From Mothering Your Children to “Momming” Your Coworkers, You Can’t Turn Motherhood Off with Alecia Benware of the North Carolina Zoo

My guest this week, Alecia Benware, transitioned into the zoo field from the banking industry when her son was just 10 months old.  We talk about how that transition brought her better work/life balance and a much more supportive environment, especially during Covid when, as a registrar, she was working from home and pregnant with her second child.  

As a mom, you develop certain mannerisms and ways of communicating with your children that sometimes become very second nature.  Alecia and I talk about how those tendencies to "mother" come out at work.  From worrying about your coworkers at conferences to accidentally telling them, "No!" in your best mom voice, it seems that once you become a mother you sometimes subconsciously "adopt" those around you into your care.

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