1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Being a working parent looks different for every career, every family, and every parent. In today’s episode, Robin Smith, licensed marriage and family therapist shares his experience as a working dad in the mental health field. He shares wise insights, including the self-inflected pressure that can occur as a parent from having heightened awareness as a mental health professional, the shifts happening due to COVID-19, what it looks like to have grace and compassion for yourself and your children, and the many elements of being self-employed. Join Tom Spiggle and Lori Mihalich-Levin in this interview for incredible insight and advice from Robin Smith.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Show Highlights:&amp;nbsp; Robin shares his working parent story and how he navigated parental leave&amp;nbsp; Robin talks about how COVID has impacted his profession and how he’s used positive reinforcement to make a better environment to work at home&amp;nbsp; There’s great diversity in the experiences mental health professionals have&amp;nbsp; How being a mental health professional impacts work-life balance&amp;nbsp; Being a mental health professional can increase the strive for perfectionism and the feelings of shame when it isn’t met&amp;nbsp; Being self-employed can allow for flexibility but also means there are no professional supports&amp;nbsp; Why Robin wishes he would’ve had working dad groups to talk with during transitioning into parenthood&amp;nbsp; Transitioning into a digital space has been a major shift and has been difficult for many therapists&amp;nbsp; How will COVID change the future of therapy&amp;nbsp; Why intentionality is more important now than ever before&amp;nbsp; Why we should start with having self-compassion as a working-parent&amp;nbsp; Robin shares books and technology that have helped him on his working-parent journey&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Links:&amp;nbsp; https://www.spigglelaw.com https://www.mindfulreturn.com Contact Lori:&amp;nbsp; Lori@mindfulreturn.com Resources:&amp;nbsp; The Expectant Father And Baby Makes Three &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Parents At Work https://www.mindfulreturn.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/15998120/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/0f0f0f/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/15998120