Ep.67/ Welcome to The Exit Interview with Kim Rittberg

Today I want to introduce you to the show -- and what to expect!

And for those of you who have been loyal listeners for a while, you know I love you --  I want to explain why we rebranded ever so slightly from Mom's Exit Interview to The Exit interview with Kim Rittberg. 

And share my favorite advice and stories over the past 67 episodes of Mom’s Exit Interview. 

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Ep.66/ Crafting an Authentic Brand with Jennifer Lemmert

Corporate Communications Consultant Jennifer Lemmert talks about turning a job loss into a launchpad, rolling out her communications consulting business at the height of the pandemic and being a military wife and mom to 3 kids under 6. Jennifer helps leaders and companies inspire action in their industries – through storytelling, executive branding and employee engagement.  

In this episode, Jennifer shares how she started investing in herself, enrolling in my Video Boot Camp to grow her business and amplifying her own brand and business. Jennifer offers tips on how executives can create a personal brand. Plus she and I share our least favorite corporate phrases! Optimizing, utilizing… so much more! Then, Financial Coach Tess Waresmith shares investing tips to get started investing.

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Ep.65/ How to Get Your Life & Business In Alignment With Growth + Performance Coach Lindsay Roselle

Can you have your pricing right? Your business in order… but not really because you’re out of alignment? Growth and performance coach for high performing moms, Lindsay Roselle is on the podcast today to help you prioritize and get in alignment! She shares her journey from corporate job to entrepreneurship, and her mission now is to help ambitious mothers find harmony between their career ambitions and their desire to be present for their children.

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Ep.62/ Pregnancy & Birth Tips from Doula Elizabeth Presta

Are you expecting a baby or planning to conceive soon? Elizabeth Joy Presta is a doula and host of the podcast Morning Chava. She shares her passion for empowering women to feel seen and heard in birth and to know they have options. You'll learn about sperm health, cervix ripening, and more. Words I didn’t think I’d ever write! Plus, we have some great health and wellness tips from Lauren Kramer and a little nugget of career coaching from Ashley Alvillar.

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Ep.60/ Soccer Star Leslie Osborne On 9-Figure Fundraising, Not Losing Her Identity Post-Retirement and Deciding What to Say No or Yes To

Leslie Osborne is a decorated, retired member of the U.S Women’s National Soccer Team and is now one of the most respected sports broadcasters covering women’s soccer today. She is a brand ambassador for UPPAbaby and is an entrepreneur and co-founder of HUSTLE Beauty, formerly Sweat Cosmetics, and a co-founder of Bay Football Club! 

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Ep.59/ Instead Of Getting a Raise, I Was Fired: Healthcare Consultant Therese Gopaul-Robinson on Battling Imposter Syndrome & Growing her Business

Therese Gopaul-Robinson was shocked after she was fired, but she took that experience and launched her own healthcare consultancy. She talks very openly about her struggles with imposter syndrome and the negative voices that we all hear in our head and how she personally turns those voices down, how she quiets those voices. Therese was in my video bootcamp class. She was a total A plus student and she has so many amazing wins. She just landed a client on social media since she started showing up with a strong strategy. 

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Ep.58/ Building a Business Between School Drop Off and Pickup: Hustle Like a Mom’s Pamela Pekerman

Can you really build a business between the hours of school drop off and pick up? Our guest, Pamela Pekerman says, absolutely! The founder of Hustle like a Mom and creator of the Exit to Expand Planner joins us today with some great tips on how to do just that. Plus we discuss the importance of how to use value driven planning to grow your business and finding a balance that aligns with your values.

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Ep. 55/ Emergency Manager Alicia Johnson Working In A Male-Dominated Field + On Striking Out On Your Own

When disaster strikes and the unthinkable happens, governments, businesses and organizations turn to Alicia Johnson. She's an emergency manager, community preparedness expert and founder and CEO of Two Lynchpin Road. With 20 years of on the ground experience, she offers an essential, nuanced perspective on emergency preparedness and disaster resilience. Today she’s talking about her journey into entrepreneurship, how she balances the unpredictability of her job and parenting, what it's like to work in a male-dominated field, and what your business can do to prepare itself for a crisis.

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Ep. 54/ She Got Vogue to Feature Her ‘Hair Down There’ Product | Betty Beauty Founder Nancy Jarecki

You're going to be hearing from Nancy Jarecki who founded Betty Beauty, a specialty beauty company that dyes ‘hair down there. She founded it in 2006 and is going to talk about how she did it, how to innovate in the beauty industry and how she wouldn’t take no for an answer. Plus–imagine pitching Vogue magazine for your taboo product! You’ll hear how she successfully pitched Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and got her hair down there Betty Beauty into Vogue.

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Ep. 53/ Declutter Your Home + Your Life: Minimalist Moms’ Diane Boden

Ready to get all the junk out of your house and your life to do more with less?  As a former ‘maximalist’ I’m personally excited to hear and share her tips with you. Minimalism isn’t just about clutter and junk, it’s also a mindset to get more out of your life by removing what’s unnecessary (hallelujah!). But also you learn about how to organize and declutter quickly, tips on what to do with the kids artwork (!). 

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Who Is In Your Village? How do families around the country rely on their family, neighbors, babysitters and friends to help raise their kids?

 “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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Who Is In Your Village? Who Helps You Raise Your Kids?


“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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Ep.52 / How to Be Financially Prepared - From New Babies to College to Retirement

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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Ep.51 / Entrepreneur Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Jason Feifer on How to Build a Career for Tomorrow

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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Ep.50 / Building and Scaling Your Own Private Practice with Psychologist Phil Glickman and Karin Rozell

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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