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Rebalancing Your Professional, Personal, and Family Priorities During a Career Break

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - October 08, 2021 16:19 - 27 minutes
If you’re a mom on a family-focused career break, it may not feel like the time to set goals for yourself. It can even feel like the end of the big goals you’d previously set. But time out of the workforce is also an opportunity to build a more meaningful life that works for who you are today, t...

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Career Break Success Story: Kathryn Wepfer

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - September 23, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes
A family-driven career break can be the start of your next big thing. That was certainly the case for my guest on this week’s Money, Career & Motherhood podcast. Kathryn Wepfer was a highly accomplished working professional excited about her work, until the birth of her second child. When she ...

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7 Questions to ask before taking a career break for family reasons

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - September 14, 2021 15:59 - 25 minutes
Can’t decide if you should take a career break to stay home with your kids? You’re not alone. So many moms spend months, or even years, trying to decide if it’s the right thing to do. Maybe you’ve written a pros and cons list, talked endlessly to your spouse, and looked at your family budget, bu...

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Are you a working mother who's on or considering a career break?

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - September 07, 2021 11:47 - 10 minutes
So many mothers are taking career breaks, but is one right for you? Maybe you were already at your max and considering a pause pre-Covid, and this just put you over the edge. Or perhaps you had never thought about one, but now find yourself on the wrong side of an unsolvable problem.  The reas...

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Ep 64: Planning an Active Summer for Your Kids Without Breaking the Bank

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - June 15, 2021 11:00 - 19 minutes
How do you keep your kids busy all summer without breaking the bank? This week I walk through our kid-centered summer planning process that helps us minimize boredom and spending while maximizing kid and parent satisfaction!  In this episode you’ll learn: How to get your kids involved in the su...

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Ep 63: Filling in the Gaps of Traditional Childcare with Flexible Care co-founder Priya Amin

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - June 08, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutes
When I first met today’s guest, she said something that hit me hard. “There will always be a breakdown in childcare.” It’s true. This is why solutions for parents who take career breaks are so important to me. Even with flexible employers, things come up when you have kids. Sometimes the challen...

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Ep 62: Moving Past Your Family Money History with Michelle Arpin Begina

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - June 01, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes
According to my guest Michelle Arpin Begina, there’s a very big difference between income and wealth. I couldn’t agree more. Too often families are caught up in a spending pattern to create an illusion of wealth, when in fact they’re struggling financially. In this week’s episode, I talk with Mi...

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Ep 61: Positioning Yourself as the Best Job Candidate with Career Coach Claudia Miller

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - May 25, 2021 11:00 - 42 minutes
Whether you’re searching for a new position while employed or looking to return to the workforce after an extended career break, it’s hard to break through the hundreds of other candidates looking competing for the same positions as you. Those returning from a career break have the added challen...

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Ep 60: Getting your Kids Through College Debt Free with Denise Thomas

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - May 18, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes
There are 44.7 million Americans carrying a total of $1.71 trillion in student debt today. For many families, college feels impossible without a significant amount of debt, except for maybe superstar athletes or valedictorians who get scholarships. But many of the things we believe about the col...

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Ep 59: Getting Started in Real Estate Investing with Candice Bakx-Friesen

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - May 11, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes
It seems like everyone wants to invest in real estate these days, but is it the right thing for your family? This week on the Money, Career & Motherhood podcast I had an opportunity to talk real estate investing, creating strong financial foundations for families, and navigating a career as a mo...

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Ep 58: LIVE COACHING! Setting Career Break Goals with Kristen Schneider

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - May 04, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes
Many women spend a long time thinking through the implications of a career break before they actually decide to take one. Then after it starts, they dive into non-work life without thinking about how to get back in, even though nearly 90% of women want to return at some point. While you can fin...

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Ep 57: Simplifying Your Life Through Routines with Ashley Brown

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - April 27, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes
How many decisions do you make over the course of one day? Most likely, more than you realize. In this week’s episode, I talk with Ashley Brown of Routine and Things about how establishing structured routines can help mothers improve their quality of life by eliminating unnecessary decisions and...

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Ep 56: Women and Wealth with Fradel Barber

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - April 20, 2021 11:00 - 25 minutes
This week on the podcast I continue the conversation with Fradel Barber, financial advisor and CEO of World Financial Group about the relationship women have with money, the disconnect within the financial services industry, and how she is helping women become more financially empowered. In th...

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Ep 55: Increasing Women in Financial Services with Fradel Barber

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - April 13, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes
This week on the podcast I talk with entrepreneur, mentor, advisor, and CEO of World Financial Group (WFG) Fradel Barber. Fradel is a visionary within the industry and a true advocate for women in the financial services industry. We discuss Fradel’s unexpected path into financial services, how m...

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Ep 54: Stepping into the adult life you were meant to lead with Julie Lythcott-Haims

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - April 06, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes
Too many adults are living lives where they feel like passive participants rather than the creators of their destiny. In this eye-opening discussion with Julie Lythcott-Haims about her new book, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult, we discuss the challenges many individuals face as they attempt to ste...

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Ep 53: How to prioritize based on what you value most with Anna Dearmon Kornick

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - March 30, 2021 11:00 - 49 minutes
Through her transition from crisis management to time management coach, Anna Dearmon Kornick has learned how to create a customizable time management system that helps her clients align their time with what matters most in their life. We talk about the challenge Anna faced in transitioning from ...

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Ep 52: Advocating for your student’s needs at school with civil rights attorneys Vickie Brett & Amanda Selogie

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - March 23, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutes
School can be a challenge for kids who learn differently, have special needs, or have behavioral issues. My guests, Vickie Brett and Amanda Selogie, attorneys who specialize in specific civil rights issues on behalf of children living with special needs, discuss the challenges families can face ...

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Ep 51: How a financial therapist can help you beat financial anxiety with Lindsay Bryan Podvin

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - March 16, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes
Are you one of the many people who have thought, “If I just get to this level of income, things will get better,” only to find that once you reached your income goal things didn’t feel any different? How we feel about money is impacted by more than just our income level. Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, fi...

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Ep 50: A Better Way to Meal Plan with Marie Fiebach (Encore)

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - March 09, 2021 12:00 - 24 minutes
This is an encore episode that originally aired on June 2, 2020. Meal planning is a great way to save money by cooking more at home, but only if it works for your family! Too often busy moms try to meal plan but because of our ever-changing schedules, picky eaters, and little time to cook, it ...

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Ep 49: The Impact of Alcoholism on Family & Finances - A Personal Story with Danielle Bettmann

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - March 02, 2021 12:00 - 47 minutes
What if rock bottom for your spouse meant your family must risk it all in hopes of getting them the care they need? Could you walk away from your comfortable life for them to get the help they need? Danielle Bettmann, wife, mother, parenting coach, podcast host and this week’s brave guest, is sh...

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Ep 48: The money relationships we inherit with Johanna Lynn

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - February 23, 2021 12:00 - 29 minutes
Does life ever feel like a little bit of history repeating itself? So often we see similar challenges in money, relationships and other family issues continue from one generation to the next. Many people go through their entire lives without recognizing the deeper issues fueling their money chal...

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Ep 47: How to change your finances to become a SAHM with Stephanie Sims

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - February 16, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes
So many families think they’re living the American Dream, until they want or need to make a change but can’t due to their finances. In the case of Stephanie Sims and her husband, they were living a great life and doing all the things they thought they should – like using their income to buy a bi...

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Ep 46: Getting your legal ducks in a row for a small business or side-gig with Asia Marie Woods

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - February 09, 2021 12:00 - 22 minutes
Many small businesses don’t want to spend the money on legal work until they know their business is going to stick. But what if the business is a success beyond your expectations, and the legal work you’ve put off puts the very existence of your business at risk? That’s exactly what happened to ...

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Ep 45: How to choose the right financial advisor for your family with Gaea Verneris

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - February 02, 2021 12:00 - 23 minutes
I hear time and time again from women who are not comfortable with the world financial planning, but who want to learn. Research shows that despite growth in income by women in recent years, many remain less confident in their finances than men. Sometimes women still leave the financial plannin...

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Ep 44: Supporting new moms who pump at work with Dana Kirwin

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - January 26, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes
As the #1 brand of breast pumps in the US, Medela is passionate about helping mothers achieve their personal breastfeeding goals. But the company is doing so much more than selling products to ensure moms’ success through its New Moms’ Healthy Returns program. Research shows that support structu...

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Ep 43: Starting a side business while employed with Meg Staples

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - January 19, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes
While on an extended maternity leave, Meg Staples found herself at a running event, frustrated by the lack of quality women’s athletic wear at affordable prices and inclusive sizes. Without any prior business experience, Meg used her textiles and design education to solve the problem through the...

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Ep 42: From career break to founder of an innovative health care startup with Janis Powers

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - January 12, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes
So often mothers look at their career break as a significant negative to overcome when they look to return to the workforce. But in the case of Janis Powers, founder of the cutting edge start-up Longitudinal Health Care, it was so much more than that. By taking advantage of different development...

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Ep 41: How can we fix America’s health care problems? with Janis Powers

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - January 05, 2021 12:00 - 31 minutes
National health spending accounted for 17.7% of U.S. GDP, and is projected to grow to nearly 20% by 2028. Are Americans getting what they’re paying for? According to my guest this week, Janis Powers, they’re not. Janis is the founder and CEO of Longitudinal Health Care and host of The Powers Rep...

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Ep 40: Building your career strategy with Laurel Rutledge (Encore Episode)

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - December 29, 2020 12:00 - 34 minutes
This episode originally aired July 2, 2020. We hope you enjoy this encore episode of our interview with Laurel Rutledge. Too many of us have accepted the stress and misery that comes with our careers. If you’re unhappy in your professional life, but feel like you need to stick it out because y...

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Ep 39: Remote work, pace of change, and future skills with Rebecca Scott

Money Career & Motherhood Podcast - December 22, 2020 12:00 - 41 minutes
The way we work changed almost overnight when Covid hit. In the beginning, we thought the changes were temporary. But now, companies and individuals are adapting to a new normal, where remote work is permanent and change is constant. In this episode of The Money, Career & Motherhood Podcast I’m ...