Successful Working Parents

I wanted to do something special for Father's Day, so I recruited a few awesome dads to join me to take part in a draft of fictional dads from movies and tv. 

If you’ve ever done a fantasy football draft or something similar, it was basically like that, we took turns drafting dads from pop culture to see who could build the best team of dads.

Vote for your favorite team!

EPISODE LINKS:

Will Greenblatt:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/willgreenblatt/

Zach Watson:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachwatson/

https://www.instagram.com/zachmentalloadcoach/

Paul Sullivan:

The Company of Dads

What is a lead dad

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree:⁠ ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents⁠⁠⁠

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Hippie Beatnix (ID 1913) by Lobo Loco CC-by-nc-nd

Today on the podcast we are talking about the 2006 hit Little Miss Sunshine. I really enjoyed rewatching the movie and it was really interesting to watch it from the lens of a parent, so I hope you check it out if you haven’t seen it in a while. 

Joining me is Cathrine Brown corporate marketing leader, founder of The Cabro, a platform for ambitious working mothers, and a mother of 2.

While discussing this movie, we get into topics like mental health, toxic positivity, body shaming - a lot of really interesting parenting topics came up from watching this, so i hope you enjoy.

EPISODE LINKS:

https://thecabro.substack.com/

https://www.instagram.com/_thecabro/

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree:⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents⁠⁠

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Hippie Beatnix (ID 1913) by Lobo Loco CC-by-nc-nd

I wanted to do something special for mothers day, so I recruited a few awesome moms to join me to take part in a draft of fictional moms from movies and tv. 

If you’ve ever done a fantasy football draft or something similar, it was basically like that, we took turns drafting moms from pop culture to see who could build the most badass team of moms.

We ended up having some really great conversations about what it means to be a mom, the different traits that great moms have, and reminisced about the 90's.

Now it's up to the listeners to vote for the best team of moms in the poll below!

EPISODE LINKS:

Ashley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acoghill/

Enterprise Sales Executive and working mom influencer

Shali:  thereeder.co 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shali-reed/

COO and CFO at The Reeder, a marketing consulting firm

Jess: rulebreaker.co

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicaweisz/

Creator of Rulebreaker, a resource for working parents

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree:⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents⁠⁠

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Hippie Beatnix (ID 1913) by Lobo Loco CC-by-nc-nd

Lewis Krell is the head of strategic partnerships at Happiest Baby, maker of the Snoo. He is also a father of 2.

We talk all about the snoo, dealing with career ambitions on paternity leave, work life balance, lewis’s best advice for working parents, and much more.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Biggest surprise when becoming a father
• What is the snoo?
• Biggest learnings from all the baby data
• The Snoo for businesses 
• Experiences in fatherhood going from one to two kids
• juggling work life and family life
• Dealing with career ambition on paternity leave
• Best advice for working parents
• Advice for self care
• Recommended parenting resources
• Sales advice
• Best advice you’ve ever received 
• Advice for former self
• Shaping your kids musical taste

EPISODE LINKS:

https://www.happiestbaby.com/pages/employee-benefits

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewis-krell/

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree: linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents

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Hippie Beatnix (ID 1913) by Lobo Loco CC-by-nc-nd

My guest today is Michelle Yu, founder and CEO of Josie - a company dedicated to helping working parents thrive and mother of 2. 

We talk about the common needs of working parents, how to advocate with yourself with your manager, the mental health of working parents, and much more.

Topics covered:

• The jump from one to two kids
• Expectations vs reality of becoming a working  parent
• Creating Josie
• The common needs of new working parents
• How to train the managers of working parents
• How to advocate for yourself with your manager as a working parent
• How to set expectations during the interview process
• Supporting healthcare providers when they become working parents
• Supporting the mental health of working parents 
• Starting a company as a working parent
• Best advice for working parents
• Advice for self care
• Advice for work life balance
• Advice for entrepreneurs
• Advice for struggling parents
• Best advice you’ve ever received 
• Advice for former self
• Advice for new parent 

EPISODE LINKS:

https://myjosie.com/

https://myjosie.com/iwishihadthis/

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree: linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents

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Hippie Beatnix (ID 1913) by Lobo Loco CC-by-nc-nd

Jess Weisz is the founder of Rule Breaker, a platform to help working parents thrive, she's also a mother of 2.

I really enjoyed this conversation and learned a lot about how society today is not set up to support working parents.

TOPICS COVERED:

• The jump from one to two kids
• Creating Rulebreaker
• Capitalism’s effect on the family
• GDP almost included free labor
• You have to rewrite the rules because they weren’t written to set working parents up for success
• What can employees and employers do about  
• How to develop self love and feel like enough
• How to instill these concepts in our kids 
• Advice for putting out content
• Advice for struggling parents
• Advice for self care
• Advice for new parents

EPISODE LINKS:

https://rulebreaker.co/

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree: linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents

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Hippie Beatnix (ID 1913) by Lobo Loco CC-by-nc-nd

Today we are breaking down the parenting lessons and family dynamics in the 2005 hit movie Coach Carter. I'm joined by Ryan Rucker, host of the courtside forever podcast and father of 2.

We talk about the importance of instilling discipline in our kids, the value of putting in the work, how relevant the struggles of inner city youth are 20 years later, what kind of party these kids crashed, and much more.

EPISODE LINKS:

www.ryanrucker.com

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree: linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents

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Hippie Beatnix (ID 1913) by Lobo Loco CC-by-nc-nd

My guest today is Joshua Houston, podcaster, content creator and father of 2.

Joshua went viral with a post about the need to create a space for other male voices other than what we typically see out there today … there’s too many bros out there talking about what they think it means to be a man and not enough regular dudes talking about how to be a good partner and father.

And that is a lot of what our conversation is about - echo chambers, seeing things from other perspectives, and the balance between trying to be a provider and be present with your family.

TOPICS COVERED:

Advice for me

EPISODE LINKS:

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@joshuaahouston

IG: https://www.instagram.com/joshuaahouston/

Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@TheJoshuaHoustonPod

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree: linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents

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Hippie Beatnix (ID 1913) by Lobo Loco CC-by-nc-nd

My guest today is Mel Goodman, founder of WorkMom, a collective to help ambitious mothers thrive at work and at home, she’s also a mother of 2.

We talk about why networking for moms is so important, dealing with mom guilt, advice for interviewing, setting boundaries, and much more.

If you want to join the WorkMom Collective, use code SWPP10 at checkout!

TOPICS COVERED:

• How you view your career after becoming a mom
• The jump from one kid to two
• Creating a toolkit for mom
• Why is networking for moms important
• Mom guilt 
• Talk to yourself the way you’d talk to others 
• Should you share you’re pregnant on a job interview?
• Setting boundaries
• Using positive instead of negative statements
• Meal planning 
• Be the CEO of your own life
• Advice for self-care
• Advice for making the jump from corporate to entrepreneur 
• Advice for struggling parents
• Best parenting resource
• Best advice you’ve ever received 
• Advice for former self
• Advice for me

EPISODE LINKS:

workmom.io

https://www.linkedin.com/in/melgoodman/

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree: linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents

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Hippie Beatnix (ID 1913) by Lobo Loco CC-by-nc-nd

Andy Storch is a speaker, consultant, coach, and author of a great book: Own Your Career, Own Your Life. He is also a father of 2.

This conversation is packed full of valuable nuggets. We talk about how working parents can apply the principles in this book to their lives, building a personal brand, instilling a growth mindset in our kids, following your curiosities instead of your passions, and much more.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Most careers happen by accident
• Own Your Career, Own Your Life
• Follow your curiosity instead of passion
• How to own your career as a working parent
• Investing in continuous learning
• Growing a personal brand
• How to put yourself out there if you want to make content
• Growth mindset vs fixed mindset
• Instilling growth mindset in our kids
• Why move your family to Barcelona
• Best advice for working parents
• Advice for self-care
• Advice for someone that wants to write a book
• Best advice you’ve ever received 
• Advice for former self
• Advice for me

EPISODE LINKS:

andystorch.com

andystorch.com/bonus

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree: linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents