Work Hard Mom Harder

Erica Walter
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Work Hard Mom Harder

Can I chase my dreams while also being present for my partner and kids? Does work-life balance exist? Can I really have it all? I’m Erica Walter, and I believe in my freakin' soul that yes, you CAN. After years of running businesses for other people, I decided to start my own business... when I was pregnant with our fourth kid. I've learned a few of my entrepreneur lessons the hard way. I'm learning even more about business (and life) from my kids. Every week, tune in for high-impact business strategies and marketing tips, pee-your-pants funny anecdotes and misadventures, and inspirational interviews with other kick ass parents who are bringing their best self to work without giving their families the shaft. If you’re a working parent who wants to live your best life both on and off the clock, the Work Hard Mom Harder podcast is for you.

  1. Surprising Parallels Between Potty Training and Running a Business

    07/01/2024

    Surprising Parallels Between Potty Training and Running a Business

    The diaper fairy has come to the Walter household and absconded with all of our youngest's daytime diapers. The past few weeks have been dedicated to cleaning up messes and making slow progress towards potty independence. Naturally, the business analogy wheels are still turning and today's episode showcases the surprising parallels between potty training a toddler and building a successful business.  If nothing else, we hope this episode helps you feel seen!

    11 min
  2. The Latest Hire at My Business

    06/16/2024

    The Latest Hire at My Business

    This week, I created a new position in my company and hired a candidate for the role. They’re on a 90 day probation, and if they don’t perform, I’ll have to fire myself.   The position is the Chief Hype Officer at Email Mavens. The candidate is me.   Learn how I'm basically creating an alter ego in order to become a better leader not only for the people on my team but for myself, as well. I'm calendaring time and literally making it a job to integrate my wins, a concept learned from Brendon Burchard.

    9 min
  3. Six Lessons from Six Years in Business

    06/04/2024

    Six Lessons from Six Years in Business

    This week's episode is the audio portion of the Email Mavens YouTube episode celebrating the sixth anniversary of starting my own business. Listen to the end for best and perhaps most surprising lesson.

    15 min
  4. Your Mother's Day Pep Talk

    05/19/2024

    Your Mother's Day Pep Talk

    This episode is a pep talk, a series of journaling prompts, and a rallying cry for love. We won't give it away in the description, we'll let you listen and get into it.

    8 min
  5. Money Thoughts from my Kids

    05/05/2024

    Money Thoughts from my Kids

    Palm trees = Money Apparently because I got palm trees for my birthday, our five year old thinks we are wealthy. It has me thinking what kind of money thought seeds I'm planting in my kids' heads and what money thoughts I want to believe. Enjoy the hilarity and then, take some time to consider your own money thoughts.

    12 min
  6. What to do with all your extra time

    04/29/2024

    What to do with all your extra time

    A quick update post on how my boundary-enforcement is going: Discoveries from enforcing my own rules about time spent in my business How I'm spending all this extra time What you can do to turn any of this inspiration into action  It's a quick one so you can take that extra time and do a little reflection yourself as you pursue your own impossible goals!

    8 min
  7. Erica Riffs: Words Matter

    04/21/2024

    Erica Riffs: Words Matter

    It has been far too long since you got an Erica Riff's episode, so here's the first of Season 2 and the first of 2024. These are uncut, unedited, no holds barred and no outline created. They're usually inspired by something that has me fired up, so you get a ton of motivation and the occasional f-bomb. This one is all about the importance of the words we use to talk to others AND to ourselves. Words matter. Choose powerful ones!

    10 min
  8. Living My Best Life Right Now

    04/14/2024

    Living My Best Life Right Now

    Learn the sneaky, disempowering thoughts that I'm replacing with a new and more powerful one. Accept the challenge to try this thought for yourself for the rest of the month. It literally can change your reality in an instant.

    8 min
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Can I chase my dreams while also being present for my partner and kids? Does work-life balance exist? Can I really have it all? I’m Erica Walter, and I believe in my freakin' soul that yes, you CAN. After years of running businesses for other people, I decided to start my own business... when I was pregnant with our fourth kid. I've learned a few of my entrepreneur lessons the hard way. I'm learning even more about business (and life) from my kids. Every week, tune in for high-impact business strategies and marketing tips, pee-your-pants funny anecdotes and misadventures, and inspirational interviews with other kick ass parents who are bringing their best self to work without giving their families the shaft. If you’re a working parent who wants to live your best life both on and off the clock, the Work Hard Mom Harder podcast is for you.

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