What if the career moves you're taught to make are costing you the wrong things? Andrea Margolin, SVP and Partner at Fleishman-Hillard, moved across the country multiple times to build her career—but she carried the weight of leaving her sick mother 3,000 miles behind.
In this raw conversation, Andrea opens up about the guilt that followed her from DC to San Francisco, the moment she stopped apologizing for being a working parent, and why the pandemic forced her to bring her whole self to work—Legos in the Zoom background and all.
💡 What You'll Discover:
✅ The internal struggle of "am I being selfish?" when you choose career over proximity to family
✅ Why Andrea leads with "I'm a mom" before her professional title—and refuses to apologize for it
✅ How living 3,000 miles from her sick mother shaped her leadership philosophy
⏱️ Episode Breakdown:
2:32 - The guilt of leaving responsibilities behind
4:33 - How family gives her strength to do everything else
7:15 - Three moments that fundamentally changed her trajectory
Guest: Andrea Margolin, SVP & Partner at Fleishman-Hillard
Host: Ken Roden
Supporting: Let Grow (https://letgrow.org/)—promoting childhood independence, resilience, and common sense.
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