What was your dream career? Did you pursue it or did life take a turn and you settled for a job just to make ends meet? What if we told you it is not too late to begin the path of achieving your dreams and goals. We know just the person who can guide you in the right path. We had the pleasure of speaking with Maria Maldonado Smith, she is a mother, motivator, and owner of MMS Consulting Firm. She created a place where women can feel like they CAN achieve what they have always wanted. She believes it is never too late to start. This episode gave us the motivation and guidance we needed to begin the process, and you will too after todays episode!

Maria shares when she decided to start her own MMS Consulting Firm and never looked back! She explains how she was raised and around powerful women in her life, and that motivation and drive is what inspires her today in her work. Within her company she has a method to achieve ones goals through vision boards. With her strategies and step-by-step workbook, you will be on your way to achieving your dreams and goals you have always wanted to pursue. She encourages the motherhood community to support each others journey in every way possible. Women empowering other women is such a beautiful thing we get to do and sharing the love helps everyone in their own ways. 

Learn about Maria: Like a fine piece of art, my worth, the value I bring to my clients, and my passion for helping people become the best version of themselves, is priceless. An eternal optimist, I am a relentless pursuer of happiness. Discovering how most everything in life can be solved or fixed with a little grit, moxie, and a love for doing what you do, is my superpower. I am a natural born leader whose purpose and passion in life is to help women find their purpose, passion, and why. I am a motivator and supporter, an advocate, encourager, empowerer of women, a mother, and a friend. My company, MMS Consulting Firm, is a place where all women can come to feel their best. But that starts with making a commitment to yourself – to do the work, to want more, to challenge yourself and to love yourself enough to make YOU, a priority. It is my absolute passion to empower women and boost their confidence. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, go Wildcats!, I am a former Miss Kentucky and Kentucky Derby Queen who spent 16+ years in corporate America across 3 different industries as an individual contributor and people leader, spending the majority of my career in the automotive industry. Last June I made the biggest leap of my life and left the corporate world, began consulting full time in the automotive industry, building my empowerment coaching and vision board method...and business has been fantastic!

From the outside-in real estate investing may look like one big ball of tasks that may scare you from starting. What if we told you, it is not that hard as it looks. All it takes is for you to learn some tips, benefits, do's and don'ts and you'll be well on your way. Join us in interviewing Dinah Wulf, you may know her from her DIY Inspired Blogs. She has had a background in real estate for some time now and she gave us all the inside scoop as to her journey within real estate investing and gave you all some tips if you ever considered investing. 

Dinah talks about how she as a mom crafts her life between real estate, kids and everything in between. She shared her experience with out-of-state investments and its benefits. Her and her husband have built their team from the ground up, although it took time to create connections and look at everything from a whole, they now have a team in which they can rely on them for any 911 repairs on their properties. 

Mom of two, Dinah Wulf relocated from Orange County, CA to Atlanta, GA. She has been investing in real estate for 14 years and just celebrated 11 years for her blog, DIY Inspired. Formerly an educator at CSUF, her blog and passion for DIY projects has launched her creative career. She has appeared on FOX News LA and KTLA Morning News and has been published in several magazines like Parents Magazine and Real Simple Magazine.  Dinah has also been on a show called Disney Family Sundays on Disney+ and has recently created a digital series for American Public Television.

Have you thought about turning your passion or hobby into a career but don't know if its the right decision, or if it will flow easy with Mom Life? Take some inspiration from our guest this week, Romy Hernandez. This Mom of 3 is a working mom and a stay at home, she has found a way to split the time in each day to complete all of these tasks that require her attention. Within her busy life she has found her own ways to decompress whether that be in her podcast, tutu business or spending time watching a tv show or scrolling through social media! Through all the busy life, it is always key to keep time for yourself and Romy does exactly that! 

Romy talks about her businesses and the life of being an Entrepreneur. Although she works from home, she has balanced and organized her life where she can focus on work, spend quality time with her kids and take them to sport practice. She took a leap of faith during COVID and has been successful in all of her businesses, while in the process of launching another one! One of the biggest things she talks about to be successful and keep moving forward is doing what you love. If you find that passion, then the drive is ever lasting!

Romy Hernandez is a Proud El Paso, Texas  Born And Raised Entrepreneur, Mom and Wife. Aside from running her multiple businesses with her husband she is also the host of her own TV Show, "Cafecito With Romy" on the All In El Paso network. Romy loves to use her social media presence to empower women to always strive to become the best versions of themselves and to never lose sight of who they are.

Do you want to strengthen your tools, learn the updated technology and have a strong foundation after taking a career break to raise your family, have personal time off, or relocation ? Join us in this informative episode with the Director of Strategic Partnerships at reacHIRE, Mimi Moss. These next couple of minutes will be a crash course of all things reacHIRE has to offer to get you on your feet and be fully prepared to go back into the work force.

Mimi talks about how reacHIRE has helped men and women get back into the workforce after taking some time off. Many individuals have struggled with creating their resumes, applying for jobs, and being rejected from job applications. They continue to help people with their many different programs that they provide on their platform, in which she goes into detail about it here with us!

Mimi Moss is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at reacHIRE. reacHIRE works with progressive organizations like T-Mobile, Fidelity and Wayfair to create meaningful career opportunities for experienced professionals who are looking to rejoin the workforce after a career break. reacHIRE's Return-to-Work programs provide candidates with interview and resume prep, comprehensive training, and a community of support so they re-enter the workforce confident of the value they can add to an organization. Mimi brings an extensive background in elementary education, non-profit program management and recruiting to reacHIRE. During her own career break, she was an active volunteer in her children’s school and in the Boston community. Mimi graduated from Brandeis University with a B.A. in American Studies and certification in Elementary Education. She lives in Boston with her husband and 2 daughters.

In Episode 2, we interviewed Gretchen Sayler Mom, Founder, CEO of The June Care Company. Listen to this sneak peak of our conversation where we talk about her amazing childcare company and the process on how to become a host or find childcare, the idea and power of stay at home moms supporting working moms, and last but not least the unity of motherhood.

Listen to the FULL episode here : https://anchor.fm/momstimeout/episodes/Joining-Up-Neighbors-Everywhere---JUNE-CO---Gretchen-Sayler-e1g5cb7

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Are you a mom looking for safe and reliable childcare OR looking to make some extra income? Join us for this informative episode, where Gretchen Sayler founder of "The June Care Company", talks about her inspiration that was sparked by facing every moms struggle!! From last minute childcare emergencies to missing out on income due to being a stay at home mom. If you want to know how to get involved with June Care Co, whether you want to become a host, or find reliable childcare, don't miss this episode!

 Gretchen explained how she adapted the importance of what a good reliable child care should look like, bringing working moms and stay home moms together to support and lean on one another, as well as the discovery of unified motherhood being invaluable in cases like these.

Gretchen Salyer is the Founder & CEO of The June Care Company, a platform connecting parents who need childcare with qualified host parents who can care for their kids.  Prior to founding June Care, Gretchen was a stay-at-home mom to her three daughters and, prior to that, a tech executive at Intuit.  Gretchen lives in Northern California with her family.

In this episode of Mom's Time Out we had an amazing interview with Dr. Jenn Salib Huber! 

We touched on perimenopause, menopause, ways to detect it, and ways to help it though herbal solutions.  

Dr. Jenn Salib Huber is on a mission to help women thrive in midlife. As a Registered Dietitian, Naturopathic Doctor and Intuitive Eating Coach, she helps women navigate the physical and emotional changes that happen in perimenopause and menopause, including their search for food freedom and body confidence. Working from a health at every size approach, she teaches women to become intuitive eaters and build body confidence at any stage of midlife.  

Brought to you by Mood Health 

Produced by Alex Klinkhammer 

In this episode of Mom's Time Out we had an amazing interview with Katie Malone!

In this episode we touched on social marketing tips and tricks, how to grow your own business, and much more. 

Coming from working in a bar to owning her own business, Katie is a master at advertising, marketing, and all things social media.  

This episode is brought to you by: Mood Health

Produced by Alex Klinkhammer