S02E08 - The Complexities of Motherhood

When a woman becomes a mother society tells us it is supposed to be the happiest day of their lives. For many mothers it is a time of great conflict. The paradox of loving this tiny human you love and missing your professional life before baby is very real. Many women want to be home but are also aching for the stimulation and satisfaction of their paid work. Will your job be there when you are finished maternity leave? Do you even want it to be? What will happen to all the relationships you have cultivated and projects you led?

In this episode Lacey Kempinski joins us to talk about the complexities of becoming a mother. In the past seven years Lacey has made 3 amazing humans, all currently under the age of 6! Lacey is a CFRE, the founder of Balanced Good which she created after more than a decade of progressive experience in traditional fundraising shops building a career in major gifts after she recognized she needed more balance, autonomy, and support to be both the mother and sector leader she wanted to be.

In 2019, when her second son was a year old, she opened Balanced Good. In the past three years she has focused on helping women and leaders find balance and charities to do good. Lacey’s work at Balanced Good has focused on helping small to mid-sized organizations build and streamline their fundraising programs.

Recognizing that the sector (and mothers and parents) needed more support, Balanced Good is shifting its focus to ensuring parents are supported in their careers throughout their parental leave and beyond. Balanced Good is also focused on helping organizations successfully navigate parental leaves and ensuring they can support their most valuable assets – their employees.

As a passionate volunteer with numerous roles supporting AFP Golden Horseshoe and a speaker at a variety of conferences including Happy YOU Year, AFP Congress, and AFP Speaker Discovery Series, her message has always been the same: we need to do better to support the working parents in our sector.

We look forward to continuing the conversation and helping to fix this very important need in our sector. We hope you find value in this episode. Please remember to join The Intersection at www.intersectionhub.ca  and to like, share and subscribe to this podcast.

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