Podcast appearances and mentions of Jessica Shortall

Texas Impact Weekly Witness Legislative Wrap-Up Series, featuring Jessica Shortall with Texas Competes discussing LGBT discrimination and Josh Houston discussing Texas Impact's Anti-Discrimination Priorities

In this episode, I am talking to a good friend of mine Sasha - Sasha is the MD and Employee Experience lead at wrkflow, a digital employee experience design agency based in Singapore. Before relocating to Singapore from the UK, Sasha spent 10 years working in HR leadership and HR technology consulting roles with brands like Samsung, Capgemini and ServiceNow. Most recently, Sasha led the ServiceNow alliance and Powered HR Transformation offering at KPMG for the ASPAC region before launching her own business in 2020. She's a certified human-centred design practitioner, a HR Tech Advisor at HerCapital and holds an MBA from the University of Aberdeen. We talk about how to prepare for your maternity leave when you are pregnant, how to manage your work and managers when you are on maternity leave, what a great return to work experience looks like, and why it is important, and also how to make returning to work that little bit easier. It was hugely thought provoking and is a topic that both Sasha and I are hugely passionate about. Sasha and I co teach on our 'Return to Work' course, which helps to prepare and empower those returning to the workplace following maternity leave. Sasha's recommendations during the podcast are books: The fifth trimester by Lauren Smith Brody (https://www.amazon.sg/Fifth-Trimester-Working-Sanity-Success/dp/0385541414/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+fifth+trimester&qid=1622106567&sr=8-1), and Work. Pump. Repeat by Jessica Shortall (https://www.amazon.sg/Work-Pump-Repeat-Survival-Breastfeeding/dp/1419718703). She also mentions this link: https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/news/articles/fewer-than-one-in-five-women-confident-return-maternity-leave#gref She can be found at www.wrkflow.tech and @wrkflowofficial As ever, if you have found this useful, please share, like and review!

It's Monday morning and we are back with another episode of Politex. As mean-spirited anti-LGBTQ legislation targeting trans children continues to make its way around the State Capitol, I spoke to three of the people who are fighting back:   My colleague Rep. Celia Israel is a founding member of the Texas LGBTQ Caucus and one of the strongest fighters we have in the Texas House.   Amber Briggle has been a prominent voice in the fight against attacks on transgender rights in Texas since the 2017 legislative session when the so-called "bathroom bill" was first proposed. Her advocacy is inspired by her son, Max.   Jessica Shortall is a nationally recognized author and speaker. She is a founding director of Texas Competes, a national model of advocacy for LGBTQ communities in deep red states.   Nobody likes a bully and I hope you'll tune into to today's episode to see how folks are fighting back against transphobic policies at the Capitol.

February 1, 2021: Weekly Witness: Non-Discrimination: featuring Jessica Shortall with Texas Competes talking non-discrimination and gender-based discrimation legislation, Josh Houston with the legislative update of the week and Texas Impact Board Member, Rabbi Neil Blumofe Congregation Agudas Achim  of Austin for the Weekly Word.

Jessica is from New Jersey. She always had an interest in womens issue and social justice issues. She was a Peace Corp volunteer, helped start up and franchise a non-profit organization, has her MBA, led her to Tom’s Shoes and built and ran the One for One program. She was the first woman to have a baby in the job. Her kids are now 5 and 2 years old now. There was so much to know about being a breastfeeding mom and pumping and returning to work and coordinating it all. She likes solving problems and the information she desperately needed, she just could not find. So, she decided to be the one to write the book she could not find. My first big trip once I returned to work was taking a trip to Nepal, without my son. I learned a lot of practical tips along the way. Like what to do when you are in a hotel room and they tell you they don’t have another refrigerator. Well, you lie! Tell them it is a medical need because when you ask nicely it is easy for them to turn you down. So you lie a little. And a medical need is respected and all of a sudden you will get a refrigerator.   Are you looking for help with breastfeeding? https://www.aabreastfeeding.com/ Breastfeeding class http://www.aabreastfeeding.com/audioclass Grab Your Ebook - The New Mother's Survival Guide - Practical tips for the new mother: http://www.allaboutmothering.com/fourth-trimester-ebook/ Grab your free Ebook SIgns breastfeeding is not going well http://www.allaboutbreastfeeding.biz/bfsigns/ Subscribe on itunes the All About Breastfeeding show HERE: https://apple.co/2FJGwsV Listen to the All About Breastfeeding show HERE: http://bit.ly/1MOl4lb Like us on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/2dNPlsC Follow us on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/2BfEIJ2 @breastfeedingaz Follow us on Pinterest HERE: https://www.pinterest.com/lorijisenstadt Follow us on Instagram HERE: https://www.instagram.com/allaboutbreastfeeding

Jeanne talks with author and TED speaker, Jessica Shortall about her new book, Work, Pump, Repeat and about why maternity leave policies in the U.S. are among the worst in the world. We also talk about how guaranteed paid maternity leave for all mothers could provide huge economic and public health benefits.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First we will talk with Kelley Fanto Deetz, author of Bound to the Fire: How Virginia's Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine. With extensive research at Williamsburg, she has uncovered a story about injustice and survival that affects our culture today. Then we will talk about maternity issues in the workplace with Virginia Beach City Councilwoman Jessica Abbott, who made news when she brought her newborn to work for council meetings. Joining us after will be Jessica Shortall, author of Work. Pump. Repeat.: The New Mom's Survival Guide to Breastfeeding and Going Back to Work. Tune in at noon on 89.5 WHRV-FM.

In this longer, year-end episode, we continue our conversation about bodies--but this time we're talking about pregnancy. And one of us makes a big announcement! Pregnancy can be a complicated experience, even when it's planned and even when there are no major physical complications. We talk about the weird ways that pregnancy changes not only our bodies, but also our mental and emotional lives. If that wasn't enough to deal with, pregnancy and childbirth can be very costly depending on where you live, what insurance you have, and what options you have for where to give birth. Speaking of costs, we discuss affordable childcare, paid family leave and our need for national policies that cover both. We discuss Jessica Shortall's "The US needs paid family leave--for the sake of its future" and the gender politics of who gets to take leave--paid or unpaid--when it's available. Connecting to our faith, we talk about our perspectives on Mary the Mother of Jesus. In particular we love Rachel Held Evans's piece she wrote on the Magnificat. http://kindredspodcast.com/2017/12/19/episode-12-pregnancy-and-paid-family-leave/

Texas Competes Action head Jessica Shortall sits down with longtime Texas politico Eric Glenn to discuss what the heck happened with the bathroom bills in Texas in 2017. This is the first of such conversations in a series examining the economic risk of LGBT discrimination, the business response to this risk, and the impact this topic will have on 2018 elections in Texas.

Ook dit jaar doen we weer met veel plezier verslag van SXSW vanuit Austin, Texas. En net als vorig jaar doen we dat naast onze artikelen ook weer middels een dagelijkse podcast. Aan het eind van de dag bouwen onze studio op in Austin en bespreken Marjolijn Kamphuis en ondergetekende wat we allemaal hebben gezien en gehoord. In de derde aflevering hebben we het onder andere over de lessen die de New York Times rondom de verkiezing van Trump, waren we als fangirl en boy aanwezig bij speciale events van ReplyAll en Game of Thrones en zagen we een rake keynote van Jessica Shortall.

Jessica is from New Jersey. She always had an interest in womens issue and social justice issues. She was a Peace Corp volunteer, helped start up and franchise a non-profit organization, has her MBA, led her to Tom’s Shoes and built and ran the One for One program. She was the first woman to have a baby in the job. Her kids are now 5 and 2 years old now. There was so much to know about being a breastfeeding mom and pumping and returning to work and coordinating it all. She likes solving problems and the information she desperately needed, she just could not find. So, she decided to be the one to write the book she could not find. My first big trip once I returned to work was taking a trip to Nepal, without my son. I learned a lot of practical tips along the way. Like what to do when you are in a hotel room and they tell you they don’t have another refrigerator. Well, you lie! Tell them it is a medical need because when you ask nicely it is easy for them to turn you down. So you lie a little. And a medical need is respected and all of a sudden you will get a refrigerator. Jessica felt a lot of pressure that was put on her by others to exclusively breastfeed her baby, and also the pressures she put on herself. She became quite manic and this greatly affected her maternity leave. She sought help and was prescribed a pill which caused her a really bad reaction. She describes her maternity leave as a really horrible time for her as her anxiety and panic attacks escalated. Jessica reached out to a lactation consultant and told her she was having major problems, high anxiety and unfortunately this lactation consultant did not do her justice at all. She made her feel bad by saying that she needed to keep breastfeeding to get her son past the flu months. Jessica continued to do so, but surely put her mental health at a major risk. Jessica talks about what she did during her next pregnancy to prepare for her next pp experience. She basically told her husband and a few friends that they were in charge of her mental health because she felt she could not think clearly and objectively during that time period. Very smart on her part. Jessica gives some great tips on how to approach your boss or manager or HR person regarding your need to pump.

Jeanne talks with author and TED speaker, Jessica Shortall about her new book, Work, Pump, Repeat and about why maternity leave policies in the U.S. are among the worst in the world. We also talk about how guaranteed paid maternity leave for all mothers could provide huge economic and public health benefits.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wir brauchen Frauen, die arbeiten und wir brauchen berufstätige Frauen, die Kinder bekommen. Warum ist Amerika trotzdem eines der wenigen Länder, die frischgebackenen Müttern keine staatlich finanzierten Elternzeit finanziert? In ihrem prägnanten Vortrag zeigt Jessica Shortall, dass arbeitende Mütter in den USA ein erschreckendes Leben im Verborgenen führen: Jedes Jahr werden Millionen Frauen gezwungen, schon kurz nach der Entbindung wieder arbeiten zu gehen. Ihre Idee mit Verbreitungswert: Es ist an der Zeit, die wirtschaftlichen, gesundheitlichen und psychologischen Kosten des aktuellen Verhaltens gegenüber arbeitenden Müttern zu überdenken. Um das wirtschaftliche Vorankommen zu sichern, sollte allen Eltern die Möglichkeit finanziert werden, ihre Babys nach der Geburt zu betreuen.

We need women to work, and we need working women to have babies. So why is America one of the only countries in the world that offers no national paid leave to new working mothers? In this incisive talk, Jessica Shortall makes the impassioned case that the reality of new working motherhood in America is both hidden and horrible: millions of women, every year, are forced back to work within just weeks of giving birth. Her idea worth spreading: the time has come for us to recognize the economic, physical and psychological costs of our approach to working mothers and their babies, and to secure our economic future by providing paid leave to all working parents.

Necesitamos que las mujeres trabajen, y que las mujeres que trabajan tengan bebés. ¿Por qué es EE.UU. uno de los únicos países en el mundo que no ofrece una licencia remunerada nacional a las nuevas madres? En esta charla incisiva, Jessica Shortall sostiene que la realidad de la nueva madre trabajadora en EE,UU, está oculta y es terrible: millones de mujeres, cada año, se ven obligadas a volver a trabajar a las pocas semanas de dar a luz. Vale la pena difundir su idea: ha llegado el momento de reconocer los costos económicos, físicos y psicológicos de nuestro enfoque hacia las madres trabajadoras y sus bebés, y asegurar nuestro futuro económico proporcionando licencias remuneradas a todos los padres trabajadores.

Precisamos de mulheres trabalhando, e precisamos que as mulheres que trabalham tenham bebês. Então, porque os EUA são um dos únicos países do mundo que não oferece nenhuma licença nacional remunerada para as novas mães que trabalham? Nesta palestra incisiva, Jessica Shortall defende, de maneira comovente, que a realidade das mães novatas que trabalham nos Estados Unidos é omitida e horrível: milhões de mulheres, a cada ano, são forçadas a voltar ao trabalho dentro de poucas semanas após dar à luz. Sua ideia que merece ser divulgada: chegou o momento para reconhecermos os custos econômicos, físicos e psicológicos da nossa abordagem para com as mães que trabalham e seus bebês, e de assegurar o nosso futuro econômico, através de licença remunerada a todos os pais trabalhadores.

우리는 일 할 여성이 필요하고, 아기를 낳아줄 워킹맘이 필요합니다. 그런데도 왜 미국은 국가보조 유급출산휴가를 제공하지 않는 국가중 하나 일까요? 테드에서 제시카 쇼톨은 미국 워킹맘들의 현실이 얼마나 포장돼있고, 끔찍한지 대해서 열변을 토해 냅니다. 수백만 명의 여성들이 출산 한지 몇 주 만에 복직을 강요받습니다. 그녀는 말합니다. "현 시스템이 워킹맘들에게 경제적, 신체적, 심리적 비용을 강요하고 있다는 것을 인지할 때입니다. 그리고 이제 우리 미래를 위해서 모든 워킹맘들에게 유급출산휴가를 보장해줘야 할 것입니다."

Nous avons besoin que les femmes travaillent, et nous avons besoin que les femmes actives aient des enfants. Alors pourquoi les États-Unis sont-ils un des seuls pays du monde qui n'offrent pas de congés maternité payés aux nouvelles mères actives ? Dans cette conférence incisive, Jessica Shortall démontre avec passion que la réalité des nouvelles mères actives en Amérique est à la fois cachée et horrible : chaque année, des millions de femmes sont forcées à reprendre le travail seulement quelques semaines après leur accouchement. Son idée méritant d'être partagée : le temps est venu de reconnaitre le coût économique, physique et psychologique de cette approche au détriment des mères actives et de leurs bébés, et de sécuriser note futur économique en offrant des congés de parentalité à tous les parents actifs.

Biz and Theresa get crafty and wind up knitting a sweater of self-despair! What was supposed to be a light topic actually leads us into a discussion of our feelings of guilt, jealousy, and inadequacy as moms. Yay! Plus, Jessica Shortall joins us to talk about her new book, Work. Pump. Repeat.: The New Mom's Survival Guide To Breastfeeding and Going Back To Work. It is as helpful and awesome as we’d hoped it would be! Share your genius and fail moments! Call 206-350-9485* *Be sure to tell us at the top of your message whether you're leaving a genius moment, a fail, or a rant! Thanks!! Subscribe to One Bad Mother in iTunes Join our mailing list!

When Jessica Shortall was 10 years old, she told her parents she would join the Peace Corps when she grew up. After college she did exactly that, serving in the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan, where she taught English and created a 4,000-book English language library in less than two years. A little more than […]