THE MOTHER THING

Host, Commercial Photographer, and mother of two boys Laura Metzler chats with Casi Carey, Realtor and Relocation Specialist about being a mother of 5, a GRANDMA and having kids in every season of life. Casi talks about building her business during nap time. She talks about how she books a hotel once a month to lay perfectly still in a bed while no one bothers her. She talks about The pivot from being a trailing spouse to now having her husband do her laundry (you go girl). 
Grab a water and lets get into it.

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Host + Commercial Photographer, Laura Metzler chats with Rachel Svec, Luxury Travel Advisor. Rachel talks about being intentional with her time with her adult children, she talks about how life is messy and but always tells her girls “we’ll figure it out”. She talks about how Rachel 2.0 is loving life and Laura asks her about Rachel 1.0. She also may or may not dig into how her nanny got arrested shortly after she went back to work with her first daughter.
Grab a water and Let’s get into it. 

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Host + Commercial Photographer, Laura Metzler chats with Gaby Narvaez -- Builder, General Contractor and Owner of Guild Properties. Gaby talks about how getting pregnant in college built grit and hustle and is a huge reason why she is successful as an entrepreneur. She talks about how she failed the general contracting exam 3 times but still said "fuck it, I'm doing this!". Laura and Gaby talk about walking away from a job you love because you know there is more out there for you. 

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This was the first episode we recorded and we had some technical difficulties, (it's a learning process, k?). The audio gets a little weird for 5-10 mins in the middle. Please forgive us, the content is worth it!

Host + Commercial Photographer, Laura Metzler chats with Claire Moskal owner of the branding and design company Studio Studio. In this conversation we got to talk about figuring out how to become a whole person outside of the identity of motherhood, the mental math of childcare and her strong feelings about monetizing her hobby.


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Host, Commercial Photographer, and mother of two boys Laura Metzler chats about why she started this podcast. She answers a few of the questions she plans to ask her guests, tells you a little bit about her business and gets into her thoughts on mom guilt, outsourcing and success. 
Grab a water and lets get into it.


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