Donya LaHaye is VP, Strategic Sales and Headspace, and a mother of 2.

This is a great conversation because Donya has been very successful in her career and was a self-proclaimed workaholic. But she had to find more balance while still finding success after becoming a parent.

She also had a lot of great tips about helping little kids learn how to regulate emotions and meditate.

TIMESTAMPS

04:15 - Being an overachiever and then becoming a working parent

07:05 - Finding balance when both parents work

09:35 - Letting go of being a workaholic

10:20 - Prioritizing health after becoming a parent

12:20 - Making sacrifices

14:15 - Dis-regulated parents create dis-regulated kids

18:45 - How your kids see the way you approach your career

19:35 - Getting your kids into meditation

22:05 - Secrets to success for busy working parents

24:45 - How to practice self-kindness

25:45 - Advice for breaking into sales

27:55 - Advice for a workaholic who's about to be a mom

30:00 - Best advice you've ever received

31:08 - Advice for your former self

31:50 - Advice for a girl dad

EPISODE LINKS:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/donya-lahaye-1730327/

Book recommendation: https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-cking-Awesome-Mom/dp/1580058906

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents⁠ 

Musical credit:

Hippie Beatnix (ID 1913) by Lobo Loco CC-by-nc-nd