Kristen Feden is an award-winning lawyer based in Philadelphia. She is a wife and mother of two boys. On the Drive Like a Motha podcast, Kristen shared that she is a fighter for victims of violence and abuse. She is a protector by nature and will go the distance to ensure her clients feel that they are supported and protected. 

As a mother Kristen manages home and life by creating a support team. She keeps it all in the family by hiring her husband as her manager and asking her sisters for help when needed. Dissecting cases and preparing for the courtroom can sometimes be exhausting. Kristen blows off steam by running, spending time with family, and having fun singing karaoke with friends (including me!). She even has a karaoke machine and microphones in her home! Kristen is an advocate for women’s rights and is proud of the journey that led her to build and win the case against Bill Cosby. Kristen has won many awards including the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 40 under 40. She is an adjunct professor at Rosemont College and speaks around the country. Recently, Kristen joined the Saltz Mongeluzzi law firm. You can follow her online @kgfeden on Twitter and Instagram. She can also be reached at [email protected]. 

Highlights from this episode:

• Have high expectations of your children
• Be prepared for your opportunity to shine
• Stay true to yourself

Kristen Feden is an award-winning lawyer based in Philadelphia. She is a wife and mother of two boys. On the Drive Like a Motha podcast, Kristen shared that she is a fighter for victims of violence and abuse. She is a protector by nature and will go the distance to ensure her clients feel that they are supported and protected. 

As a mother Kristen manages home and life by creating a support team. She keeps it all in the family by hiring her husband as her manager and asking her sisters for help when needed. Dissecting cases and preparing for the courtroom can sometimes be exhausting. Kristen blows off steam by running, spending time with family, and having fun singing karaoke with friends (including me!). She even has a karaoke machine and microphones in her home! Kristen is an advocate for women’s rights and is proud of the journey that led her to build and win the case against Bill Cosby. Kristen has won many awards including the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 40 under 40. She is an adjunct professor at Rosemont College and speaks around the country. Recently, Kristen joined the Saltz Mongeluzzi law firm. You can follow her online @kgfeden on Twitter and Instagram. She can also be reached at [email protected]. 

Highlights from this episode:

• Have high expectations of your children
• Be prepared for your opportunity to shine
• Stay true to yourself

**This episode was taped before the social distancing order of COVID 19 pandemic took place. Also, we had to stop recording and switch spaces in the middle of the episode, so you will hear a slight difference in the sound as you move through the interview.**

Leaving a job is never easy. It’s the expenses of benefits like life insurance, health care, built-in paid sick days, predictable work hours, and having a consistent paycheck that keeps many moms bound to their jobs. However, there comes a point for some of us where we have to make the decision to take the “leap of faith” and go into business for ourselves. How else will we ever know what our skills are really worth and what reaching our fullest potential actually looks like? 

Today I am joined by mompreneur LaJewel Harrison. This mother of two sat down to talk to me about how she transitioned from Executive Director of WES Health System to becoming the President of LGH Consulting- a company that assists other companies with program design, community engagement and revamping programs and services. 

LaJewel took us step by step on how to go from employee to entrepreneur. Here are some of her tips:

1. Say what you need out loud, this will open doors and allow others to help you.

2. Find your passion by volunteering first to see what you like

4. Make a plan

6. Have a female mentor and female mentees and peers who are where you are. 

7. Speak well of yourself; You are your best resource

8. Leave your job when your passion begins to take up all of your time.

If you are looking for a business consultant, LaJewel can be reached at [email protected].

In this episode, we also mentioned Odyssey Capital Advisors, a financial company. If you want to learn more go to https://www.odysseyadvice.com/.   

**This episode was taped before the social distancing order of COVID 19 pandemic took place. Also, we had to stop recording and switch spaces in the middle of the episode, so you will hear a slight difference in the sound as you move through the interview.**

Leaving a job is never easy. It’s the expenses of benefits like life insurance, health care, built-in paid sick days, predictable work hours, and having a consistent paycheck that keeps many moms bound to their jobs. However, there comes a point for some of us where we have to make the decision to take the “leap of faith” and go into business for ourselves. How else will we ever know what our skills are really worth and what reaching our fullest potential actually looks like? 

Today I am joined by mompreneur LaJewel Harrison. This mother of two sat down to talk to me about how she transitioned from Executive Director of WES Health System to becoming the President of LGH Consulting- a company that assists other companies with program design, community engagement and revamping programs and services. 

LaJewel took us step by step on how to go from employee to entrepreneur. Here are some of her tips:

1. Say what you need out loud, this will open doors and allow others to help you.

2. Find your passion by volunteering first to see what you like

4. Make a plan

6. Have a female mentor and female mentees and peers who are where you are. 

7. Speak well of yourself; You are your best resource

8. Leave your job when your passion begins to take up all of your time.

If you are looking for a business consultant, LaJewel can be reached at [email protected].

In this episode, we also mentioned Odyssey Capital Advisors, a financial company. If you want to learn more go to https://www.odysseyadvice.com/.   

In this Drive Like a Motha episode, Karen Peterkin-Lewis opens up about her journey from miscarriage to finding love. More specifically she talks about her grieving process after losing her son Ellis and not giving up on love.

Miscarriage is hard, unforgiving, confusing, and discouraging. Doctors are scientific, bosses are not empathic, and the world keeps moving. After having miscarriages in 2017 and 2018, I thought something was wrong with me. I grieved. I questioned my body. I felt alone. My friend Karen felt the same way even though she knew the support was there. Her son Ellis, was diagnosed with a chromosomal abnormality called Trisomy 13*. It wasn't until she found the Mis Foundation, did she feel that she had support that had experienced her pain and grief. Losing Ellis was the hardest thing Karen had ever endured, but she left her heart open for love.

In this episode you will learn:
- The importance of getting the support you need
- The importance of communicating
- Resources for families who have experienced grief

*Trisomy 13- A third strand of DNA on the 13th chromosome.

https://missfoundation.org/

In this Drive Like a Motha episode, Karen Peterkin-Lewis opens up about her journey from miscarriage to finding love. More specifically she talks about her grieving process after losing her son Ellis and not giving up on love.

Miscarriage is hard, unforgiving, confusing, and discouraging. Doctors are scientific, bosses are not empathic, and the world keeps moving. After having miscarriages in 2017 and 2018, I thought something was wrong with me. I grieved. I questioned my body. I felt alone. My friend Karen felt the same way even though she knew the support was there. Her son Ellis, was diagnosed with a chromosomal abnormality called Trisomy 13*. It wasn't until she found the Mis Foundation, did she feel that she had support that had experienced her pain and grief. Losing Ellis was the hardest thing Karen had ever endured, but she left her heart open for love.

In this episode you will learn:
- The importance of getting the support you need
- The importance of communicating
- Resources for families who have experienced grief

*Trisomy 13- A third strand of DNA on the 13th chromosome.

https://missfoundation.org/

Becoming a mother is an evolutionary process. It is one of the most beautiful and rewarding experiences of womanhood. This transition also comes with the challenges of hormonal changes, figuring out how to manage your new life, accepting your new body, and learning a new human. We aren’t given an instruction manual after delivery, but we can rely on the resources that are provided to us in this day in age and ask for help when needed. 

Our guest mom in this episode is Jabina Coleman. She is a mother of two, a board-certified lactation consultant, and therapist. In her line of work, she provides counseling and lactation support to mothers in hopes to help ease their transition into motherhood. Jabina shares how her motherhood journey created her passion for maternal health and wellness support. She has a wealth of knowledge that ranges from psychotherapy to resources for moms who are in food deserts. 

In this episode, Jabina mentions Kimberly Seals Allers, a breastfeeding advocate and author of a research report on the access to breastfeeding. Jabina also shared other resources such as the Maternal Wellness Village, located in Philadelphia, PA (also offers virtual support) and The Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color, www.PMHAPOC.org. You can find a silicon breast pump online (the one mentioned in this episode is called a Haakaa) at stores like buybuy Baby, Target, or Amazon). Most importantly, if your baby blues are lasting longer than 3 weeks, reach out for help. Contact your doctor or therapist. If you do not have a therapist, call the number on the back of your insurance card and ask for a list of providers or contact Postpartum Support International at 1-800-944-4773.

Jabina offers these five tips for moms:

• Find your local resources- WIC, support groups
• Create a village- family, partner, friends
• Secure a therapist
• Trust yourself - you can do this!
• Trust the process- take it one week at a time

In this episode you will learn:

• When to seek help
• The types of postpartum mental disorders  
• Where to find resources 

Jabina Coleman can be reached at the @lactationtherapist on Instagram or you can visit her website at www.thelactationtherapist.com.

BONUS: Video from Standford on hand expressing milk:  https://med.stanford.edu/newborns/professional-education/breastfeeding/hand-expressing-milk.html 

Becoming a mother is an evolutionary process. It is one of the most beautiful and rewarding experiences of womanhood. This transition also comes with the challenges of hormonal changes, figuring out how to manage your new life, accepting your new body, and learning a new human. We aren’t given an instruction manual after delivery, but we can rely on the resources that are provided to us in this day in age and ask for help when needed. 

Our guest mom in this episode is Jabina Coleman. She is a mother of two, a board-certified lactation consultant, and therapist. In her line of work, she provides counseling and lactation support to mothers in hopes to help ease their transition into motherhood. Jabina shares how her motherhood journey created her passion for maternal health and wellness support. She has a wealth of knowledge that ranges from psychotherapy to resources for moms who are in food deserts. 

In this episode, Jabina mentions Kimberly Seals Allers, a breastfeeding advocate and author of a research report on the access to breastfeeding. Jabina also shared other resources such as the Maternal Wellness Village, located in Philadelphia, PA (also offers virtual support) and The Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color, www.PMHAPOC.org. You can find a silicon breast pump online (the one mentioned in this episode is called a Haakaa) at stores like buybuy Baby, Target, or Amazon). Most importantly, if your baby blues are lasting longer than 3 weeks, reach out for help. Contact your doctor or therapist. If you do not have a therapist, call the number on the back of your insurance card and ask for a list of providers or contact Postpartum Support International at 1-800-944-4773.

Jabina offers these five tips for moms:

• Find your local resources- WIC, support groups
• Create a village- family, partner, friends
• Secure a therapist
• Trust yourself - you can do this!
• Trust the process- take it one week at a time

In this episode you will learn:

• When to seek help
• The types of postpartum mental disorders  
• Where to find resources 

Jabina Coleman can be reached at the @lactationtherapist on Instagram or you can visit her website at www.thelactationtherapist.com.

BONUS: Video from Standford on hand expressing milk:  https://med.stanford.edu/newborns/professional-education/breastfeeding/hand-expressing-milk.html 

We are all on different journeys in life. Some of us want to be educators while others want to practice law. The point is that we are all on this journey to achieving our life long goals. This podcast was created to provide community so that none of us feel we are on the path alone. 

In this episode, Jania Daniels describes what it is like to be a restaurant owner and real estate agent and investor. What is most intriguing about this episode is how she and her husband turned a heavy family loss into purpose. 

By listening to this episode you will learn:

- What it takes to create a successful business
- How to get things done while mothering
- How to create actionable steps to achieving your goals

Follow @JaniaDaniels on Instagram
Rose Petals Cafe and Lounge is located in Jenkintown, PA. 

Please tune in weekly for more episodes.
#entrepreneurship #restaurantowners #realestate #investing #moms #mothers

We are all on different journeys in life. Some of us want to be educators while others want to practice law. The point is that we are all on this journey to achieving our life long goals. This podcast was created to provide community so that none of us feel we are on the path alone. 

In this episode, Jania Daniels describes what it is like to be a restaurant owner and real estate agent and investor. What is most intriguing about this episode is how she and her husband turned a heavy family loss into purpose. 

By listening to this episode you will learn:

- What it takes to create a successful business
- How to get things done while mothering
- How to create actionable steps to achieving your goals

Follow @JaniaDaniels on Instagram
Rose Petals Cafe and Lounge is located in Jenkintown, PA. 

Please tune in weekly for more episodes.
#entrepreneurship #restaurantowners #realestate #investing #moms #mothers