Cutting out the travel time to get to work meetings has meant that I can sleep more in between feeding my son.'īut Kaling has also found it more difficult to establish boundaries and focus solely on work - something that can make it difficult to stave off the ever-present mom guilt but something she actively refuses to beat herself up over. I love that I can be in comfy clothes all the time I don’t have to be glammed up so I can just focus on my kid. "It feels like almost everyone is on maternity leave. ![]() But I have to say, having a baby during it has been wonderful," she says. "We’re in such a dreadful time and with the current spike is awful. Now that Kaling is working from home, she does admit that it has been somewhat easier to care for her son in-between work meetings and whatnot - something she does not take for granted. Kaling also depends on her nanny and baby nurse, both of whom helped her when she gave birth to her daughter in 2017. I mean, we all have to do it, but when I have to open up a huge box to get a toothbrush that doesn't make me feel great." That, to me, is great because it’s not like ordering packages to the house where, first of all, it takes a couple of days and also it’s endless packaging which just makes me feel so guilty about the environment. "I can use to pick up stuff for either me or my daughter or my son - whether it’s diapers or cough medicine or toys - and literally I can just order it, drive to Walgreens, and in 30 minutes it’s ready. "The thing about me and different partnerships is that I really try to only do anything that really makes sense for my life," Kaling says. Recently, Kaling partnered with Walgreens to promote the app, which allows customers to order items for fast and safe curb-side pick-up. One of those resources is Kaling's My Walgreens app. "But now that there’s a literal pandemic happening and I have a baby who has not had his shots yet, I really have to depend on the resources around me." "I used to be this person that would kind of eye roll about the idea of self care or wellness or anything," Kaling admits. Which is why she has no problem admitting that she relies on others for help, especially when it means she can find the time to prioritize her wellness and practice self-care - an essential for anyone, but especially for a working single mom. "I don’t know whether it’s because I’m a single mom or something but I’m like, 'Whoa, there are a lot of kids running around my home!' I remember when I used to live here by myself and now it’s, like, full of people." It feels like I’ve added six children to my home," Kaling laughs. ![]() ![]() "It’s weird, it doesn’t just feel like I’ve just added 100% more children to my home. ![]() And like any adjustment period, it hasn't been easy, especially in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. The Mindy Project star gave birth to her second child, a son named Spencer, so on top of caring for her daughter Katherine and working from home, she has been adjusting to life as a mom of two. Family is what you decide it is, and for me my little family is my nanny, me, and my children." People have not just financial resources but human resources in their home that help them do this thing. "But the truth is: I don’t have a husband my mom is dead. "I used to feel guilty about admitting that I have a nanny," Kaling tells Woman's Day via phone. But at a time when moms are being disproportionally impacted by a pandemic that has left them shouldering even more household and child-rearing chores, actress, writer, and director Mindy Kaling is working to change all that and de-stigmatize moms asking for the help they need. A number of studies have shown that finances and guilt keeps working moms from asking for support, even though moms feel overwhelmed by their many responsibilities. In a country that constantly conflates motherhood with martyrdom, it's common for moms to feel too uncomfortable and too ashamed to ask for help.
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