Ashley Chang is the founder and CEO of Sundays, an executive assistant service for working parents.  She is also about to be a mom for the first time!

This is a really interesting conversation because we talk all about what Ashley has learned from helping hundreds of working parents through Sundays, the types of problems working parents want solved, and how ashley is preparing for her own maternity leave and working parenthood based on all of these learnings. 

Let me know what you think! Send feedback to [email protected]

TOPICS COVERED:

• Biggest things working parents are looking for help with
• Biggest challenges when returning to work
• Types of work and projects that Sundays can help with
• Planning for maternity leave   
• Letting go of ambition for a little while
• The seasons of life 
• The inspiration for starting Sundays
• Solving the problem of having to choose between work and parenting
• Successful people still struggling as working parents
• No one knows what they’re doing
• Making the jump from corporate employee to entrepreneur 
• Defining success internally instead of externally 
• Advice for self-care
• Advice for becoming an entrepreneur 
• Best advice you’ve ever received 
• Advice for former self
• Advice for future self 

EPISODE LINKS:

withsundays.com

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

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree: linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents

Musical credit:

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

We are back with another movie rewatch! Breaking down the 1990 hit Kindergarten Cop starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Today’s guest has some behind the scenes expertise because he’s actually a tv producer. You may have also seen him on social media at devin the dad. He’s also a father of 2.

EPISODE LINKS:

https://www.instagram.com/devinmcgovern

https://www.tiktok.com/@devin.mcgovern

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree: linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents

Musical credit:

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

Mary Beth Ferrante is the Founder and CEO of work 360 a company that helps organizations support, engage, and retain working parents and caregivers, she’s also a mother of 2.

We have a really good discussion about the value working parents bring to an organization, what is Fair Play and how it applied in the workplace, why it’s important for non birthing parents to take family leave, and much more.

TOPICS COVERED:

• What is WRK360
• Some managers don’t hire women that may take maternity leave
• The value a working parent brings to an organization
• Why non birthing parents need to take leave 
• Fair Play in the workplace
• What is Fair Play?
• Domestic duties are a full time job  
• Best advice for working parents
• Advice for self care
• Advice for balancing work time and family time
• Advice to get more equity in the home 
• Best advice you’ve ever received 
• Advice if you feel like you’re not a good parent
• Advice for former self

EPISODE LINKS:

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

https://wrk360.com/

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree: linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents

Musical credit:

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

Brian Page is a father of 3 and the founder of Modern Husbands, a platform dedicated to sharing winning ideas on how to manage money and the home as a team.

We have a really great conversation about how to talk about money, why finances are such a source of stress, and the shift towards a more egalitarian marriage in our society.

TOPICS COVERED

EPISODE LINKS

Modernhusbands.com

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree:⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents⁠⁠

Musical credit:

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

Kelsey Higgins is the host of the Parently Podcast (check out my episode on there!) and a mother of 2.

We have a really great conversation about the common struggles that parents have, the dark side of wanting to do a better job than our parents did, how to set boundaries at work when interviewing, and much more!

TOPICS COVERED

EPISODE LINKS:

https://parentlypodcast.com/

Join the Parently Podcast Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/230096248334696

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree:⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents⁠⁠

Musical credit:

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

We are back with another movie rewatch! And of course to discuss a movie about feelings we had to bring on family therapist, Chelsea Clifton, mother of 2.

We talk about how to deal with anxiety in our kids, how to identify less with your emotions, and what makes up our sense of self. Is this even a kids movie?? Listen in to find out what we think!

EPISODE LINKS:

https://www.instagram.com/mindandhearttherapist/

https://www.mindandhearttherapy.org/

stan.store/mindandhearttherapist

https://www.tiktok.com/@mindandhearttherapist

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree:⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents⁠⁠

Musical credit:

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

Sheena Badani is the founder of Parint, a platform dedicated to helping parents create more meaningful connections with their kids. She's also a mother of 3.

Expect to learn how to make parenting more science than art, the main skills parents want to cultivate and how to cultivate them, plus tips on work life balance and more!

TOPICS COVERED

EPISODE LINKS:

parint.co

Instagram: @parintapp

www.linkedin.com/in/sheenabadani

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree:⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents⁠⁠

Musical credit:

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

Today's guest is Alex Egeler, a career coach for parents and a father of 4.

In this episode, expect to learn what to do when you don't know what to do next in your career, how to give yourself permission to change careers, tips on work life balance, and much more!

TOPICS COVERED

EPISODE LINKS:

https://www.empathicegg.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-egeler-empathic-egg

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree:⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents⁠⁠

Musical credit:

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

Alex Nabavian is a life and leadership coach for working moms, she runs her own coaching practice as well as being a lead career coach at parently.  She’s a mother of 4 (and a +2 handicap in golf)

TOPICS COVERED:

- The career challenges as you have more kids

- Self advocacy

- Concerns before going on family leave

- Concerns when returning from family leave

- How to be kinder to yourself

- Working parents putting pressure on themselves to keep up with their colleagues

- Work life balance

- Tips for self care

- The impact we have on our kids

- Best advice for working parents

- Best advice you’ve ever received

- Advice to former self

- Advice for women to get more involved in golf

- Advice for father of an 18 month old daughter

EPISODE LINKS:

https://alexnabavian.com/

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree:⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents⁠⁠

Musical credit:

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

We are back with another movie rewatch! Today’s guest is Sean Donohue, you’ve probably seen him as the family coach on social media. We have an amazing conversation, framed around discussing a brand new movie out on Netflix now -  That Christmas. What starts out as a chat about a family movie gets really deep into topics like burdening our kids with our emotions, kids being forced to raise themselves, and more. 

If you’re going to watch this movie before you listen and you are a devout christian, there is a scene early on in the movie with a school play doing the nativity scene, we talk about this in the podcast but you could find this scene offensive so feel free to skip it, it doesn’t really add to the story and then the rest of the movie is really great. 

Enjoy!

EPISODE LINKS:

www.parentingmodernteens.com

https://www.instagram.com/the.familycoach/

https://www.tiktok.com/@the.family.coach

https://www.parentingmodernteens.com/podcast

SHOW LINKS:

contact: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Linktree:⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents⁠⁠

Musical credit:

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