Carley Roney – Co-founder of The Knot on building a billion-dollar wedding business as a working mom, mom guilt, our society’s obsession with work and how it treats pregnant women. The Knot was valued at over a billion dollars! Carley shares her lessons learned - everything from her lowest point in business to being able to retire before she was 50 years old (and how she feels conflicted about that because of our society’s glorification of work!)
Read MoreReturning to work after a career pause…whether that’s maternity leave, being home with your children, being a stay-at-home mom or shifting industries - how do you do it? How hard is it to get back into the workforce? Where do you start? What should you say interview? Hear from Atlantis Adedipe, a mom who's done it—and even used the opportunity to completely switch industries. Atlantis explains how she definitely decided to switch careers, how her son’s special needs impacted her choices, how splitting from her husband impacted her finances and how she stayed positive and fought imposter syndrome and negativity during her job hunt and career shift.
So, once you’ve made the decision to return to work, how exactly do you go about it? The Mom Project’s Pam Cohen, PhD is giving tips on how to get back to work… including a few you might not expect! She’s sharing what to do about that gap on your resume, how to explain it in a job interview, why an extended period of time away from the corporate world could actually be a good thing.
Read MoreWhat happens when you love your career but your relationship is suffering? And when you feel like you’re missing the important moments in your kids’ lives? TV anchor Sonni Abatta shares when she knew it was time to leave her high-profile anchor job that she ‘loved’, how her job was hurting her marriage, how she’s earning money now via different income streams like lifestyle blogging & podcasting and has great tips on how to figure out what you want to do next. Then Lindsay Pinchuk who grew the 7 figure business The Bump Club & Beyond (starting with just $500) has tips on how to build a community, grow your newsletter, get sponsors and brand partners.
Read MoreInterested in taking your business to the next level? Does creating a 6-figure or 7-figure business make you excited?
Growing up in the Mormon faith, Shannan Monson was encouraged to become a wife, a mother, and a homemaker. After having her first child, with her husband in medical school, Shannan decided that just wasn’t her path, she went on to create multiple 6- and 7-figure online businesses (with no childcare at first!), harnessing the power of social media while it was still in its infancy in order to sell products and grow her business.
Read MoreMeet Kar Brulhart who went from pregnant and unemployed to running a 6-figure Instagram coaching business. How she knew when it was time to quit and how you should be using Instagram for your business. Plus Terry Rice, Business Development consultant & Entrepreneur Media Expert-In-Residence will teach you how to be a successful consultant, find clients, price your services and monetize your knowledge.
Read MoreHow much does our community impact the choices we make? How do we find our path when it’s conflicting with our perceived expectations? Rachel Nielson talks about how her upbringing and Mormon religion impacted her path as a mom -- she was expected to be a stay-at-home mom but it didn’t feel right to her. She challenged the expectations of her culture -- and loves her career & life now (which also is earning her good money!). Then Dr Lisa Damour has research-backed advice on whether you’re making the ‘wrong’ or ‘right’ choice as a parent!
Read MoreMomtourage hosts Keri Setaro & Ashley Hearon-Smith will have you laughing so hard with their worst jobs (and mine too which is related to the boy band Hanson. Yes the ones who sing MMMBop).
Read MoreAfter 27 years as a journalist, single mom Leslie Gray Streeter quit her job to pursue being an author and promote her acclaimed book “Black Widow.” She wanted her son to ‘see her happy’ and has tips on how to feel empowered when starting your own freelancing business.
Read MoreRebecca Minkoff - Designer, Entrepreneur, Female Founder Collective co-founder and mom of 3 - has advice for budding entrepreneurs about how big to grow your business how to delegate smarter, and has sharp and unique spins on parenting.
Read MoreLEAN IN! Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s movement told us women to lean in to corporate life. But should all moms ‘lean in’? What about moms who want to ‘lean in’ to family life?
Read MoreIf you’re feeling stuck, lost, dealing with burnout or boredom, listen up! Meet Zanade Mann, who ditched her teaching job to launch the Black Women's Business Collective and be a digital marketer and says she would ‘never go back.’
Read MoreGretchen Rubin has spent her career learning and studying happiness, good habits and human nature - exactly the person to guide us!
Read MoreWe dive into whether finding a 3 or 4-day a week job in your field is a dream job or a nightmare for working moms? What’s it like to work part-time and how do you actually find that flexible job?
Read MoreIn this episode, meet Patrice Poltzer, an award-winning former TODAY show producer whose dream job at a startup flamed out quickly. That failure led her to be an ‘accidental entrepreneur,’ launching Patrice Poltzer Creative.
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