98: Dorsey Standish: From Corporate Ladder to Corporate Meditation Guru

As the mother of a newborn, Dorsey is rewriting many codes and making decisions based on what serves her best. Her partner and she live by the philosophy that a happy mother can serve her children best. 

This means rewriting codes around when it is best to return to work. For Dorsey, she was ready to travel and start working relatively soon after giving birth. This is because she feels her work feeds her soul. Again, this decision was a challenging one. Tears were shed, but she felt a shift by the third time she left for work-related business. 

For Dorsey, rewriting the Mot(her) code means turning on the light and looking at the code, even when it’s uncomfortable, while drawing on resources of positive connection and inspiration to rewrite and reframe the codes that are our operating systems. It’s not about being perfect. The idea is to  slowly shift every day to show up as a more healed version of yourself. To be the woman she wants to be in the world rather than letting someone else dictate that. 

Show highlights

• Burnout and the rat-race
• Starting a meditation practice
• The unexpected twists and turns of pregnancy and learning to surrender 
• Building new mindful habits 
• Feeling grief and holding space for negative emotions
• Working with a newborn, hiring a nanny and a night nurse
• “It takes a village” mentality

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