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Haley Brengartner's avatar

Cris I am so here for you and your journey! I love how this piece evolved from your first draft. I think so many women in male-dominated spaces will find this scene you painted uncomfortably familiar. Thank you for sharing.

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Cris Valerio's avatar

Thank you for all the support Haley!

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Karena's avatar

Congratulations on this post! My first substack post was also on motherhood. This is such a wonderfully (and unfortunately) relatable read. I am on board with your issues. As a futurist my latest rant is what is the drive, race, purpose behind creating trillion dollar companies, if we are not supporting the infrastructure (read family-time) to create the consumers of two decades from now.

As if the rest was not an amusing read, I really enjoyed your closing: "my latest screaming launch"!

(And Yeah! to Claudia Godin!!!!)

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Cris Valerio's avatar

Karena - I love your work and so appreciate the support and feedback! I totally agree on the need for societal and systems change to better support thriving humans.

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