The Balancing Act: The Art of Juggling Motherhood and your Career
Speaker: Catherine Reitman, Actress, Comedian, Producer, Writer, Director, Workin’ Moms
Balancing motherhood with your career and professional life is no small feat. Catherine Reitman, the creator, producer, director and star of CBC’s hit comedy Workin’ Moms, knows this well. In this episode of Live From the Podium, Catherine shares her insights on the real-life enigma faced by so many women who are juggling children with their career and professional live: the art of being a mother without losing yourself.
Minutes |
Description |
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1:57 |
Early life as an actor, the struggle with movies over television |
4:18 |
Joining the mom club: worries of getting pregnant and losing her spark for her career, dealing with postpartum |
6:30 |
Creating an opportunity for 3 dimensional characters of women over 20 |
8:05 |
The birth of Workin’ Moms |
10:45 |
Writing the script of Workin’ Moms while being pregnant with her second child |
12:15 |
Why aren’t we talking about the struggles of being a working mother? |
15:16 |
Trying to represent a large variety of women |
16:58 |
Working the men into a show all about women |
18:48 |
Understanding the both sides of coming back to work after pregnancy |
20:52 |
Retaining a sense of identity after having a baby and the importance of forgiving yourself |
23:57 |
The pushback and the fear about women and pumping breast milk on television |
27:09 |
America is ready for Working Moms, and the level of acceptance for abortions, healthcare etc. |
28:46 |
Q&A from the audience |
29:24 |
Perspective change since having children |
31:54 |
The burden of creating the first show about working mothers |
35:20 |
Working with Kenya Barris director for Black-ish |
38:19 |
Getting the sparkle back after a change, whether that is postpartum depression, a rough day, or simply pregnancy |
41:15 |
Two types of bosses in the show and what Catherine wanted to get from writing them as that |
45:24 |
The importance of not only the mother getting ‘sparkle time,’ but the partner also getting the time to recharge |
48:19 |
The struggle with fitting everything Catherine wants in the show while staying with the storyline and time limit |
50:55 |
Closing Remarks |
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