How Moms Make It Work

In this episode, Corrie sits down with Flynn LaRochelle, an OB-GYN and mom of three, to talk about building a career in medicine while raising small kids, the realities of postpartum while working 80-hour weeks, and how a cancer diagnosis changed everything for her family. Flynn shares what it was like to have babies during residency (and pump behind the nurses’ station!), how she and her husband...

What happens when you build the thing you always wanted—and it still doesn’t feel right anymore? This week, Corrie talks with Emily McDonald: entrepreneur, business mentor, mom of two boys, and founder of The Stylist LA. Emily built a seven-figure company from her living room, raised a million dollars in venture capital, opened stores in LA and SF… and still found herself in a warehouse, pregnant...

Storytelling consultant and speaker Katie Quesada joins Corrie to talk about the unexpected path that led her from nonprofit burnout to running a thriving company—and how she and her husband flipped the traditional script to create a family rhythm that matches their season, skills, and values.  In this episode, Katie shares how her business grew by word of mouth (and one well-timed compliment from...

Ash McDonald had all the markers of “making it”: a booked-out business, thriving clients, and a beautiful new home. But when burnout hit again, she knew something had to (really) change. This episode is for the mom who's wondering if slowing down means giving up. Ash shares what happened when she let go of hustle culture, stepped back from her business, and leaned into homeschooling and worldschoo...

This week, Corrie is joined by Krista Demcher—sales coach, speaker, and mom of three—for a deeply honest (and sometimes tearful) conversation about what it really looks like to juggle parenting and purpose. Krista opens up about sending her oldest off to college and the bittersweet emotions of “lasts.” She shares how she intentionally built strong relationships with her teens, even through rocky m...

Ashton Smith is the founder of The Awakening and a first-time mom to 7-month-old Leo—and she’s learning in real time what it means to hold space for both. This episode is for the mom who’s building something big while being needed every minute—by clients and a teething baby. Ashton gets honest about the tension of being both a business owner and a new parent, of running something she’s passionate...

Cayla Horey has spent two decades developing leaders—and now she’s leading in a whole new way. This episode is for the mom who wonders if pressing pause might derail everything. Spoiler: it might just be the beginning. Cayla talks about intentionally stepping back from a fast-paced leadership career to raise her three young kids (and navigate therapy appointments, homeschool logistics, and competi...

Julie Vlahon started her career chasing breaking news as a TV reporter—then pivoted to PR, launched her own social media business, and learned to shape work around her growing family. Now a mom of two school-aged kids on the cusp of the teen years, Julie shares how breast cancer shifted her priorities and how she and her husband continually redefine what their family actually needs in each season....

Growing a business while pregnant and raising a toddler? Meg Evans is doing it—with a lot of intention, a little improvising, and yes, a side of mom guilt. Meg—founder of Born to Roam Bookkeeping and mom of one (with another on the way)—opens up about what it’s really like to grow a business in the thick of new motherhood. From structuring her client work around nap time to navigating shifting chi...

In this deeply moving conversation, Erin Resteiner—a business leader, mom of three boys, and mother to Kit, the daughter she lost during pregnancy—shares her journey of holding both grief and joy while building multiple thriving businesses. As owner of Highway Brewing Company and Kits (named in honor of her daughter), Erin shares how learning to delegate and trust her team has allowed her to be fu...

She had it all—big career, smart kids, fancy job title. But it wasn’t working. So Alex Abramian made a change. What she found on the other side of that decision might just change how you think about motherhood, ambition, and what balance actually looks like. In this very real conversation, Alex—a PR expert and single mom of twins now in college—offers the perspective that moms of young kids crave,...

Let's be real: no one is doing it all. And if it looks like they are, it's because they've owned what they can and cannot do. The magic of motherhood happens when women like me and you vulnerably and confidently share how we do (and don't) do it all. Welcome to the trailer for "How Moms Make it Work," a podcast for moms who want to juggle a big career and motherhood, moms who want to slow their pa...