How To Take Parental Leave When You're an Entrepreneur.... Or a Workaholic
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What are the challenges of taking parental leave as an entrepreneur?
I'm Nicole Lappin, the only financial expert you don't need a dictionary to understand. It's time for some money rehab. So this pregnancy thing is no joke, you guys. I am nine months pregnant, which has felt like 900 months. If you didn't know I was pregnant, by the way, surprise, I did mention it in my episode with Senator Gillibrand. But other than that, I've been keeping it pretty private. I have processed a lot of big life moments publicly. And this totally insane but amazing experience of growing a small human is something that I wanted to just process with me and my husband. But But I do kind of need to talk about it now because my daughter could come truly any second now. Hosting a daily podcast is not so conducive to taking a maternity leave.
And beyond this type of work I do, I'm also someone who has always defined myself by work. So I'm really struggling with the idea of taking time off in general. So today you're going to hear an episode of the podcast Help Wanted that I co-host with the editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur Magazine, Jason Pfeiffer. In this episode, I talked to Jason about how I've been trying to be open-minded about taking Matt leave. And Jason gives me some advice based on his own experience taking leave after he and his wife had their two kids. But before I share that episode, I want to tell you first what money rehab is going to look like for the next few weeks. Today and tomorrow are my last episodes of Money Rehab for now, not forever, because even though my daughter has not been born yet, I can barely breathe. I can barely get through all of these sentences. I am so pregnant right now. Yes, these are the fun things that nobody tells you about pregnancy, by the way.
But even though tomorrow will be my last episode of Money Rehab for a beat, it's not the last episode of Money Rehab. Don't worry, because while I'm out, we're actually doing something that I think you're really going to love. The show, of course, must go on. I would not leave you money rehabbers hanging. And so the show is going to be guest hosted by some of the smartest people I know, like Tracy DiNunzio, who built and sold the luxury resale company Tradesy. Peter Tuchman, the stockbroker you know and love, fellow MNN podcast host who reports from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Minda Hart, who's the bestselling author of The Memo and is an expert on workplace culture. Moe Shwanunu, who's been a journalist with me for 500 years and hosts my favorite daily podcast, Moe News, which is actually joining the MNN family. So, yay. Claire Wasserman, who is an expert on pay negotiation. Real estate agent extraordinaire, John Grauman. Attorney, but a very cool one, Pamela Maas, aka Law Mother on Instagram. And our very own EP, Morgan Lavoie and more.
You'll hear more about that tomorrow in an episode that is all about budgeting for babies and some more sappiness. But in the meantime, here's my conversation with Jason.
Nicole, how do you feel right now? Do you want the very honest answer?
How does Nicole feel about stepping away from work?
Like the most unvarnished answer?
Yes.
I feel so large. I feel like I cannot breathe. I normally can't breathe, as you know, and we swap tips about this, but I extra can't breathe. My pelvis is on fire. Right. There's a thing called lightning crouch, which you haven't experienced, but it's a real side effect of pregnancy. If you look up all the side effects of pregnancy, it looks like this crazy fucking disease.
Yeah. Well, I mean, in any other circumstance, you might as well say that it is a terrible disease. Like you have a thing growing inside of you. Usually a thing growing inside of you, not a thing you want. I think that sounds bad. You know, human life. This is how it happens. We're a bunch of animals. It's really crazy. Like going through pregnancy just shows you like we're not elevated in any way. We're a bunch of animals doing animal things. You are beyond nine months pregnant right now, right? Like literally beyond it. Yeah, I am. We were not supposed to be recording today because you were supposed to already be on maternity leave.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the challenges of taking parental leave as an entrepreneur?
0:02–2:56
2
How does Nicole feel about stepping away from work?
2:56–5:12
3
What advice did Jason give about parental leave?
5:12–8:55
4
How did Jason and his wife navigate parental leave?
8:55–12:37
5
What are the emotional struggles of working parents?
12:37–16:06
6
How can you create boundaries between work and parenting?
16:06–19:12
7
What impact does having a baby have on work life?
19:12–22:21
8
What preparations did Nicole make for her parental leave?
22:21–45:44
Speakers
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