The Working Mom Show

A month before going back to work after having her baby, Hailey Bohlman sat with a question most new moms ask but few answer honestly: what do I actually want my life to look like? She didn't blow everything up. She didn't quit. She went down to 60% at her corporate technical program manager job — fully accepted she wouldn't be climbing any ladders — and she kept building Cork & Fi...

Candice Seenyen had it all on paper. Product manager at Meta. Twin boys. A career she'd worked 10 years to build. And by the end, she wasn't crushing it professionally while bravely choosing motherhood. She was getting worse at both. The moment that changed everything? A Friday night — a public holiday she'd planned to spend with her kids — spent on her laptop, anxious about a forgotte...

Melissa Face came back from maternity leave to find her principal had docked her end-of-year evaluation points for absences. The absences that were her maternity leave. That was the moment something shifted. Not loudly — she didn't quit, she didn't complain. She just quietly stopped caring about being a good employee on paper in a system that clearly wasn't designed with her in mind. M...

Rose Ann Mullet sat across from her boss — pregnant, asking for one day a week from home — and he told her that when his kids were young, he and his wife just figured it out. She wanted to ask: was it we, or was it she? She didn't. She did the math, and gave notice the week the return-to-office went into effect — leaving eight weeks of paid maternity leave on the table. Rose Ann is a content s...

Kertu Sepp had two career pivots. Neither happened the way she planned. The first was a deliberate leap — from teacher to the booming Estonian tech sector — built through networking, self-study, software engineering courses, and sheer persistence. The second wasn't a choice at all: a mass layoff, a husband starting a new job, two daughters, and her mother's final months of life landing all...

Amber Frye was working 60-hour weeks in corporate, raising three kids, building a photography side business at 11pm, and navigating a toxic marriage — all at the same time. She was on autopilot. She knew it. And she couldn't change any of it overnight. So she started meditating. Not because she believed in it — she thought it was fluff — but because she had nothing to lose. Thirty days later,...

Neetu Gupta had a banking career she was proud of. And then she sat down next to her 4-year-old son, looked into his eyes, and knew that no job, no title, and no salary was worth more than what he needed from her right now. She resigned the next day. Nobody was with her — not her husband, not her family, not the school board, not the doctors. She fought for two years, alone, following her instinct...

Alesia Galati got laid off from manufacturing during COVID with two young kids at home, a stay-at-home husband, and exactly one plan: reach out to her network the very next day and see if anyone wanted help launching a podcast. Someone said yes. That client is still with her today. Alesia is a podcast strategist, homeschooler, and the sole financial provider for her family — including two kids on...

Lynda Leonce spent most of her career in IT. She was good at it. She climbed the ladder. And there was always a quiet voice underneath it all — curious, restless, not quite settled — that she kept pushing aside. Until she stopped. Lynda is an authenticity coach, founder of Live From Your Truth, and mom of two teenage daughters. In this episode, she talks about the moment she knew she had to go all...

Dr. Carla Caturia has spent two decades coaching working moms through pressure, self-doubt, and the slow loss of self that happens when we tie our identity to everything except who we actually are. She's not a mom herself — and in this episode, she explains why that might actually make her better at what she does. Carla coaches whole families — moms, teens, and the spaces in between — and she&...

Vale Siegrist isn't on the other side of a transformation. She's in the middle of it — senior manager by day, founder of Circular Mom Club by night, mom of an 18-month-old in between. In this episode, Vale talks about what it actually looks like to build a business in the margins — no dramatic leap, no dramatic burnout story, just a really smart long-term play built on 1-2 hours a day, har...

--- SUMMER BUNDLE ACCESS OPEN--- Suzy May was juggling four jobs, paying for childcare, and running on empty — until she decided something had to change. Now she's a nurse, certified money coach, and world schooler who splits her time between Spain, traveling Europe, and this fall, four months in Japan with her two kids. She got there through smart financial choices, slow travel hacks, and lea...

Leah Renee is a stand-up comedian, podcaster, and mom of three who took the long way to her true calling — through photography, Amazon retail, product licensing, and at least one pitch for edible slime. In this episode, she talks about what finally gave her permission to pursue comedy, why the research on working moms vs. stay-at-home moms has one surprising conclusion, and how Byron Katie's f...

Ali Raymer 's son was born on Valentine's Day, 2020. Weeks later, every trip she had ever booked was cancelled. Her entire commission-based travel business was wiped out overnight — and she had a newborn in her arms. She spent months working for free, sitting on hold with airlines and hotels, trying to serve her clients without earning a penny. Then she went back to teaching, just to keep...

Mariela DeSantiago is proof that staying home with your kids and building something meaningful are not mutually exclusive — and never were. A former special education teacher, Mariela is now a podcast host, mom group founder, content creator, yoga instructor, and community activist — all while raising a 4-year-old boy and a 10-month-old baby girl. She built every part of this during nap times, pre...

Charlie Birch grew up watching her mom burn the midnight oil and her dad jet-set around the world. She can't remember a single trip to the grocery store with her mother. And she decided, very early on, that she was going to do things differently. Charlie is the owner and creative director of Humanise Collective, a brand strategy and creative studio for founder-led businesses. She's also a...

Kimberly Spencer doesn't believe in balance. She never has. And after today's conversation, you might not either. Kimberly is a CEO, coach, speaker, and second-generation entrepreneur raising three kids under 9 — while also caring for her 77-year-old mother. She is the founder of Crown Yourself and Communication Queens, and her work sits at the intersection of mindset, visibility, and what...

She built a real estate brokerage from scratch, had four daughters in 30 months, was working 60-hour weeks — and by most measures, she was crushing it. Except she wasn't. Not really. Alexia Hoffman is an entrepreneur, investor, realtor, coach, and coffee shop owner who made not one, but two major career pivots that looked completely reckless from the outside, and turned out to be the best deci...

What does balance actually look like when you're a managing partner at a law firm, the owner of a 125-year-old community restaurant, and a mom of two boys — all at the same time? Lesley Holloway doesn't have a perfect answer. But she has a framework — and a lot of hard-won wisdom — that makes it work. In this episode, Lesley talks about her unconventional career path (acting degree, law sc...

When Pat Hankin couldn't find a single fact-based, practical book for single parents — she wrote one herself. A management consultant, single mom, and author of  The Field Guide for Single Parents , Pat spent years moderating an online community of nearly half a million single parents, answering the same questions over and over, and realizing that the information existed — it just hadn't b...

What if the "least logical time" to start a business was actually the best time? When Cailen Ascher's first daughter was born, she made a decision that defied all the conventional advice: she cut her working hours to three days a week and expanded into a completely new market. Two years later, she had a six-figure business — and her schedule still revolved around her girls. Cailen is...

Are you a mom struggling with your career? Find out in 2 minutes your new direction: www.mompire.eu/quiz What do you do when you're a financial professional — and you find yourself $650,000 in debt, with four kids, $100 a week in child support, and no job? That's exactly where Nancy Benet, CPA and founder of Success Your Way and Fix-It Accounting, found herself after her divorce. And inste...

Are you struggling in your career as a mom: Find your direction with this 2 minute quiz: www.mompire.eu/quiz What happens when a physician, founder, and mom of five hits a wall so hard she ends up in the hospital — and then rebuilds from scratch? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Amy Loden-Tiffany, who has navigated burnout, miscarriages, twins, a foster baby, perimenopause, and a TEDx talk — a...

Want to work with Klara? Book a free discovery call here. In this deeply transformative episode, Klara Ganter speaks with Dr. Angele Close about the hidden psychological shifts that occur when a high-achieving professional becomes a mother. Angele shares her personal "awakening"—moving from a "worker bee" mentality in graduate school to the realization that her "good girl&...

In this episode of  The Working Mom Show , Klara sits down with Silja Thor, a resilient entrepreneur and single mom who has navigated nine different businesses, divorce, and major life transitions. Silja shares her journey from being a "naive" 20-year-old starting her first telecommunications company to becoming a sought-after mentor for high-achieving women. In this episode, we discuss:...