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Cyndi Thomason on Balancing Motherhood and Business: Setting Boundaries #incitetax

20 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment, Cyndi Thomason reflects on the stark choice many women face between becoming a stay‑at‑home mother or returning to work after maternity leave. She explains that while her husband's job provided the financial flexibility to stay home, she quickly realized that giving up her professional role led to a profound loss of identity. Despite loving time with her daughter, she felt unprepared for the emotional toll of relinquishing her career, highlighting a hidden challenge for women balancing motherhood and business.

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There was an aspect of business ownership that I felt like women were not exposed to when they were considering having a family. It's— when I was making the decision, it was either stay-at-home mom or go back to work and after your maternity leave and then your child would be in daycare. And so for me, it was like I would just be stressed out all the time. And fortunately, we had the resources with my husband's job that I could be a stay-at-home mom. But what I realized fairly quickly after doing that was I was really giving up my professional identity and I missed it terribly. And as much as I loved being with my daughter, nothing had prepared me for the loss I would have of my identity through my work.