Can We Say That Out Loud?

“I don’t know how you do it!” It sounds like encouragement, but for many mothers, it can reinforce the feeling that they’re carrying more than anyone else sees. In this episode, executive presence expert, professor, and mother Rosaria Meek shares why this familiar phrase became unexpectedly painful and how it opened the door to a deeper realization: many of us struggle not only to ask for help, bu...

Can you deeply love your children and still wonder whether you would make the same choice again? In this episode, we sit down with higher education leader, researcher, and mother Katie Burr for one of the most honest conversations of the season. Katie shares the truth she has rarely said out loud: if she knew then what she knows now about working motherhood, she’s not sure she would make the same...

You can love being a mom without loving every part of motherhood. In this episode, we talk with Margie Thirlby, leadership trainer, facilitator, confidence coach, and mother, about the pressure women feel to experience motherhood as endlessly joyful and the guilt that can show up when it isn’t. Margie shares why she believes we need to make more room for the days and seasons that feel frustrating,...

What happens when something good comes from something that never should have happened in the first place? In this episode, we talk with Beth Wanner, mother and founder and CEO of Mother Cover, about the part of her story that doesn’t fit neatly into the inspiring founder narrative. After years of infertility and IVF, Beth finally became pregnant only to be laid off two days later. She found anothe...

Can something be deeply fulfilling and completely exhausting at the same time? In this episode, we sit down with Lisa Myers, Founder of Ceres Chill, for a refreshingly honest conversation about the all-consuming nature of motherhood. Lisa shares her experience navigating identity, ambition, partnership in a law firm, and the unexpected ways motherhood can reshape how we see ourselves and our lives...

What if the most powerful place to challenge cultural expectations of motherhood is inside our own homes? In this episode, Emmy Award-winning journalist, author, speaker, and CARRY Media founder Paula Faris joins us for an honest conversation about mommy martyrdom, household labor, and raising capable kids. Paula shares how she’s been rethinking the role she plays at home, especially in relation t...

Our children are always learning from us…even when we’re not trying to teach them. In this episode, we sit down with Robin Hall, Co-Founder and CEO of Town Hall Outdoor Co, to explore ambition, achievement, and the messages our children absorb from watching how we live. Together, we unpack the tension many working moms experience between pursuing meaningful goals and modeling a healthy relationshi...

Can you have the tools, the support, and the resources and still struggle? In this episode, workplace strategist, Fair Play Policy Institute trainer, and mother Mary Beth Ferrante shares th truth that, despite spending more than a decade helping organizations support caregivers, she still wrestles with resentment, mental load, career tradeoffs, and the everyday realities of balancing work and fami...

What happens when the person you most want to mother you simply can’t? Sarah Harmon, licensed mental health counselor, mother and founder of The Home of Mom, joins us for a deeply honest conversation about complicated mother-daughter relationships, estrangement, grief, and the hope that keeps us waiting for our mothers to become someone they may never be. Sarah shares her own experience with the p...

Strength isn’t always what it used to be. In this episode, Greer talks with fitness entrepreneur, trainer, and mother Sydney Cummings to explore how motherhood reshaped her understanding of strength, success, and self-expectation. Sydney shares her experience navigating physical changes, shifting priorities, and the pressure many women feel to return to who they were before becoming mothers. Toget...

Not everyone grows up dreaming about motherhood...and that’s okay. In this episode, we sit down with Taylor Wolfe of The Daily Tay to explore the unexpected path that led her to becoming a mother. Taylor shares how motherhood wasn’t always part of her vision for the future and how, over time, she discovered a desire she never anticipated having. Together, we discuss identity, expectations, changin...

What happens when the approach that once made you successful no longer fits the life you’re living now? In this episode, we sit down with entrepreneur, coach, and endurance athlete Neely Gracey to explore the intentional shifts motherhood required her to make. As someone deeply familiar with discipline, performance, and pushing toward goals, Neely shares how becoming a mother challenged her to ret...

Motherhood doesn’t always fit neatly into a box. In this episode, we sit down with speaker, coach, nonprofit founder, and author April Farlow to explore the complexity of loving and belonging across multiple motherhood roles. As a biological mom, stepmom, and bonus mom, April shares her experience navigating family dynamics, identity, expectations, and the emotional realities that come with blende...

What if there isn’t one right way to do maternity leave? In this episode, we talk with Kelli Clifton Ogunsanya about reimagining maternity leave and giving herself permission to design an experience that aligned with her values, needs, and season of life. Rather than following a prescribed script, Kelli shares how she thoughtfully navigated the transition into motherhood in a way that supported bo...

More isn’t always better. Sometimes the most transformative thing we can do is recognize when enough is enough. In this episode, we sit down with chef, nutritionist, Ayurvedic practitioner, and former professional endurance athlete Lentine Alexis to explore boundaries, ambition, nourishment, and the wisdom that comes from paying attention to our own limits. As a mother, business owner, and high ac...

What if the hardest part of becoming a mother isn’t the beginning, but the expectation that you’ll quickly become who you were before? In this episode, professional gravel cyclist and mother Isabel King shares the reality of returning to competition after having her daughter. While the world celebrates comeback stories, Isabel offers an honest look at the fear, identity shifts, guilt, and unexpect...

What if the thing you’re trying hardest to solve isn’t actually a problem? In this episode, maternal mental health expert, therapist, and coach Kate Kripke joins us to unpack why so many high-achieving women struggle in motherhood. It's not because they’re doing it wrong, but because they’re approaching it the same way they approach everything else. Through her work and personal experience, Ka...

Sometimes the hardest thing to say is no. In this episode, Greer sits down with writer, speaker, and advocate Libby Ward to explore people-pleasing, capacity, and the challenge of honoring what you truly need. Libby shares her journey of becoming more honest with herself about her limits, her energy, and the expectations she no longer wants to carry. Together, we discuss resentment, burnout, bound...

Two things can be true: your family can need you, and you can have needs too. In this episode, Olympic gold medalist, speaker, and mother Missy Franklin shares her journey of learning that caring for herself and caring for her family are not competing priorities. Through honest reflections on motherhood, identity, relationships, and well-being, Missy explores what it looks like to make space for h...

Self-awareness is powerful. But it’s only part of the story. In this episode, we sit down with coach and entrepreneur Natasha Ganem, Founder and Owner of Lion Leadership, to explore what happens after the insight. Natasha shares her journey of doing the deep work of understanding herself—her needs, patterns, and motivations—and the realization that personal growth doesn’t create change unless the...

What happens when the life you’re building doesn’t look like anyone else’s? In this episode, we sit down with entrepreneur, world traveler, professional cyclist, and mom Heidi Rentz to explore the courage it takes to trust your own instincts in motherhood. From raising a child on the road to making unconventional choices that challenge cultural expectations, Heidi shares what she’s learned about t...

You know those things you cry in the shower about? We explore those things in this podcast. The silent truths of working motherhood that often feel taboo, and we explore what it actually means to give these truths a voice to let you live in the “both/and” vs the “either/or” of motherhood and professional life.  It’s about telling the truth , disrupting unrealistic expectations, and expanding what’...