Work Life Balance For the Modern Agent

In this episode, I’m thrilled to welcome back Casey Rutherford from Modern Agent to our podcast. I’ll be asking Casey about things like “mom guilt” and overcoming it, balancing our full family lives with being a responsive agent to all your clients, and living, as Casey terms it, an ‘integrated life’ which is a little different than the typical ideas about work-life balance.

Society has imposed a lot of ridiculous norms on women and how they are supposed to behave regarding family and children– don’t fall prey to some of these antiquated societal ‘rules’ that don’t really even exist!

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Discussion Points:

• Casey how are you defining ‘balance’ in your life as an agent these days?
• It’s difficult for many women to say ‘no’, how have you set boundaries with your work and clients?
• Being transparent with clients is essential – what tips do you have for setting expectations during that first meeting?
• Some pivotal moments for Casey in the last twelve months
• Mom guilt and how to diffuse it
• Casey hired a nanny to potty train her third child, and got lots of support for it
• Many of the things we wrestle with as moms are just not talked about
• How Casey had nametags made for her kids and clients thought it was the cutest thing ever
• What’s a good piece of advice for agents/moms/dads out there on balancing family and work? Time blocking and google calendars are your friends!

Resources/Links:

Casey on Modern Agent Website

Casey Rutherford LinkedIn

Taylor Ellard LinkedIn

Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group