding in the Time of Coronavirus: Invest in Child Care, Not Private Jets https://msmagazine.com/2020/05/04/fear-and-hoarding-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-invest-in-child-care-not-private-jets/ Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today a majority of men believe they face at least a little bit of discrimination in the workplace due to their gender — and thus, any gain for women is seen as a loss for them. In this episode, Rachael + researchers Yasemin BesenCassino (Montclair State University) and Dan Cassino (Fairleigh Dickinson University) consider their research into breadwinning’s impact on masculinity, gender disparities, and relationships — and what it might predict about our post-pandemic lives. Tell us your breadwinning story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts! Episode Links Women Academics Seem To Be Submitting Fewer Papers During Coronavirus. ‘Never Seen Anything Like It,’ Says One Editor https://www.thelily.com/women-academics-seem-to-be-submitting-fewer-papers-during-coronavirus-never-seen-anything-like-it-says-one-editor/ Why More American Men Feel Discriminated Against https://hbr.org/2016/09/why-more-american-men-feel-discriminated-against Emasculated Men Refuse to Do Chores—Except Cooking https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/10/the-only-chore-men-will-do-is-cook/505067 The Cost of Being a Girl: Working Teens and the Origins of the Gender Wage Gap https://www.amazon.com/dp/1439913498/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1490642131&sr=8-7&keywords=yasemin+besen Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Want more Dan? Visit Fairleigh Dickinson University: www.fdu.edu Want more Yasemin? Visit Montclair State University: https://www.montclair.edu/ Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How often do you end your day having done so much but accomplished nothing of note? The average person checks their email about 15 times per day. But researchers say when people limit checking their email to just three times per day, their stress levels decrease significantly. In this episode, Jennifer + Rachael consider the stress, frustration and time pressure that multitasking generates — and how to combat it. Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts! Episode Links Beware the Busy Manager https://hbr.org/2002/02/beware-the-busy-manager How to Overcome Your (Checks Email) Distraction Habit https://hbr.org/2019/12/how-to-overcome-your-checks-email-distraction-habit How Busyness Leads to Bad Decisions https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191202-how-time-scarcity-makes-us-focus-on-low-value-tasks Preventing Busyness from Becoming Burnout https://hbr.org/2019/04/preventing-busyness-from-becoming-burnout Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Even before the pandemic hit, more than 3 million college-educated women were trying to return to the workforce after years away. Aprés, an online jobs site, is designed to help. In this bonus episode, Jennifer + Aprés CEO Stacey Delo (co-author of Your Turn: Careers, Kids & Comebacks: A Working Mother's Guide) consider why women leave the workforce — and how best to help them return when the time is right. Are you a mom aiming to return to work? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts! Episode Links Your Turn: Careers, Kids, and Comebacks — A Working Mother's Guide https://www.amazon.com/Your-Turn-Careers-Comebacks-Working/dp/0062893696 7 Things Employers Can Do for Working Moms During COVID-19 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/7-things-companies-can-do-working-moms-during-covid-19-stacey-delo/ Balancing Work and Family Starts with the Right Mindset https://www.atlassian.com/blog/teamwork/balancing-work-and-family? Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Want more Stacey? Visit Apres: https://apresgroup.com/ Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Microsoft is now offering 12 weeks of paid leave to its working parent employees as schools remain closed during the coronavirus crisis. Will other employers attempt to match — or even, beat them? In this episode, Jennifer and Rachael consider how employers are responding to the pandemic and what benefits and policies might remain going forward. How is your employer responding to the pandemic? How are you? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts! Episode Links Microsoft Is Giving Workers 12 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave Because of School Disruptions https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/09/tech/microsoft-12-weeks-parental-leave/index.html The Parents Are Not All Right https://gen.medium.com/parents-are-not-ok-66ab2a3e42d9 How Fortune 500 Companies Are Utilizing Their Resources and Expertise During the Coronavirus Pandemic https://fortune.com/2020/04/13/fortune-500-companies-coronavirus-response-covid-19-pandemic/ Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Influencers have seen their work completely upended by the pandemic, prompting a shift away from aspirational posts back to more authentic takes on life — and Danielle Wiley, founder and CEO of Sway Group, a marketing agency and influencer network of more than 25,000 creators, welcomes the change. In this bonus episode, Jennifer and Danielle consider the authenticity shift, the ongoing pay gap for female influencers, and how brand campaigns may change going forward. What social media messaging are you experiencing during the COVID era? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts! Episode Links Women Make up Majority Of Influencer Community, Still Earn Less Than Male Influencers https://marketingland.com/women-make-up-majority-of-influencer-community-earn-less-than-male-influencers-262193 Social Media Fact Sheet https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/social-media/ Top 10 Things Everyone Should Know About Women Consumers https://www.bloomberg.com/company/stories/top-10-things-everyone-know-women-consumers/ 15 Strategies to Engage Followers And Stay at the Top of User Feeds https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2020/03/30/15-strategies-to-engage-followers-and-stay-at-the-top-of-user-feeds/#1bc3b02c725a Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Want more Danielle? Visit Sway Group: https://swaygroup.com/ Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As a Pandemic Breadwinner ™ can you ever say no to work? How about as a homeschooling parent? In this very stressful era, choosing what’s right for you and your family can be harder than ever to do. In this episode, Jennifer + Rachael consider the old adage “there’s only so much time in a day” and what it means in an era of extreme job instability and increased family pressure. How are you deciding whether to say yes or no? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts! Episode Links Fed-Up Mom Pens Viral Thread On Why She’s Not Making Her Son Do Virtual School https://god.dailydot.com/viral-thread-virtual-school/ How Learning to Say No Saved My Career (and My Sanity) https://theriveter.co/voice/the-power-of-learning-to-say-no/ 8 Ways to Set Boundaries Between Work and Kids https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/parenting/coronavirus-work-family-balance.html Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive https://www.amazon.com/Maid-Hard-Work-Mothers-Survive/dp/0316505110 Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Yes, you can’t leave your house but that’s no excuse for not networking. In this episode, Jennifer is joined by Kristy Wallace, CEO of Ellevate Network, to talk about how to foster your network without the usual in-person coffee date. HOT TIP: Ellevate is accepting applications for a special cohort of Squads on Leading Through Uncertainty. This online peer mentoring program allows you to work on your professional challenges, give and receive feedback, and find new ideas. Learn more at https://www.ellevatenetwork.com/squads How are you keeping in touch with your existing network — and how are you making new connections? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts! Episode Links Ellevate Podcast https://apple.co/2QXi7YF Ellevate Network Squads https://www.ellevatenetwork.com/squads Women Are Now the Majority of the U.S. Workforce — But Working Women Still Face Serious Challenges https://time.com/5766787/women-workforce/ Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Want more Kristy? Visit Ellevate Network: https://www.ellevatenetwork.com/ Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For some Breadwinners, we’ve passed a month in isolation working, homeschooling and everything with no end in sight. It’s no wonder many of us are experiencing more bouts of anxiety, depression and loneliness than ever before. In this episode, Jennifer + Rachael consider the research regarding mental health during the COVID Era and share what they’re doing to stay (somewhat) sane — from our favorite apps to the song on endless repeat in Jennifer’s head right now. How’s your mental health faring so far? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts!
Episode Links
Coronavirus: How to Protect Your Mental Health https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51873799 Mental Health Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic https://www.activeminds.org/about-mental-health/be-there/coronavirus/ Mental Health in a Time of Pandemic https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-about-health/202003/mental-health-in-time-pandemic Brandy: Sittin’ Up in My Room https://open.spotify.com/track/4330XmgVWlx98Y3Naswycg?si=BQLOlwwOQe-_Q3WAQom62w Houseparty https://houseparty.com/ Donut https://www.donut.com/ Lunchclub.ai https://lunchclub.ai/?invite_code=jennifero Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You’ve likely heard of job sharing but do you know what it really means? Today on a very special Breadwinners, we dive deep into the least-used weapon in the flexible work arsenal — and consider how it might help our stunned economy. In this episode, Melissa Nicholson of Work Muse joins Jennifer to consider the ups and downs of job sharing and what it takes to be a great team at work and home. Do you want to job share — or wish you could? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts! Episode Links How to Work from Home With Kids http://workmuse.com/workfromhome WhyJob Sharing Is Like 'Having a Secret Superpower' https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/why-job-sharing-is-like-having-a-secret-superpower-20200304-p546wp.html The Smart Way to Save Jobs in the Time of Coronavirus https://www.politico.com/news/agenda/2020/03/18/smart-way-save-jobs-coronavirus-135544 Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Want more Melissa? Visit Work Muse: www.workmuse.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Can you bring your whole self to work? Experts say you should… to a point. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we are all sharing more of our personal lives than ever before — whether on video calls with cats and kids passing by or sharing stories of feeling nervous or isolated. In this episode, Jennifer + Rachael consider the when and how of workplace authenticity and why social intelligence is so important for us all. Have you ever shared too much of yourself at work — or wish you had shared more? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts! Episode Links Building Trust Through Skillful Self-Disclosure https://hbr.org/2012/06/instantaneous-intimacy-skillfu Be Yourself, but Carefully https://hbr.org/2013/10/be-yourself-but-carefully Assessment: When and Where to Share https://hbr.org/web/2013/09/assessment/when-and-when-not-to-share Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships https://www.amazon.com/Social-Intelligence-Science-Human-Relationships/dp/055338449X Homeschooling While Working From Home During a Global Pandemic Bingo https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/homeschooling-while-working-from-home-during-a-global-pandemic-bingo Humblebrags: Self-Isolation Edition https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/humblebrags-self-isolation-edition Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Women outnumber men in the workforce. We earn more college and graduate degrees. We’re the primary breadwinner in 40% of families. And yet, we still earn about 80 cents for every male dollar — and for women of color, the gap is even wider. In this episode, Jennifer + Rachael consider why the gender wage gap is so hard to shrink, what role pay negotiating plays and share their holiday plans for Equal Pay Day (March 31). Tell us your (non) pay equity story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. We’d love to hear how it’s impacted you and your family. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts! Episode Links Equal Pay Days 2020 http://www.equalpaytoday.org/equalpaydays The Fatherhood Bonus and The Motherhood Penalty: Parenthood and the Gender Gap in Pay https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-fatherhood-bonus-and-the-motherhood-penalty-parenthood-and-the-gender-gap-in-pay Gender Equality Is Within Our Reach https://hbr.org/cover-story/2019/09/gender-equality-is-within-our-reach Are we closing the wage gap? Employers and employees sound off. https://www.tsheets.com/resources/equal-pay-survey Pay Equity & Discrimination, Institute for Women’s Policy Research https://iwpr.org/issue/employment-education-economic-change/pay-equity-discrimination/ Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“The coronavirus crisis will be global and long-lasting, economic as well as medical,” writes Helen Lewis in The Atlantic. “However, it also offers an opportunity. This could be the first outbreak where gender and sex differences are recorded, and taken into account by researchers and policymakers.” In this episode, Rachael + Jennifer consider how the equation of breadwinning + caregiving will add up for women during, and after, the coronavirus pandemic. Tell us your breadwinning + caregiving story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. We’d love to hear how you are making it work in this difficult time. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts! Episode Links The Coronavirus Is a Disaster for Feminism https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/03/feminism-womens-rights-coronavirus-covid19/608302/ How Working Parents Can Prepare for Coronavirus Closures https://hbr.org/2020/03/how-working-parents-can-prepare-for-coronavirus-closures Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For Breadwinners, staying home to care for yourself or your family — or to work from home — is possible only with paid sick leave and flexible work policies to support you. Join Rachael + Jennifer as they consider the current state of work in the #Coronavirus Era and what lasting impact it might have on how we all work going forward. Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com and please help us grow. Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts! Episode Links Paid Sick Leave Laws by State https://www.redcort.com/blog/paid-sick-leave-laws Coronavirus Brings a New Legislative Push for Paid Sick Leave https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/upshot/coronavirus-paid-sick-leave.html Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the New York City Earned Safe and Sick Time Act https://www.abetterbalance.org/resources/frequently-asked-questions-new-york-city-earned-sick-time-act/ Avoiding Coronavirus May Be a Luxury Some Workers Can’t Afford https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/upshot/coronavirus-sick-days-service-workers.html Paid Sick Days Are Good for Business https://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/resources/economic-justice/paid-sick-days/paid-sick-days-good-for-business-and-workers.pdf Coronavirus May Finally Force Businesses to Adopt Workplaces of the Future https://fortune.com/2020/03/10/coronavirus-remote-flexible-work-from-home/ The Coronavirus Could Actually Make Working From Home More Commonplace https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/06/the-coronavirus-could-actually-make-working-from-home-more-commonplace.html Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Men today spend an estimated 18 hours per week on housework and childcare. While lower than women’s hours of unpaid work, it’s still much, much more than our fathers or grandfathers did at home. In this episode, Jennifer + Rachael consider the workplace stresses that impact dads in particular — and how this ripples into our home and family life. Tell us your working dad story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. We’d love to hear what’s worked for you. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts! Episode Links The Chore War Is Real—and Your Marriage Is Losing bit.ly/2vMrjHA For Millennial Moms, Success At Work Is Tied To Dads Giving Up Breadwinner Status bit.ly/2vWBvh3 A Japanese Politician Is Taking Paternity Leave. It’s a Big Deal. https://nyti.ms/397ghLm Many American Men Have a Skewed View of Gender Inequality, TIME Poll Finds http://bit.ly/2H267j6 Want more Jennifer? Visit Jennwork: www.jennwork.com. Want more Rachael? Visit Reworking Parents: www.reworkingparents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Breadwinning and parenting as the kids get older. Spoiler alert: It doesn’t get easier — nor does the math. Take this equation: schools close an average of 29 days a year, not counting summer vacations, while the average private-sector worker with paid leave has 16 days off in paid holidays and vacation. In this episode, Jennifer and Rachael consider the history of affordable child care and highlight ways some school systems are helping working parents add it up. What’s your family’s child care strategy? What happens when it doesn’t work? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. We’d love to hear what’s worked for you. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you. Please help us grow: Rate, review and subscribe to The Breadwinners on Apple podcasts! Episode Links Why working moms struggle the most when kids start school https://www.today.com/money/working-moms-struggle-most-when-kids-start-school-t163708 Maternal Optimism: Forging Positive Paths through Work and Motherhood https://www.amazon.com/Maternal-Optimism-Forging-Positive-Motherhood/dp/0190944099 How schools are failing working parents — and how some are helping https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/how-schools-are-failing-working-parents/2018/08/30/cea76c7e-9461-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.html Here's what the average American family spends on childcare in every state https://www.insider.com/what-the-average-american-family-spends-on-childcare-2019-6#in-alaska-families-spent-6934-on-childcare-for-before-and-after-school-care-in-2018-2 Kamala Harris Wants to Extend School Day https://www.insider.com/kamala-harris-extend-school-day-but-that-wont-work-2019-11 After-School Fact Sheet http://www.communityschools.org/assets/1/AssetManager/after_school_fact_sheet.pdf Want more Jennifer? Visit www.Jennwork.com Want more Rachael? Visit www.ReworkingParents.com Our music is “Run for your Money,” by Devil and Perfects. Listen to them on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Studies find that men still don’t spend as much time on household chores as their breadwinning wives. Indeed, in female-breadwinner households, the greater the income disparity, the less housework the husband does.
Except when it comes to cooking. Between 2002 and 2010, men upped the amount of time spent cooking each day — and the more their wives earned, the more time the men spent in the kitchen.
Jennifer and Rachael consider why cooking is men's favorite chore — and how doing the laundry and vacuuming can follow suit.
How do you divvy up the chores in your home? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. We’d love to hear what’s worked for you. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you.
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Episode Links
Among U.S. couples, women do more cooking and grocery shopping than men https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/09/24/among-u-s-couples-women-do-more-cooking-and-grocery-shopping-than-men/
It's so much more than cooking https://theweek.com/articles/864481/much-more-than-cooking
Emasculated Men Refuse to Do Chores—Except Cooking https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/10/the-only-chore-men-will-do-is-cook/505067/
Young Men Embrace Gender Equality, but They Still Don’t Vacuum https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/upshot/gender-roles-housework.html
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According to Gallup, two-thirds of employees report feeling burned out at work. But what does burnout really mean — and who’s responsible for fighting it?
Jennifer and Rachael consider how burn out is defined, its impact in our lives and its very real costs to employees and employers.
Are you feeling burned out? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. We’d love to hear what’s worked for you. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you.
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Burnout is real, says the World Health Organization (and mothers everywhere) https://www.mother.ly/news/the-world-health-organization-says-burnout-is-real
Breadwinner Moms: Mothers Are the Sole or Primary Provider in Four-in-Ten Households with Children; Public Conflicted about the Growing Trend https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/05/29/breadwinner-moms/
Only the overworked die young https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/only-the-overworked-die-young-201512148815
Employee Burnout, Part 1: The 5 Main Causes https://www.gallup.com/workplace/237059/employee-burnout-part-main-causes.aspx
World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Diseases. https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http://id.who.int/icd/entity/129180281
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Despite the fact that infertility was officially designated a disease by the American Medical Association in 2017, full fertility treatments still aren’t covered by most company health insurance plans. Meanwhile, 73,000 babies were born in 2015 using assisted reproductive technologies, a number that has doubled in the last decade.
Jennifer and Rachael talk about the costs of infertility treatments — financial, emotional, and time — and what many of us feel you can (and can’t) talk about at work when it comes to infertility and miscarriages.
Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. We’d love to hear what’s worked for you. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you.
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“My Boss Said, ‘I Understand What You’re Going Through, but You Have a Job to Do’ ” https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/01/infertility-workplace-pregnancy-challenges-2019.html?via=recirc_recent
I.V.F. Coverage Is the Benefit Everyone Wants https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/style/ivf-coverage.html
All the Pregnancies I Couldn’t Talk About https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/10/my-miscarriages-shouldnt-be-taboo/600307/
I Went On A Babymoon, But Didn’t Have A Baby https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/ivf-fertility-struggle-babymoon
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According to a CivicScience survey, more than 41 million American will be searching for a job this year — or just about a quarter of the population. What are the added joys of job hunting when you’re also supporting a partner, kids, parents, loved ones — and what do the numbers about the best ways to find a job you’ll love? #askingforafriend
Jennifer and Rachael consider the research and unpack the how, why, when — and even the who of job hunting.
Are you hunting for a new job — are you ever not hunting for a new job? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. We’d love to hear what’s worked for you. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you.
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Episode Links
How will you find your next job? Networking, probably https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/how-will-you-find-your-next-job-networking-probably
Job Searching — It’s Who You Know https://civicscience.com/job-searching-its-who-you-know/
On Getting Rejected a Lot (and Liking It) https://www.outsideonline.com/2400888/life-unfair-rejection-great#close
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Friends are the first thing to go once life overwhelms with too many diapers, too many projects, too many aging parents, too many anything. And it’s not just you. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Time Use Survey, the average American now spends less than four minutes a day “hosting and attending social events.”
Jennifer and Rachael consider what it means to lack a social life — and what they’re doing for four minutes every day.
Are you making time for friends? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. We’d love to hear how you make it work. Help us tell the stories that mean the most to you.
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Happiness Is Other People https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/opinion/sunday/happiness-is-other-people.html
Why You Never See Your Friends Anymore https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/11/why-dont-i-see-you-anymore/598336/
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What is the mental load — and why do we persist in carrying so much of it? Research finds that women not only serve as parent and caretaker for their families, but also as the “unofficial keepers of where the entire family needs to be and when, and perpetual guardians against anything falling through the cracks.”
Jennifer + Rachael consider the invisible weight that hides in plain sight and how to let go of at least a bit of it.
Are you carrying more than your share of your family’s mental load? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com. We’d love to hear how you make it work and help us tell the stories that mean the most to you.
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Episode links “Women Are Overburdened With Their Families’ “Mental Loads,” Better Life Lab/Slate https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/03/women-are-overburdened-with-their-families-mental-loads.html
Jeannie's story: Jim Gaffigan on his wife's brain tumor https://www.cbsnews.com/news/when-life-gives-you-pears-jim-gaffigan-and-jeannie-gaffigan-on-her-brain-tumor/
2017 Modern Family Index https://solutionsatwork.brighthorizons.com/~/media/BH/SAW/PDFs/GeneralAndWellbeing/MFI_2017_Report_v4.ashx
“How Couples Share ‘Cognitive Labor’ and Why it Matters,” Behavioral Scientist https://behavioralscientist.org/how-couples-share-cognitive-labor-and-why-it-matters/
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For our first episode, Jennifer + Rachael consider the prime number of breadwinning: According to Pew Research, a record 40% of families are led by breadwinning moms.
Most women didn’t expect to be the primary earner for their family. What does it mean when you’ve landed here by chance versus by choice — and how does this impact your roles as parent, partner, friend and family member?
Are you a “chance” or a “choice” breadwinner? Tell us your story at TheBreadwinnerspodcast.com!
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Episode Links Pew Research: Breadwinner Moms: https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2013/05/29/breadwinner-moms/
Breadwinning Mothers Continue To Be the U.S. Norm https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/reports/2019/05/10/469739/breadwinning-mothers-continue-u-s-norm/
Breadwinner Mothers by Race/Ethnicity and State https://iwpr.org/wp-content/uploads/wpallimport/files/iwpr-export/publications/Q054.pdf
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The Breadwinners is a new podcast about the neverending hustle and its impact on all aspects of our lives. From our finances to our relationships to our kids to our health, we’re interested in what it takes to keep it all going. In every episode, work-life experts Jennifer and Rachael consider the research and share their takes on what they’re learning every day about breadwinning. Join them as they break it all down so that we can build it back up better for all.