Work Life Balance, Paid Parental Leave + Reproductive Rights: Coffee Date With Senator Cassie Chambers Armstrong
Mind Body Mother21 Mar 2024

Work Life Balance, Paid Parental Leave + Reproductive Rights: Coffee Date With Senator Cassie Chambers Armstrong

Cassie Chambers Armstrong is a mom to two young boys, state senator, bestselling author and faculty member at the University of Louisville Law School. She shares her experience of filing the official paperwork to run for city council after a sleepless night, covered in spit up, when her firstborn was 5 months old. At two weeks after her second son’s birth she had the not so picture perfect moment of official portraits still in maternity pants and juggling the chaos of the early postpartum days with two under two.

Cassie opens up about the struggles of balancing work and motherhood and the feeling of imperfect parenting many of us experience guilt around. She shares what has helped her to both follow her passions and enjoy this season of life with her kids. We discuss the first law she successfully worked on for paid parental leave, motivated by her very different experiences with leave after each of her babies. Cassie also lays out specific ways we can help move the needle on issues we care about like reproductive rights at both the state and national level.

Coffee date episodes are conversations with friends who share powerful experiences and inspiring perspectives on motherhood, life and how they’re navigating their own physical and mental well-being. If you struggle with work life balance or want to know how to take action on the important issues that affect us moms, this episode is for you!

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