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Apr 27, 2025 12:15 am

👀 Scroll for your parent-friendly business news, events + opportunities – but first...


A NOTE  FROM AMY

🚼📊 TLDR: Get your ideas out of your head and into the world, you never know what could happen and it will most likely turn out better than you expected (or at least you'll learn something new in the process).

Last week I shared a video on my social channels about tracking the podcast listener countries to date as a reminder for you to:


Start the thing, share the idea, make it messy, show up imperfectly, use what you have, rinse and repeat.


You never know who may hear themselves in your own stories and lived experiences.


When I received a recap last year from my hosting platform, it said 19 countries, which I was delighted by because it's been organic reach to date.


But I didn't realize it wasn't lifetime listeners. Last weekend, I logged on from our kid's soccer training to download the list of country names to read out in future.


Imagine my surprise when I found it's actually at 56 countries...as in 25% of the map of the world...where people like you and me have tuned into my independently owned podcast since 2020!


🎢 From recording during 30-minute lunch break blocks around a two and four year old at home full-time with us for Seasons 1 and 2.


💸 To getting approached by a national entrepreneurship organization to sponsor the podcast in Seasons 3, 4 and 5 — all done through a difficult pregnancy, early baby arrival and postpartum period where kid number three wouldn't take a bottle or pacifier, while the older two began elementary school.


🧠 To Season 6 being recorded and edited post car accident with our youngest, acquired brain injury and other injuries...relearning how to do it all again from scratch and having to pause midway through for rest and recovery, over and over again...still a WIP.


🎊 Summer 2025 marks five years (5!) of interviewing, hosting, editing and producing the Mixing Babies And Business Podcast from our home in Ottawa, Canada.


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I'm grateful to all of the guests who've spent time with me to date, to the listeners who turn the podcast on as they go about their day parenting AND to the version of myself who decided to wing it and see what happens.


And I'm only getting started...stay tuned for future opportunities! Because you're on this newsletter list, you'll be the first to hear about them.


✨ Rituals, energetics, systems, out-of-the-ordinary ideas and a virtual container for connection

Until then, you're more than welcome to join us for monthly advocacy, embodiment and wellbeing practices to support your personal and professional growth edges as a parent: https://mixingbabiesandbusiness.com/community/


To date, I've covered these topics on the private podcast, with journaling prompts and supporting digital resources through the online portal:

  • Tuning into your intuition (January)
  • Scheduling in cycles (February)
  • Tapping into being (March)
  • Creating space (April)


Members can login directly here to tune into the April episode and resources. Our next quarterly virtual meetup is Friday, May 16th at 12 pm (ET): JOIN US


Have a great week + stay scrappy 🐢


– Amy Lynch (+ Family)

Founder + Podcast Host

Mixing Babies And Business™

YouTube Subscribe // LinkedIn // IG @mixingbabiesandbusiness


P.S. Keep showing up (as and when you can). It all matters. You can catch my latest carpark livestream videos covering pitching and presenting with kids tips via Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn or YouTube.


P.P.S. Want a look behind-the-scenes (BTS)? Here's a new website page I created to share some of the digital tools, resources, books, podcasts and programs which have helped me grow alongside my business over the years.


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 PARENT-FRIENDLY  BUSINESS NEWS / OPPORTUNITIES / EVENTS

⬇️ Not sponsored links ⬇️ simply spreading the word + business goodness for parents like you. I hope it helps! Please forward to your connections if you think they'd be interested. If I've missed any important updates, please hit 'reply' and send them my way.


POLICY: A great reflection on the current U.S. government’s family planning updates from fellow parent and marketing communications leader Christine Michel Carter, who joined me on Season 4 of the Mixing Babies And Business Podcast, “This isn’t policymaking. It’s reproductive propaganda. The U.S. holds the highest maternal death rate among high-income countries.” Read her full article via LinkedIn here.


POLICY: Refreshing to see the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer meeting with fellow parent, activist, writer and founder at Mother Pukka, Anna Whitehouse, and her baby at 10 Downing Street in this video shared via his LinkedIn post. I’ve followed Anna's work and campaign for Flex Appeal since we lived in the UK and it’s been amazing to see how the movement is unfolding there…giving me hope for future generations! Read her reflection on the visit via her LinkedIn post.


POLICY: Thanks to Tori Dunlap, Money Expert for keeping it real on why the White House’s latest developments aren't going to fly with women (and children) via this Instagram post. She has also unfortunately been experiencing harassment online and shared her experiences in this Instagram video for the first time – a powerful reminder to keep showing up, not let them win AND own your platform where you connect with your people because social media isn’t designed to keep you safe.


POLICY: Joeli Brearley, founder and former CEO of Pregnant Then Screwed, has shared she’s been working behind the scenes with Baroness Penn to table an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill to make it a legal obligation for employers in the UK to publish their parental leave policies via this LinkedIn post.


POLICY: April is Black Maternal Health Month and the Canadian Centre For Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE) has shared a LinkedIn post from founder Mesi - Meseret Haileyesus, on the presence of reproductive economic abuse.


STARTUP: TELUS Business is calling all Asian-owned Canadian businesses to share your story via this Instagram post and you could be promoted across their channels and featured on ShopWithOwners.ca.


STARTUP: Some learnings from Founders Fund on things they wish they told themselves when they started out…you can add yours to their Instagram thread!


STARTUP: If you’re ready to take your business global but not sure where to begin, Startup Canada is hosting a FREE webinar on Thursday, May 8th at 1 PM (ET) featuring Canadian founders sharing their experiences entering global markets.


FUNDING: Congratulations to the three business finalists who received $30K CAD each as part of The Odlum Brown Forum Pitch Finale this weekend! Learn more about their finalist stories here.


NETWORK: Immigrant Entrepreneur Canada is hosting their April Mix’n Mingle at Bayview Yards Invest Ottawa on Wednesday, April 30th at 6 PM (ET) – no speakers this month and tickets are FREE.


CAREER: Startup Canada is also hiring a Marketing and Partnerships Coordinator (remote) with applications closing Tuesday, May 6th.


CAREER: Fractional consulting gems from fellow parent and CEO at Lions & Tigers, Brea Starmer on what she would do now if she was beginning all over again in business (including a handy fill in the blank elevator pitch to get you going) via this LinkedIn post.


CAREER: Thanks to fellow parent, freelance creative director and founder of We Are Shelance, Hollie Fraser for sharing this LinkedIn post with the statistic there’s been a drop of 5% in women Creative Directors in the UK and a call to join a FREE back-to-work program from Creative Equals (running in it’s 6th year, starting in June 2025) for creative women, non-binary and gender non-conforming individuals residing in the UK to connect, grow, and reboot your creative career – applications close at Tuesday, May 6th at 6 PM (GMT).


CAREER: Thanks to fellow parent, speaker and author, Elliott Rae, for sharing this list of 161 UK employers that offer equal parental leave time…complete with a link to their policies, including duration, pay and eligibility via his LinkedIn post.


WELLNESS: Thanks to graphic designer Tyler Spangler for the public service announcement (PSA) ’Confidence comes from trusting your ability not knowing everything’ via his Instagram post.


WELLNESS: A reminder from fellow parent and keynote speaker, Gifty Enright on why wellbeing is more than yoga and fruit bowls and what real support looks like in her Balance & Belong LinkedIn newsletter.


WELLNESS: Another brilliant PSA from graphic designer Liz Mosley ‘Running your own business really is a rollercoaster full of highs and lows - don’t let anyone fool you into thinking they don’t have lows…’ read the full message via her Instagram post.


PARENTING: A clothing hack from fellow parent Alex Egeler, to keep the daily routines simpler shared in a post on LinkedIn, I added some of ours as we have difficulties with transitions out the door and between activities in our house.


As always, thank you for reading, supporting this work and advocating for the needs of parents in business settings!


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