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Mom Moments: Bridge Your Way Back to the Workplace
As Mother’s Day approaches, many new moms and moms-to-be already have been working from home for several weeks during the pandemic shutdown. Walls between life and work have disappeared. Mothers have felt extra stress in creating new routines caring for baby or preparing for childbirth. That juggling act is apparent in this peek at the experience of Anjali Sud, mom to an 18-month-old son, who is sheltering at her parents’ home while working as CEO of Vimeo, a video streaming company that is b...
Mom Hack: Prevent Spilled Milk
Do you spill milk when moving it from a bottle to a milk storage bag or from a milk storage bag to the bottle? If you are a pumping mom, use your flange as a funnel so you don't lose a precious drop! See the CDC and Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Guideline below for breastmilk storage: Room Temperature: 3-8 hours Insulated Cooler with Ice Packs: Up to 24 hours Thawed Breastmilk: Use within 24 hours Refrigerated Milk: 5-7 days Freezer: 3-6 months If you are using frozen mi...
Ask Sheila: Missing Pumping Sessions Because of Long Meetings
Aimee asks, "I have a couple of meetings that have begun running long so I missed my pumping sessions. Is this ok?" A: If you get stuck in a meeting make sure to pump as soon as you are able for two reasons. One is to be comfortable and avoid a plugged duct and the second is to maintain your milk supply. Remember the supply/demand equation - the more you remove, the greater your supply. If you miss a pumping session, make up for it later in the day or once you get home with your baby....
Healthy Horizons Corporate Lactation Services Announces 2022 Lactation Room Giveaway Contest Winners
American Concrete Institute Joins Businesses Providing Essential Employee Benefit SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES, January 12, 2023 Healthy Horizons Corporate Lactation Services and Breastfeeding Centers is pleased to announce the winners for their 2022 National Breastfeeding Month Annual Lactation Room Giveaway Contest of over $6,650 in workplace lactation equipment, supplies and services from Healthy Horizons and their sponsors. The Grand Prize Winner is The American Concrete Institute ...
Healthy Horizons Corporate Lactation Services Supports LADWP Employees with New Lactation Lounge and Suites
LADWP worked with Healthy Horizons Breastfeeding Centers to assess the space for compliance with California’s lactation laws, identify furnishings and ensure appropriate appliances were added to promote the safe and sanitary expression and storage of breast milk. In partnership with Healthy Horizons, the Department’s Family Care Program also launched expanded lactation services for employees in fall 2022, providing additional support and guidance to new parents returning to the workplace. N...
Cassi Janakos, Healthy Horizons COO, Interviewed by “Circle Around” on Breastfeeding Support in the Workplace
In a recent interview, Cassi Janakos, COO of Healthy Horizons, discussed how breastfeeding support in the workplace is possible for today’s businesses. As employees re-evaluate their work-life balance in the wake of the pandemic, employers are shifting their focus on providing equitable benefits to help retain and support their employees. A former Girl Scout, Cassi was proud to be interviewed by“Circle Around”, a publication from One GS Media, a subsidiary of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Cl...
Healthy Horizons Breastfeeding Centers and Corporate Lactation Services Celebrate Continued Growth into 2022
Healthy Horizons is celebrating their 31st year of supporting over 1 million families in over 120 cities across the US and Canada. Sheila Dukas-Janakos, MPH, IBCLC, LE, RLC founded Healthy Horizons in 1991 supporting families with lactation support in their Burlingame and Menlo Park, California locations. Dismayed by the number of parents struggling with the decision to continue chest/breastfeeding when returning to work after the arrival of their children, Healthy Horizons Corporate Lactatio...
How We Need To Adjust To The Future Of Work: An Interview with Sheila Janakos, MPH, IBCLC, Founder and CEO of Healthy Horizons on Thrive Global
Sheila Janakos, MPH, IBCLC, LE, RLC, Founder and CEO of Healthy Horizons was interviewed by Karen Mangia, VP of Customer and Market Insights at Salesforce, on designing the future of work and how businesses must create a path that works for everyone in their organization. In the interview, Sheila discusses how the pandemic reshaped the workforce and the future of how we work. While working remotely, employees and employers assessed their needs and began to find the workable middle ground to ...
Healthy Horizons Founder Sheila Janakos Awarded Two Silver Stevie Awards
Janakos Named 2022 Social Change Maker of the Year for Gender and LGBTQ We are proud to announce that Sheila Janakos was awarded two 2022 Silver Stevie Awards for Social Changemaker of the Year in the Gender and LGBTQ categories and was recognized at the 19th Annual Stevie Awards on November 11, 2022. Janakos was selected for her achievements and efforts in empowering chest/breastfeeding and pumping parents as her mission supports parents of all genders to express human milk for their chi...
Finalist for Small Businesswoman of the Year by Women's Business Awards
Congratulations Healthy Horizons CEO, a finalist for the Small Businesswoman of the Year by Women's Business Awards! Sheila Dukas-Janakos, MPH, IBCLC, LE, RLC is CEO and Co-founder of Healthy Horizons Corporate Lactation Programs and Breastfeeding Centers. Healthy Horizons lactation rooms are found in Fortune 500 companies and top workplaces in over 125 cities in North America. Healthy Horizons programs are available to over 2 million employees and counting. Sheila is affectionately know...
Sheila Janakos on How Lactation Support in the Workplace Benefits Employees and Businesses
Sheila Dukas-Janakos, MPH, IBCLC, LE, RLC and CEO of Healthy Horizons recently wrote an article for Employee Benefit News on the benefits of lactation support in the workplace for both employees and businesses. Employees who feel supported by their employers through benefits like dedicated lactation rooms and programs have a more positive outlook on their employers that result in better retention rates, overall job satisfaction rates, attendance and productivity. Click here to read Sh...
Healthy Horizons Donates Breastfeeding Classes to Benefit Stanford Bing Nursery School
Healthy Horizons and the Stanford Bing Nursery School share a vision to help families with young children thrive. Healthy Horizons empowers breastfeeding parents to thrive at work and at home. The mission of the Stanford Bing Nursery School is to promote understanding of child development and improve the lives of young children. Earlier this spring Bing Nursery School hosted their 32nd Annual Harvest Moon Auction. All proceeds of the auction went to benefit the Bing Nursery School Schol...
Healthy Horizons Stands in Solidarity with the AAPI Community
Many of us at Healthy Horizons have been troubled by the recent rise in anti-Asian expressions of cruelty in our communities. We have team members who are members of the AAPI community and many of us live and work in San Francisco Bay area and other areas where our friends, neighbors and colleagues are experiencing violence and discrimination. It's not okay. We believe that a community is stronger when everyone thrives together. Let's supports one another in difficulty, defend t...
Thrive Global Turns to Cassi Janakos for Key Lessons from Successful Entrepreneurs
Healthy Horizons COO Cassi Janakos guided readers through the 5 essentials for establishing a workplace mother's room in "How to Turn Pain and Frustration into Entrepreneurial Opportunities," an article published by Thrive Global. Here are Cassi's insights: Lesson #5: Transform from victim to survivor to warrior It’s no secret that power dynamics in most societies are skewed, resulting in oppression based on race, class, and gender. Many people are unwilling victims in the cy...
She set out to help breastfeeding moms but ended up helping corporations
Silicon Valley Business Journal named Sheila Janakos to its esteemed circle of C-Suite Award honorees and featured her story to inspire others. An excerpt follows: The secret to Sheila Janakos’ professional success is part great idea, part need and part serendipity. When Janakos had her first child, she wanted to breastfeed her daughter but had some difficulties. Her doctor was not much help, her own mother had not nursed, and her search for professional guidance came up short. “I realized wh...
Statement: Standing Up for Racial Justice & Equity
Healthy Horizons and other members of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group issued a joint statement on standing up for racial justice and equity. It read in part: In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We know that sitting on the sidelines in times of racial injustice is unacceptable. As Innovation Economy CEOs, through the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, we are humbled and challenged by Dr. Martin Luther King J...
