The Mamas at Work Podcast

My episode today is really special... I have a mother daughter team, the author and the illustrator of the book "The Acorn and the Oak"! Both Rhonda Accardo and Jessica Waterstradt are wonderfully talented women, and I am honored to have them on the podcast today! Author of The Acorn and the Oak, Rhonda Accardo believes it was her life’s journey that found the writer in her. Her family roots are from small town America, where a history rich in storytelling is passed down through the...

My guest on the podcast today is the fantastic Peg Sadie! We talk about having an identity outside of motherhood, how self-care changes throughout the years of motherhood, and why it's important to show your children how to be an adult and for their own identities. This episode will give you goosebumps and help us all feel not so alone! Peg is a wife of 20 years, mom of two boys, and trained psychotherapist & resilience coach. Her own experience with postpartum depression & anxiety and...

My guest today is Ellwyn Autumn, and we had a fairly short conversation! But this is the reality of being a Mama at Work, and I am so excited to bring her interview to you. I will definitely be having her on the podcast again! Ellwyn Autumn is an award-winning author and a certified teacher with a Master's Degree in Education. She writes children's picture books, middle-grade novels, and Young Adult fiction. Ellwyn's first self-published novel, Chris Kringle's Cops The First Mission, was a...

My guest today is the amazing Margaret Agard! She talks about raising her 8 children all while working and finishing her degree in night classes! Margaret Agard is the award-winning author of the In His Footsteps memoirs, a, Christian mystic, reiki healer and former executive in the high tech industry. She is also a wife and the mother of eight grown children. This conversation is extremely insightful and full of bits of wisdom that I think all of us can take away! Be sure to find her at...

Today, my guest on the Mamas at Work podcast is Afsaneh Moradian. We talk about all things homeschooling and raising an LGBTQIA+ child, so this is one episode you do not want to miss! Afsaneh Moradian is a homeschooling coach and author of the beloved picture book series Jamie is Jamie which has sold over 15,000 copies internationally and has become a classroom and home library favorite. As a homeschooling coach, she guides adults by giving them the language to communicate effectively with...

My guest today on the Mamas at Work Podcast is Kim Marsh. And I will let her introduce herself! Hi there. Kim here, serving as your guide to The Open Book Company. I'm a writing coach, editor, ghostwriter and a communications fiend. Oh, and I should mention that I'm NOT a New York Times bestselling author (though, I'm still a worthwhile human). I help authors, aspiring writers and "but-I'm-not-really-a-writer" writers to find, hone and use their voice. ​I am here to help you to craft your...

My guest on the Mamas at Work Podcast today is Fiona Valentine. Are you an artist and looking for how to make your passion into a money-making career? You need to talk to Fiona! Business coach and Australian artist Fiona Valentine believes real artists don't starve, they thrive. She started a side hustle that turned her painting hobby into a profitable business and now she helps other artists do the same. Her signature coaching program The Profitable Artist Method is designed to help...

My guest on the Mamas at Work Podcast today is Tracy Gunn, and she is the Mama of all Trades! Whether you are building a business, growing a business, or ready to sell your business; Tracy is the one to ask your questions. And I am so grateful that I got to talk to her! Giving birth to children is just like creating a business. Running a business is just like raising kids. It is all about learning and growing... so that someday they can fly on their own. Tracy was at home full time &...

My guest today is Gina Uricchio, founder of Mother Asana with her daughter Ally. Gina Uricchio is a mother, visionary, and yogi. Creating connection is the cornerstone to her parenting & personal style. Meditation & yoga have been instrumental while raising a family alongside her husband John—especially meeting the challenges of a special needs child. Gina installs stillness, resilience & surrender everyday as a "warrior mom". She lives with her family in Connecticut and enjoys the many...

My guest on this episode is Rose Griffin, and we get into a topic that is very near and dear to my heart. She works with children on the Autism spectrum with ABA Speech therapy. As most of you know, my daughter is autistic and has worked with people in Applied Behavioral Analysis, and it is fascinating to get this point of view! Rose is a speech language pathologist, board certified behavior analyst, product developer, public speaker and host. Rose is passionate about helping all autistic...

My guest today is Emily Hill, an absolutely fascinating Mama, and one of the most joyful people I have had the honor of interviewing on this show. Dr. Emily is an educator, self-taught coder, & mom of 4 (soon to be 5). Balancing work & family life is an ongoing challenge! In her work life, Dr. Emily has taught problem solving & coding skills to college students for over 10 years as a tenured professor, and now she is sharing these valuable skills more broadly as the founder of the Joy of...

Today's guest is Renee Harris! She is a Mama of 9 with a full-time lotion business and we talk all about starting her business and how she keeps her kiddos in the thick of it. She started her business first as a farmer's market booth to teach her older two sons (8 and 10) the value of creating something of value and selling it. A couple years later, her husband was laid off and they decided to make this their full-time salary. They taught their kids a thing or two about entrepreneurship and...

My guest today is Kim Keane. Like me, Kim had a very specific idea for what her life was going to be like, when that all got turned upside down! Kim is a certified life coach, Reiki and IET practitioner, and podcaster as well as the founder of Girl Talk, an empowerment program for tween and teen girls. Through her work, she has addressed community organizations, schools and colleges, such as Boys’ and Girls’ Club, Moms Who Dare, and Purdue University. She strives to empower women to embrace...

Melissa Reilly, Psy.D. is a mom of two boys, clinical psychologist, and parent coach passionate about helping moms separated from their mother by physical distance, estrangement, or death, move from feelings of insecurity, isolation, and overwhelm to a place of resilience. Through her personal and professional experience, she has come to recognize that Moms without a mom experience grief as part of their motherhood experience, even if they don’t realize it. The relationship moms have had (or...

How do you feel about collaboration? I am so glad that I am hearing more and more people talk about collaboration over competition, and that's exactly what my guest today talks about! Inbal Claudio is the founder of Like Minded Collective. As a candle maker, turned tech founder, her passion for networking with women entrepreneurs has led her to create a social platform where female visionaries can connect and collaborate. Mamas at Work listeners will get 50% off their first month in the...

Tami Jaffe is a success coach, energy shifter and international speaker on topics of making better decisions and business growth. Tami helps guide her clients through the sometimes overwhelming prospect of starting a new business. Her Amazon #1 best-selling book You Already Made the Decision, You Just Aren’t Happy With It, is a guide on how to make better decisions or live with the ones you’ve already made. Tami has made it her mission to liberate independent success-minded professionals...

Quinn Cummings is the Parenting & Bonding with Children's Books show and community creator and host. She speaks to parents on the importance of reading to our children through her business, Aidyn's Books LLC, and as a featured parenting expert for the non-profit Life of a Single Mom and various parenting platforms. Driven by the lack of access to books written to help our children and strengthen families-- she also creates opportunities for mission-driven authors to gain more visibility....

Cynthia Klein is a Family Happiness Expert and Parenting Coach. Her passion is to create world peace by first creating peace within each family. As the author of Ally Parenting, she has created a unique formula for parents to transform conflict into cooperation. For more than 29 years, she has spoken in person at hundreds of schools and organizations, successfully coached parents of 5 to 25-year-olds, and taught numerous online courses based on her highly effective Ally Parenting approach....

Today's guest is named Alexis, but she's affectionately known as the “Branding Queen” by her clients. She's a Jesus-loving, coffee-obsessed, crunchy mama building freedom for her family while helping other women do the same for theirs. She discovered her love for brand and web design through her experience with my first business making keepsake jewelry (Verity and Co Designs). She's always enjoyed being artistic and her background is in science, which means she's thriving in this because...

Do you ever feel like you are on auto-pilot with your life? Maybe you struggle with depression and are not quite sure how to get yourself out of it. My guest today is Lachelle Adkins, America's SuperMom, and she has some amazing things to say to help us take our power back! LaChelle Adkins' typical day consists of juggling marriage, ministry, career, charity and tending to 13 of my 15 children with a smile instead of stress. Behind her smile were a lot of tears and pain. She was...