“2025 isn’t a normal dip. I repeat: this is not normal. Something is wrong.”
“Five weeks…. it’s been 5 weeks since I was laid off.”
“I want to talk about the mental load that goes along with back-to-school season.”
“We talk a lot about equality at work. But what we really need to be talking about is equity — especially at home.”
“Millennial Women have been sold the impossible: Having it all.”
“Reminder — when they say mothers are leaving the workforce what they REALLY mean is they are being pushed out.”
“You’re so funny. Thanks, I got laid off while on maternity leave :)”
“A staggering 40% of U.S. mothers have no retirement savings.”
“I heard plenty of executive success stories about balancing career and family. None of them prepared me for this.”
These are actual posts I read on LinkedIn this week. Every post points to the same theme: it’s harder than ever to be a working mom, harder to find balance, harder to stay hopeful. Every scroll feels like doomsday because the bad news seems…