“What have Mia and Gavin taught me?” asks Nina Quick, wife of Eric Quick, Bathtime 2 Boardroom co-host. “They have taught me to take a breath before I respond.” Mom to two kids, Nina is no stranger to the ups and downs of parenting. Nina has also had to navigate the added challenge of helping her son, Gavin, as he copes with both autism and ADHD. But with the support of her husband, her mom, and her network of mom friends, Nina has learned to tap out when she needs to take a deep breath and incorporate more self-care into her daily routine. While Nina admits to sometimes missing the years when her kids were babies and still yearned for hugs, kisses, and constant attention, she explains that watching them grow into autonomous human beings has been equally rewarding.

On the boardroom side of things, Nina was particularly motivated to get politically involved after the 2016 election. For the past four years, Nina has been volunteering for Vote Save America’s Adopt a State program. Nina adopted Florida and participated in extensive campaigning efforts for the Democratic Party in this crucial swing state. According to Nina, the most gratifying part of her work has been finding camaraderie amongst an extensive network of like-minded individuals, who share her passion for change and go about creating it in a positive and uplifting way.

Learn more about Nina’s bath time to boardroom journey on the kickoff episode of our fourth season of Bathtime 2 Boardroom! We’re calling this season Moms Takeover, and we mean it….these episodes are all about moms, their personal struggles, and their incredible achievements, both at bathtime and in the boardroom. Tune in for an honest, engaging, and entertaining conversation with Nina, host Colleen Blake and special guest co host Monica Chandra (sorry Eric, it’s moms only this week!). Learn about Nina’s approach to parenthood, where she turns when she needs support, and why she never leaves the house without her camping toilet! You won’t want to miss it.

Quotes

• “That kind of gave me a perspective moving forward...because I loved their ‘babyness,’ and I loved them being little, and I wanted them to stay little forever, but that holds them back. And I had to recognize that it wasn’t all about me, it was also about them. These were independent human beings, and I needed to really celebrate their victories and their milestones and their abilities that started to form as they got older.” (5:20-5:51)

• “Part of this political division is this feeling of othering others and this feeling of, ‘I’m going to make you feel like you’re alone in your thoughts and you’re wrong.’ And so to come into this arena was really uplifting for me, to realize that it was not just in my little group of people and my husband that we agreed on our politics. It’s broader than that, and it’s bigger than that.” (23:39-24:08)

• “You need a village. You need to find people that can help support you….If things are getting hard here, I have an outlet to vent to.” (31:33-31:44)

• “My pocket perspective is what’s familiar is preferred and to keep that in mind when you’re dealing with any situation with the kids or even yourself. If you recognize that what’s familiar is preferred, you’ll understand that change can be hard and sometimes you have to maybe work through the situation to make it become more familiar, so that you have less resistance to it.” (42:16-42:41)

Links

From Emotions to Advocacy by Pete Wright

Parents Helping Parents

https://www.autismspeaks.org/

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