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💡On Travel Guilt, Balance, and Coming Back to Work: My Podcast Series for Working Moms
Three 10-minute conversations about the parts of working motherhood we don't talk about enough
19 hrs ago • Helen H.
🎴Board & Card Games You Haven't Heard of
What we've been playing on family game nights
Mar 29 • Adam Harmetz and Helen H.
🚀 10 Tips for a Product Launch Event 🎪
Honoring fans, showing not telling, and how to raise the bar
Mar 9 • Adam Harmetz
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🏄‍♀️ Not 🧗‍♀️: Why New Grads Should Surf, Not Climb
Mar 6, 2022 • Adam Harmetz
💎 Hidden Gems for PM's Inside Taylor Swift Lyrics
Jul 24, 2023 • Adam Harmetz and Helen H.
💎 Advancing from Product Manager to Product Leader
Jun 26, 2022 • Adam Harmetz
📋How does a VP at Microsoft spend their time?
Jun 9, 2025 • Adam Harmetz
Vessi Footwear: A Seattle Dad Review (Reprint)
Oct 2, 2023 • Adam Harmetz
🎂 Celebrating 17 years at Microsoft
Aug 28, 2022 • Adam Harmetz
🍰 The joy of hosting parties
A post about the importance of cake and meat and cheese platters
Sep 11, 2023 • Helen H.
🧳Sharing the Point of Tech Conferences (Redux)
How connecting with the ecosystem and community gives me purpose as a product maker
Nov 26, 2023 • Adam Harmetz
👧🍪 Girl Scouts 101
An immigrants perspective on the value of Girl Scouts
Mar 2 • Helen H.
✍️How to Be a Great Editor
And avoiding the seagull 💩🐦
Feb 23 • Adam Harmetz
⛷️How to Get Your Kids to Love Skiing
Spoiler alert: Candy helps
Feb 8 • Adam Harmetz
10 Lessons from My Grandma
On resilience, health and intentionality
Feb 2 • Helen H.
🫜26 for 2026
Welcome back to Mind the Beet!
Jan 5 • Helen H.
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Two working parents (both product leaders in tech) discuss our journey with career, parenting, and life. We publish every Sunday. Subscribing is free.
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