A conversation about work, parenting and life in Brazil
Welcome to the first episode of the Work Family Me podcast.
In this episode, I sat down with Daniela Lima, who works in a large multinational company managing lots of teams, clients and money. She travels a lot for work and balances that and her life as a partner and mother to two beautiful children.
In this conversation, we delve into topics like creating a meaningful routine, using your time intentionally, getting the support you need, exercise, and children and mom guilt.
Daniela Lima (better known as Dani) is a Brazilian woman in her 40s living in São Paulo with her husband and two children. Dani has a legal degree; an MBA; two decades of expertise in immigration law and actively participates in professional associations. She currently works full time as the VP (Immigration Americas) for a large multinational corporation and balances that with mothering, dancing, partnering, travelling, reading, socialising and drinking champagne! How? Let's ask her!
In this episode, we discuss:
The obligations Dani has in her life and how she spreads her focus and energy
Where exercise fits in
How routine allows us to be more intentional with our time
A reframe around the guilt that working mothers often feel
How Dani works with her time to create a balance that works for her
Tips for managing finances with a partner
The thing that makes it all possible!
What Dani is most proud of in her life
I hope you enjoyed listening in to this conversation with Dani and found value in learning how she grows her successful and busy career AND shows up as a present parent and partner AND is conscious of her health and sense of self. May we all have moments of fun as we do the things!
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Quotes:
“It can be really useful to create a routine so that we don't have to spend time deciding and re-deciding what we're doing and when over and over again.” -Maude
“I would like to be a mother, always. I always had that plan. I would like to have a family, I would like to have children, and I don't want to stop working.” -Dani
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