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Relentless Optimism in a World of Bad News

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Relentless Optimism in a World of Bad News

  • “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…

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