Moms Got This

Moms Got This

By Michelle Park and Stacy IgelBusinessCareers
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Moms Got This episodes

  • Joanna Parker of Yumble – Mom Journey – Monday
    Starting a meal delivery service for kids, solving the stress of cooking for kids daily, the value of working every position of a company, having more than two kids, the Shark Tank experience, moving from stay-at-home mom to entrepreneur, having a different relationships with each kid, feeling guilty of spending less time with the youngest, craving out weekends with the kids. Joanna Parker, Co-founder of Yumble shares her mom journey with Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram:@yumblekids and @joannasparker)
    In this episode:
    Stacy is learning guitar together with her son in classes and created her own song
    Joanna’s 3 kids (a son who is 8 and girls 4 and 6 )
    How Yumble started three years ago and cut a trip short when Joanna’s phone blew up with messages
    Discovering Yumble had an immediate wait list
    The stress of cooking meals every day for kids
    Joanna was originally cooking it all and storing the food in her refrigerator, then hiding all of it from her kids
    Doing every position in the company, and working with her entrepreneurial husband
    Now Joanna has a whole team
    The challenge of having more than 2 kids
    How Joanna was a teacher, had day-care at school, so it was easier for her son
    Being on Shark Tank and how it affected the family
    Moving from a stay-at-home mom to an entrepreneur
    Having a different relationship with each kid
    Guilt for spending less time with a younger kid because your a working more than when you had the first kid
    Spending Friday-Sunday totally with her kids
    To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.
    23 min
  • Matrimonial Attorney Elysa Greenblatt – Moments and Aspirations – Thursday
    Taking many pictures, a bulletin board with 100 photos, playing “I Spy” at dinner, growing a law practice, raising kids who are kind and have good values. Matrimonial Attorney Elysa Greenblatt (Greenblatt Law, LLC) shares her mom moments and aspirations with Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @greenblattlawllc)
    Presented by Keepsake Frames. Print, frame your photos easily and fast from your phone – handmade in the USA and delivered with free shipping. Use discount code #MOMSGOTTHIS at www.keepsakeframes.com for 30 percent off first order.
    In this episode:
    Taking so many pictures
    A bulletin board in the dining room that holds around 100 square photos, and printing photos from same time a year before
    The family has dinner together, playing “I Spy” with the photos at times
    Hiring another person this year to grow Elysa’s law practice
    Making sure kids are growing up kind and with good values so their futures involve that
    The stress of having two working parents vs. showing them good things such as working mom, doing things for the community, and giving them a good model on how to live your life and be a good person
    To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.
    12 min
  • Matrimonial Attorney Elysa Greenblatt – Products and Solutions – Wednesday
    Books to inspire future careers, a tiny camera for kids, Lego Friends, coping with compartmentalization, trusting in your support people, making sure your kids know they are more important than work. Matrimonial Attorney Elysa Greenblatt (Greenblatt Law, LLC) shares her mom products and solutions with Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @greenblattlawllc)
    In this episode:
    Some new books
    A tiny camera from Discovery Kids, son interested in photos, has memory card and can pull them up and print them
    A princess room and Lego Friends
    No Barbies?
    Compartmentalize things lets you cope
    When a kid is sick, trust that nanny and husband can take care of things and focus on her clients
    Even if you’re not there in that moment, you want to be there, and can usually arrange things the next day
    Making sure kids know work is not more important than they are
    And going back and forth to make sure she was there for her kids on a busy day
    To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.
    12 min
  • Matrimonial Attorney Elysa Greenblatt – Routines and Relationships – Tuesday
    Separation anxiety, daily routines, being home for dinner, a home office, and giving children a voice in divorce. Matrimonial Attorney Elysa Greenblatt (Greenblatt Law, LLC) shares her mom routines and relationships with Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @greenblattlawllc)
    In this episode:
    Separation anxiety
    Elysa’s husband a teacher, and how it is kind of hectic in the morning
    Elysa’s daily routine
    Getting home for dinner, cooking dinner
    A home office to make use of the evenings for work
    Representing children after becoming a mom
    Children in divorce need a voice
    To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.
    12 min
  • Matrimonial Attorney Elysa Greenblatt – Mom Journey – Monday
    How divorces amongst parents is common, a “Jerry McGuire” moment, there’s life after divorce, representing children, Law Mama’s, and great dinner-making mom hack. Matrimonial Attorney Elysa Greenblatt (Greenblatt Law, LLC) shares her mom journey with Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @greenblattlawllc)
    In this episode:
    The reality of divorces amongst parents
    Elysa as a mom of two, a 3yr old and 5 yr old
    Starting her own firm after having kids, having a “Jerry McGuire” moment going from partner in a firm to starting her own
    How having her own firm gives her freedom as a mom, Thursdays she can work from home, be with her  kids as needed
    There’s life after divorce, helping people get to the point where they are moving on
    Handholding, a need to listen, playing therapist/empathy
    Representing children
    A group of “Law Mamas”, and at the llama as an unofficial mascot
    Delegating dinner-making to kids as a mom hack
    To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.
    16 min
  • Jennifer Maanavi – Moments and Aspirations – Thursday
    Allowing kids to find their own paths, why “bored” doesn’t work, accountability for kids, creating a positive and healthy work environment, leaving body-shaming behind, and a new fitness app. Physique 57 CEO and co-founder Jennifer Maanavi shares her mom moments and aspirations with Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @jennifermaanavip57)
    Presented by Keepsake Frames. Print, frame your photos easily and fast from your phone – handmade in the USA and delivered with free shipping. Use discount code #MOMSGOTTHIS at www.keepsakeframes.com for 30 percent off first order.
    In this episode:
    Michelle checks in with Madeline’s gymnastic classes, and on when to let her daughter find her own path
    Why Stacy doesn’t let “bored” enter her family’s vocabulary
    Jennifer shares some ways she’s tried to make her son more accountable for things, and how the way her life and career have gone have led to her letting her children find their own trajectories and to be forward thinking, rather than trying to become doctors or lawyers
    Jennifer’s goals for Physique 57 to become a safe and healthy environment for women to work out and be comfortable and proud of their bodies
    Physique 57’s mission to bring female empowerment around the world by opening locations in Saudi Arabia, Bangkok, Manilla, and Mumbai
    The learned experiences of starting gyms around the world where the motivations and average size of clients is different than in America
    The move away form the body-shaming-as-motivation mentality to a more holistic mission
    The new Physique 57 app, where you can stream routines at home or on vacation
    To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.
    16 min
  • Jennifer Maanavi – Products and Solutions – Wednesday
    Personal shopping services, keeping kids occupied, a screen time app, learning about wellness, sharing, gifting and tidying, and how donating beats throwing things out. Physique 57 CEO and co-founder Jennifer Maanavi shares her mom products and services with Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @jennifermaanavip57)
    In this episode:
    Stacy fills Jennifer in on Jet Black, the text-based personal shopping service for busy moms on the go, and how it helped Stacy get back into baking
    Legos, Slime, Tik Tok, history channels on YouTube, and all the things that keep Jennifer’s kids occupied
    How the Screen Time app is helpful for parents for tracking their kids app usage, and how it revealed how much eldest son talks on the phone like it’s 1980
    What working in the  fitness industry has taught Jennifer about wellness in all of its facets
    How Jennifer breaks wellness down into physical wellness, mental wellness, emotional wellness, and spiritual wellness
    How sharing, gifting, and tidying (thanks to Marie Kondo) play into Jennifer’s mental and spiritual wellness
    Why giving old clothes or unwanted hair products to coworkers or donation services is so much more rewarding that throwing things out
    To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.
    15 min
  • Jennifer Maanavi – Routines and Relationships – Tuesday
    Living in Manhattan, innovative carpooling, how tech and apps make complex scheduling possible, how it takes a village, and staying creative and current on information. Physique 57 CEO and co-founder Jennifer Maanavi shares her mom routines and relationships with Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @jennifermaanavip57)
    In this episode:
    Why Jennifer could never leave Manhattan, with three children all in different schools
    A convenient carpooling system Jennifer and some other parents devised
    How technology and app management has made it easy for Jennifer to send her kids to schools that fit their needs
    Why it takes a village, multiple babysitters, a full time nanny, and a very present father to raise three kids while running a thriving company
    How Jennifer sparks creativity and stays current by taking whatever time available to listen and learn, whether it’s through podcasts or Ted Talks or the Pocket app, which reads text articles 
    To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.
    15 min
  • Jennifer Maanavi – Mom Journey – Monday
    From Wall Street to fitness, being attentive to kids and a bicoastal business, and how delegation allows mom to be home for dinner nightly. Physique 57 CEO and co-founder Jennifer Maanavi shares her mom journey with Stacy Igel and Michelle Park. (Instagram: @jennifermaanavip57)
    In this episode:
    Jennifer shares how she made the shift from working on Wall Street and being unhappy with the work/life balance as a new mom towards starting her own barre class studio after her old workout spot closed
    How Jennifer met her business partner, Tanya Becker, by trying to buy her old gym’s space
    Starting a business with someone you’re only known for about an hour
    How Jennifer found ways to dedicate herself to her new gym Physique 57 and to be present in her children’s lives, and how she gives that same flexibility to her employees
    Finding a balance again when Jennifer had her second child and third children as Physique 57 became bicoastal and then international 
    How delegating responsibility has become an important factor in how Jennifer has maintained a steadily growing business and managed to be home every night with her family
    Plus, Jennifer’s #MOMSGOTTHIS moment!
    To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.
    20 min
  • Claudine DeSola - Moments and Aspirations - Thursday
    Capturing moments in pictures, how #MOMSGOTTHIS has become a comfort for Claudine, too much stuff, valuing experiences, work-life balance, goals of travel and home-schooling, and a focus on patience. Claudine DeSola, Experiential & Influencer Marketing Director, founder of Caravan Stylist Studio, and a cofounder of clothing brand LIVARI, shares her mom moments and aspirations with Stacy Igel and Michelle Park.
    Presented by Keepsake Frames. Print, frame your photos easily and fast from your phone – handmade in the USA and delivered with free shipping. Use discount code #MOMSGOTTHIS at www.keepsakeframes.com for 30 percent off first order.
    In this episode:
    In the first three months, and taking so many pictures
    Qeepsake (an easy way to capture and preserve memories about your child or pregnancy)
    Listening to the podcast good therapy, part of her journey
    Too much stuff
    The value of experiences, paying attention to the world around you
    Seeking work-life balance, more travel
    Travel---and home schooling in the future?
    Trying to be more patient
    Creating a home that her child can enjoy growing into
    To share your #MOMSGOTTHIS MOMENT just call 833-844-THIS-MOM (833-844-7666) and leave a voicemail with your first name and city along with your moment.
    12 min

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MOMSGOTTHIS is a daily podcast every Monday through Thursday, featuring lively interviews with accomplished inspiring entrepreneurs and entertainers who are also moms. Each day covers a different part…