Orli Cotel is a Senior Advisor at Mom's First, a non-profit dedicated to advocating for child care and paid family leave. She was also a founding member of the National Paid Leave For the U.S. Campaign. She is also a mother of 2. This is such an important topic that I'm excited to cover on the show. We talk about why the US is lagging behind all other developing nations when it comes to paid family leave. What a best-in-class family leave policy should look like. And more. TOPICS COVERED: - Advocating for employees to get maternity leave  - Why is the US behind other countries when it comes to paternity leave?  - What is FMLA? - Does the US care about parents and caregivers? - What does best- in-class paid leave policy look like? - What can employees do if they don’t feel like they have a supportive leave policy? - A powerful story about the importance of NICU leave  - Advice for work/life balance - Advice for self-care - Advice for making time for your family  - Best advice you’ve ever received - Advice for former self - Advice for me     EPISODE LINKS: Paid leave resources: https://momsfirst.us/paid-family-leave-resources/ LinkedIn SHOW LINKS: contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ Linktree:⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents⁠⁠  Musical credit: Hippie Beatnix (ID 1913) by Lobo Loco CC-by-nc-nd