A New Mom Career Coaching Program
Going back to work after having a baby is one of the biggest transitions of your career.
What if it felt doable, and you felt successful at work and at home?
Eight private coaching sessions to help you go back to work feeling ready. We lay the groundwork before your leave, do the deep work in the weeks before you return, and check in once you’re back, so your plan keeps working on Day 30. Together we build the support structures this transition really needs.
This program is designed for ambitious new moms who want to go back to work feeling like themselves, with a plan that fits their family.
Overwhelmed
Childcare, mornings, nights. How do I get it all in place before Day 1?Torn
I’m carrying guilt, excitement and self-doubt. How do I feel good as a mom and at work?Off Course
What do I take back on, what do I ask for, and how do I set boundaries from the start?
ABOUT PLAN CREATIVELY
Plan Creatively is led by Sara Madera.
After running organizations and departments for companies large and small across the globe, Sara decided to focus on the part of the job she liked the most: developing people.
A certified executive coach, a naturally good listener and a mother of two, Sara helps women redefine for themselves what it means to be a successful working mother, and make that vision a reality.
Sara is a Professional Certified Coach (ICF) and has helped hundreds of professionals, many of them mothers navigating career transitions, find clarity, confidence, and a path forward.
The Headed Back to Work, Mama course gives you the tools. This program gives you a coach beside you through the whole arc: before your leave, in the weeks before you return, and in your first month back, when the real adjustments happen.
THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES:
A look at each area to ensure nothing falls through the cracks, and you feel supported across your life through the significant change of working abroad with a family.
- Eight one-hour 1:1 coaching sessions on Zoom, timed around your leave and return dates
- Companion worksheets from the Headed Back to Work, Mama course
- A check-in after you’re back to adjust the plan for real life
Buying for someone you love? This program makes a meaningful baby gift for a daughter, daughter-in-law, sister or friend. Here's how.
Ask your employer. Many employers cover maternity transition coaching through learning and development or benefits budgets. Ask Sara for a note to share with HR.
Plan Creatively Process
Before Your Leave
2 sessions- Your leave and the road back: talk through your maternity leave, an early transition plan, and the questions to consider before you go.
- Contact plan and intentions: set clear rules for if and how work reaches you, and name your intentions for this time with your baby.
Getting Ready to Return
5 sessions, starting 6–8 weeks before you go back s- What work means to you now, and what feels great and not so great about going back
- Your values and your version of success, as a mom and at work
- Logistics that hold up: daycare, mornings, nights and your family's daily rhythm
- Time, overwhelm and support: quality over quantity, and the help you need
- Your re-entry plan: what to take back on, what to ask for, and boundaries from Day 1
AFTER YOU'RE BACK
1 session, 2–4 weeks after your return- Adjust and remember your strengths: see what's working, reset the plan for real life, and reconnect with the strengths you brought back.
YOU DID IT!
Celebrate- You're back, with a plan that fits your family and a version of success that's your own.
You + Me = Success!
OUTCOMES
This program supports you through one of the biggest transitions of your career, building the support structures you need so going back feels doable, and you can feel successful at work and at home.
- A clear picture of your values, and how to use them to make decisions and reduce guilt
- Your own definition of success, as a mom and at work
- A childcare and daily-rhythm plan that fits your family
- A support map that includes your partner, your community and outsourced help
- A re-entry plan: what to take back on, what to ask for, and the boundaries to set
- A 30-day check-in to adjust the plan once real life kicks in
- Clear contact rules for your leave, so you can be present with your baby
Program Cost: $2,000 USD
Is your daughter, daughter-in-law, sister or friend expecting? Diapers and blankets help for a few months. Support through one of the biggest transitions of her career lasts much longer.
Reach out to purchase From Leave to Leading as a gift, and Sara will coordinate directly with her to schedule around her due date and leave.
GET IN TOUCH
Prefer to Start at Your Own Pace?
Our online course Headed Back to Work, Mama, priced at $150, walks you through the emotional transition, the logistics and the professional side of going back, with three lessons and worksheets you can do on your own schedule.