Word of Mom Radio

Monica Kaufman, CFP®, is a mom, entrepreneur, and financial planner with over two decades of experience, and has dedicated her career to helping high-achieving women transform their relationship with money—so they can step into true financial confidence and build a life that reflects their deepest values. Through her work at Harmony Wealth Academy, Monica supports women who are doing it all—leadin...

Laura Watson has spent the last 30 years dedicated to helping individuals reach their full potential. She is an award-winning coach, a devoted wife and mother, and a World Country Dance Champion. Her "secret sauce" lies in translating complex business, leadership, and communication concepts into practical ideas and actionable steps. As a "whole person" coach, Laura recognizes that business leaders...

Andrea McGinty’s latest book, 2nd Acts: Winning Strategies to Dating Over 50, is a hands-on, tech-savvy roadmap for finding love later in life. Packed with actionable worksheets, QR-coded video coaching, and practical advice, 2nd Acts empowers readers to navigate today’s dating landscape with confidence. Unlike costly matchmaking services, this $35 guide provides affordable solutions to help reade...

Emotional Intelligence Made Easy (Toddlers → Teens) If “Use your words” and endless lectures aren’t changing behavior, this episode gives you the missing lever: emotional intelligence + intuition …so kids read the room, trust their instincts, and make better choices (without you yelling). Why listen You’re tired of meltdowns, backtalk, and power struggles . You want kids who listen, self-regulate,...

Why Your Brand Looks Entry-Level (And It's Costing You Everything) You've built a successful seven or eight-figure practice with premium expertise and outcomes, but premium clients keep choosing your competitors. In this episode, digital marketing strategist Sophie Zollmann reveals why sophisticated practices lose high-value clients due to entry-level marketing presentation. Despite delivering exc...

Betsy Pepine is a best-selling author, speaker and serial entrepreneur in real estate. Her brokerage, Pepine Realty, has been named as an Inc. 5000 Fasting Growing Private Company in the USA multiple times and has earned spots on the Top 50 Florida Companies to Watch and Florida Trend Best Companies to Work For lists. Additionally, the Wall Street Journal has consistently recognized Betsy’s real e...

Mary Boone’s book research has taken her places many people have never been … chest deep in the Union River to count salmon, inside a cricket barn, and, perhaps most daring of all, the front row of a Justin Bieber concert surrounded by screaming teens. Mary has written 70+ nonfiction books for young readers, most recently Pedal Pusher, School of Fish, and Bugs for Breakfast. Two more books are set...

Stop the Morning Chaos: Back-to-School Routines That Actually Work Back-to-school mornings shouldn’t feel like a battle zone… but for most parents, they do. Shoes disappear. Homework is “forgotten.” Emotions are high before you’ve even had coffee. In this episode of Ask Mom , Sue and Randee share what’s really behind morning chaos (hint: it’s not just about “getting the routine right”) and the sur...

The Contractor Carousel: Why 5 Marketing "Experts" Still Can't Grow Your Practice 📈 You've hired five different marketing "experts" in the past two years – a content writer, social media manager, web designer, SEO specialist, and email marketing contractor. Each one has impressive credentials and delivers what they promise. Your content gets published, social media engagement increases, your webs...

Shannon Russell is a Career Transition and Business Coach empowering women to leave unfulfilling careers and build joyful, purpose-driven businesses. She is the Author of Start Your Second Act: How to Change Careers, Launch a Business, and Create Your Best Life, a Speaker, and Host of the Second Act Success Career Podcast. Through her company, Second Act Success®, Shannon shares her journey as a t...

Do you ever feel like your kid hears everything except you? Like they can pick up a whisper about dessert three rooms away but somehow miss the rule you’ve said 17 times? In this episode of the Ask Mom Parenting Podcast , we’re learning there’s more to your kid’s ‘selective hearing’…and you might be the plot twist. 👉  Are we…unintentionally…training our kids to ignore us? If you’ve ever: Repeated...

The Freelancer Illusion: Why "Strategic" Marketers Still Leave You Scattered 📈 You hired what seemed like a really talented marketing freelancer – maybe someone who even calls themselves "strategic." On paper, it made perfect sense: get sophisticated marketing expertise without building an entire team. But here's what's actually happening: your freelancer creates beautiful blog content that doesn...

Liz Steblay became a solopreneur before the word was even invented. Upon being laid off, she called a former colleague, and a week later she had her first consulting contract. After that first project, she realized that she made more money, worked fewer hours, and had more time with her daughter. She never considered another “real job,” despite being a single mom in an expensive city. Five years l...

The Numbers Game: When Your Marketing Metrics Tell Beautiful Lies 📈 Picture this: A healthcare practice gets their monthly marketing report and everything looks incredible. Website visits are up 40%, social media followers have grown by 300, email campaigns are hitting 35% open rates, and blog posts are generating tons of comments. Their marketing coordinator is excited, the practice manager is i...

Lisa Talbot, Founder of True North PM Solutions, specializes in helping growing businesses streamline operations and scale smoothly. As businesses expand from five employees to 10, 15, or more, the processes that once worked often start breaking down—leading to inefficiencies, overwhelm, and lost time. That’s where Lisa comes in. With years of experience managing projects across industries—from no...

How to Stop Overparenting: Trust Yourself, Not Your Fear!  Are you doing everything for your child…and calling it love?!? In this episode, Sue peels back the curtain on overparenting and calls out the subtle ways control shows up (micromanaging, rescuing, rushing, rewriting their essays) and how it can backfire. Spoiler: Letting go isn’t giving up your authority, it’s how you gain influence and ra...

The $350K Marketing Mistake: Why Building Your Own Team Costs More Than You Think 📈 You've decided it's time to get serious about marketing, so you start building an in-house team. First, a marketing manager at $85,000 plus benefits. Then they need support, so you add a content creator at $55,000. The manager says they need help with social media and design, so you bring on a coordinator at $45,0...

Barb Nangle is a boundaries coach, speaker and host of the podcast, "Fragmented to Whole: Life Lessons from 12 Step Recovery." She also offers a free Boundary-Building Starter Kit. In 2015 at the age of 52, after decades of therapy and tons of self-help work in a variety of areas, Barb got into 12-step recovery. She’s been in two such fellowships since then and has changed deeply and profoundly as...

The Success Trap: When Your Control Habits Start Killing Your Growth 📈 You didn't build a successful practice by letting things slide. Your attention to detail, insistence on quality, and hands-on approach created the reputation that got you where you are today. But here's the uncomfortable truth: that same control mechanism is now quietly choking your growth. In this eye-opening episode, we expl...

Elona Lopari is the Founder & CEO of The Life School , Speaker, Best Selling Author to numerous books, Award Winner, Show and Speaking Events Organizer to an audience of over 30,000+ purpose driven service-based entrepreneurs and corporations. She has supported 100+ companies double and triple their impact and revenue through fractional and business management Operations and HR Services. Elona...

The Silent Killer: Why "Good Enough" Marketing Is Slowly Destroying Your Growth 📈 Remember when your marketing used to light up your inbox overnight? When you'd post something and immediately see engagement, responses, and inquiries flooding in? When campaigns felt electric and that rush of excitement hit because they actually moved the needle? Now... it just sort of hums along. Not broken, but d...

Christine Trimpe is a transformative wellness leader dedicated to empowering professional Christian women to reclaim their health and vitality through her faith-based, holistic approach to weight loss. As the founder of The SugarFreed Me Method and a certified SUGAR® Licensed Practitioner, Christine helps clients achieve lifelong healing from sugar addiction and food-related struggles. Her clients...

Mom Guilt is Lying to You - Here's How to Shut it Down In this raw and real episode, we’re unpacking one of the most toxic emotions moms carry: guilt. Spoiler alert - guilt feels useful, but it’s actually hijacking your parenting, sabotaging your credibility, and weakening your connection with your kids.   We break down how to spot guilt in action, how it messes with your authority, and why it’s t...

The Marketing Hamster Wheel: Why You Keep Starting Over (And How to Finally Break Free) 📈 Picture this: A successful consulting practice gets busy with client projects, so marketing takes a back seat. "We don't need leads right now – we're swamped!" But then projects wrap up, the pipeline looks scary, and panic hits. They scramble to restart their dormant social media, try to remember their last...

While pregnant with her first child, shocked by how many toxic ingredients were lurking in everyday products, and after trying dozens of natural mineral sunscreens, Arielle Moody was determined to create one that 1) didn’t make her immediately want to wash her face, and 2) didn’t leave a white cast on her skin. Oh, and it needed to be something she looked forward to using daily. No biggie. As Mama...