Episode Details

Kathryn talks with Summer Eberhard, managing director in the Associate Practice Group at Major, Lindsey & Africa and a working mother who advises young lawyers on negotiating their parental leave, and about the intersection of mental health issues and parenthood. They discuss the challenges of working as a lawyer and parent amid the COVID-19 outbreak, how associates should ask for and take parental leave, and some of the mental health issues that accompany both challenging tasks. Enjoy this episode!

Episode Resources

• Summer Eberhard: seberhard@mlaglobal.com  https://www.mlaglobal.com/en/people/summer-eberhard?byconsultantorauthor=summer-eberhard 
• kathryn@abovethelaw.com 

Episode Highlights

• Mental health and working parents - 1:44
• Living in a world with coronavirus - 2:07
• Full-time working parents - 3:02
• Stress - 4:08
• Mental health during the coronavirus - 5:45
• Prioritizing your mental health - 6:11
• Working parents at home - 6:40
• Summer's background - 7:39
• The role of mental health issues - 9:05
• Balancing stress and anxiety - 10:24
• Worried about the coronavirus pandemic - 12:58
• Having the support that you need - 13:47
• One of the biggest mental health problems for working parents - 15:30
• The other side of parental leave - 22:33
• Mental health issues after taking parental leave - 22:50
• Being a full-time attorney again - 24:01
• A piece of advice for parents that need to talk with their firms after parental leave - 27:17

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