Sanity-preserving strategies for working moms, dropping the ball, outsourcing, and getting expert help

“The biggest mistake that I made, before I started working at Kepler Academy, was that I didn’t trust the process. Now that I work there, I can see how well it is managed and handled, and I wish that I trusted them sooner as my life would have been so much easier during the early stages of my motherhood journey.”

In this episode, Pros&Babes founder and CEO Kinia Romanowska is joined by Rachel Jones from Kepler Academy to discuss sanity-preserving strategies for working moms, dropping the ball, outsourcing, and getting expert help.

Listen to this episode if you want to hear more about how investing in childcare and other experts can save you from headaches and promote self-care.

Rachel is Marketing Manager for Kepler Academy Early Learning and Child Care located in Edmonton, Alberta. Rachel shares Kepler's story and services in a variety of markets, where quality care for children is in high demand. Her background includes public relations and marketing with a progressive work history in both the private and public sectors in Alberta. Connect with Rachel on Linkedin, personal website or Kepler Academy’s website.

0:00 Intro

1:46 Meet Rachel

4:28 Kinia and Rachel’s experience of transitioning from career women to working moms

10:04 How embracing outsourcing, support systems, and reaching out for help can save you from thousands of headaches?

15:37 Getting help with childcare isn’t dropping the ball, it’s throwing it

19:23 Kepler Academy’s approach to their childcare practices

23:05 How your investment in childcare can become an investment towards your mental health

27:16 “Let us take that off your plate”: How Rachel exceeds her role as a childcare provider

30:04 How can childcare support benefit your self-care?

32:47 Getting the proper support you need to stay sane

37:15 Breaking things down and talking with experts for problems that every mom faces

43:25 Connect with Rachel

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Kinia Romanowska, BA, MA, is a well-traveled award-winning journalist turned entrepreneur, maternity leave strategist, and working parent whisperer. A wife and mom of three passionate about making sure the next generation doesn’t experience the “Motherhood Penalty,” she is the founder and CEO of Pros&Babes and creator of the MoMBA (Mom MBA), the pioneering 360-leadership and personal development program for the busy, ambitious mom in Canada. She is the host of the “Engineer Your Success, Leadership, and Life Harmony #likeamother” podcast.