MotherLoad Podcast

Chronic burnout. We’ve all felt it. It feels like the space around us is getting smaller, causing constriction and stress and an overwhelming sense of limitation. Today I’m here with my friend Shannon Salentine, an executive leadership coach, facilitator, and global development consultant. Four years ago, she left her job to start her own company, Lead For Good , which offers coaching for leaders,...

Sometimes, being around grieving people can be uncomfortable.  For many of us, the instinct is to avoid the topic and walk on eggshells so as not to upset anyone. But as today’s guest Lauryn Laszczak reminds us, the emotions around grief are so vital. Confusion, frustration, doubt, sadness, anger and discomfort are all necessary experiences because with them comes WISDOM. Lauryn is a somatic busin...

Teaching yoga and being in this motherhood space, I hear a lot of talk about pelvic floor therapy. Initially I was resistant to this therapy because I’d always heard it was for women who had vaginal births. For both my sons, I had C-sections.  But a lot of pelvic floor dysfunction – especially for mothers – is not related directly to birth. Much of it derives from a weak core and weak glutes, whic...

Growing up, what did you imagine starting a family would entail? A peaceful partnership or marriage? Help around the house? Easygoing children?  Maybe even a white picket fence? For many of us, the lives we’re living as mothers are not the ones we imagined, and it can be so hard to let go of that original story. Which brings us to the question: how do we rewrite our narratives so they feel true, a...

Recently, while scrolling through Instagram, I found a meme that spoke to me. It went like this: All my plans for the future involve me waking up tomorrow with a sudden sense of discipline and adherence to routine that I have never displayed even once in my life. I thought, that’s EXACTLY how my future goals and visions feel sometimes – that the person at the end of the journey isn’t anything like...

Have you ever declined help from a friend because you didn’t want to feel in debt? I’ve talked about this fear of reciprocity with many women, and in today’s conversation with Laura Munkholm, we go in depth to why it’s a thing – and how to get past it to live our best lives. Laura and I have been on similar journeys. We attended high school together and reconnected via Facebook in 2015 over our sh...

The last few weeks, I’ve been dealing with my first exposure to school politics. In short, a handful of moms took all the volunteer spots in my son’s classroom, fewer than five parents signing up for eight to twelve slots each. On the surface, it might not seem like a big deal, but underneath are some serious questions I’m pondering. Questions like, are we showing up to help the school and our kid...

What are your thoughts on astrology, human design, and Gene Keys?  Maybe you’re a believer. Maybe you’re a skeptic. Or, maybe you’re a little undecided. No matter your feelings, I urge you to listen to today’s episode, which features my friend Kelly Kasle, who I met during the One Infinity mastermind program.  (I spoke in detail about the One Infinity program in the episode, “ How Ayahuasca Change...

Today’s conversation is about a topic I go into quite a lot offline: habits vs. practices. Habits and practices get thrown around a lot and used interchangeably, but after going through my own inner work journey, I realized they’re actually wildly different. (Hint: one requires far more focus, time, and presence). The way that you form and stop habits is so different than how you approach the ritu...

Today, I’m excited to introduce you to a person who played an ENORMOUS role in inspiring the MotherLoad podcast. Meet Adam Roa, my incredible coach, mentor, and the poet behind the viral YouTube poem, “ You Are Who You’ve Been Looking For .” He’s a filmmaker, speaker, creator, and he runs the One Infinity Mastermind program. I spoke in great detail about my participation in the One Infinity progra...

This week, my older son, Sawyer, started “big kid school” – half-time Kindergarten. I knew this would be an important moment as a parent, but I was kind of surprised by the things that stuck out to me on Back-to-School Night, or as I’m calling it, “Back to School Night for the Soul.” It’s messy, complicated, beautiful, and chaotic to witness our children take these monumental steps, but as I disco...

I was having a conversation with a friend a couple weeks ago and she made an offhand comment like, “Instagram makes me a terrible mother.”  (By the way, this woman is an AMAZING mother by all definitions of motherhood).  At first I wanted to blindly agree, and say, “Yeah, Instagram sucks,” but I didn’t – and I realize now it’s because I don’t really believe that. So today I’m going to share what I...

Today's interview is with the one and only Jacki Carr, a dear friend of mine, goal coach, writer, speaker, and most importantly, a mother of 3 beautiful daughters. Jacki works one on one with clients to help them find alignment and inspiration around their core values, mission and goals, and has worked with major brands like Lululemon, Patagonia, and Mindbody. Jacki also has an entire communi...

Today’s episode is quick and actionable and will inspire you to think differently about the mental load of motherhood. The mental load is probably a LOT more than you might think and I’ve broken it out into these 5 buckets: Parenting Relationships Work (including household work!) Personal Well Being Meaning and Purpose Come ready to listen with a pen and paper so you can make a list of what’s taki...

Today I’m going to talk about something that completely changed my life. This year, I went on an Ayahuasca mastermind retreat in the Peruvian Amazon, an intense 12-day experience with three Ayahuasca ceremonies. There were blessings, plant medicine, psychedelic experiences, and very real epiphanies about motherhood. It completely shook up my perspective of the past and future. It’s a big moment fo...

My relationship with my partner, RT, is the foundation of my motherload.  Keeping our relationship strong is how I manage my business, the kids, and every little detail these enormous loads entail. To keep our relationship strong, we regularly discuss our partnership. For a long time, we didn’t know how to talk to each other about the big stuff – and consequently, it caused us to separate in 2020....

Welcome to the MotherLoad Podcast, a podcast for ambitious entrepreneurial mothers who are navigating the relationship between their desire to succeed and their devotion to motherhood. I’m Lindsay, a serial entrepreneur, growth and performance coach, and boy mama of two.  Each week I’ll bring solo episodes, engaging interviews and candid conversations that I hope will help others expand their capa...

MotherLoad speaks to the massive, multi-faceted load that ambitious women are under managing the feelings of simultaneously wanting to succeed in their work and also be devoted mothers. It requires an intentional increase and great management of their mental, emotional, and physical capacity, a big task for anyone, let alone a busy mama. This podcast explores the tried and true practices, structur...