Mommy's on a Call | Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Mindful Parenting, Entrepreneurship

Having a Baby, Surviving Parenting, Running a Business During the Pandemic In the last 6 months (yes during a Pandemic), I had a baby, homeschooled a preschoolers, ran a business, continued a podcast, ended a 10 year old event planning company, and survived parenting 3 kids while working from home. So this week we're taking a "le pause" to reflect on the past 6 months (since the baby just turned 6...

In Part 2, Jesse and I dive into wellness and self-care as a busy mom. After having a health scare when her second kid was 3 months old, Jesse realized she needed to focus on making sure she took care of herself. Jesse Draper is the Founding Partner of Halogen Ventures, an LA-based early stage venture capital fund focused on investing in female founded consumer technology. She's a 4th generation v...

Jesse Draper is the Founding Partner of Halogen Ventures, an LA-based early stage venture capital fund focused on investing in female founded consumer technology. She's a 4th generation venture capitalist (just watch the show Meet the Drapers), a former Nickelodeon star and also the creator and host of the Emmy nominated TV series, The Valley Girl Show. But of all the hats she wears, her MAIN ROLE...

After being on bedrest for most of her pregnancy and delivering her first child at 24 weeks and 5 days, which was 15 days longer than expected, Parijat Deshpande used her personal experience to embark on a journey learning and researching all about how the body's nervous system reacts to stressors, anxiety, and fear associated with a high risk pregnancy. In this episode, I learned so much about ho...

Imagine taking care of 4 young kids, having the responsibility of running a business with multiple employees and managing clients all from a Brooklyn apartment... while both you AND your husband have been diagnosed with COVID. Well that situation was a reality for Chanie Wilschanski. Chanie also appeared in episode 4 of the podcast, so I'm happy to have her back. In this episode we chatted about h...

Racheal Cook is an award winning business strategist who believes entrepreneurship doesn't have to be so complicated. Over the last decade, she's helped thousands of women entrepreneurs design predictably profitable businesses without the hustle and burnout. She is the author of Amazon best-selling books Fired Up & Focused and Your Business Sweet Spot, and hosts a weekly podcast Promote Yourself t...

Joree Rose is a licensed marriage and family therapist, mindfulness and meditation teacher, coach, author, speaker, and she also leads mindfulness retreats around the world. She has helped thousands of people to live happier and more fulfilling lives through living with greater awareness and compassion, allowing them to decrease their stress, anxiety and shed unhealthy habits, patterns and mindset...

When this busy mom, Jessie Ginsburg, of 2 isn't running around after her toddlers, she's out building 2 successful businesses: a children's therapy clinic in Los Angeles ( Pediatric Therapy Playhouse ) and her online education platform ( Jessie Ginsburg, Speech-Language Pathologist ) where she teaches other SLPs her unique method of treating children with autism. In this episode we discuss a range...

This 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 bul...

Erika 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 pe...

Maggie Berghoff is a mom of 2 little boys and runs two successful consulting businesses - one in health optimization and the other in business consulting. She uses her knowledge in health and wellness as a functional medicine nurse practitioner to help mom bosses alike up-level their physical and mental health while simultaneously building families and businesses. Maggie is the go-to functional me...

One 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 per...

Beth 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, dep...

So 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 ide...

"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 #P...

Only 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 se...

I 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 n...

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 co...

Welcome 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...

Welcome 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 to...