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Bringing together decades of neuroscience research, Ellison argues that motherhood can actually supercharge your abilities. It can make you more empathic. More creative. It recalibrates your assessment of risks and rewards. It trains you to be better at getting shit done.
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According to Ellison, that old cliché about ‘the mummy brain’ – the idea that during pregnancy and early motherhood, women lose their ability to think clearly – is not just unfounded, it’s plain wrong.
And my experience bears this out. I’ve literally NEVER been so productive as I have these last six or so months, home with a newborn and a pre-schooler.
corporations. special interest groups and a handful of staggering wealthy individuals are buying our elections. and it s also perfectly legal. you can go through all of this and name every single person who works in that building and show how much money. the co-host of american swamp the woman you normally see on this hour, katy tur, making a brief and yet triumphant return from maternity lead and msnbc correspondent jacob soboroff. she s back. she is back.
the southern plains. lots of severe storms for wisconsin and minnesota bracing for a foot of wet snow. a new round of rain spreading eastward toward the mid-atlantic states. 50s in the northeast, around 80 in the south. low 40s in detroit and chicago. just above freezing in minneapolis. denver to the mid 40s. upper 60s in los angeles. you may recall in february when a sinkhole opened up right under the national corvette museum in kentucky. it swallowed up eight classic cars. today crews are planning to lift a special corvette out of that hole. it s worth it s the 1,500,000th corvette ever made. all that is standing in the way, just a 50-ton rock, that s it. it may have to be broken up before the corvette can be moved. you were on maternity lead. we ve been following this sinkhole that opened up i remember this. this might have been right before i left. because i actually remember this. it was a while.
so i have been out for a few months on maternity leave after the birth i have been out for a few months on maternity lead after the birth of my third child thatcher. he joins his big brother yates and his big sister yardley who have been terrific with him. there s my little man. i wanted to thank all the viewers who sent gifts anticipate beautiful messages these past few months after he was born and even after the announcement of this show. i couldn t always respond, but i was anticipate i am very grateful for your support. so is my husband, doug. we thank all of you for the good will and the good messages. if you would like to offer thoughts on the program. we re taking them. or you can send me a tweet@megankelly. we re going to incorporate a lot of that social media into this program. we ll use your suggestions and questions.
the duke of cambridge will take two weeks of maternity lead. not so modern, i just called him the duke of cambridge. william and kate are expected to be more hands on. instead of say nanny they ve reportedly hired a housekeeper to help around the palace. so no mary poppins, michaela and christine. great to see john berman. coming up, amanda bynes locked upheld for mental evaluation. what the troubled child star did this time. [ woman ] we had two tiny reasons