This week we are joined by Lori Mihalich-Levin to talk about organizational do's and don'ts when it comes to how to handle parents' return to work after parental leave. She gives great insight into how to be an understanding and empathetic manager while also continuing to have high performing employees.
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Lori K. Mihalich-Levin, Esq., believes in empowering working parents. She is the CEO and Founder of Mindful Return, a program that guides new parents through the transition back to work after maternity and paternity leave. 77 companies currently offer their employees her 4-week online program as a parental leave benefit.
Lori is also the author of the book Back to Work After Baby: How to Plan and Navigate a Mindful Return from Maternity Leave, and is co-host of the Parents at Work Podcast. She is mama to two wonderful red-headed boys and is a lawyer in private practice. Her thought leadership has been featured in publications including Forbes, The Washington Post, New York Times Parenting, Thrive Global, and The Huffington Post.
Lori founded a boutique law firm, The GME Group, PLLC, where she counsels hospitals, health systems, and academic medical centers on Medicare graduate medical education (GME) payment issues.
She holds a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center and completed her undergraduate studies at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She can be reached at
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