How to Balance Your Life as a Working Mom

It helps to share about your family during casual conversations, so your coworkers already get to know your family over time. Then when you have a situation that you need to take urgent leave or go home on time, it will be easier for them to understand because they kind of know your family from earlier conversations. This understanding and concern should be a two-way street, so you could also show interest in their personal lives to build a supportive work culture over time. Be careful not to get into a passive-aggressive or resentful mindset, which I have seen in many counselling clients. They keep quiet and oblige to work requests, but inside they're actually not happy and the resentment builds up over time. Of course, there may be bosses/coworkers who don't care about your personal life, but very often the problem is due to poor comms and assumptions. They won't know what you're dealing with unless you tell them, so practise being clear and assertive so they can have the chance