The Working Mom Show

Klara Ganter
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Welcome to The Working Mom Show! Thriving While Surviving: The Working Mom Show is the podcast for moms ready to turn their passion into a career they love—without sacrificing family time. Hear real, unfiltered stories from moms who took the leap, built careers on their terms, and proved that motherhood and ambition can go hand in hand. No sugarcoating, just honest insights, expert advice, and the inspiration you need to create a life that works for you.

  1. 10h ago

    Wall Street to the Belize Jungle: Allie Grace Garnett on the Life Nobody Could Have Predicted

    At 34, Allie Grace Garnett was a Harvard Business School graduate working in renewable energy finance in New York. Technically, doing well. Not doing great. So she decided to volunteer on a farm in Belize and live on $25 a week. None of it happened the way she planned. So she built her own. Eleven years later, Allie is the founder of A to Z EcoFarm — a retreat center, food forest, and women’s gathering space in the Belizean jungle — and a single mom to a 5-year-old who is currently outside helping build sleeping pods. She’s also a marketing professional who got laid off by AI six times in two years, and responded by building AI tools so she could spend more time in the garden. In this episode, Allie talks about what it really took to build a life from scratch in the jungle, why she thinks women and moms aren’t meant to do any of this alone, and what she’d tell any mom who knows her current life isn’t the right one but can’t see the exit yet. Find Allie here: https://www.atozecoretreats.bz/ https://www.mommamebz.earth/ Curious about Digital Marketing In A Box? Email digitalmarketinginabox@gmail.com to get the Explorer prompt for ChatGPT! ------- If this story made you think about what might be possible for you, I'd love to talk. I'm a career strategist for moms, and if you're ready to figure out your next step, book a free advisory call with me : https://calendly.com/ganterklara/call-with-klara Not sure yet? Take the 3-minute quiz: mompire.eu/quiz

  2. Oct 27

    The Hospital Car Park Decision: Astrid Bourne on the Moment She Knew She’d Never Answer to a Manager Again

    Astrid Born's daughter had an allergic reaction at school. She drove 40 minutes to get to her. And when she arrived, her manager ticked her off for leaving without informing him first. In that moment, sitting in a hospital car park, she decided: she was never going to answer to a manager again. In this episode, Astrid — clarity coach, virtual assistant, and mom of two girls — talks about what it actually looks like to build a business from the ground up as a single mom in an unfamiliar country, with too many ideas and not enough hours. She’s honest about the loneliness, the workaholic trap, and the slow realisation that her real gift — the thing she’d been doing since university without a name for it — was helping people cut through the noise and see what they actually needed to do next. Meet Astrid here: https://www.instagram.com/itsastridborn/ https://wn5znh-un.myshopify.com/ If Astrid's made you think about what might be possible for you, I'd love to talk. If you're ready to figure out your next step, book a free advisory call with me — link in the show notes. https://calendly.com/ganterklara/call-with-klara Not ready yet? Take the 3-Minute quiz first: mompire.eu/quiz

  3. Oct 20

    You'll Never Know Enough — So Start Anyway: Melissa Denning, Realtor, Mom of Three & Founder of MomAid

    Melissa Denning wasn't looking to start a business. She was breastfeeding her third baby, developed painful wounds that wouldn't heal, and discovered that every nursing pad on the market made the problem worse — absorbing the ointment, sticking to the skin, pulling at the scabs. So she looked everywhere for a solution. Found nothing. And decided: if no one else is going to make it, I will. While still working full-time as a realtor and raising three kids — including a teenager who is absolutely mortified every time she says "nipple ointment" in public — Melissa launched MomAid, a clean, intentionally-formulated breastfeeding and baby essentials brand now sold on Amazon, Leaping Bunny certified, and gunning for EWG certification. In this episode, she walks us through the whole messy, brilliant journey: the Thanksgiving cabin where it all clicked, the patent process she didn't know existed, the lab that stood her up on three Zoom calls, and the mom reviewer who called her formula "the Krabby Patty secret recipe." She also shares what she'd tell every mom sitting on a product idea, too scared to start: you'll never know enough. So buckle up. You can find MomAid and Melissa here: --- If [this story / what NAME shared today] made you think about what might be possible for you, I'd love to talk. I'm a career strategist for moms, and if you're ready to figure out your next step, book a free advisory call with me — link in the show notes. https://calendly.com/ganterklara/call-with-klara Or check out my programs: mompire.eu

  4. Oct 13

    Dimmers, Not Switches: A Former HR Executive's Very Honest Path to Becoming a Hypno-Coach

    Janylene Turcotte spent 25 years in HR — coaching others through career transitions, navigating senior roles, nearly a decade at Deloitte — and when she was finally let go in a restructure, she sat down for an interview three days later and completely froze. Her body didn't want to be there anymore. And it took that moment to admit what she'd been avoiding: she was done with HR. She just hadn't been ready to say it out loud. What followed was a deeply personal transformation — getting sober after nearly a decade, building a support team from scratch, getting curious, and stumbling into a hypnotherapy session that changed the entire direction of her life. In this episode, Janylene — hypno-coach, stepmom, now step-grandmother, and founder of her own practice with over 1,500 sessions behind her — shares what she learned, what she helps her clients unblock, and the 7-out-of-10 framework that's changed how she thinks about mom guilt, perfectionism, and what it actually means to feel good in your own life. Meet Janylene here: --- If [this story / what NAME shared today] made you think about what might be possible for you, I'd love to talk. I'm a career strategist for moms, and if you're ready to figure out your next step, book a free advisory call with me — link in the show notes. https://calendly.com/ganterklara/call-with-klara Or check out my programs: mompire.eu

  5. Oct 6

    Success Isn't Always Six Figures: Hailey Bohlman on Passion Projects, Parenting & Redefining What Winning Looks Like

    A month before going back to work after having her baby, Hailey Bohlman sat with a question most new moms ask but few answer honestly: what do I actually want my life to look like? She didn't blow everything up. She didn't quit. She went down to 60% at her corporate technical program manager job — fully accepted she wouldn't be climbing any ladders — and she kept building Cork & Fizz, her wine education business, podcast, and tasting events, on the side. In this episode, Hailey — Seattle-based mom of a 7-month-old and a self-described happy cog in the machine — talks about why she stopped measuring success in dollars and promotions, how she structures her week across corporate, baby, and passion project, and why she batch-recorded 20 podcast episodes on maternity leave just to stay sane. It's a refreshingly honest conversation about what it looks like when work is not your identity — and that's completely by design. Meet Hailey here: https://www.corkandfizz.com/ https://corkandfizz.buzzsprout.com ---- If Haileys' story made you think about what might be possible for you, I'd love to talk. I'm a career strategist for moms, and if you're ready to figure out your next step, book a free advisory call with me — link in the show notes. https://calendly.com/ganterklara/call-with-klara Or check out my programs: mompire.eu

  6. Sep 29

    I Used to Be Scared of You: Candice Seenyen on the Sentence That Changed Her Whole Life

    Candice Seenyen had it all on paper. Product manager at Meta. Twin boys. A career she'd worked 10 years to build. And by the end, she wasn't crushing it professionally while bravely choosing motherhood. She was getting worse at both. The moment that changed everything? A Friday night — a public holiday she'd planned to spend with her kids — spent on her laptop, anxious about a forgotten slide. She closed her laptop at 10pm, her boys already asleep, turned to her partner, and said: it's now or never. Then she opened the laptop again and signed up for a $10,000 conscious parenting certification with Dr. Shefali. In this episode, Candice — now a conscious parenting coach and mom of twin boys — shares the full arc: the impossible standards she held herself to at work and at home, the son who didn't want to come to her when he was scared, and the day — two years later — when that same boy casually said, "I used to be scared of you. But I'm not anymore. Because I know you now." Book a session with Candice, if you want to be an even better mom: Instagram: @coachcandiceseenyen LinkedIn  www.candiceseenyen.com Instagram: @coachcandiceseenyen ------ If Candice's story made you think about what might be possible for you, I'd love to talk. I'm a career strategist for moms, and if you're ready to figure out your next step, book a free advisory call with me — link in the show notes. https://calendly.com/ganterklara/call-with-klara Or check out my programs: mompire.eu

  7. Sep 22

    Do You Love Me More Than Coffee? Melissa Face on Teaching, Layoffs & Writing Through It All

    Melissa Face came back from maternity leave to find her principal had docked her end-of-year evaluation points for absences. The absences that were her maternity leave. That was the moment something shifted. Not loudly — she didn't quit, she didn't complain. She just quietly stopped caring about being a good employee on paper in a system that clearly wasn't designed with her in mind. Melissa is an award-winning author, English teacher, and mom of two who has been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul across 25 volumes — and whose book I Love You More Than Coffee: Essays on Parenthood was born from a question her 3-year-old asked on a sticky, chaotic, perfectly ordinary terrible day. In this episode, she talks about teaching through early motherhood, being blindsided by a corporate layoff she never saw coming, hiding on her couch in the same leggings for two days, and eventually landing the job she'd always been looking for — one that finally doesn't ask her to choose. Find Melissa and her book here: I Love You More Than Coffee Website ------ If Melissa's story made you think about what might be possible for you, I'd love to talk. I'm a career strategist for moms, and if you're ready to figure out your next step, book a free advisory call with me — link in the show notes. https://calendly.com/ganterklara/call-with-klara Or checkout my career solutions for moms: mompire.eu

  8. Sep 15

    Left 8 Weeks of Maternity Leave on the Table: Rose Ann Mullet on the Moment She Decided to Go

    Rose Ann Mullet sat across from her boss — pregnant, asking for one day a week from home — and he told her that when his kids were young, he and his wife just figured it out. She wanted to ask: was it we, or was it she? She didn't. She did the math, and gave notice the week the return-to-office went into effect — leaving eight weeks of paid maternity leave on the table. Rose Ann is a content strategist and ghostwriter for lawyers, a self-described queen of pivots, and a mom of two who has reinvented her career more than once — always for a reason, and always around her family. In this episode, she talks about what it actually feels like to pivot repeatedly, why she's not ashamed of her non-linear path, and how the four unpublished novels sitting in a drawer quietly made her better at everything she does today. Meet Rose via her LinkedIn and Website. ----- If Rose Ann's story made you think about what might be possible for you, I'd love to talk. I'm a career strategist for moms, and if you're ready to figure out your next step, book a free advisory call with me now: https://calendly.com/ganterklara/call-with-klara Or check out wht programs I created for moms:mompire.eu

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Welcome to The Working Mom Show! Thriving While Surviving: The Working Mom Show is the podcast for moms ready to turn their passion into a career they love—without sacrificing family time. Hear real, unfiltered stories from moms who took the leap, built careers on their terms, and proved that motherhood and ambition can go hand in hand. No sugarcoating, just honest insights, expert advice, and the inspiration you need to create a life that works for you.

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  • Creator
    Klara Ganter
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    79
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Klara Ganter
  • Show Website
    The Working Mom Show