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Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting122. Do You Struggle with Teaching Your Kids Financial Wellness? The Parenting Secrets Behind Raising Financial Grownups with Bobbi Rebell“The greatest gift you can give your children is your own financial independence when you get older so that they don't have to financially take care of you.” - Bobbi Rebell Bobbi Rebell is the author of Launching Financial Grownups: Live Your Richest Life by Helping Your (Almost) Adult Kids Become Everyday Money Smart. She is also a Certified Financial Planner, the founder of Grownup Gear - merchandise to celebrate all the milestones of adulting, a former global business news anchor having worked at CNBC, CNN and Reuters - and the host of the Money Tips...2022-09-2250 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting110. Never Give Up: Lessons Learned in Entrepreneurship and on the Sports Field with Kate Torgersen, Founder of Milk StorkKate Torgersen is the Founder & CEO of Milk Stork, the first-ever breast milk shipping company and the mom to 3 amazing kids (including 1 set of twins). What started off as a bootstrapped side hustle to her full-time 18 year corporate career at Clif Bar all while raising 3 kids under 3, has turned into a venture-backed company changing the landscape of working motherhood and travel. In this episode, Kate and I chatted about… The importance of sports as a learning zone for kids in building grit and endurance in life Life while working full-time at Clif Bar with 3 ki...2022-03-2338 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting109. Teaching Children About Philanthropy and Global Issues Intentionally While Changing the World with Jessica Jackley, Founder of Alltruists and KivaJessica Jackley is an entrepreneur and investor whose work focuses on making big bets on the goodness in all of us. Currently, she is the founder of Alltruists, offering at-home, kid-friendly volunteer projects for families, and a cofounder and General Partner at Untapped Capital. Jessica is best known as a co-founder of Kiva, the world's first crowdfunding site allowing anyone to lend as little as $25 - at 0% interest - to entrepreneurs around the world. Since it launched in October 2005, Kiva has facilitated over $1.5B in loans. She holds an MBA from Stanford GSB and...2022-03-1643 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting108. The Multi-Dimensions of Wellness and the Upcoming Season of Mommy's on a CallThe next season of Mommy's on a Call is here with a new set of guests and experts all focused on the different dimensions of wellness and the intersection with motherhood. In this episode I share about the slight change in direction of the podcast, what does multidimensional wellness mean and what big decision I just made in my life that will also add value to the podcast content... tune in to hear more! ----- Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every...2022-03-1114 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting107. Staying Calm: Learning to Manage Stress, Teaching Kids How to Express Emotion and Co-Parenting without Communication with Dr. Alison MitznerDr. Alison Mitzner is a single mom of 2 (ages 8 and 10), board-certified pediatrician, family wellness and fitness expert, and passionate supporter of parents feeling calm, confident, and healthy. After attending medical school in Syracuse and completing her residency on Long Island, Dr. Mitzner worked at a private practice in Manhattan and is now a senior director at a major pharmaceutical company in worldwide safety and regulatory. She is the author of the #1 Amazon best-selling book, Calm and Confident Parenting where she shares proven strategies and tools for making small changes to your mindset, routine, and habits to...2022-02-2233 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting106. The 3 S’s: Sugar, Sleep and Sex - All About Toxins, Children’s Health, Day Dates and Boundaries with Dr. Natasha Beck (aka Dr. Organic Mommy)Dr. Natasha Beck is a parenting expert and the founder of Dr. Organic Mommy, an online resource focused on pregnancy, parenting, nutrition and non-toxic living. She holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, specializing in pediatric neuropsychology from Pepperdine and has a Master’s in Public Health, specializing in child and family health from USC’s Keck School of Medicine. But above all she is the mom of 3 (ages 3, 5 and 7) with a 4th little one on the way (due Feb 2022) and is married to her high school sweetheart. While the conversation was going to be al...2022-02-1040 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting105. Feel Like You’re At War with Your Toddler? Learn to Manage Tantrums, Toddlerdom and Postpartum Depression (PPD) Through Mindfulness and Intentional Play with Michelle Tangeman, LMFTMichelle Tangeman is a mom of two and a licensed therapist specializing in maternal mental health and pediatric behavior support. She is also the founder of Thriving Toddler, an online resource that helps parents navigate toddlerdom and the preschool years, and she is the co-host of Parenting Understood, a research-based parenting podcast with Dr. Erin O'Connor from NYU. In this episode, Michelle and I talk about Her attempt to wean the pacifier - as mom vs. therapist. Staying on the same parenting page with your partner. What does the conversation look like? And how to set b...2022-01-2736 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting104. Personal + Family Integration: Bringing Your Family To A Retreat (Joshua Tree Weekend Retreat Recap)Last weekend I headed out to Joshua Tree for an incredible retreat by my good friend Danielle (@themoonmedicine). It was supposed to be a getaway for me to have some space to work on spiritual practices; however, I accidentally (yes, accidentally) invited my family to come along and tag along to the trip. It actually worked out beautifully and in today's episode I share some takeaways on how we can integrate our personal needs and family and make it work. On a side note: If you need any tips on how to navigate Joshua Tree with kids...2022-01-2111 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting103. Reinvent Yourself: Leading in a Time of Uncertainty and Navigating Career Aspirations as a Working Mom with Shanna HockingShanna Hocking is a thought leader, keynote speaker, podcast host of One Bold Move A Day, and author of a forthcoming book on women and leadership, as well as the former Associate VP at a global pediatric hospital. She recently left her role in 2022 to focus full time on Hocking Leadership Her expertise has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur, Chicago Tribune, American Express Business Insights, Today.com, The Muse, and Thrive Global, among others. Shanna is committed to helping women thrive at work and home, which she navigates, too, as a wife and p...2022-01-1936 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting102. Scaling, Selling, Raising Capital and Re-Launching a Startup as a Female Founder and Mom of 2 with Jen Saxton, Founder of Tot SquadJen Saxton is the founder and CEO of Tot Squad, a marketplace that connects new and expecting parents with health, wellness and safety services like car seat installation, sleep consulting, babyproofing, and lactation consulting. She's an alumna of Duke, has a Kellogg MBA and is a serial entrepreneur having sold her first business in 2020 and was part of the 2020 Techstars Anywhere accelerator. But above all, Jen is the mom of Charlotte and Sophie, aged 7 months and 3 years. In this episode, Jen and I chat about... Selling her business in March 2020 (literally when the Pandemic w...2022-01-1138 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting101. Eliminate Mom Burnout and Reclaim Your Time by Finding Your Unicorn Space with Eve RodskyEve Rodsky is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live) where she applies her expertise in organizational management to a problem closer to home – a system for couples seeking equity, efficiency, and peace in their home. And on Dec 28th, 2021, she released her newest book called “Find Your Unicorn Space: Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too-Busy World” which is a practical program for reclaiming the natural gifts, interests and talents that make you uniquely you. But...2022-01-0446 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful ParentingCelebrating 100 Episodes and Looking Forward to 2022I'm excited because not only is it the last day of the year but also I'm celebrating 100 episodes of Mommy's on a Call. I just wanted to thank everyone out there for listening and for supporting me along the way for leaving reviews, tuning in, sharing it with friends. I couldn't get to 100 episodes without your support. Thank you! And as I celebrate 100 episodes, I wanted to reflect back on a few things that have happened over the last hundred episodes, but also the last year, 2021. And just what I'm looking forward to in 2022 so...2021-12-3123 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting[BEST OF MINDSET] What Do You Want? Manifesting Your Dream Future By Shifting Your Mindset and Taking Action with Julie CiardiThis episode originally aired on September 16, 2021. This previously published episode is one of the best mindset episodes of 2021. Manifesting is not just for the woo-woo world, it can be done in a tangible, real-life manner and Julie Ciardi helped walk us through it in this episode. Julie Ciardi is a former Fortune 500 marketing executive who has taken her passion for business and marketing to help women create businesses and income streams that create passion, purpose, profit and protection for themselves and their families. She is also the host of the Ignite Her Mind...2021-12-2845 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting98. Mourning the Death of Your Pre-Mom Self: From Top Celebrity Stylist to Discovering Spiritual Wholeness with Ali LevineAli Levine is a sought-after celebrity stylist and motherhood, fashion and lifestyle expert who believes that no matter where you roam, from the laundry room to the red carpet, authenticity is your superpower and “confidence is your best accessory.” She is the mom of two little ones (Amelia and Arley) and she frequently shares her real, raw truth of motherhood as a mommy influencer on her blog, Instagram and her podcast: “Everything with Ali Levine.” On her podcast, Ali delivers a real look at her own motherhood journey amid the treasures she’s uncovered in the universal search for...2021-12-1645 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting97. Unstoppable: How this Mom Unlocked the Secret to Scaling Multiple 7-Figure Businesses with Kelly RoachKelly Roach is a former Fortune 500 executive and NFL cheerleader turned eight-figure entrepreneur, bestselling author, business strategist and coach known for creating the Unstoppable Entrepreneur and the Live Launch Method. She is also the co-founder of The Courageous Brand, a podcast host and above all a mom to a 7 year old daughter. In this episode Kelly and I talk about.. The most important things you need to do build and scale a profitable business (hint: you need to understand what profit producing activities are) What her life looked like with her young daughter while working full-time...2021-12-0929 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting96. Eliminate Chronic Pain and Heal Yourself Through Food and Nutrition with Jo Schaalman, Co-Founder of the Conscious CleanseEver feel like you’ve been hit by a truck? Well, Jo Schaalman has and she is an expert in healing and recovery. Jo was a state champion gymnast, a nationally ranked diver and a diving coach. While prepping for medical school she was t-boned by a semi-truck during a cross-country bike tour. As a result of the accident, Jo was told that she wouldn’t live a normal life, let alone become a doctor. Her recovery process was both physically and emotionally grueling, but through her healing she was able to unlock some universal healing principles that...2021-12-0135 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting95. Friday Live: Consistency MattersConsistency matters. Small wins accumulated day by day and week by week will snowball into tremendous results. Join me every Wednesday at 10am PST, LIVE on Instagram @StephanieUchima where I'll be recording these short live solo podcast episodes. Come ask questions, join the conversation and be part of the podcast every week! These lives will then air on the podcast every Friday. Follow @StephanieUchima and mark your calendars for Wednesdays at 10am PST. ----- Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover s...2021-11-1910 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting94. 3 Simple Ways to Detoxify Your Home and Lifestyle To Become Slightly Greener with Tonya HarrisTonya Harris is an award-winning environmental toxin expert and the founder of Slightly Greener, offering busy women simple tips to reduce toxins without turning their family’s lifestyle upside-down. As a childhood leukemia survivor and mom of three (ages 17, 19, and 23), Tonya helps parents learn how toxins in the home can affect their family’s health. Tonya holds a Master's degree in holistic nutrition, board certification and multiple certificates in the environmental health field. She has been featured in multiple publications and TV shows across the country sharing her expertise in environmental toxins, holistic nutriti...2021-11-1837 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting93. Moms and Money: Financial Planning For Your Future by Imagining the Life You Want with Babita Trivedi, CFPBabita Trivedi is a certified financial planner with a passion for educating and empowering women in their financial lives. She helps her clients understand where they are financially, define where they want to be in the future, and give them strategies and tools to achieve those goals so they can feel less stress and be more confident in their future. She’s a mom of 2 (5 and 11 year old) who went through a huge career transition after having her first kid. In this episode we dive into her journey of going back to school and switching car...2021-11-0934 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting92. Teaching Children How to Cope with Stress and Improve Mental Health (ADHD & PANS/PANDA) Using Holistic Therapies with Dr. Roseann Capanna-HodgeAs we come out of the pandemic, we’re faced with a whole set of new challenges and issues, especially as parents. One of the major issues moving forward is in mental health. While we as parents are trying to navigate our own mental health, we’re also trying to help our kids thrive. ---- Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge is a mental health trailblazer, the founder of The Global Institute of Children’s Mental Health, author of the “Teletherapy Toolkit™” and It’s Gonna be OK!™ and the go-to media expert who is, “Changing the way we view and treat...2021-11-0246 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting91. How to Manage Sibling Rivalry and Calm the Screaming and Fighting (My Conversation on the Parenting Mentor Sessions)This week I'm sharing an episode I did with Sue Groner on the Parenting Mentor Sessions - Episode 22: When Everything Has To Be An Argument. During this episode, Sue coaches me through how to manage sibling rivalry between my three kids who are always yelling, arguing and fighting about everything! In this episode we talk about: What’s behind sibling rivalry The value of alone time and why it’s okay to need it The importance of letting your kids work it out The value of brainstorming and trial-and-error Why it’s helpful to let yo...2021-10-1534 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting90. Impacting the World Through Baby Food and Lessons Learned from Scaling Multiple Startups with Betsy Fore, Co-CEO of Tiny OrganicsBetsy Fore was named one of Forbes 30 under 30, BBC's 100 Most Inspiring Women, and she is currently the co-founder of Tiny Organics, a nutrient-rich, organic baby food company designed to build adventurous eaters from a young age. Betsy has over a decade of experience as an inventor, product founder and CEO, serves on the Tufts School of Nutrition and Policy Innovation Council and her company, Tiny Organics, has been chosen by Michelle Obama’s Partnerships for a Healthier America for their baby food initiative to support veggie-forward early palate development across the nation. But above all, sh...2021-10-0744 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting89. Finding Focus and Creating Intentional Actions in Your Life as a Busy MomToday I'm sharing an interview I did on the Not Your Mother's Podcast with Sonnet and Veronica (Ep. 121: How to Organize Your Life to Keep What Works and Leave What Doesn’t with Stephanie Uchima-Carney) all about finding focus as a busy mom. We talk about the difference between our role as a mom and identity, a step-by-step process I use to figure out how to focus and take intentional actions in our lives and more! This is a great way to kick-off the last quarter of the year and set yourself up for success! Sonnet and Ve...2021-10-0143 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting88. Money Isn’t Scary: Shifting The Conversation, Stigma and Mindset Around Money and Worth with Meghan DwyerMeghan Dwyer is a wife, boy mom of 2, financial planner and the host of the Money Isn’t Scary podcast, which was inspired by her own struggle with her relationship with money, while trying to do all the "right" things as a working mom. Meghan is a woman on a mission to remove the stigma around money in our culture and to get women talking about it, without fear. In this episode Meghan and I chat about... Switching jobs/companies in the middle of COVID and the process she went through to gain clarity on...2021-09-2329 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting87. What Do You Want? Manifesting Your Dream Future By Shifting Your Mindset and Taking Action with Julie CiardiJulie Ciardi is a former Fortune 500 marketing executive who has taken her passion for business and marketing to help women create businesses and income streams that create passion, purpose, profit and protection for themselves and their families. She is also the host of the Ignite Her Mind podcast, but above all she is the mom to two teenagers and a 7 year old. In this episode Julie and I talk about: The impact working on personal growth and mindset has made on how she parents, especially raising teenagers Why all moms, not just business moms, s...2021-09-1645 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting86. Breaking Up with Debt, Saving Intentionally and Structuring Your Family Finances Equitably with Stacey Shieh LeeStacey Shieh Lee is passionate about finance and her purpose is to empower people to achieve their financial dreams. As a financial executive in the start-up tech space, she has helped founders and CEOs build sound financial processes and systems to get to the next level. She has translated her experiences into her company, Solve Your Books, where they bring a next level service to accounting in e-commerce, creative and PR agencies and women-owned businesses. Stacey is also a personal finance coach and provides advisory and CFO level services. But above all she i...2021-09-1444 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting85. Combatting Heavy Periods, Painful Sex, Postpartum Issues and Hormone Imbalances with Katie BressackKatie Bressack is an award winning holistic nutritionist who specializes in women's hormonal health; such as painful periods, PCOS, heavy/irregular periods, amenorrhea and thyroid imbalances, post birth control, pre/postnatal and preparing for pregnancy. Katie also helps women transition through perimenopause and menopause. Katie lives in Los Angeles with her husband Jim, their identical twin boys Brady and Devin and their dog, Piper. Join Katie’s “Eat For Your Hormones” Group Program starting September 13, 2021 >> HERE In this episode, Katie and I chat about... Her journey getting pregnant at 40 with identical twins How to...2021-09-0952 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting84. [BONUS] Celebrating 1 Year of Podcasting and Preview of Season 2One year ago in the midst of 2020 chaos, newborn in arms, distanced learning preschool to starting distanced learning kindergarten and running after a toddler, the Mommy's on a Call podcast was born. Join me as we celebrate one year of podcasting and take a sneak peek into the upcoming guests joining in Season 2! If you're interested in giving feedback on the podcast or to suggest guests or topics, I'd love your response in the Mom Survey: bit.ly/MOACSurvey. Fill out the survey or send me a DM on IG: @StephanieUchima ----- 2021-09-0312 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting83. Building an Invisible Army and a Global Team while Juggling Time Zones and Kids with Michelle Reeves, Founder of The Accessory JunkieMichelle Reeves is the co-founder and CEO of The Accessory Junkie, a mom of two and step-mom to one. During the Pandemic she moved her family from Portland, OR to Australia and is busy juggling time zones and the daily needs of a modern, global family while building her company. In this episode we chat about: How working US hours in Australia (yes, 3am workdays) has actually made her a more present parent Her personal journey from corporate to becoming a serial entrepreneur and the many lessons learned along the way 2 key things that kept her...2021-09-0232 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting82. Stay Curious: Former Model Turned Inventor of a Patented Fitness Product with Kodi Berg, Founder of EQUIPTKodi Berg is a former actress and model turned obsessor of making chic weights you actually want to use with her company EQUIPT. Kodi can be found doing leg lifts and child wrangling most hours of the day while sending emails and trying to keep people moving. I loved our conversation because we had a real conversation about her entrepreneurial journey, which was the opposite of most founders… an accidental one that was born out of her own creativity, curiosity, and personal necessity. She never originally envisioned selling her product yet alone patenting it. Kodi is...2021-08-3133 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting81. Teaching Empathy and Kindness to Young Children with Cara Zelas, Founder of Big World of Little DudeCara Zelas is an author, educator, kindness advocate, and the founder of Big World of Little Dude is an educational platform teaching children, aged 3-7, social and emotional skills through a book series and curriculum. She is a mom of 2 and fur mom to Little Dude, a real life Therapy Dog with the Good Dog Foundation. In this episode we talk all about How the concept of Big World of Little Dude was created out of seeing the lack of social and emotional skills taught in schools Tips on teaching young children empathy How...2021-08-2428 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting80. Becoming a Better Parent by Learning How to Regulate Yourself First with Not Your Mother's Podcast Co-Hosts Sonnet & VeronicaSonnet and Veronica are the co-hosts of Not Your Mother's Podcast, which is a podcast that covers all the things no one is talking about when it comes to being a woman and becoming a mom. They are also co-founders of Raising Children You Like, an online platform helping parents not only take charge of the toddler years but also transform their own self as a parent. In this episode we cover so many topics including: How to regulate yourself during toddler tantrums - including a breathwork technique Using journaling to help figure out what fills y...2021-08-1248 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting79. Amicable Co-Parenting: How to Parent Together (Married or Not) with Julia DennisonJulia Dennison is the Digital Content Director for the Parents brand, which includes heading up the content for Parents.com and its social platforms. As a single co-parenting mama to 4-year-old, Julia has been writing and editing in the parenting space for over 13 years (an editor in general for more than 16 years), with a passion for covering all the wonderfully unique ways people parent and form families. She was the co-host of the podcast Pregnancy Confidential, and now of the new podcast We Are Family with Shaun T, all about the diversity of family life in...2021-08-1037 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting78. Turning a Passion into a Nationwide Ice Cream Brand (While Getting Kids to Eat Veggies) with Jessica Levison, Founder of Peekaboo"Be very, very, open-minded, ask a lot of questions and just really not give up. Like if you know that this world needs, whatever it is that you want to build, just do it, you know, do it." - Jessica Levison Jessica Levison is a mom of 3 (ages 4, 6 and 8) and a former lawyer who has a passion for ice cream. When she saw a need in her local community, she decided opened a brick and mortar ice cream shop (as a side hustle to her law job). However, after having kids she struggled with getting...2021-08-0333 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting77. An Unfiltered Look into the Life of a Bad A** Work-From-Home Mom of 3 with Megan HarperMegan Harper is a work-from-home mom of 3 kids who recently launched a marketing agency after a successful career in marketing and product growth. Before kids she was a trained sommelier and worked at some of the top restaurants in NYC. After her son was born she left the restaurant world to work in start-ups and make her name for herself running her funny Instagram account, @girlgonechild_ (formerly @girlgonechildinnyc) which showcases the life of an ex-party girl turned young mom navigating her life in NYC being a working mom and trying to have it all. During...2021-07-2933 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting76. Lessons Learned from a Failed Startup and Turning a Side Hustle into a Venture Fund with Annie EvansAnnie Evans is the founder of Dream Ventures and a former founder operator turned angel investor and connector helping founders reach their fundraising goals and secure partnerships that are transformative for early stage businesses. She invests in companies that make the world a better place. Annie is also the mom to a 2 year old boy. In this episode we dive into... The 2 most important lessons she learned from her failed startup, Beautified Turning free “pick your brain” sessions into paying customers What not to do when starting a company The story behind launching Dream Ventures and how...2021-07-2728 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting75. From Lawyer to Top Organizing Expert: Learning to Let Go of Physical Stuff with Rachel RosenthalRachel Rosenthal is an organizing expert, founder of Rachel and Company, a Washington, DC-based professional organizing firm and above all the mom to identical girl twins. In this episode, we chat about Her journey from being a lawyer to launching her side hustle full-time as an organizing expert Her biggest business lessons learned during the Pandemic Raising twin girls as a single mom and launching a company How to declutter kid stuff (especially the toys) How to let go of physical stuff (especially when emotions are involved) Since 2007, Rachel's firm has worked with 3000+ clients, and...2021-07-2034 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting74. Do What You Love, Love What You Do: Going All-In and Scaling a Small Business During the Pandemic with Angela EngelWhen the pandemic hit, many small businesses struggled and many mom business owners chose to take a step back, but not Angela Engel. Instead, this mom of 3 went all-in to scale her business, The Collective Book Studio, because now was “her time to push forward.” For many years Angela Engel worked in sales and marketing for nationally known category leaders in publishing, including Chronicle Books, Cameron + Company, Dwell Studio, and Moleskine. She has sold to key national and international retailers such as Amazon, Costco, Nordstrom, and Target and became a sought-after expert in the industry. But m...2021-07-0837 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting73. Choosing Full-Time Motherhood Over a Career and Overcoming Resentment with Shannon Kenny CarbonellShannon Kenny Carbonell is a former actress and author of the memoir “All is Not LOST” which is a book for every mom who’s ever felt lost or stuck in that “what’s next for me?” moment, which I think we’ve all gone through at one or many points in our lives. She is also the wife of actor Nestor Carbonell of LOST, Bates Motel, and The Morning Show fame and a mom to a 15 and 19 year old. When her kids were young, Shannon made the hard decision to give up her own acting career...2021-07-0141 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting72. Say Yes with Joy: Parenting Tips to Empower Your Children (and Keep You Sane) with Sue GronerSue Groner is The Parenting Mentor and author of “Parenting with Sanity and Joy: 101 Simple Strategies.” She helps parents reduce the everyday stress and anxiety that inevitably comes from parenting by providing strategies and skills to parent with more sanity and joy. In this episode we cover some real-life scenarios of parenting challenges and strategies to implement in each scenario to deliver a better and more positive outcome. Say yes with joy. Your child is not your mini me. Stop giving unsolicited advice… are just a few pieces of advice Sue and I discussed in this e...2021-06-2930 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting71. How to Become a Part-Time Consultant and the Future of Workplace Flexibility with Brea StarmerAfter being laid off at 7 months pregnant in her corporate job and faced with pregnancy discrimination when job hunting, Brea Starmer was thrown into consulting. Her experience inspired her to launch her agency, Lions and Tigers, which is a marketing, operations and strategy consultancy building a bridge to the future of work. Today, Brea has a team of nearly 100 consultants that work flexibly and part-time by bringing highly-skilled workers to organizations through her innovative and inclusive business model. On top of scaling this business to almost 8-figures, Brea is the mama to 3 little ones and j...2021-06-2337 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting70. Reconnecting to Your Body and Using Energy to Manage Stress and Heal Trauma with Carah ElizabethIf the words reiki, energy healing, feminine energy or chakras make you run in the other direction, stop, open yourself up to something new and take a listen. Today's guest is Carah Elizabeth, a former psychotherapist turned Body Wisdom Coach. Carah incorporates her years as a psychotherapist with holistic approaches such as Somatic Movement, Yoga, Breathwork and Reiki energy healing to help women find healing for their body, mind and soul. With 15 years experience in mental health, Carah has helped thousands of women reconnect to the wisdom of their bodies; finding freedom from the prison...2021-06-1732 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting69. Banish Mom Guilt and Stop People Pleasing with Annie HendersonHow many times do we say “I’m sorry” in our day? Or tell our kids to apologize and say “sorry” after everything they do wrong? Or even do things they might not feel comfortable doing in that moment like FaceTime the grandparents or give a friend a hug? We sometimes guilt ourselves and our children to do things we might not want to do just to please the other party. These habits are learned at a young age. In today’s episode, Annie Henderson and I talk about how to end mom guilt and stop being a people ple...2021-06-1537 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting68. [BONUS] May Episode RecapAfter a jam packed April and May releasing 2 episodes (if not more) per week, I thought I'd take a break to share some of my top takeaways from the last month of episodes. May was Mental Health Awareness and Asian American Heritage Month, and I realized that the common theme throughout the episodes was all about mindset. Tune in to hear my top 5 takeaways from May's episodes and if you missed out on some of the episodes, head back and take a listen! ----- Come join me in my sandbox of...2021-05-2813 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting67. Creating Multiple Streams of Income as a Single Mom and Teaching Your Kids Financial Independence with Kenise EtwaruKenise Etwaru is an executive leadership coach, women’s empowerment strategist, entrepreneur, best selling author and motivational speaker. However, above all these successes, her greatest pride and joy is being a mom to an 11 year old daughter. When her daughter was 2, Kenise became a single mom overnight and the sole provider. While she had a full-time job and was financially independent, Kenise was bored and started looking to start something new on her own. Slowly, she started consulting on top of her 40-hour a week “day job” and as a full-time single mom. That consulting side hu...2021-05-2736 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting66. Tackling Mom Overwhelm One Tiny Habit at a Time with Jennifer BlossomI think it’s safe to say the word “overwhelm” might have been the word of the year for moms in 2020; however, as we move forward in mid-2021, it’s the word that should be banished from our vocabulary. But how do you get rid of overwhelm from your vocabulary and your life? Jennifer Blossom is a boy mom of two, occupational therapist, and the CEO and Founder of Blossoming Moms, a digital wellness brand that helps overwhelmed moms simplify motherhood using healthy habits and simple strategies. She is also the host of the top-rated mom podca...2021-05-2540 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting65. Discovering and Connecting to Your Passions with Bethany Braun-SilvaThis episode with Bethany Braun-Silva was a good reminder that it is okay to take a week off. It is okay to take time to stop and think about what your goals are in life. And it is okay to focus on your career even if you have young kids. Bethany has 2 boys and lives in NYC. In her off hours you can find her on-air showcasing some of the latest and greatest parenting products, side note - she shares one of her favorite summer products in the episode, or talking all about working motherhood. B...2021-05-2035 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting64. Building Your Personal Board of Directors and the Power of Community with Corey Spiegel, Founder of Light HouseCorey Spiegel is a mom of 2 teenagers and the founder of Light House, a community for like-minded women of all ages (even teens) to have real conversations on real topics with real people about real life. Through their many classes, Corey has created a safe space for women to be themselves, be supported and be heard in a confidential, judgement-free environment. After spending over 25 years as a senior executive working in the entertainment space, she always wondered why there wasn't a mommy and me type of group for those in the later stages of life? At work...2021-05-1844 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting63. Launching a Baby & Toddler Clothing Rental Company During COVID While Working Full-Time with Lauren Gregor, Founder of Rent-a-RomperLauren Gregor is the Founder and CEO of Rent-a-Romper, a baby and toddler subscription rental clothing company that offers affordable children’s clothes for rent that are both cute and functional, without adding to our increased landfill waste as a society. As a mom of two boys ages 5 and 7, Lauren grew increasingly frustrated with the build up of boxes and waste in her house, specifically around clothing. She decided to take action and not only solve her problem, but do so in an eco-friendly and sustainably conscious way. Lauren launched Rent-a-Romper literally at the beginning of...2021-05-1331 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting62. Debunking the Plant-Based Diet for Babies, Kids and Moms and Fasting for Longevity with Whitney English, RDWhitney English is a registered dietitian, nutritionist, certified personal trainer, and a mama of two little ones (ages 6 months and 2 years). She's the creator of the media platform Whitney E. RD, where she serves up the scoop on food and fitness trends, and co-creator of Plant-Based Juniors, an online destination for all parents looking to get more plants on the plate. Whitney earned her master’s degree in Nutrition, Healthspan, and Longevity and completed her dietetic internship at the University of Southern California’s Norris Cancer Center and Keck Medical Center as well as BreatheHealing Life C...2021-05-1149 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting61. Rewriting Your Mommy Elevator Pitch and Creating Time Freedom with Didi WongDidi Wong is a mom of 4 (a boy, a girl and identical girl twins), an award-winning keynote speaker, Hollywood TV and movie producer, business and speaking coach and angel investor. Didi was born in Hong Kong and raised in England, but now resides in Los Angeles. In this episode we dive into life with four kids while running multiple businesses and the roles each of the family members play to help out around the house. We also talk about creating time freedom, time management, not giving up on your dreams as a woman, and how to rewrite...2021-05-0636 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting60. Fleeing a Toxic Marriage and Raising The Next Generation of Empowered Children with Mary HuangMary Huang is America's Female Empowerment and Conscious Parenting Expert, international best selling author, speaker & healer on a mission to help women transform traumatic life events into points of power, rapidly. After fleeing and healing from an abusive marriage to now enjoying freedom and bliss, Mary uses her experience to help women connect the dots between healing personal traumas and consciously raise the next generation of empowered children. In this episode we dive into how she co-parents after her divorce, her journey to becoming an empowerment coach (and priestess), and ways she teaches and empowers...2021-05-0441 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting59. Deconstructing Imposter Syndrome, Pivoting and Going All-In Online with Alex GarzaroAlex Garzaro is the pivot queen. From wedding photographer to health and fitness coach to now a conscious living and business behavioral business coach, Alex has learned through her experiences how to push through boundaries and break mindset barriers. Alex is a mom 2, married to her high school sweetheart for over 13 years and the host of the Alex Garzaro Show podcast. Since her babies were born it has been her mission is to help people to Build STRONG Bodies, Brains & Brands. During the episode she deconstructs the 6 archetypes of imposter syndrome and explains how they...2021-04-2953 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting58. The Importance of Baby Skincare, Clean Beauty and Involving Your Children in Your Business with Kim WallsKim Walls is a serial entrepreneur in the clean beauty industry. She is a brand founder, co-founder, angel investor, and executive in wellness. Over the past 25 years, Kim has served behind-the-scenes as an advisor to the EWG and has brought this knowledge to the mainstream through major media outlets like Vogue and Coveteur. Kim is married with two nearly-grown boys (ages 15 and 18) and is here today to share about her journey through creating businesses while being a work-from-home mom, why skincare and grooming rituals are crucial even from birth, how she gets her children involved a...2021-04-2751 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting57. Natural Fertility Treatments, Understanding Hormone Imbalance & Seed Cycling with Dr. Melissa Vandermissen [Parenting in a Pandemic, Vol. 7]Dr. Melissa Vandermissen is a Functional Medicine Chiropractic Physician, as well as a wife and mom. She operates a 100% virtual natural fertility clinic and works with women throughout the world. Dr. Melissa utilizes specialized functional testing to find the root cause to infertility and hormone imbalance, and uses only natural treatments to instill balance. She works either 1:1 or through group programs with her clients, and has been able to help many couples go on to conceive naturally. In today's episode we dive into what is functional medicine, what are common root causes of infertility, natural tr...2021-04-2339 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting56. A Guide to Clean Living and Sustainable Fashion with Shannon LohrHappy Earth Day!!! Shannon Lohr is the founder of Factory45, an online accelerator program that takes sustainable fashion brands from idea to launch. She's also the host of The Clean Living Podcast, a show that helps busy women live more sustainably in the areas of home, food and beauty. In today's episode we dive into all things clean living -- what chemicals to avoid, what everyday household, food and beauty products to swap out and how we can be more sustainable in fashion (especially with our children's clothing). Her tips are easy to digest and...2021-04-2237 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting55. Boost Fertility and Improve Postpartum Health Using Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Acupuncture with Tsao-Lin Moy [Parenting in a Pandemic, Vol. 6]Tsao-Lin Moy, the founder of Integrative Healing Arts in NYC, utilizes Chinese medicine, acupuncture, herbal medicine and energy healing to treat patients. With over 18 years of experience as an expert in alternative and Chinese medicine, Tsao specializes in fertility where she helps couples conceive using her signature fertility acupuncture protocols and Chinese medicine. In this interview, Tsao shares how Chinese medicine can help with fertility, postpartum health and just the immune system in general and how we can implement some of these methods at home. We also talk a lot about some of t...2021-04-2127 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting54. From Battling a Brain Tumor to Becoming a Clean Beauty Mogul with Indie LeeIn 2008, Indie Lee was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor that doctors felt could be environmentally derived and attributed to something as simple as what she was putting on her skin. This was her awakening. After surviving a successful surgery, she embarked upon a new journey, Indie Lee skincare - a clean beauty line dedicated to educating and empowering others to live their healthiest life. Now 12 years later, Indie, a mom of 3, former CPA and brain tumor survivor is thriving (and her company is too). Indie Lee skincare can be found in every major retailer.2021-04-2042 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting53. Unexplained Infertility, Surrogacy & Launching a Hormone-Safe Skin Care Brand with Sara and Ben Jensen, Founders of Hugh & GraceSara and Ben Jensen went through 14 years of unexplained infertility and after many trying years, they were blessed with 2 miracle babies created out of surrogacy each by one of their sisters. Their two children became the namesake and inspiration for their new company: Hugh and Grace, which is the first skincare brand addressing hormone disruption and hormone self-care in the market. In today’s episode, Sara and Ben open up to all the raw emotions of what that infertility journey looked like from both perspectives as partners, how their relationship with each other and the min...2021-04-1546 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting52. Adoption and Pregnancy after Infertility while Building a Fitness and Skin Care Company with Christine BullockToday’s guest is the founder of Kayo Beauty and fitness and lifestyle expert, Christine Bullock. Christine is a trusted voice in the wellness industry, been featured in almost every fitness and health publication, and after two decades training celebrities to athletes, she knows what works to feel and look your best. Christine is not only the creator of numerous award winning fitness programs but also an award winning skincare brand called Kayo Body Care plus her newest line Kayo Hemp. But above all, Christine is a mom of 2 little girls - one adopted and one...2021-04-1242 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting51. Using Healthy Communication Tools to Rekindle Your Relationship with Dr. Sarah RattrayDr. Sarah Rattray is a Leading Couples Psychologist and Founder and CEO of the Couples Communication Institute. She’s been working with couples in Seattle for over 30 years and specializes in teaching loving, effective, connected communication. She is also the mom to 3 kids ranging from 21 - 29. In the last 2 years she has also opened an online practice teaching and empowering couples all over the world to rekindle their relationship through effective communication tools in order to build intimacy and closeness. This interview is packed with effective communication tools to make sure that you don't "park" yo...2021-04-0839 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting50. Parent & Partner to Your Skill Set & Navigate the Transition of Matrescence Using the Ultimate Life Tool with Lara SchulteLara Schulte is a mom, wife, podcaster, coach and believer in doing motherhood your way. As a certified human behavior specialist she works with moms to help them learn to parent and partner to their skill set, owning their motherhood, and saying goodbye to comparison & fear once and for all. She was the co-host of the Generation.Mom podcast and a mom to 2 young boys (and pregnant with baby #3). I wanted to interview Lara because she coaches using the Ultimate Life Tool (ULT). The ULT is an assessment test I had taken in the past...2021-03-2539 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting49. How to Achieve Work-Life Brilliance with Cherylanne SkolnickiCherylanne Skolnicki is the founder and CEO of the Brilliant Balance Company, and she’s on a mission to help all working moms feel like rock stars. As an entrepreneur with a husband and three kids of her own, she knows exactly how it feels to have too much to do and not enough time to do it. It's exhausting, it's stressful, and it can be tempting to just give in to the chaos. Like most children of the 80s and 90s, Cherylanne grew up believing she could have it all. She started her first bu...2021-03-1838 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting48. The Therapeutic Value of Art: A Story of Abuse, Addiction and Perfectionism with Jessica Hughes**Please Note: This episode/interview contains portions of content that discuss traumas dealing with abuse, addiction and suicidal thoughts and could be triggering.** Jessica Hughes is a mom of 7 and an incredibly talented artist who had a decades-long career that has taken her from textile designer, to illustrator, art educator, entrepreneur, to her existing endeavor as a professional abstract artist. But of all she is a survivor. A survivor of sexual abuse, substance abuse, multiple forms of addiction including one I just learned from her called “white collar addiction”, and an eating disorder almost all while being a mo...2021-03-1152 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting47. Creating a Culture that Supports Working Moms and the Importance of Baby Nutrition with Evelyn Rusli & Arianna Schioldager from YumiEvelyn Rusli is a former WSJ reporter and the co-founder and President of Yumi, a subscription-based baby food company that focuses on freshly made, organic baby food that is tailored to your baby's developmental milestones. Yumi is changing the landscape of the baby food industry and Evelyn and her co-founder Angela are on a mission to improve the world of childhood nutrition and child development through food. Alongside Evelyn in the interview is Arianna Schioldager, the Head of Content at Yumi, the former Editor in Chief at Create & Cultivate, and a mom of one. 2021-03-0450 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting46. Building a Multi-Million Dollar Allergy-Friendly Food Company with Denise Woodard, Founder of Partake FoodsMoms are always trying to solve problems, especially when it comes to helping your own children, so when Denise Woodard’s daughter Vivienne was diagnosed with a laundry list of food allergies it inspired her to take an entrepreneurial route she never imagined! Denise Woodard is the Founder/CEO of Partake Foods, an allergy-friendly snack company that she was inspired to start because of her daughter Vivienne's experience with food allergies. With so little options in the market for delicious healthy allergy-friendly snacks for kids, Denise, who had a background working in emerging brands for Co...2021-02-2532 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting45. Fueled by Food: Turning a Passion into a Product with Eunice Byun, Co-Founder and CEO of MaterialToday’s guest is Eunice Byun, the CEO and co-founder of Material, a company that celebrates home cooks and their desire for good-looking, high-performing products. But only a few years ago Eunice was working her way up in the retail industry with a successful career at some of the top brand names in NYC. But her passion for design mixed with a love for food and inspired by her Korean-American family background in restaurants led her down a path to starting Material with her co-founder Dave… after she already had her first kid. Eunice is now...2021-02-1838 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting44. Scaling a Business and Building a Global Community for Working Moms with Katya Libin, CEO of HeyMamaFor most moms with babies, you meet another mom at the park or in a mommy and me class and then you form a friendship or start a mom tribe in which you do wine nights or play dates, but it’s rarely the case that a chance encounter because your kids leads to a life changing business venture. However, that was the case for Katya Libin, the co-founder & CEO of HeyMama, a membership community that connects working moms at every stage of life and career. HeyMama has over 3,200+ members (me included) and creates opportunities fo...2021-02-1036 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting43. Paving a New Path for Working Parents with Sarah K Peck, Founder of Startup ParentSarah K Peck is on a mission to rethink modern parenthood (work + parenting) in order to live a more fulfilled life. In an era where traditional gender roles are being redefined and the "work hard and hustle" mentality is no longer a goal, Startup Parent is paving a path for the new modern day working parent. Sarah is the founder and CEO of Startup Parent, the host of The Startup Parent Podcast, an award-winning podcast featuring women in entrepreneurship, business, and parenting, and runs The Wise Women’s Council, a year-long membership program for women to come to...2021-02-0242 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting42. A New Career Path for Moms & Disrupting the Fintech Industry with Samantha Ettus, Founder of Park Place PaymentsSamantha Ettus is a mom of 3, a Harvard undergrad and MBA graduate, bestselling author including “The Pie Life: A Guilt Free Recipe for Success and Satisfaction” and more recently the Founder and CEO of Park Place Payments. In her spare time, she also co-hosts a podcast with Amy Nelson from the Riveter called “What’s Her Story with Sam and Amy, " where they bring on incredibly accomplished women to learn all about their story. Some of their guests include Melinda Gates, Sallie Krawcheck, Marcia Cross, and Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach (to name drop a few). Samanth...2021-01-2641 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting41. Biohacking Breastmilk and Launching a Startup with Dr. Stephanie Canale, Founder of Lactation LabDr. Stephanie Canale is a family medicine physician and professor and the founder of Lactation Lab, a company on a mission to help empower women with data to be their best selves and help their children thrive by taking the guessing out of breastfeeding and biohacking milk. After practicing medicine for many years, Dr. Stephanie has traded the doctor life for the startup life while raising her two kids. Besides all the information I learned about breastmilk from Dr. Stephanie, I found it so inspiring that she left an established medical practice to join a s...2021-01-1547 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting40. Design Your Future and Manifest Your Inner Desires with Heidi StevensIf you want to design your future, you "have got to awaken and become conscious to the unconscious thought patterns, emotional patterns, ways of being that are driving the bus... [manifesting] is becoming awake to the reality that you have the ability to create in the physical world." ~ Heidi Stevens Heidi Stevens is a wealth consciousness coach and helps women manifest lives better than they think is possible. She works with her clients to have massive mindset & transformational outcomes through her group program Magnetic & the Ascension Mastermind. Heidi also has a masters in spiritual psychology...2021-01-0840 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting39. 2021 Word of the YearHappy New Year!!! It's finally 2021... we survived 2020. I thought I'd drop in today with a quick update on what's to come and my 2021 word of the year. ----- Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every single week. Subscribe and tune in weekly because I know you've yelled "Mommy's on a Call" at least once in the last week!!! For show notes, visit www.MommysonaCall.com Stephanie's Website IG: @MommysonaCall & @StephanieUchima 2021-01-0105 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting38. Top 5 Life Lessons Learned in 2020In today’s episode I share my top 5 life lessons I learned from 2020 and how you can take these and customize it to your life. I would love to hear what unexpected lessons shaped your 2020 vision? And what’s in the plans for ’21? ----- Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every single week. Subscribe and tune in weekly because I know you've yelled "Mommy's on a Call" at least once in the last week!!! For show notes...2020-12-3028 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting37. How to Successfully Start a Blog in 2021 with Elna CainWhen I decided to revamp my blog and personal brand a few years ago, I started following Elna Cain. Elna is a freelance writer, consultant and blogger. She owns several sites including Twins Mommy where she helps moms make money blogging and is the mom to some fabulous twins. Elna’s pins would pop up on my feed everywhere… how to start a blog, how to monetize a blog, how to increase blog traffic, how to drive traffic using Pinterest, etc.. and so back in 2017, I reached out to her to contribute to one of my round-up post...2020-12-2347 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting36. Coping with Grief and Loss Through Comedy with Jamie KolnickJamie Kolnick is a writer, mama of a 2, musician, philanthropist and the Founder and CEO of the nationwide children’s music company, “Jam with Jamie.” She is currently writing a comedic coming-of-age memoir about loss. In this episode we discuss: how she pivoted her company from an in-person event-based business to online/virtual because of the pandemic and is now able to reach millions of children all over the world with her music programs her journey dealing with the loss of her father to leukemia, her mother to cancer and her brother to a car accident how th...2020-12-1643 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting35. Hormones, Integrative Nutrition, Intermittent Fasting and Periods with Uma NaralkarIn today’s episode, I chat with Uma Naralkar, a licensed health coach and integrative nutritionist, the founder of Om With a Twist and the mom to two boys, ages 9 and 11. If you don't know what integrative nutrition is or how moms can really benefit from taking a more holistic approach with their health (especially after babies messing up our hormones), then definitely listen in! Uma specializes in hormonal health, digestive health and fat loss. She believes that good health is not just about what you are eating or how much you are exercising but al...2020-12-0846 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting34. Money Mindset, Abundance and the Chillpreneur Lifestyle with Denise Duffield-ThomasI hope this episode today with Denise Duffield-Thomas (aka Denise DT) gives you a little insight into how to have hard and honest conversations in your relationships about money and personal needs, how to build a thriving business while also creating a chill life and how to reframe your own money mindset and instill positive money habits with your children. I brought Denise on the show because there are not a lot of examples out there of moms who are building million dollar companies with super young kids in tow and who are unapologetic about pursuing their...2020-12-0242 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting33. Whole30 for Moms and Creating Sustainable Self Care Habits with Emily NicholsSelf Care Isn't Selfish... It's Necessary to Thrive Emily Nichols is a wellness professional, Whole30 certified coach and host of Self-Transformed (formerly The Self Care Isn't Selfish Podcast). Through her own transformation, Emily discovered the power of a simple & sustainable self care routine and now she works with clients on helping them transform their own wellness. Emily is on a mission to help you "put your oxygen mask on first" and stop merely surviving and start thriving. In this episode we dive into her journey through making these lifestyle shifts in her own...2020-11-2443 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting32. 3 Simple Ways to Lose Weight by Adding Spices into Your Diet with Nagina Abdullah, Founder of Masala BodyWith the holiday season fast approaching, it’s time to start thinking about those health goals for the New Year (and how to lose that "Quarantine 15"). But why wait until the New Year to get started when you can take some of the tips from today’s episode and get going today! Today’s guest, Nagina Abdullah is a health coach for female professionals, corporate executives, and 7-figure entrepreneurs and the founder of Masala Body. She teaches the scientifically-based strategies to help women lose 40-100 pounds even while working 60+ hours a week and if they have t...2020-11-1750 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful ParentingBONUS: Talking to Young Kids About Politics and Parenting During the ElectionToday I decided to put my typical interview format to the side and instead bring to you all a special and timely bonus episode in honor of Election Day. This episode is straight real talk and pieced together based on voice texts from a handful of mom friends, so please excuse the audio quality and raw editing. In this episode, I brought on a few of my mommy friends all from various backgrounds to share what they will be doing as parents today on Election Day 2020 with their children and how they plan to talk to their...2020-11-0331 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting29. Redefining the Next Generation of Tiger Moms with TITT TalksThere are so many different ways to parent. And for many of us that starts with our upbringing and the culture we were raised in. In today's episode, I chat with four Asian-American moms (TCha, Isa, TLo and Chuk), who are the co-hosts of TITT Talks - a podcast about modern women living in a mama world and all moms of kids 5 and under, just like myself. I originally met these ladies years and years ago during undergrad at UCLA and so it was fun to reconnect and talk about our experiences raising multicultural kids...2020-10-2752 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting27. Discovering Your True Calling Through Intentional Daily Practices with Stefanie GassIf you ever have thought about starting a podcast, especially as a mom, then Stefanie Gass is your girl. Stefanie is a mom of two boys, the host of the top-ranked podcast The Mompreneur Mastermind Show, successful entrepreneur, and a clarity coach. Her mission is helping, empowering, and transforming Christian Mompreneurs and she specializes in helping these incredible women uncover and tap into their God-led callings, launch podcasts, and monetize using online courses and coaching. Stef wants women to create true change for themselves and for Jesus by utilizing their gifts and serving the world wi...2020-10-1337 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting26. From TV Host to Serial Entrepreneur Revolutionizing the Podcasting World with JJ RambergJJ Ramberg is the co-founder of Goodpods, the new app where you can follow your friends and influencers, ranging from Malcolm Gladwell to Kim Kardashian, to see what podcasts and specific episodes they're listening to. She was the host of NBC New's Your Business for 13 years before this -- as well as the co-founder of Goodshop, a socially conscious coupon site that has donated more than $13 million to causes designated by its users. JJ is also the author of “The Startup Club” a book on entrepreneurship for children and “It’s Your Business: 183 Essential Tips that Will...2020-10-0630 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting25. My Confession About Mommy BurnoutThis week I get real personal with my recent experience with mommy burnout. It's a real thing and trust me, and you're definitely not alone if you're feeling the same way. I discuss about how identity was an important part of the burnout and the steps I took to figure out what I needed to do to move forward along with ways you can reframe and think through your situation to get out of the weeds. [Disclaimer: I'm not a therapist so these opinions are all my own.] ----- If you a...2020-10-0122 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting24. Building a Multi-Million Dollar Empire while Raising Six Kids with Emma IssacsEmma Isaacs is the Founder and Global CEO of Business Chicks. She’s also the author of Winging It (released September 15) and a mother to six kids aged 11 and under. Emma recently live-streamed the home birth of her sixth child from her living room with tens of thousands of viewers tuning in to watch his arrival. Emma doesn’t believe in work/life balance, preferring to advocate for a full life where people are in constant evaluation of what they truly want from it. In this episode we talked about how work gives her energy, how she comb...2020-09-2240 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting23. Maternity Leave, Transitioning Back to Work & Pursuing a Career with Whitnee HawthorneWhitnee Hawthorne is a woman who wears many hats. From her "day job" as a Fortune 500 executive to being the founder of The Savvy Working Mom, a certified coach, professional speaker, author, podcast host, productivity expert, and more, this mom of a 2.5 year old and 13 week old boy embraces what it is truly like to be a working mom. In this episode Whitnee and I chat about her inspiration behind launching The Savvy Working Mom alongside her job as a Fortune 500 Executive, how she manages a professional career, being a mom, and an entrepreneurial side venture, what...2020-09-1539 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting22. Virtual Kindergarten... More Like Mommy JailNow that we've officially started (distance learning) Kindergarten (aka Zoom Kindergarten), I decided to bring on some of my Mommy Pod to discuss how they're coping with virtual kinder and what they're doing to make it work. Starting Kindergarten off virtually has been an interesting and unique experience, and not necessarily a good one for many reasons. But kids are resilient and in the end, they seem to be doing okay. But are the parents? Not at all. Just like in the spring, the parents are still the ones suffering and for many, at least...2020-09-0833 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting21. Introducing... Mommy's on a CallWho's this??? You might notice a change this week... the podcast has been renamed! The Power Mom Minute is now the Mommy’s on a Call podcast. I'm excited to bring to you all new interviews, real talk with my mommy pod and solo episodes that go behind-the-scenes to uncover the daily rituals, life lessons, real-life tactics and favorite tools to help you thrive in motherhood, business and life. The mission of the Mommy's on a Call podcast is to curate and share content and resources to empower and inspire YOU, mommy, to ge...2020-09-0112 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting11. Planning for a 4-Week Unplugged Maternity Leave with Adrienne DorisonThis week's episode features my first pregnant guest and a soon-to-be first-time mom, efficiency queen, Adrienne Dorison! Adrienne is the Co-Founder of Run Like Clockwork™ alongside her business partner, Mike Michalowicz, where she equips CEO's to design a business + team that can run itself, like clockwork. Adrienne has helped hundreds of CEO's scale faster, develop the right systems, create bulletproof teams and be able to take an unplugged vacation, literally a 4-week unplugged vacation! Although she's a first-time mom, I wanted to learn from her on how she is planning on structuring her business so th...2020-01-0945 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting10. Building a Startup, Homeschooling Teens and Setting Priorities with Erika GrayErika Gray is a mom of 2 (an 11 and 14 year old), entrepreneur, pharmacist, and co-founder and CMO of ToolBox Genomics. She's not only a homeschooling mama but also currently working as both a pharmacist and a startup co-founder building a genetics health services company, ToolBox Genomics. The goal of the company is to help people live their healthiest life by utilizing health data to provide personalized dietary and lifestyle recommendations to help reduce the risk of developing chronic conditions. Erika had each of her children during undergrad and pharmacy school, respectively, and learned many lessons on...2019-12-1944 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting08. Behind the Lens of a Picture Perfect Instagram with Anna ArgiropoulosOne look at lifestyle and travel photographer Anna Argiropoulos' Instagram feed @AnnawithLove and you're sure to be filled with happiness from the bursts of color, creativity and gorgeous photography. From flying children to giant pink balloons in Paris to Pinterest perfect desk layouts, gallery walls and home decor, you might think Anna's life is nothing but rainbows and sunshine. While her personality is just that (plus lots of smiles and laughs), her real life and building her business is a little messier. So what really happens "behind the lens?" Anna's highly curated feed is just that - co...2019-11-0642 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting07. Overcoming Postpartum OCD, Memory Loss & Depression to Building a Business Empire with Beth GriffithBeth Griffith is a mom of 2 and business owner in the online and offline spaces. She's a success coach specializing in helping business owners to have fun while achieving more and owner of a brick and mortar co-working office in Mesa, Arizona, called She Works Here. In this episode, Beth dives deep into her personal struggles with hyperemesis gravidarum, postpartum OCD, short-term memory loss, depression, seizures, and other debilitating health issues that she has faced all while running and building multiple online and offline businesses and while raising a family. Beth’s perseverance and story is...2019-10-1635 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting06. How to Reclaim Your Identity in MotherhoodSo often I hear moms (especially with young kids) say, "I don't even know who I am anymore" and questioning if their life is going to be anything more than motherhood. I can relate to this as I was one of those moms with a "past life" that just didn't seem to fit anymore after becoming a mom. I know first-hand what it's like to go through a complete identity crisis. For some being a mom is the identity they have been searching for their whole life and for others the identity of being a mom is...2019-10-0923 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting05. From Supporting Corporate CEOs to Becoming Her Own CEO with Natalie Gingrich"If these are the last days that I have with them [my children], like real rich deep days, I don't want them to think of me as the mom who's only the corporate mom. I wanted them to see a different side of me... the biggest blessing in all of it has been the way that I've been able to transform as being the leader of my children." ~ Natalie Gingrich In this episode, we go behind-the-scenes with #PowerMom Natalie Gingrich, CEO and founder of the Ops Authority, host of the Ops Authority Podcast, and mom to 2 teenagers.2019-10-0433 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting04. Building a Multi-Six Figure Company while Raising 4 Kids with Chanie WilschanskiOnly a few years ago, Chanie Wilschanski was a full-time teacher in NYC with 2 kids and pregnant with #3. She and her husband were working tirelessly to help provide for their family and still barely getting by. At 8 months pregnant she decided to go back school to get her Masters degree in early childhood and special education with the hopes of getting a higher paying job in education. After a series of events, hard work and tons of determination, she invested in launching her own business, found a mentor, and went from putting on $250 workshops and a 15-person live event i...2019-09-2536 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting03. Setting Boundaries and Implementing Self CareI can't tell you how many times I see moms and women put everyone else's needs (in life and business) in front of their own! They run themselves exhausted by doing everything for everyone else except themselves. That changes now! I believe as an entrepreneur, business owner, mom and wife, there is a fine line between work and home, especially when a lot of times we work from home. From doing the nap time hustle to squeezing in work before the kids wake up and long after they go to bed, I realized that I was trying...2019-09-1817 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting02. Don't Say the "B Word" (aka Balance)When I was creating my interview questions, I realized there were a lot of common themes that working moms always tend to talk about. So before we dive into interviews, I thought I’d give you my personal perspective on 5 common themes that seem to emerge anytime I talk to working moms. Balance Boundaries Self Care Relevancy and Identity Relationships In this episode we'll dive into the mythical concept of "balance." What does "balance" supposedly look like? Does it really exist and if so, how can we, as working moms, actually "do it all"? 5:18...2019-09-1116 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting01. The Mission and Why Behind the Power Mom MinuteWelcome to Episode 1! This episode is all about my mission, my why and my story that got me to finally hitting record and publish this podcast after almost 2 years of talking about creating it. It also gives some details on what to expect in the upcoming episodes and the mission of the podcast. This podcast is dedicated to YOU, the mom in business and the mom entrepreneur, and helping you balance motherhood and business so that you can have the freedom and flexibility to enjoy life to the fullest. ---- For more i...2019-08-2107 min
Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful ParentingIntroducing the Power Mom MinuteWelcome to Episode 00 (aka the trailer) of the Power Mom Minute Podcast! I am excited to introduce this podcast to you, the modern business mama who believes you can build a business and a family at the same time. I'm here to bring you behind-the-scenes of the lives and businesses of successful moms in business in order to uncover the daily rituals, life lessons, real-life tactics and favorite tools that you as a mom can use to apply to your daily life and business. As a serial entrepreneur and mom of 2 (and one on the...2019-08-2102 min