How everything you think of first is about your kids, dealing with mom guilt, when your brain is taken over by the kids, the value of a mom/freelancer’s schedule, setting time aside to be 100% with kids, when your kids wake you up and tell you to put down our phone, getting into the entertainment business, selling a show to NBC, why a TV production schedule is tough for a young mom, and when your own mom drops everything to help you. Lily-Hayes Kaufman-Salzberg, who writes, directs and produces for the web, TV and film (St. Vincent, Dreamworks/NBC’s SMASH, Kill Your Darlings) and who has photographed people and places around the world, shares her Mom Journey with Michelle Park.
In this episode:
Lily-Hayes Kaufman-Salzberg on being a producer/director, with a past in finance
Lily-Hayes’ kids Hazel 2 1/2 yrs., Arthur 1 yrs.
Being a mom and the incredible experience, how it changes everything, everything you think of first is about your kids
Lily-Hayes does have creative drive, but a larger portion of brain is taken by family
Dealing with mom guilt
Being a freelancer and the ability to control a lot of schedule in projects, great as a mom
Why Lily-Hayes got rid of her office, she was basically paying to be away from kids
Being disciplined for setting time aside for work so kids don’t think you’re not 100% with them
Amazing moments when daughter Hazel says put down your phone, pay attention, keep the phone on other side of the room
How Lily-Hayes got into the entertainment business
How she wanted to work in film, so she worked in finance to save money so she could work in film/TV
Then started working as a Production Assistant (no money), after getting her MBA, and why the MBA made that tough
Success in selling a show to NBC before having kids
How becoming a mom fit in with this kind of production schedule, and why a production schedule for a TV show doesn’t fit with mom life
Seeing her own mom, in a #MOMSGOTTHIS moment, responding to a call for help and dropping everything
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