The Exit Interview with Kim Rittberg

Real Housewife of Orange County, entrepreneur and mom of 4 Heather Dubrow discusses the years she was depressed, the craziest time filming the show, what she doesn't show on tv, her weirdest job and so much more. She also gets very open about parenting and what it's like to take her oldest off to college.   Plus Kim shares what happened after the podcast with Heather that left her scrambling and c...

You have 2 seconds to win someone over on social media for your business. How do you do that? With an amazing headline and hook.  I teach business owners and professionals how to grow their incomes, leads & credibility with video and podcasts and how to be better on camera. I’ve won award for my video work, I launched Us Weekly’s video unit, was a TV news producer for a decade and was a video...

Jacqueline Lotzof and Stephanie Malk are moms and partners leading a Compass team that covers Chicago to the North Shore. They help clients buy, sell, rent, invest, and they refer top agents throughout the country via the Compass Referral Network. You'll hear about how they met, what they say is the key to their success, their tips for standing out in a saturated industry, and how they balance it...

It took me years to start showing up on camera to market myself and my business–despite being a media executive, having been a TV news producer for a decade, launching Us Weekly’s video unit, working in video marketing at Netflix & PopSugar. Why? The same reasons as you: self-consciousness, fear of judgment, fear of failure. But once I focused on breaking through the negativity and fear, I’ve...

Mara Smith is the founder of Inspiro Tequila after years of being home with her kids and her inspiration struck because she was looking for a gluten-free clean drink that fit into her healthier lifestyle. When she couldn't find the perfect one, she decided to create it. Inspiro Tequila is women-owned with a female distiller, certified WBENC brand and made with the female consumer in mind. Chicago-...

Leah Neaderthal is the founder of Smart Gets Paid and a sales coach for women consultants, teaching women how to get more of the right kinds of clients and get paid more for every consulting contract. She’s also the host of The Smart Gets Paid podcast.  You will learn: -Leah’s biggest tips to help women find clients & make more money  -Why you should price for value not time -How Leah took a j...

Jamila Souffrant was a real estate asset manager and aimed to retire at 40. She started her own journey to financial independence and she and her husband saved $169,000 in two years and are debt free besides their mortgage. Jamila began blogging and podcasting and her 'plan' completely changed and she quit her job to focus on her Journey To Launch podcast which has millions of downloads and was fe...

Paula Faris is an Emmy award-winning journalist and author who helps moms ditch the guilt and find a better way forward. She shares how after advocating for herself at work so she could be there more for her children, she was pushed out of her job and had an identity crisis. Paula’s new book is You Don't Have to Carry It All: Ditch the Mom Guilt and Find a Better Way Forward and she is also the fo...

Mirra Levitt & Basha Rubin met at Yale Law, and after Mirra left her big law firm job, they founded Priori Legal. Its global legal marketplace helps hundreds of in-house teams find the right legal provider for their next project. They’ve raised over $21 million dollars in three rounds of funding and pull back the curtain on fundraising. They’ve got stories to tell: an investor calling it a ‘li...

Robin Arzón–Peloton Head Instructor & VP of Fitness Programming–explains why balance is a ‘harmful concept,’ offers advice for women looking to achieve her level of success and shares a funny parenting moment (it may have happened to you too and will crack you up!), plus she discusses her new book Strong Baby. Then host Kim Rittberg leans into her 15 years in journalism (Netflix, Fox, PEOPLE M...

QVC host & 7-figure entrepreneur Kim Gravel on how she felt ‘depressed’ when she realized she wasn’t pursuing her passion. She was working in real estate but yearned to be on a stage and she had an epiphany during the 5 years she spent as a stay-at-home mom. Hear how she went from flailing to flying, and has tips for all of us to find our passion–and build our career on top of that. Plus she s...

Katherine Goldstein is a journalist who writes on mothers, caregivers and gender equity for The NYTimes, TIME, WashPost, Vox and more… while also raising 3 kids (including pandemic twins!). Hear why Katherine is ready to banish the phrase “working mom” and how her return to journalism after a difficult postpartum experience fueled her next career stage. PLUS Katherine is telling us about what it w...

Laurel Gallucci was a teacher but also a lifelong baker. When she was diagnosed with an aggressive autoimmune disease and told she would never eat chocolate cake again, she decided to do something about it instead of just sitting back and accepting it. Hear how Laurel took her life back when she started baking with whole food ingredients and how she turned that passion into a business, Sweet Laure...

Megan Harper went from corporate finance to bartending to where she is now: President of Community at Authentic—a marketing agency for “small businesses with a soul.” Hear how Megan’s experience as a young mom in NYC helped her become an 'accidental influencer' where she grew @girlgonechild_ Instagram presence to over 19k followers (HINT: show the mess - it’s pretty boring if your IG is all sunshi...

Want to get publicity for your small business? Award-winning Video Strategist Kim Rittberg and Sabina Hitchen, the Founder of Press for Success offer tips to small business owners and professionals looking for press coverage on TV and digital outlets. Kim applies her experience as a News & Lifestyle TV producer for 10 years (who received thousands of pitches and booked guests on the shows) and...

Want to use LinkedIn to get clients? Flynanced Founder Cinneah El-Amin show you how to optimize your LinkedIn profile, get seen by your ideal client and how to find paid speaking gigs off LinkedIn. Plus Frenchie Ferenczi, who worked at The Wing & Jet Black, has her top strategy and growth tips for mom business owners, whether you’re working 20 or 50 hours a week. We dive into whether we’re eve...

Emily Oster is here - economics professor at Brown, 3x best selling author who debunks all your parenting myths with DATA!!! She wrote Expecting Better, Cribsheet and The Family Firm. We talk about how you can worry less about your parenting decisions, how moms can think about deciding their career path to find better balance and that even though working makes people happy and parenting makes peop...

Stacy Tuschl grew her own dance studio business in Wisconsin and now is a 7-figure business owner and founded Well-Oiled Operations. Stacy teaches people how to scale their business, when you should diversify, what tools she recommends using, how to delegate well… and why you shouldn’t try to wear multiple hats at the same time! Bonus: she says she doesn’t work nights or weekends…that’s aspiration...

If you’re struggling with measly % increases in your paycheck, listen up! Cinneah El-Amin runs Flynanced, a community for women to get paid our worth in the workplace. Cinneah brings advice on how to boost your salary -- up to 30%– and has scripts to ask in interviews and even initial phone screens to maximize your salary. Plus she helps you identify skills you already have and how to market them...

This week our inspirational mom guest is…drumroll please…our host - Kim Rittberg! Special bonus she's also bringing 15 years of her media experience to teach you professionals & business owners video strategy and on-camera tips.   Kim spent 15 years climbing the ladder in TV and digital media; she was an ambitious mom leading a 17-person digital video team at Us Weekly Magazine after 15 years...

"Why did we go through this adoption process? Why did emotionally, financially, why did we do this if I'm only gonna see my kids on the weekend?" Ever have the feeling that you’re a full time employee but only a part time parent? You’re not alone! Scout Masterson and Bill Horn, AKA "The Guncles" to Tori Spelling, felt that way. After they adopted their daughter, they realized just how little time...

Burnout - how do you handle it? What does it force you to confront? Parenting editor Bethany Braun Silva breaks down her career path, how she (and Kim!) learned to say no more at work, and how burnout brought Bethany to a career turning point. Then health & wellness coach Jennifer Khalaf offers tips on how to identify and extinguish burnout.   Plus you’ll hear what happens when Kim played socc...

Job hunters, listen up! Career Coach Becca Carnahan brings her 14 years of experience in career and professional development at Harvard Business School to help you find jobs that are truly flexible (from scratch, not just scaling down your existing job from full-time to part-time), she offers specific websites you should visit, how to get a great job after you’ve taken a career break, and how to f...

Heather Monahan is a best selling author, a keynote speaker and has an amazing story of being fired from when she was a C-suite executive in radio and how she came back. Heather helps you figure out how to overcome your fears and take action to get where you want in life, discusses how she balances the travel of a lucrative speaking career with parenting her teenager as a single mom. Plus whether...

Mother of four Zibby Owens always wanted to be a writer and during her years as a stay-at-home mother of 4 felt “nothing was firing her up.” Zibby details her path to finding her calling after her divorce, how she got her ‘sparkle’ back, and how she launched the award-winning daily podcast Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books where she interviews authors.  Zibby’s been called the Oprah of Books and...