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The Reentry RoomRedefining Success: From Corporate to Entrepreneurial Motherhood with Klara GanterIn this episode of the Reentry Room, host Alexa Starks welcomes career strategist Klara Ganter to discuss the challenges and opportunities for working moms transitioning from corporate roles to entrepreneurship. Klara shares her insights on creating a strategic exit plan, the misconceptions about freedom in entrepreneurship, and the importance of setting boundaries to avoid burnout. Alexa and Klara also explore the emotional journey of redefining career goals post-motherhood and the significance of leveraging past experiences in new ventures. Tune in for practical advice and inspiring stories that resonate with moms seeking meaningful work-life balance.
2025-11-2515 min
The Working Mom ShowThe Courage to Be Human — Jessica Lamb on Work, Life & MotherhoodIn this powerful episode, Jessica Lamb joins Klara to talk about motherhood, leadership, and the courage to show up as your whole self. Jessica shares her journey across multiple careers, her brutally honest take on balancing kids and work, and the internal pressure many professional women carry but rarely talk about.They dive into identity shifts, burnout, emotional honesty, and how motherhood changes your definition of ambition, success, and even self-worth. A raw and relatable conversation for every mom who has ever wondered: “Is it just me?”Find Jessica on the following platfor...
2025-11-2540 min
The Executive Coach for Moms PodcastThe Courage to Pivot: Building a Life That Reflects Your Values - with Klara GanterIn this episode, Leanna sits down with career strategist and mother of three, Klara Ganter, for a deeply honest conversation about redefining ambition, navigating nonlinear career paths, and choosing a life aligned with your values, not everyone else’s expectations. Klara shares her remarkable journey from corporate leadership to entrepreneurship, what it really took to close the doors on her long-held dream, and why clarity, courage, and strategy matter more than perfection when you’re juggling motherhood and a demanding career. If you’ve ever felt stuck between who you are, what you want, and what the world expects of you...
2025-11-2033 minThe Working Mom ShowBuilding Brave Futures — with Kateryna BikirIn this empowering episode, Klara Ganter sits down with Kateryna Bikir, a global business leader, career strategist, and mother who embodies resilience and growth.Kateryna shares her inspiring journey of balancing leadership, personal reinvention, and motherhood through times of uncertainty — including relocating countries, rebuilding her career, and redefining success on her own terms.Together, Klara and Kateryna discuss what it means to lead with authenticity, embrace change with courage, and create opportunities even when life feels unpredictable.A must-listen for any woman navigating big transitions and searching for strength, clarity, and purpose.💬 “You don’t need...
2025-11-1843 minThe Working Mom ShowFrom Pressure to Purpose — A Conversation with Nina MacarieIn this heartfelt episode, Klara Ganter sits down with Nina Macarie, a driven professional, mother, and leader navigating the complex intersection of career ambition and family life.Together, they explore how motherhood reshapes priorities, the invisible pressures working moms carry, and how redefining success can lead to a more intentional and fulfilling life.Nina shares her personal story of growth, self-reflection, and rediscovering what truly matters — offering wisdom for any woman standing at a crossroads between career and motherhood.💬 “It’s not about doing it all; it’s about doing what matters.”Find...
2025-11-1143 minThe Working Mom ShowThe Truth About Working Moms: Guilt, Balance & Freedom with Eszter B. SzabóIn this heartfelt episode, Eszter B. Szabó, mom coach and host of The Good Enough Mom Podcast, joins Klara Ganterto talk about the truth behind motherhood labels — stay-at-home, working, or work-from-home — and the invisible pressure that comes with each.Eszter opens up about guilt, burnout, and her own experience with postpartum depression, sharing how mindset shifts and self-compassion helped her rebuild confidence and purpose. Together, they explore what it really means to “choose your hard” and to define success on your own terms as a mother and woman.Check out Eszter on these platfo...
2025-11-0436 minThe Working Mom ShowFrom Rock Bottom to Six Figures: Keyasha Petty on Resilience, Purpose & Fundraising with HeartIn this inspiring episode, Keyasha Petty — leadership and strategy consultant, best-selling author, and founder of Fundraising Mastery Academy — joins Klara to share her remarkable journey from homelessness after divorce to building multiple purpose-driven businesses and mentoring other moms to thrive without burnout.Keyasha opens up about resilience, redefining success as a mother of six, and how she turned her toughest life chapters into a roadmap for impact. She also shares how fundraising is not begging but an act of leadership, offering her simple yet powerful framework for asking with purpose and confidence.Together, Klara and Keyasha div...
2025-10-2842 minThe Working Mom ShowFacts Are Your Friends — A Financial Wake-Up for Moms with Laura SextonIn this inspiring episode, I sit down with Laura Sexton, financial coach, mom of five, and living proof that it is possible to thrive in both motherhood and money management.Laura opens up about how she built her business around her family — not the other way around — and shares how setting boundaries, prioritizing presence (“be where your feet are”), and teaching kids about money early can transform both family life and financial confidence.From managing five children under ten to helping other women climb out of debt, Laura’s wisdom is deeply practical and profoundly human. She re...
2025-10-2136 minThe Working Mom ShowBeyond Maternity Leave: The Future of Supporting Working Moms with Alexa StarksMy guest in this episode, Alexa Starks, is on a mission to make the workplace more human for mothers.As the founder of Executive Moms, she helps companies better support women returning from maternity leave through her Return from Leave Re-entry Workshop — a program that bridges the gap between empathy and efficiency in corporate culture.We talked about what truly happens when a mother returns to work after maternity leave — the lack of support, the silent biases, and the unrealistic expectation to “be back at 100%” by day two.Alexa shared how her own rocky return experiences...
2025-10-1432 minThe Working Mom ShowBalancing the Skies and Success: How Tiffany Archer Built Her Business While Working 9–5In this inspiring episode of The Working Mom Show, Klara chats with Tiffany Archer — entrepreneur, real estate investor, flight attendant, and mom — who proves that you don’t have to quit your day job to build your dream life. Tiffany shares how she turned her W2 job into a springboard for financial freedom, built her real estate portfolio while flying internationally, and managed mom life with grace and strategy.You’ll hear her honest take on mindset shifts, tackling mom guilt, staying organized, and using manifestation to stay focused. If you’ve ever wondered how to grow your business w...
2025-10-0745 minThe Working Mom ShowCreate a rhythm that works for you with Ayesha from PakistanIn this inspiring episode of The Working Mom Show, Klara sits down with Ayesha S., a marketing professional and mom, to talk about the realities of balancing career and motherhood. Ayesha shares candidly about her journey—navigating busy family life, building a meaningful career, and still making space for herself. From meditation and night owl work sessions to the joys of baking “death by chocolate cake,” Ayesha shows that motherhood and ambition can thrive together. This is a warm, relatable, and energising conversation for every mom figuring out her own path.About Ayesha: Ayesha...
2025-09-3039 minThe Working Mom ShowResilience, Visibility & Motherhood : Facing Alopecia with Alisah MoncriefIn this heartfelt episode of The Working Mom Show, Klara sits down with Alisah Moncrief to explore how moms navigate life when faced with unexpected health challenges—their own or their children’s. Alisah shares her personal story of living with a visible condition, the emotional impact it carries, and how she’s learned to embrace it instead of hiding. Together, Klara and Alisah discuss shame, strength, and what it means to raise children while modeling resilience and self-acceptance. With honesty and vulnerability, this conversation reminds us that every mom carries her own story—and that these stories can become so...
2025-09-2337 minThe Working Mom ShowHealthy Made Simple: Candice Kelly’s Journey from Chef to Wellness CoachIn this inspiring episode, I sit down with Candice Kelly—a mom, trained chef, nutrition expert, and founder of Candice Kelly Wellness—to uncover how motherhood ignited her transformative journey to health and wellness. After losing 70 pounds postpartum and keeping it off for over four years, Candice created sustainable, real-life strategies for busy moms who want to reclaim their bodies and confidence. With a Master's in Nutrition, a Bachelor's in Culinary & Food Services Management, certifications in personal training, and expertise in stress, sleep, and recovery—plus her innovative AI-powered meal planner, Macro May—she blends evidence-based nutrition with practical systems t...
2025-09-1632 minThe Working Mom ShowSlow down and rethink your choices with Alyssa Van AlstyneIn this powerful episode, I sit down with Alyssa Van Alstyne—a devoted wife, mom of three, and transformational life and business coach—to uncover how profound healing can lead to extraordinary re-creation. After enduring illness, misdiagnoses like fibromyalgia, personal trauma, and health crises, Alyssa reclaimed her body, voice, and purpose. She now leads others through holistic, mind-body-spirit transformation—via embodiment work, inner-child healing, and soul-aligned leadership. Through workshops, executive retreats, and bespoke one-on-one coaching, Alyssa helps clients clarify their vision, shift core patterns (mindset, behavior, somatic, emotional, and unconscious), and design both life and business with ease, confidence, and jo...
2025-09-0951 minThe Working Mom ShowThe Real Secret to Productivity: Managing Stress First with Claire KetchumIn this insightful episode, I chat with Claire Ketchum—a mom, transformational health coach, and the founder of the Peaceful Eating Method—on her mission to help women break free from emotional eating and yo-yo dieting. We explore how chronic stress disrupts our relationship with food and why restrictive diets almost never work in the long run. Claire shares her journey from twenty years of dieting to healing via mindset and habit work, leading to her passion for supporting moms and teens in building confidence and body peace. Through her Healthy Habits Coaching for Teens, she walks us through the...
2025-09-0245 minThe Working Mom ShowMom of 5 finds the time to exercise every day - and helps others to stay phisically activeDr. Sara Ionescu is a board certified family medicine physician, wife, mom of 5, and exercise enthusiast. She is passionate about wellness, preventative care, and exercise, and loves to inspire others to move. She strives to stay physically active daily as she sees massive physical and mental health benefits with this and wants to help, inspire, and encourage others to do the same! She is literally so inspiring, that after the episode you will want to move! Check her profiles in social media as well: Instagram: @drsaraionescuYouTube: @DrSaraIonescu...
2025-08-3031 minThe Working Mom ShowSingle Mom heals trauma patterns with somatic lifeToday my guest is Blaize Hall, who is an entrepreneur, somatic practitioner, coach, and artist. She is also a single Mom. We talk about her experiences, trauma, how to heal and how to talk about trauma with your kids. They offer a dynamic 1:1 healing program called The Whole Body Communicator that draws from their training in Somatic Experiencing, Hakomi, holotropic breathwork, Somatic Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, trauma training, Internal Family Systems, DIR Floortime, Non-Violent Communication, Dale Carnegie Leadership Training, motivational interviewing, mindset work, meditation, yoga and more. They also provide Reiki healing, Reiki informed bodywork, and clo...
2025-08-1941 minThe Working Mom ShowRide your bike with Stacy to stay fit and feel amazing!My guest today is Stacy Smith, who owns Sascy Cycling. She helps moms to lose weight with a non-diet approach. We talk about a mom's weight loss journey and how to stay in a positive relationship with your own body.Learn more about Stacy here: https://www.sascy.com/
2025-08-1249 minThe Working Mom ShowDressing for success after 20+ years in corporateToday my guest is Danielle, who loved her corporate job! She grew with the company for more than 20 years, and never thought about quitting. Yes, she is one of the corporate employees who did not change careers because of the lack of success or because she didn't like it!But as life is, we cannot predict everything. And being brave as a mom means making bold choices even when life seems to be great. Danielle not only listened to her inner voice, that something needs to change, but also made a self-review to...
2025-08-0547 minThe Working Mom ShowFrom Corporate to Clarity — Jordan Schram on Redefining Success as a MompreneurIn this inspiring episode, I sit down with Jordan Schram, marketing strategist and founder of Purple Sky Strategy, to talk about her courageous leap from corporate life to running her own business while raising two young kids.After years working for one of the largest employers in the U.S., Jordan realized the traditional path no longer aligned with the life she wanted as a mother. What followed was a bold career pivot rooted in purpose, values, and the desire for freedom and fulfillment.We talk about:How to know when it’s time...
2025-07-2935 minThe Working Mom ShowBuild a happy relationship with foodMy guest is Alisha Carlson, founder of StrongHerWay. She is a nutrition and health coach, and helps fellow women to build a healthy relationship with food. Dieting is hard, and lots of women suffer from even the idea of dieting. A healthy diet can be fun, energising, and made into a lifestyle easily. Listen to Alisha's tips and tricks, and how to love our body as a mom.Find more about Alisha here: Website: https://alishacarlson.com
2025-07-2241 minThe Working Mom ShowExpat parenting at its finestToday my guest is Angela Vitiello, who changed countries several times, and found it hard to fit in every time again and again. Guess what? She built a business for fellow expat parents, and helos them with super tips and tricks how to fit in the local community, how to conquer local administration and where is the best bread to find. And of course she is a mom, fisrt of all. Learn more about Angela here: Website: www.expatparentingcollective.comIG: www.instagram.com/expatparentingcollectiveIG: www.instagram.com/itsangelavitiello
2025-07-1534 minThe Working Mom ShowBold leap from corporate life to entrepreneurshipMeet Debi Kinney, Chief Energy Officer! She left a 25 year-career in the corporate world to create more harmony between professional and personal life. Now, she runs a business that combines sport with business coaching, just as she wanted. Is it easy to do what and how we like? For sure not! But is it worth it? Yes!Follow her: IG: @coachdebikinneyFB: @debi.frumkinkinneyYoutube: @hellocoachingWeb: hellocoaching.info
2025-07-0833 minThe Working Mom ShowRocking and rolling with autismToday I sit down with Gina Mitchell, whose son lives with autism. And, as you do as a mom, you never know what to expect when having children, but whatever you get, you just rock and roll with it. Gina finally dedicated her and her sons life to autism, now they manage a foundation and help other parents who wear the same shoes, and show them that even a shocking diagnosis can be turned into something fantastic and inspiring. Check out their website: www.autismrockandrolls.com
2025-07-0237 minThe Working Mom ShowFrom trauma scene to bedtime storiesListen to Krista Gregg: she owns both a trauma scene cleaning business and a media company, where she helps people with difficult times - while raising her daughter. She speaks openly about also going through therapy. Check out her media company: https://brightskyhouse.com/
2025-06-0337 minThe Working Mom ShowDaily accidents inspire mom businessMeet my guest, Kelly Yabsley, a wonderful mom of two! She is working, while building her business : Messy Baby Co. she is designing baby clothing that help prevent baby accidents - especially blowouts. She wants to create a lifestyle with her business, and create freedom for her family to travel.
2025-05-2029 minThe Working Mom ShowPouring into our own wellness as parents isn't selfish, it's necessaryMy guest Reesa Morala, is a Family Therapist, with a passion for helping families create strong and thriving systems. She is also a mom of two, and has regular dance parties at her house. Check out her website: www.embracerenewaltherapy.com
2025-05-1336 minThe Working Mom ShowTaking the leap to change takes courageToday I have Stephanie Dunne as a guest, who worked years and years in the corporate world until she realised: it cannot go on like it was. Of course, this has something to do with her kids as well! So she took the leap and changed her life completely. Now, more relaxed and happier, she is sharing her experiences and her expertise. We also talk about how this change effected her marriage and the relationship with her daughters. Get ready for another emotional, uplifting but very realistic working mom story!If you would like...
2025-04-2954 minThe Working Mom ShowBuilding a business and homeschooling 3 kids - learn how to do all this in harmonyIn today's episode I sit down with Rosemary Dede, a holistic business coach. We talk about the misunderstandings about homeschooling, and how to create a life that fits the family - and not the way around.
2025-04-2238 minThe Working Mom ShowA hard start can turn into a success story as wellIn today's podcast, I sit down with Tamika Brown. She had her child at 14, which is definitely not an ideal start to motherhood. Tamika stood up for herself and her baby, and with resilience and faith made the best out of it. Not only that, but built a business while working, and is now a successful, still very young mom!Check out her links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thtgrlboss?igsh=MXYwdGg0MDJ1YTQzag%3D%3D&utm_source=qrFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/share/18vX1qde9d/?mibextid=wwXIfr
2025-04-1540 minThe Working Mom ShowTransition, loss, success - listen to Nicki's incredibe storyNicki van Ingen Schenau shares her incredible life story about changes, losses, success. Listen to her emotional story and learn how to let go, how to support your child's decisions, even when it hurts. Check het website: www.tokiotours.nl
2025-04-1440 minThe Working Mom ShowHow to 'unbusy' your life with 5 kids and a businessHaving 5 kids, homeschooling, starting a business and overall being a mom sounds pretty busy to me. Today I sat down with Alyssa Wolff, who teaches all of us how to 'Unbusy' our life as a working mom.
2025-04-0130 minThe Working Mom ShowSpreading kindness with mom of 2It was a pleasure to chat with Teresa about motherhood, and how to be kind and uplifting even in tough times. Her free 75 acts of kindness: https://www.journeyinkindness.com/checklistHer book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D325JMYHSocial media linkswww.youtube.com/@journeyinkindnesswithteresa/shortswww.facebook.com/groups/ajourneyinkindnesswww.instagram.com/teresaramirez6349/
2025-03-2535 min
Energy + Hours (formerly Grow Like a Mother)Calm Is Your Superpower: Time, Energy, and Emotional RegulationIn this episode of the Grow Like a Mother podcast, host Jill Wright is joined by Jen Rafferty, founder of Empowered Educator, for a deep dive into the mindset shifts that transform how we manage time, energy, and life. Jen challenges the traditional approach to time management, reframing it as energy management and emphasizing that the way we spend our time is a direct reflection of our values. Jill and Jen discuss how shifting our mindset around time can open up new opportunities and how aligning our schedules with what truly matters creates more fulfillment. They also e...
2025-03-2026 minThe Working Mom ShowFrom corporate to business: Mom of 3 shares her expertiseFrom corporate leader to entrepreneur, Nathalie Doromieux shares how she built a business that aligns with her values while balancing motherhood. Nathalie helps Women entrepreneurs build profitable businesses creating life changing E-learning experiences by building online courses and membership sites that make money.https://themembershiplab.comHer free gift to my listeners:https://themembershiplab.com/giftsFollow her on social media:https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathaliedoremieux/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568147271872
2025-03-1838 min
The Working Mom ShowWelcome to The Working Mom Show!In this first episode, I share why I started this podcast and what you can expect! Motherhood changes everything, but it doesn’t mean giving up on your dreams. Hear real stories from moms who turned their passion into a career while making time for their family—no sugarcoating, just honest lessons and inspiration.🎧 Listen now and join the journey! #ThrivingWhileSurviving #WorkingMomLife #NewPodcast
2025-03-1021 min
What You Should ReadYou Should Read: Never Far Away (with author Michael Koryta!)Send us a textHi, Should-Heads! We're joined by Michael Koryta, bestselling author, screenwriter, nature enthusiast and murderer of sleep. His new book (Never Far Away) is out now and it is amazing. We talk about that, his upcoming movie (Those Who Wish Me Dead; out in theaters and HBO Max in May) and many other topics. Want to read some amazing books before most people can? Sign up for Book of the Month and use our promo code WHATYOUSHOULDREAD at checkout to get your first box for just $9.99. Check out their February selections: https://www...
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