Podcast

Career Pauses, Pivots, and Parlaying Your Skillset

July 6, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 126 / Guest: Estelle Erasmus Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: This week’s guest, Estelle Erasmus, has a career journey that started with being an executive assistant, and pivoted to roles in book publishing, public relations, women’s magazines, medical education publications, before she…

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Job Seeker Tips and Trends with Career Organic

June 29, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 125 / Guest: Briar Dougherty Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: Our guest this week, Briar Dougherty (pronounced Dock-er-tee), started her career in the fitness industry, where she quickly became Crunch Fitness’s youngest general manager in history. If you think that’s impressive, just…

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Women Helping Women So We All Succeed

June 22, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 124 / Guest: Ann Garvin Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: #womenhelpingwomen is one of Mom &… Podcast’s Favorite Things (and it costs less than anything on Oprah’s Favorite Things list). Our guest this week embodies that helping spirit. Ann Garvin is a…

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Taking Chances to Bring Your Idea to Life

June 15, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 123 / Guest: Jean Stehle Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: This week we are talking about entrepreneurship and books, two of our favorite things. Our guest, Jean Stehle, is a librarian, a writer, and a business owner. During the pandemic she developed…

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Explore What’s Next With Career Coach Dara Astmann

June 8, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 122 / Guest: Dara Astmann Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: The Venn diagram of things we love to talk about and what Dara Astmann’s coaching focuses on is a circle. Dara helps moms explore what’s next, and that is our favorite thing…

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Conversation Starters, Storytelling & Listening Skills

May 25, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 121 / Guest: Whitney Myers Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: Our guest this week is a mom who pivoted into a career that suits her skill-set and personality perfectly. Whitney Myers, owner and founder of Sacred Stories, spent many years working in…

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Navigating Career & Parenthood: It Takes a (Motherhood) Village

May 11, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 120 / Guest: Nicole Gonzalez-Cumberbatch Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: Nicole shared a story that many parents relate to: her career was everything, and then she became a mom. Parenting changes our lives in ways we usually can’t imagine beforehand. Nicole realized…

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Choose Your Next Best Step with The Parent Compass

May 11, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 119 / Guest: Cynthia Muchnick Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: Cynthia Muchnick started writing with the story of her marriage proposal, and she hasn’t stopped since. Her topics have evolved along with her life and career, leading to her most recent book,…

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Favorite Planners, Pens & Organizational Tools

May 4, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 118 / Guest: Sarah Hart-Unger, MD Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: Do new pens and a fresh, new planner make your heart sing? Us, too! We had a fantastic, planner-nerd discussion with this week’s guest, Sarah Hart-Unger, MD. Part-time pediatric endocrinologist, part-time…

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Strala Yoga – Yoga For Anyone Who’s Scared of Yoga

April 27, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 117 / Guest: Tara Stiles Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: Imagine that you know how to gently move and breathe through your days, allowing yourself to think more clearly and feel better. We’ll give you a minute to picture it.  If your…

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Work, Parent, Thrive – Science-Backed Strategies for Your Life

April 20, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 116 / Guest: Yael Schonbrun Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: This week’s guest, Yael Schonbrun, had a plan for her career and motherhood. Then she became a mother, and it was harder than she’d anticipated. (Is there a mother out there who…

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Find Your Path Forward – Resumes, LinkedIn & Returnships, Oh My!

March 30, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 115 / Guest: Christine Winston Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: Like many of us, Christine Winston took a couple years off to be the stay-at-home caregiver for her children, and before she knew it a couple years turned into nine years. Some…

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Stop Waiting for the Right Time to Start ______. Start Today!

April 7, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 114 / Guest: Shavon Saint Preux Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: Shavon Saint Preux joins us this week to talk about starting something from nothing. Regular listeners know that we are passionate about foster care and about women living fully into their…

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Return to Work with ReacHIRE

March 30, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 113 / Guest: Addie Swartz Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: Addie Swartz has been focused on helping women come back from career breaks since before the concept of a meaningful “career break” was really a thing. Her own career has been closely…

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Forget Perfection – Focus on Your Mental Health

March 23, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 112 / Guest: Meredith Ethington Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: As we say in the intro to this episode, if you hang out on social media at all, you’ve probably laughed at something Meredith has posted. Her brand, Perfection Pending, is all…

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Procrastination, ADHD, and Tools to Help You Take Care of Your Future Self

March 9, 2023 / Mom &… Podcast Episode 111 / Guest: Natalie Borrell Subscribe and Review wherever you listen to podcasts! Show Summary: Our guest this week, Natalie Borrell, is a school psychologist and teen life coach. If you’re thinking that doesn’t sound like the typical Mom &… Podcast guest, you’d be right, and wrong….

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