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- Krislyn Powell: welcome to season two. I'm Krislyn Powell and I'm your host for Birth at Work. I'm so happy to be coming to you ⁓ live sorts from the side of having my second baby. I had my last August ⁓ and actually launched Birth at Work the morning. that I went into labor. So the same day that I gave birth to my son, this podcast launched. what an amazing ⁓ that was, honestly. ⁓ truly ⁓ tell you the love and support ⁓ just like gratitude ⁓ and and intention that went into creating this show. and it was received with much abundance and kindness ⁓ it was amazing ⁓ take time that I needed. So I that show. We filmed it while I was pregnant. ⁓ We pre-scheduled episodes and just kind had them roll out ⁓ during my postpartum. an incredible healing journey that was for me. I just want to a bit about ⁓ by why, about why I did what I did for this past birth, about how that has shaped this season of the podcast, And just honestly, like specifically about you're going to be seeing and hearing ⁓ during this season. I it's really important to share the behind the scenes. ⁓ And this show, my intent goal for it was to have open and honest conversations about what it's really like to be a working parent. what it's like to birth children and to take the right time and space that you need for postpartum and to have people in your corner to back you and also to be able to navigate early parenthood. What an incredible journey. I am loving it. So I'm I'm just so grateful for all of the conversations of season one and I intentionally pressed pause on to messages ⁓ ⁓ spots for season two because I to ⁓ zone on my baby and bond with my family ⁓ and the postpartum that I've never had before on my and my terms and it was glorious. ⁓ Honestly, I all of the rest and support that I needed. and support, you know, being a big word. Like, I was able to fully disconnect and not worry about checking in to any sort of work-related item and also not worry about coming back to a job. Also not worry about, you bouncing back physically or mentally or worrying about who is going to wash my baby. we were able to do exactly what we wanted as a family and I recognize that that's a privilege. know, one that I worked really hard for over the past decade and to be able to have such a night and day difference of what it was like coming back, you know, just after six weeks of short-term disability with my second pregnancy and birth, that first birth, my first being the miscarriage. It has just been wildly different. So I can tell you with every ounce of my being that this is the way it should be, at least for me. I know that everyone's different. But I had a virtually painless birth. I would say it was really enjoyable for the majority of it until right before he entered this world and I was able to channel the pain and ⁓ I really truly felt like in that moment I was birthing the way that I had lived and I have really zoned in on how I want my life to look and that really emanated in the birth experience which is incredible. ⁓ much that decided to career pivot. So this is going to be my life's work moving forward. I'm going to support mothers and ⁓ and parents. And I'm going to continue this conversation in this podcast. I told my husband I would take a minimum of six months ⁓ leave before would do any kind of work, but ⁓ I actually joined a working moms community, the Society of Working Moms. A friend commented on a LinkedIn post a months before ⁓ I my son. And I announced that I was down shifting from corporate seemed right considering, you know, all of the just I feel like inhumane layoffs that are happening right now for so many people ⁓ also the way things were changing it just it was time for me to move in the direction of my own and ⁓ in a way that I could use my skills to support ⁓ also allow my husband's career to flourish as well and be with babies ⁓ on my and my terms. So that was really beautiful. But I joined this community and then been in it for about seven months ⁓ now and It's been incredible connecting with so many amazing women learned how to ⁓ my business. I have learned how to hold space for women ⁓ ⁓ different phases of their lives. I had amazing conversations and been a part of special cohorts with pregnant and postpartum women, which ⁓ was really, cool and just really intimate ⁓ and amazing. I've made friends and that's just so incredible and because of that I've had an outpouring on LinkedIn as well and been able to connect with so many other amazing women and invite them into the community ⁓ this to say I just continue to have this itch. ⁓ know, I ⁓ like what doing now really doesn't feel like work. It doesn't like something that I have to clock in and clock out of although I do have a special schedule with a sitter so that I can't have my own time. ⁓ four year old is in preschool and we a sitter come ⁓ at specified time each week. And that allows me to get through my work and my passion projects and what I'm doing. it's just. It's really, fulfilling. I am very deeply grateful for this opportunity and for being willing to speak my truth and for having a husband who supports me in everything that I'm doing as well. And I think that's just really beautiful at the root of it is like having that partner who has your back and I have his and you know, so much has changed and evolved over the past year. Like a year ago. Quite literally a year ago today, I was sitting in my office to ⁓ my manager that I was pregnant ⁓ worrying with every ounce of truth that I knew ⁓ come true, honestly, that that person would not be supportive. of me working after having my second baby and that all happened. that is also because rejection is redirection and it's opportunity to ⁓ into what you're really meant to do. Let's talk a little bit about what you'll hear about on season two. You're going to learn a little bit about my postpartum journey. So I know this is kind of an introduction and overview and me just openly sharing where I'm at. So I'm five months postpartum right now. And you're gonna hear about my birth experience ⁓ what I did differently because ⁓ business now ⁓ I communicating. ⁓ what it's like to career pivot and follow your own intuition. And also what it's like to and facilitate work experiences for working parents that are conducive and supportive to what they need to be successful. And for ⁓ moms, ⁓ to able have the birth experience they truly desire. An enjoyable. intimate, intentional, comfortable, calm experience. from the stresses of work, whether you have a job or you don't, whether you're working for yourself or you're working for a company, whether it's nonprofit or corporate, whatever situation you may be in, ⁓ to birth way that you live, but separate the stress from your work or life ⁓ in to fully tap into the birth experience that you want. So I'm doing that in a variety of ways. am ⁓ this podcast. I writing ⁓ what experience has been ⁓ like ⁓ this pivot on Substack over at Beautiful Birth. So not only am going through a beautiful birth of my career, but I had a beautiful birth experience with my son and ⁓ our wonderful family. I'm writing about So join me over there if you ⁓ are not already. ⁓ and I'll also still be on LinkedIn, connect with me if you're not already. ⁓ then hosting and facilitating these conversations, which is just a joy, We're actually bringing on Working this season too, which ⁓ I am really thrilled about. And ⁓ those men are a space and a support for ⁓ well as fathers, and it's ⁓ really cool. They're founders. they get it ⁓ I'm so excited to share those conversations with you. And then we're also going to bring on other women founders who have, like me, decided to step away from corporate ⁓ chart a path of their own and build a business that helps other mothers and environments working parents that make it safe and supportive. So told about that. And then of course more stories from working parents to share what it's really like, what they're doing, where they're finding support, the highs and the lows, because that's why we're here. We're here to have this conversation. We're here to with each other. I that the world can seem like a scary foreboding place at times, and ⁓ there's much... of what it seems of late, like inhumanity happening. But I think that this, this our to push back on that. I think the only way to do things right is with love and with care and with respect and conversation and community. And I personally learned that this is a for me ⁓ to slow down. to downshift to be comfortable in this stillness because it's been, you know, 12 plus years of me grinding and running and pushing and fighting and, you know, being the competitive one that gets everything done and being the happy-go-lucky one that's always bubbly and is always smiling and always says yes and ⁓ being strong and that is all well and good. But there's also... ⁓ beauty and mothering and nurturing and caring. And I have worked so many years in community and just truly know that this work matters and going to keep the conversation going. I'm going to continue to carry the torch. ⁓ I invite you along the way with me. If have a story ⁓ that are ⁓ feeling to share, I would encourage you to reach out. If you ⁓ know someone that needs to share their story, please reach out. If you hear an episode and it resonates with you, please send it to a friend. If you looking to make changes in your work environment, I'd love to have a conversation. It starts here in the conversations in the community and the kindness and the care and compassion and love and... I truly deeply in my bones feel that woman can experience, and ⁓ working mom, every working dad, but I'm ⁓ talking to the mothers here because this has been my experience, ⁓ every mother is entitled to ⁓ peaceful, calm, and supportive pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. And they're also entitled to the ability and the opportunity to be a mom and to have a career. It's just, you know, it's 2026. Like we can do both and we have been doing both for a long time. Moms wear multiple hats and work many full-time jobs so different ways, shapes, and forms. Breastfeeding is a full-time job. Caring for kids is a full-time job. Caring for pets is a full-time job. Supporting your partner is a full-time job. And then managing your career on top of all of that. The cooking, the cleaning, the chauffeuring, the... ⁓ You know, all... invisible labor that needs to be shared and talked about and workplaces need to have an understanding of. how to do that, of how to show up. And it's high time we stop pretending like humans don't lives outside of their work. We are both, we can do both, we should be both. That's what makes the work better. So if you're still with me, ⁓ thank for being here. I'm really just thrilled and... wanted to take this time to have this episode be an invitation to you to tune in to this season for whatever you need. Take what you need, leave the rest, support your communities here and we are so happy to have you a part of the conversation. If there's any way that I can help you, any way, shape, or form, please reach out. Thank