If you’re drowning after maternity leave, you’re not alone

What happens when you come back to work and everything has changed

I thought going back to work would be the easy part.

After months of sleep deprivation, reflux, tantrums, and postpartum depression, I was craving something familiar. Something I knew I was good at.

On paper, I had everything going for me. Coming back from my second maternity leave as a newly promoted Director, with a new manager, ready to rejoin a team I…