147. A calculated risk, a maternity leave, and a business that grew anyway with Georgina Wysiecki

All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting · Jul 24, 2026 · 55m

This week's guest has been on the podcast twice before, once for infant sleep and once for toddler sleep, and this time the conversation just went wherever it wanted to go.

We get into the calculated risk that let her build a private sleep-consulting practice instead of going back to a full-time job, the extended-health-benefits detail that changed the trajectory of her business, and what she wants every parent to know about sleep myths — like: there's no universal amount of sleep any kid "should" get, and there's no moral failing in a later bedtime.

We also chat about her child’s recent…