Startup Parent

By Sarah K Peck

Business

What's Startup Parent about?

If you're growing a business, starting a business, or figuring out the madness of entrepreneurship and you're thinking about having kids, this podcast is for you. We go in-depth with founders and entrepreneurial parents about what it really takes to have babies, grow businesses, and stay sane. And get a little bit of sleep.

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The First Year of Parenting...

09.20.2021

#184 — Vanessa Van Edwards learned right away that being an expert in behavioral science did not translate into innate parenting know-how. An author, speaker, and lead investigator with Science of People, Vanessa first appeared on Episode #96 of Startup ...

Startup Parent episodes:

09.20.2021 The First Year of Parenting: What I Wish I’d Known — Vanessa Van Edwards #184 — Vanessa Van Edwards learned right away that being an expert in behavioral science did not translate into innate parenting know-how. An author, speaker, and lead investigator with Science of People, Vanessa first appeared on Episode #96 of Startup ...
06.24.2021 Writing About Your Family on Twitter: Where’s the Line? — Comedic Writer James Breakwell, aka Xploding Unicorn #184 — Growing up, James Breakwell never had to think about what jobs he wasn’t allowed to pursue. That changed when he had kids. As the father of four girls — one of whom recently said she wants to be ...
05.10.2021 How Brands Mess Up Marketing To Women with Amber Anderson #183 — Creative dynamo Amber Anderson is the founder of Tote & Pears, a branding and marketing agency with a female focus. For her, becoming an entrepreneur was about more than the business. It was about creating possibilities for her ...
04.26.2021 Is The Pandemic Messing Up Our Kids? Dr. Courtney Bolton, PhD #182 — How badly is this year, this pandemic, messing up our kids and us, as parents? Dr Courtney Bolton has a PhD in counseling clinical and school psychology, and she is a parenting coach focused on evidence-based strategies for ...
04.12.2021 Designing For Resilience (with co-host Cary Fortin) #181 - Welcome back to co-host Cary Fortin! We're back for another friendship episode, where Sarah and Cary talk about business design, parenting stress, and dealing with the pandemic. In this episode, we take you behind the scenes of The ...
03.29.2021 What We Went Through (with co-host Cary Fortin) #180 — We are not the same as before. What we went through last year, and what we are still going through, is beyond comprehension and imagination. Many are still trying to survive, out of work, and picking up the ...
03.21.2021 Startup Parent: The Name Change #179 — When 2020 kicked off, we had big plans. One of those plans was growing Startup Pregnant and shifting our focus—and name—to cover what we were already focused on: parents. Today, I'm excited to tell you about the new ...
02.16.2021 The Wise Women's Council 2021 #178 — We are two weeks away from kicking off our fourth class of The Wise Women's Council, and we have an extraordinary group of people joining us for the year ahead. WWC is our year-long leadership incubator for women ...
01.30.2021 Dr. Shani Cooper: Pregnancy, Birth, and Private Practice in 2020 #177 — Dr Shani Cooper is a Naval Veteran, Licensed Acupuncturist and Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, who began studying the human body in 2010. She is also the parent to Sage, an eight-month old who arrived in the ...
01.23.2021 Jess Kamada: Leading A Startup Team While Pregnant and Parenting in a Pandemic #176 — What's it like to run a team of 40 people, in a pandemic, with a 1-year-old, and get pregnant with your second kid? Jess Kamada, VP of Client Services at Bamboo, a top growth marketing firm based in ...
01.10.2021 2020 Reflections: What A Year #175 — Welcome to 2021, a year that clearly isn't going to erase all of last year's frustrations, angers, or woes. This episode is an overview of some of the highlights from Startup Parent over 2020. Seven months without childcare ...
10.01.2020 Raising Them: Gender Creative Parenting — Dr. Kyl Myers #174 — The other day, I was reading an article on Time Magazine that I couldn't stop reading. Dr. Kyl Myers, an author, had written a long-form piece about gender, sex and parenting. Dr. Kyl Myers holds a PhD in ...
09.28.2020 Motherhood So White #173 — Why is default motherhood so white in our cultural storytelling? In America, the word "mother" is nearly always describing white motherhood. That's what Nefertiti, a single African American woman, discovered when she decided she wanted to adopt a ...
09.21.2020 Something To Look Forward To #172 — There's a coaching tool that I really love, that is an important concept to know and practice throughout your work and life. It's called "areas of control," and I'll share how to think about it in your life, ...
09.14.2020 Micro Schools, Prepping for Q4, and What Businesses Can Do To Support Parents #171 — Lions + Tigers Panel Replay. School is back in session, and parents everywhere are fatigued, overwhelmed, and still in the lurch. Workplaces are less and less forgiving, and yet the problems created by the pandemic are still here. ...
09.07.2020 Why Is This So Hard? #170 — We're back from "sabbatical" and heading into September after a big move. All of the things happening right now—a pandemic, job stress, health worries, lack of childcare, natural disasters, uncertainty about the future, an election year—can conspire to ...
08.31.2020 Drop The Ball — Tiffany Dufu #169 — In some mythical fantasy, we tell women that they can have it all and be it all if only they just work hard enough. Yes, you too can be a perfect mother, a lovely wife, and have a ...
08.24.2020 Does America Hate Working Moms? #168 — 40% of American households believe that it is bad for society if mothers work. That mothers should not work. This is wild. Sexism is a global phenomenon, but in America, we have a unique maternal bias against women ...
08.17.2020 Pregnancy Food: Nutritious, Delicious, and Real #167 — The advice around pregnancy and food is intense. Suddenly there are so many things to do and so much you need to pay attention to. Luckily we have Lily Nichols, prenatal nutritionist, registered dietician, and bestselling author of ...
08.10.2020 You Are Not A Failure #166 — If you can be a parent, you can be an entrepreneur. We're back with our 2020 podcast tour looking at some of our all-time favorite episodes. If you missed it, this interview with Nicole Walters digs into all ...
08.03.2020 Why Workplace Flexibility Matters #165 — Parenting is a 24/7 job, but we've found most employers treat it more like an extracurricular activity. For the first episode of our best-of series, we're revisiting our podcast's very first interview (#002). This conversation about flexibility in ...
08.03.2020 August Sabbatical #164 — It is hot, humid, and sticky here in New York City, and we're still dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Every year I take a short sabbatical in August, and this year we're going to try to do a ...
07.28.2020 Preview: Ask Sarah Episode #008 — Side Hustles, Personal Branding, Exercise After Pregnancy Should you start a business on the side while you’re employed full-time? What are the risks and complications—and are you obligated to let your employer know? This is a tricky question, and a lot depends state to state. I dig ...
07.27.2020 Am I Missing The Motherhood Gene? — Shama Hyder, CEO of Zen Media #163 — What do you wish someone had told you about motherhood and being a CEO? Shama Hyder is a digital strategist, speaker, and bestselling author. She is the CEO of Zen Media, a global marketing and digital PR firm. ...
07.20.2020 Giving Birth Without Your Loved Ones Around — Megan Hale #162 — When coronavirus first happened, many of us were adjusting to figuring out the shut down. How long would it last? Would this just be a week or two? What were the next steps? Then a month passed, then ...
07.06.2020 Running and Facilitating Online Group Experiences — All About Masterminds with Tara McMullin #161 — A few weeks ago, Tara McMullin invited me onto her podcast to talk at length about mastermind programs—how we run them, how the pricing breaks down for each tier, how they're organized, how many people are in them, ...
06.29.2020 Day In The Life: Agency Owner Kelsey Kerslake #160 — A Day In The Life with Kelsey Kerslake of Pinegate Road You all have been asking to hear how other moms and small business owners are navigating the pandemic right now. I’ve been interviewing working parents about how ...
06.01.2020 Navigating Hard Conversations — Sharon Stolt #159 — Think of a difficult conversation that you are in the middle of, or one that you’ve recently had. Maybe it’s onboarding a new team member, or working with a client. Maybe it’s with your partner or your spouse, ...
05.28.2020 Preview: Ask Sarah Episode #007 — My Apple Trick To Build Healthier Habits How do you make space for healthier habits when you’re exhausted by family and work? That's the question I got on this next episode of Ask Sarah, our bonus podcast that goes out to everyone who supports us on Patreon. ...
05.25.2020 Day In The Life: Attorney Caitlin Boland Aarab #158 — You all have been asking to hear how other moms and small business owners are navigating the pandemic right now. I've been interviewing working parents about how they've been affected by the pandemic. Today we take a look ...
05.19.2020 Potty Training In A Pandemic? My Incomplete Notes (From Memory) #157 — My friend has an almost-two-year old and she asked me "So when do I need to think about potty training?" Yeah, as though you needed anything else to consider in the pandemic. Well, I took a few minutes ...
05.11.2020 Stuck? Overwhelmed? Getting Out Of A Rut #156 — How do you push the reset button—that ability to feel like you've had a fresh cup of coffee, a good night of sleep, and you're ready to go at work? While we're all clawing at sanity and sobbing ...
05.06.2020 Let's Talk: A New Podcast #155 — A brand new show! So, you know when you're watching your favorite TV show, and you realize that the side-story of the show is quickly becoming it's own plot? That is happening to me right now, and after ...
04.30.2020 Recess: 5 Minute Resets For Sanity and Calm #154 — One of the hardest things for me is finding a way back to myself amidst the clawing of children, the demands of home, the projects at work, and the to-do lists piled extra high. You know the days—when ...
04.28.2020 Preview: Ask Sarah Episode #006 — How Deep Listening Is Healing We live in a world where listening well is a scarcity. We barely know how to pay attention, let alone listen deeply for all that’s being said—and what’s not being said. In Episode #006 of the secret bonus podcast, I ...
04.27.2020 Day In The Life: New York City #153 — "Wake up everyone, it's a brand new day!" Today my children join me on this episode of the podcast to give you a snapshot of life in New York City quarantine with two working parents. Want to know ...
04.19.2020 Mornings: Getting Started #152 — I don't know about you, but I'm finding it mighty hard to even get started in the morning. I know these last episodes have all been about finding patterns and rituals amidst the madness, and it's for a ...
04.14.2020 Perfume, Coffee, Candle, Lipstick #151 — Making sense of days that make no sense requires new patterns, habits, and routines. For me, trying to muddle through the cacophony of work and children and non-stop days at home is very, very challenging to my brain. ...
04.09.2020 More Tiny Habits — My Virtual Morning Coffee Shop #150 — Every morning lately, I've been posting a selfie to my Facebook page and my Instagram page. Right now it feels like going to the coffee shop—I get to pop in, say good morning to people all around the ...
03.31.2020 Small Moments For Ritual & Stability #149 — As we all adjust to the uncertainty and sudden shifts of what’s happening around the world with the global COVID-19 pandemic, I wanted to share a few small rituals that we’ve used in our household to find a ...
03.28.2020 Preview: Ask Sarah Episode #005 — Becoming A Better Listener How do you become a better listener? In this month's secret podcast, we go deep on how to ask good questions, the way I've cultivated my listening practice, and the ways I completely and utterly sucked at listening, for a ...
03.25.2020 Feelings, Reactions, Emotions: How We Respond To Stress #148 — During times of stress, everyone responds differently. Some of us laugh, some of us go into denial, some of us get agitated, some of us panic, some of us get to work. If you’re feeling a bit all ...
03.21.2020 Catch Your Breath #147 — Don't forget to exhale through all of this. If you're tired, scared, stressed, overworked, or feeling all the feelings, this episode is for every one of us. It's a short method to help catch your breath, tap into ...
03.16.2020 Sanity In The Coming Days And Weeks: How Not To Lose Your Mind #146 — The next few days, weeks, and months are going to challenge us—a lot. Actually, the next twelve to eighteen months are going to be quite the ride, but let's just start here with where we are, today. Having ...
03.14.2020 Coronavirus: Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, Stay Calm, Stay Kind #145 — Hey everyone, my family is staying home now for a while, and that means we are working from home with two kids and two parents no longer in school or at work. We're preparing for the coming weeks ...
03.09.2020 Should You Take That Online Course? How To Get Your Money’s Worth When Doing Virtual Courses #144 — Should You Take That Online Course? How To Get Your Money’s Worth When Doing Virtual Courses You see a shiny new course offering on the Internet and then you visit the checkout page and you’re like, “Oh! This ...
03.02.2020 Overwhelmed, Scared, Exhausted — A Note For You #143 — Overwhelmed, Scared, Exhausted—A Note For You When we do things we’ve never done before, it can be crazy hard. Parenting made me feel overwhelmed, scared, and exhausted—all at the same time. Today I want to offer a short ...
02.28.2020 Preview: Ask Sarah Episode #004 — Running Masterminds, Retreats, and Events Running masterminds is something I started doing about five years ago—and I've done them for groups of women in New York City, entrepreneurs, in-person retreats, online virtual events, and more. In 2018 I opened up The Wise Women's Council, a ...
02.24.2020 Setting Boundaries and Saying No—A Simple Phrase You Can Use #142 — Do you ever struggle with setting boundaries or saying no? Let’s talk about what to do when people ask you for things that you don’t want to do or you don’t have time to do. How do you ...
02.18.2020 Open House Q/A Call: A Replay Of Our Facebook Live Event #141 — All your questions, answered. Last week, we hosted an Open House in our Facebook Group, and I’m sharing the replay here on the podcast. If you haven't requested access yet, we have an amazing group of women gathered ...

Older episodes

Startup Parent

What's Startup Parent about?

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Startup Parent episodes:

The First Year of Parenting: What I Wish I’d Known — Vanessa Van Edwards

Writing About Your Family on Twitter: Where’s the Line? — Comedic Writer James Breakwell, aka Xploding Unicorn

How Brands Mess Up Marketing To Women with Amber Anderson

Is The Pandemic Messing Up Our Kids? Dr. Courtney Bolton, PhD

Designing For Resilience (with co-host Cary Fortin)

What We Went Through (with co-host Cary Fortin)

Startup Parent: The Name Change

The Wise Women's Council 2021

Dr. Shani Cooper: Pregnancy, Birth, and Private Practice in 2020

Jess Kamada: Leading A Startup Team While Pregnant and Parenting in a Pandemic

2020 Reflections: What A Year

Raising Them: Gender Creative Parenting — Dr. Kyl Myers

Motherhood So White

Something To Look Forward To

Micro Schools, Prepping for Q4, and What Businesses Can Do To Support Parents

Why Is This So Hard?

Drop The Ball — Tiffany Dufu

Does America Hate Working Moms?

Pregnancy Food: Nutritious, Delicious, and Real

You Are Not A Failure

Why Workplace Flexibility Matters

August Sabbatical

Preview: Ask Sarah Episode #008 — Side Hustles, Personal Branding, Exercise After Pregnancy

Am I Missing The Motherhood Gene? — Shama Hyder, CEO of Zen Media

Giving Birth Without Your Loved Ones Around — Megan Hale

Running and Facilitating Online Group Experiences — All About Masterminds with Tara McMullin

Day In The Life: Agency Owner Kelsey Kerslake

Navigating Hard Conversations — Sharon Stolt

Preview: Ask Sarah Episode #007 — My Apple Trick To Build Healthier Habits

Day In The Life: Attorney Caitlin Boland Aarab

Potty Training In A Pandemic? My Incomplete Notes (From Memory)

Stuck? Overwhelmed? Getting Out Of A Rut

Let's Talk: A New Podcast

Recess: 5 Minute Resets For Sanity and Calm

Preview: Ask Sarah Episode #006 — How Deep Listening Is Healing

Day In The Life: New York City

Mornings: Getting Started

Perfume, Coffee, Candle, Lipstick

More Tiny Habits — My Virtual Morning Coffee Shop

Small Moments For Ritual & Stability

Preview: Ask Sarah Episode #005 — Becoming A Better Listener

Feelings, Reactions, Emotions: How We Respond To Stress

Catch Your Breath

Sanity In The Coming Days And Weeks: How Not To Lose Your Mind

Coronavirus: Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, Stay Calm, Stay Kind

Should You Take That Online Course? How To Get Your Money’s Worth When Doing Virtual Courses

Overwhelmed, Scared, Exhausted — A Note For You

Preview: Ask Sarah Episode #004 — Running Masterminds, Retreats, and Events

Setting Boundaries and Saying No—A Simple Phrase You Can Use

Open House Q/A Call: A Replay Of Our Facebook Live Event