Episode 6

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6th Nov 2023

Is Balance a Myth for Parents in the Workplace? w/ Dr. Anne Welsh

Work With Amy Elevate Your Life With The SQ21 Assessment Join me, Amy Lynn Durham and Dr. Anne Welsh, a Clinical Psychologist, Executive Coach, & Consultant, as we delve into the experiences, challenges, and successes of working parents. In this enlightening episode, we navigate the intricate journey of balancing career growth and family life. Come along with us as we explore the profound effects of flexibility, wise and compassionate leadership, and the biases that often surround the lives of working parents.

What to anticipate: ▪ Mitigating Talent Drain in the Workplace Caused by Flexibility Concerns. ▪ Overcoming Stereotypes Associated with Working Parents ▪ Addressing Preconceived Notions about Childbearing Age ▪ Promoting Flexibility-Supportive Initiatives in the Workplace ▪ Establishing Effective Parental Leave Policies ▪ Rethinking the Notion of Balance for Working Mothers

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Quote"I think a lot of times moms walk into my office thinking that balance is this kind of nirvana state that they're going be able to find if they can just get the right formula and there's often a lot of guilt and shame that they haven't figured it out and assumptions that everyone else has and so first we just start by breaking apart the idea that balance is even achievable or that balance is somehow a thing you find." - Dr. Anne Welsh

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Website: https://www.drannewelsh.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drannewelsh/ Instagram: @dr.welsh.coaching After leaving a career at Harvard, Dr. Anne Welsh launched her own practice to support women and mothers through therapy, executive coaching and consulting. With a specialized focus in working with women in STEM, healthcare and law, she is an expert in the transition from working person to working parent. Dr. Welsh combines her research background with practical experience to help women grow their careers, and advise employers on generating impactful policies and practices to support them.

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Create Magic At Work®
Spiritual Intelligence, Conscious Leadership, and the Future of Work
Create Magic At Work® is a leadership podcast exploring spiritual intelligence, conscious leadership, and the future of work. Through conversations with visionary leaders, coaches, authors, and entrepreneurs, the show examines how leaders can navigate uncertainty, cultivate self awareness, and create workplaces that are both high performing and deeply human.

Many episodes explore themes such as transformational leadership, intuition in decision making, organizational change, and the inner work required to lead well. The show also introduces frameworks rooted in spiritual intelligence, including SQ21, the Archetypes of Change, and the Edgewalker philosophy. These perspectives help listeners understand how people respond to transformation and support leaders in walking the edge into quantum leadership, where business decisions ripple outward for the greater good.

Listeners of Create Magic At Work® are leaders who want to edgewalk rather than sleepwalk through their work and life. They want to bring their full selves into the spaces they inhabit, including their spirituality from a faith neutral lens. Many are founders, coaches, and professionals seeking deeper meaning in their work and lives.

If you care about leadership that blends strategy, spiritual intelligence, and the courage to walk the edge during times of change, you're in the right place.

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Amy Lynn Durham

Amy Lynn Durham is the founder of the executive coaching firm Create Magic At Work® and Magic Thread Media™, a curated boutique podcast network of conscious voices. She is an executive coach and leadership advisor who works with senior leaders and organizations navigating complex change.

A former corporate executive turned executive coach, Amy blends grounded business experience with a deeper exploration of spiritual intelligence and quantum leadership. Her work helps leaders expand beyond traditional leadership models to consider the ripple effects of their decisions on people, culture, and the future.

Amy believes magic at work is not a metaphor. It emerges when leaders go beyond emotional intelligence and cultivate spiritual intelligence, learning to lead from their higher selves rather than from their ego. Through her work, she helps leaders develop the awareness and presence needed to make wise, compassionate decisions even when under pressure while maintaining inner peace.

She is the host of the globally recognized Create Magic At Work® podcast, where she interviews visionary leaders, authors, and change makers exploring spiritual intelligence, conscious leadership, and the future of work. The show often features what Amy calls “voices from the edge” — leaders and thinkers who challenge conventional ideas about leadership and human potential.

Amy is also the author of Create Magic At Work® and Creating Career Magic: A Daily Prompt Journal, and is a sought-after speaker and podcast guest known for bridging modern business challenges with spiritual intelligence, relational wisdom, and practical leadership insight.

Across all of her work, Amy’s mission is to help leaders make wise, compassionate decisions even under stress while envisioning workplaces where people and performance thrive together.

UC Berkeley Certified Executive Coach • ICF Certified Coach • Certified Spiritual Intelligence Coach (SQ21) • Archetypes of Change Facilitator • Edgewalker Facilitator