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

A NOTE  FROM AMY

💻🚼 5 Signs You Can Do Remote Work With Kids

🚨 📢 No Secrets Here, Folks! You may have all you need under your nose...

1. The tech, may travel
2. The kids, may also travel
3. The internet or can access it
4. The spaces to perch on, extra points for double duties
5. The ideas + audacity to start messy

🪄✨️ Don't worry, I can help you with the last one, provide strategies + resources to optimize all of the others to flow better together (keep scrolling for more flexible work inspiration).

⏳ Short on time? Examples of things I've chipped away on in 10-30 minute windows over the past decade:

🗓 Project management + admin

💸 Invoicing + bookkeeping

📱 Content marketing + sales

🖥 Applications, e-learning + upskilling

✍️ Document intellectual property

🎬 Employee training videos

🔊 Podcast research + interviews

📣 Event management + promo

🎤 Speeches, slide decks + resources

🚼📊 Most things behind building Mixing Babies And Business™

Since 2014, I've spent most weeks working under 30 hours...

Between moving countries, pregnancies and postpartum periods, toddler stages, no daycare phases, school hours and the many, many, unpredictable sick days.

Usually messy, imperfect and some may even judge as 'unprofessional' but spoiler alert: I still earned an income, spoke on stages, completed projects, received grants and sponsorships, made a social impact, helped others grow (and sustain) their businesses.

I even had a local owner ask me to take over their business between it all! The timing for our family wasn't aligned, a story for another day.

If I've learned anything over the past two decades it's this:

We're often our biggest blocker* to what's possible...AND people (businesses, clients, partners) still want to work with you if they believe you're the one who can get them the results they need.

*Besides society, systemic inequalities, family, peers, your kids, your health and wellbeing...I have tips for those too.

➡️ Anything else holding you back? Hit reply and let me know!

💡Love the idea of going remote but slightly terrified about how to make it happen AND keep it going alongside your kids!?

Join me for 'Go Remote: Transition To Flexible Work With Kids' an online program built exclusively for parents of young kids, to guide and support you with: 

• Pitching for the work you enjoy doing
• Delivering your offerings
• Creating great professional relationships while ALSO 
• Showing up as a parent in business environments.

⏰ Limited spaces available for Founding Members until end of day TODAY August 5th, 2025 to join the upcoming cohort of this group program – lifetime access to the program, future updates and live calls.

🚼📊 Practical strategies, digital resources, support and guidance from a parent of three kids who’s been there, done it and is now sharing the flexible work goodness with others.

>>> LEARN MORE + SIGN UP <<<

Content begins to unlock August 11th, with monthly live calls taking place until October 2025. Here's what you can expect from this group program, delivered over six modules where we'll be focusing on the following: 

• Welcome + Behind-The-Scenes
• Go Remote: Transition To Flexible Work (5 Steps I've Used With Clients To Pitch, Plan, Deliver And Invoice For Work, On Repeat)
• Navigating Hybrid And Remote Work With Kids (Real-Life Tested Strategies You Can Implement ASAP)
• Live Coworking Q&A Calls And Replays (August, September, October)
• Templates, Processes And Workbook (Outreach, Pitch, Quote, Proposal, Invoice, Bookkeeping, Testimonials, Terms & Conditions)
• Bonuses (Remote Work Retreat For Parents, Startup Minimum Viable Product Validation)

Through each lesson and our Q&A calls, we’ll be covering: 

• steps to help you transition to flexible work; 
• prompts to reflect on your future goals and your current reality (PDF workbook + portal); and 
• ideas to clarify your next steps and take action (PDF workbook + portal).

👀 Tour the online portal, read program Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), social impact work and client testimonials.

I understand the importance of advocating for your needs, facilitating clear conversations and negotiating for mutually beneficial outcomes.

If I didn't address your question, reply to this email or click here to book a call before program content unlocks on August 11th 2025.

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

Have a great start to your month of August,

– Amy Lynch (+ Family)

Founder + Podcast Host

Mixing Babies And Business™

P.S. Keep showing up (as and when you can). It all matters.

 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.

ADVOCACY: Register for a two-hour live online session and fundraiser, with profits from your £25 ticket going directly to provide food, water and emergency medical care for families in Gaza, organized by Lea Turner featuring five other successful community builders on Friday, August 29th at 1 PM (GMT).

ADVOCACY: A brilliant round up of women-focused organizations and communities doing incredible work to include, progress and represent women in business and tech by Justin Harper (via a LinkedIn post). Unfortunately written as a result of experiencing a lack of women and all of those things at the latest AWS Summit. Nonetheless, sometimes you need to create the change you wish to see...check it out!

ADVOCACY: A reminder from Avery Swartz (via a LinkedIn post),with 18 global studies covering 140K people revealing women are 20-25% less likely than men to use GenAI tools at work, it may be time to upskill and adapt! To make progress on this, she's working on the AI Skills Lab Canada program, a national, women-led pilot from The Forum, Camp Tech Inc, and Growclass, with co-investment from DIGITAL.

CAREER: Eight FREE courses available from top universities and summarized by Emmie Faust (via a LinkedIn post) to support business founders and those interested in pursuing entrepreneurship.

CAREER: Candid advice from Adelle Thompson (via a LinkedIn post) about the current job market and what's working for her clients right now to get shortlisted, land offers and secure a better salary. Included are articulating your value, sharing your receipts and examining transferable skills – all things I'm covering in the 'Go Remote: Transition To Flexible Work' group program for parents!

CAREER: Another roundup of remote-first roles from Rowena Hennigan (via a LinkedIn post) covering 300+ REAL jobs verified by her and tips including: roles close fast, popular posting times and networking is an essential skill.

CAREER: A post shared by Jen Fisher (via a LinkedIn post) about results from a new Ernst & Young report which surveyed 10K people aged 18-34 year-old across 10 countries in 2024, found examples of more people quitting the rat race, cultural convergence, choosing money as a means not an end, wellbeing and relationships over after hours work events.

CAREER: Female-founded startups who've recently raised money and are hiring for their teams in this roundup from Daniela Andrade (via a LinkedIn post) accompanied by advice she received during her early career from VCs, advisors and operators.

MONEY: Love this advice from Gabby Beckford (via a LinkedIn post) of "closed mouths don't get direct deposits" including her practical examples of ways contractors, freelancers and creators can professionally ask for money in exchange for providing value.

MONEY: A bit of Cher energy to inspire you to work on your money mindset and stories around receiving, creating wealth, the capacity to invest in yourself, family and future (via Instagram @katenorthrup).

FUNDING: A roundup from Kat Gabrielle (via a LinkedIn post) of $320K in funding opportunities for Black, LGBTQ+ and women-owned businesses.

PARENTING: The importance of fostering a growth mindset with your kids as you're raising them, based on Carol Dweck's research in 'Mindset' which shared 40% of kids avoid challenges they might fail, designed into a helpful carousel with dot points by Sophie Deen (via a LinkedIn post).

PARENTING: If you've been there as a new parent, you know you don't need another onesie – you need help, caregiving, logistics, food, nurturing, a shower, extra hands, rest and more – thanks for the reminder Linzay Davis (via a LinkedIn post).

PARENTING: This isn't strictly about parenting but this alert from Amélie Morency (via a LinkedIn post), about people using AI to scam others using your cloned voice reminded me why we aren't posting images of our children's faces all over the internet as caregivers and guardians, why you may want to discuss these security issues offline and create safety measures.

WELLNESS: Astrology signs as Mothers – I've read all of them for my Rising, Sun and Moon signs, so accurate and a bit of fun for your August (via Instagram @typewriter_astrology).

WELLNESS: When doing 'nothing' is the most productive thing you could be 'doing' as part of in your creative process...I feel this deeply as an artist and writer, the osmosis of soaking things up and transmuting them into something else is when the ideas and clarity often drop in (via Instagram @thecareerarchetypes).

WELLNESS: On that note, it's also the reason behind the 2025 community theme of 'REST', where I share a private podcast and digital resources to support your intuition, embodiment and energy management as a parent and professional (via the Mixing Babies And Business™ online portal).

More from Mixing Babies And Business™:

• Join the Community in 2025 for a $25 CAD flat fee
• Explore the digital resource hub FREE gifts for you
• Book Amy for a corporate training session Inclusion + flexible work skills
• Tune into the podcast on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Website 6 Seasons, listeners in 56 countries
• Connect with me on LinkedIn sharing flexible + remote work with kids, social impact, and the odd farm kid, intuition + astrology story

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