Stacey Subject

The Mother of All Careers

Society EN ↓ 4 episodes

The Mother of All Careers podcast is for and about women and mothers. On this platform, host Stacey Subject, shares her own full motherhood story broken down into an episodic retelling of her journey to motherhood. She also has candid conversations with other women brave enough to share their own Motherhood stories. She shares stories of all kinds, especially from those who have made completely different choices than her, and have come from completely different situations, so that we can hear all the ways women make motherhood possible.

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Stacey Subject

Episodes

S1E4 Ellen Stevenson | From boardroom to school board, navigating career changes, special needs, building community and allowing yourself to be an imperfect parent 09.06.2026 54:03

In this episode of The Mother of All Careers podcast, host Stacey Subject welcomes her first guest motherhood story. Joined by her long time college friend Ellen Stevenson, a married mother of two boys, ages 13 and 11 from the Pittsburgh suburbs. In this episode Ellen shares her journey of entering the world unsure if motherhood was for her, but ready to sink her teeth into a challenging and fruit...

S1E3: Returning to work after maternity leave, knowing if it’s time to quit your job. My Motherhood Story (part 2) 15.05.2026 26:51

In the second episode of The Mother of all Careers podcast, host Stacey Subject continues her personal journey of returning to work after maternity leave and explores the friction between climbing the corporate ladder and answering the call of motherhood. Despite holding a high-level sales position at a global company, she describes the raw, emotional reality of balancing corporate expectations wi...

S1E2 Rethinking your career during maternity leave. My Motherhood Story (part 1) 13.05.2026 16:08

In the debut episode of The Mother of All Careers podcast, host Stacey Subject introduces her mission to share the raw, diverse stories of how women navigate the transition into motherhood. She begins with her own "existential crisis," triggered by a controversial podcast on child attachment that made her question her own imminent return to the corporate world. Despite a successful 20-ye...

S1E1: Welcome to The Mother of All Careers podcast 12.05.2026 3:43

Welcome to The Mother of All Careers podcast. In this short teaser episode, host Stacey Subject introduces herself and the broader themes and goals of the podcast – one of which is to answer the question, “how do you make motherhood possible?” Listeners are invited into a space of radical transparency and catharsis, promising candid conversations with mothers from all walks of life. It’s a warm...