THE EXIT INTERVIEW WITH KIM RITTBERG

 “It takes a village to raise a child.” You have a village, I have a village, ever wonder who makes up other people’s villages?

In this episode you will:

• Hear about parents around the country and who makes up their village - friends, grandparents, nannies, daycare staff, mentors and others

• How parents in the military balance their childcare needs and their service

• How military spouses tackle childcare and all the other work 

• Hear how some parents lean on friends and mentors as special counselors for their kids 

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“It takes a village to raise a child.” You have a village, I have a village, ever wonder who makes up other people’s villages? UPPAbaby is sponsoring this very special episode.  I am a proud UPPAbaby Vista alumni, I loved every minute of that stroller and every accessory. I needed to pry my kids off that super fun Piggy Back ride along board!

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We are going to be getting some great financial advice from Melissa Dincher, a Financial Advisor at UBS. She’s discussing how to prepare for major life events, how to save for college, how to save for retirement, and don’t worry you’re not too late! Melissa was a corporate attorney who spent 10 years at home with her children, she was head of the PTA and was basically the mom who helped Brooklyn Heights get through Covid.

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Are you ready to proactively seek out new challenges and opportunities for growth that align with your career path?Jason will teach you how to “work your next job,” how to create the world’s greatest ‘pros and cons’ list to help you make decisions, the lesson he learned from getting a scathing letter from his boss in his ‘20s and the best advice he got from Ryan Reynolds.

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Interested in building out your own private practice or scaling what you have? We have two amazing guests sharing their experiences.   Licensed clinical psychologist Phil Glickman, who runs a practice called Wellness Road Psychology shares how he has scaled his practice and advises how starting slow allows you to learn the lessons that pay off in the long term. He also shares the importance of making relationships that you can lean on for advice and guidance.

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On this episode we have Rachel Dorsey, Executive Producer at Bone & Gold. You're going to love hearing from her. She and I met on Clubhouse. Remember when the audio app was the biggest thing ever? She brings us tips on building a business, turning a profit, and why when she earned over a million dollars in profit, she was less happy and less healthy.

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On this episode we have Rachel Dorsey, Executive Producer at Bone & Gold. You're going to love hearing from her. She and I met on Clubhouse. Remember when the audio app was the biggest thing ever? She brings us tips on building a business, turning a profit, and why when she earned over a million dollars in profit, she was less happy and less healthy.

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Empowered Achievers in Colorado - Your Career Questions Answered! Chris Castillo, an expert career coach, helps you find your path, ask the right questions during job interviews, and achieve work-life balance. With a background in advertising, she understands the challenges of career transitions. Learn about tackling imposter syndrome and more from this family-friendly professional.

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We got my lively and fun Midwestern sisters on the podcast today, Michelle Anderson and Lauren Massarella of The Sister Project, a fantastic lifestyle blog and podcast. They get real about feeling hate, anger and resentment of the working life lack of balance as a new mom, they talk about the struggle to find balance (or slow the F down), and we learn about their interesting life paths and how Michelle went from doing a job that felt stifling to doing ‘the most ridiculous fun, amazing thing.’ Goals!

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Meet a teacher who became a millionaire by selling her lesson plans. She made binders and she mailed them from Office Depot. Lisa Collum of Top Score Writing will join us and talk about how she started her business and scaled it from nothing, all while raising four kids.

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Real Housewife of Orange County, entrepreneur and mom of 4 Heather Dubrow discusses the years she was depressed, the craziest time filming the show, what she doesn't show on tv, her weirdest job and so much more. She also gets very open about parenting and what it's like to take her oldest off to college.  

Plus Kim shares what happened after the podcast with Heather that left her scrambling and cursing technology!

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Jacqueline Lotzof and Stephanie Malk are moms and partners leading a Compass team that covers Chicago to the North Shore. They help clients buy, sell, rent, invest, and they refer top agents throughout the country via the Compass Referral Network. You'll hear about how they met, what they say is the key to their success, their tips for standing out in a saturated industry, and how they balance it all… or don't.

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Mara Smith is the founder of Inspiro Tequila after years of being home with her kids and her inspiration struck because she was looking for a gluten-free clean drink that fit into her healthier lifestyle. When she couldn't find the perfect one, she decided to create it. Inspiro Tequila is women-owned with a female distiller, certified WBENC brand and made with the female consumer in mind. Chicago-based Mara has twins that are sophomores in college and a 10 year old and she believes that women can innovate in any industry, even as an outsider, says her years at home gave her additional skills that are so valuable and “instead of knocking down someone's door, which may have been hard, I built my own door.”

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Leah Neaderthal is the founder of Smart Gets Paid and a sales coach for women consultants, teaching women how to get more of the right kinds of clients and get paid more for every consulting contract.

You will learn:
-Leah’s biggest tips to help women find clients & make more money 
-Why you should price for value not time
-How Leah took a job despite knowing she didn’t want it
-Why developing grit has been key to her success
-How she balances a thriving coaching business with her wife & 2 kids

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Jamila Souffrant was a real estate asset manager and aimed to retire at 40. She started her own journey to financial independence and she and her husband saved $169,000 in two years and are debt free besides their mortgage. Jamila began blogging and podcasting and is an author and the host of the Journey To Launch podcast which has millions of downloads and was listed by the NYTimes as a podcast to help you get better with your money. Jamila offers tips on how you can become financially independent no matter how much money you earn. 

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Paula Faris is an Emmy award-winning journalist and author who helps moms ditch the guilt and find a better way forward. She shares how after advocating for herself at work so she could be there more for her children, she was pushed out of her job and had an identity crisis. Paula’s new book is You Don't Have to Carry It All: Ditch the Mom Guilt and Find a Better Way Forward and she is also the founder of CARRY Media which provides free resources and content for working moms. She believes that when workplaces support mothers more, everyone benefits.

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Mirra Levitt & Basha Rubin met at Yale Law, and after Mirra left her big law firm job, they founded Priori Legal. Its global legal marketplace helps hundreds of in-house teams find the right legal provider for their next project. They’ve raised over $21 million dollars in three rounds of funding and pull back the curtain on fundraising.

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Robin Arzón–Peloton Head Instructor & VP of Fitness Programming–explains why balance is a ‘harmful concept,’ offers advice for women looking to achieve her level of success and shares a funny parenting moment (it may have happened to you too and will crack you up!), plus she discusses her new book Strong Baby.

Then host Kim Rittberg leans into her 15 years in journalism (Netflix, Fox, PEOPLE Mag) to share 3 simple tips for you to attract clients on social media for your business using the 3 E’s. What are those? Listen and find out!

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QVC host & 7-figure entrepreneur Kim Gravel on how she felt ‘depressed’ when she realized she wasn’t pursuing her passion. She was working in real estate but yearned to be on a stage and she had an epiphany during the 5 years she spent as a stay-at-home mom. Hear how she went from flailing to flying, and has tips for all of us to find our passion–and build our career on top of that. Plus she shares thoughts on how to be more confident from her new book. Kim Gravel also basically cracked open the purpose of host Kim Rittberg’s career. No joke. But also there are jokes. Lots of jokes.

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Katherine Goldstein is a journalist who writes on mothers, caregivers and gender equity for The NYTimes, TIME, WashPost, Vox and more… while also raising 3 kids (including pandemic twins!). Hear why Katherine is ready to banish the phrase “working mom” and how her return to journalism after a difficult postpartum experience fueled her next career stage.

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