Conventional wisdom tells us that you cannot take a break from work to be a full-time mom and then go back and achieve your career goals. But what if conventional wisdom is wrong?

Linley Baker is the creator of Linfluence, a thought leadership platform that offers career coaching and courses for returning to work after a break. Linley was a successful actuary before she stepped away from her career to raise her six children. After 19 years, she returned to work and achieved her ultimate goal of becoming a full vice president in the insurance industry. Linley shares her story in the book Don't Be Afraid to Do What You Really Want to Do: Reach All Your Life Dreams.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Linley joins Anjel to explain how her early interest in math inspired her career as an actuary and share the difficult decision to leave her job to parent full time. She describes what it was like to live and raise her children in five different countries and how she stayed connected to her career while she wasn't working. Listen in for Linley's insight on the overlap between what makes a good leader and what moms do every day and get her top strategies for returning to work after a break.

What You Will Learn

How Linley's early interest in math inspired her career as an actuary

Linley's difficult decision to leave her job to be a full-time parent

What it was like for Linley to live and raise her children in 5 different countries

Why Linley wants to share the story of achieving her career goals after a 19-year break

Linley's top strategies for keeping current while you're not working

The overlap between what makes a good leader and what moms do every day

Linley's insight re: the trend toward alternative work arrangements

Some of the firms that encourage applicants after a career break

Connect with Linley Baker

Linfluence.pro

Linley on Instagram

Resources

Don't Be Afraid to Do What You Really Want to Do: Reach All Your Life Dreams by Linley Baker

National Publicity Summit

Google's Manager Research

Google's Team Research

Linley's Break-Friendly Firms Directory

Utah's Returnship Programs

Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell

Wickedly Smart Women

Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community

Wickedly Smart Women on TeePublic

The Wealthy Life Mentor

The Wealthy Life Mentor on Facebook

Anjel on Twitter

Anjel on Instagram

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