Grace, Never Heard of Her

Gina Sweet and Maddie Zahoruiko
  • 5.0 (6)
  • Parenting
  • Updated Weekly

Hosted by two moms, in two time zones, with one ongoing search for grace, if it even exists. A raw, unfiltered look at the parts of motherhood, identity, and career that don’t get talked about enough. This is where real conversations happen about the messy, the mundane, and the meaningful. It’s funny until it’s not, honest until it hurts, and somehow exactly what you needed to hear.

  1. 3d ago

    The Week We Learned Rejection Is Just Redirection In Disguise

    When a sudden layoff blind-sided twin-mom Courtney Capano, she skipped the spiral (mostly) and made a high-stakes pivot into entrepreneurship. In this episode, we dive into how she turned a temporary safety net into a thriving three (soon to be 5) store retail empire, all while pregnant with baby number three. It’s an unfiltered masterclass in tuning out the safety noise, leaning into your village, and letting your gut dictate your next big move.

    1h 2m

  2. May 28

    The Week We Took Back our Agency in A Postpartum Fog

    We’re told motherhood is a "magical" season, but for 80% of us, the reality feels more like a hormonal storm than a fairytale. In this episode, we brought on long time friend, Lauren Jones, to dissect the messy differences between the Baby Blues, PPA, and PPD not as experts, but as women who have lived these experiences. We’re sharing our own stories of seeking help, be it medication, therapy, or a doctor. It’s a conversation about reclaiming your agency, looking for glimmers, and realizing that asking for help is the most courageous thing you can do.

    1h 3m

  3. May 14

    The Week We Realized There’s No Right Way to Be a Working Mom

    This week, we’re joined by Amy Gattoni, a career-driven, experiential marketer, boy mom and content creator who’s building a community for moms who are in the thick of it. As working moms, we discuss daycare, career ambition and the constant weight of mom guilt. We unpack what it actually looks like to “choose what works” when nothing feels like a perfect answer. Amy shares what it’s like to balance a demanding, travel-heavy career with motherhood, the realities behind daycare (and the judgment that comes with it), and how she’s learned to stand confidently in her choices, even when they’re hard. We also discuss building your village, letting go of control, and the pressure to do everything “right” in a world that has an opinion on everything. If you’ve ever second-guessed your decisions, compared your path to someone else’s, or wondered if you’re getting it wrong, you're not alone. Because so have we. There’s no one right way to do this, just the way that works for you.

    1 hr

  4. Apr 30

    The Week We Celebrated 'Different,' Not Less, And The Parents Who Champion It

    This week, Gina and Maddie welcome Ariel Simonelli for a deeply personal conversation about navigating life with her three year old autistic son who is level two non-verbal. Ariel shares her journey from a high-risk pregnancy, to a NICU stay to the pivotal moment where she realized her son was regressing. We dive into the complexities of getting a formal diagnosis and life after. This episode is a masterclass in fierce advocacy, redefining empathy, and learning how to "slow down" to see the world through a different lens.

    49 min

  5. Apr 16

    The Week We Compared Notes With Our Husbands

    We brought our husbands on the pod to get the dad perspective on marriage, mental load, and life after kids. From marriage tension to dad guilt, identity shifts, and the support dads aren’t getting, this episode is raw, honest and filled with the kind of conversations we don’t usually hear from men. Turns out our experiences might have more in common than we thought. Don't worry it's not all heavy, we also trash their NFL teams, put them in the hot seat and maybe even start a fight.

    48 min

  6. Apr 2

    The Week We Faced the Ugly Side of Doing the Work

    This episode pulls back the curtain on the ugly side of “doing the work”—the part no one glamorizes. We talk about the discipline it takes to give up alcohol and sit with every raw emotion, the exhaustion of therapy and constant self-awareness, and how hard it is to regulate yourself while raising kids who feel everything just as deeply. It’s an honest look at what it really means to break generational cycles—messy, draining, and often thankless—and the daily choice to keep showing up anyway.

    54 min

  7. Mar 26

    The Week We Psychoanalyzed Our Kids And Remembered They’re Pretty Great

    What started as a fun experiment to see if our kids’ birth charts were actually accurate quickly turned into an excuse to talk about why our kids are great. We break down their personalities, what makes each of them unique, and the traits we’re already seeing show up in real life — from big emotions and strong wills to the little things that make them who they are. Some of it felt spot on, some of it didn’t, but it gave us a chance to step back and actually appreciate them for exactly who they are right now. A lighter episode, a mix of astrology and real life, and a good reminder to slow down and celebrate our kids for who they are.

    48 min

  8. Mar 19

    The Week We Realized There’s No Right Way to Parent

    The wrestle is real. This week we discuss the messy reality of modern parenting, caught between doing what’s best for their kids, ourselves, and the expectations we've inherited. We''ll share stories of guilt, judgment, and generational habits we're trying to unlearn. Realizing the best path forward may just be constant recalibration and trusting our gut.

    56 min
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About

Hosted by two moms, in two time zones, with one ongoing search for grace, if it even exists. A raw, unfiltered look at the parts of motherhood, identity, and career that don’t get talked about enough. This is where real conversations happen about the messy, the mundane, and the meaningful. It’s funny until it’s not, honest until it hurts, and somehow exactly what you needed to hear.

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  • Creator
    Gina Sweet and Maddie Zahoruiko
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Gina Sweet and Maddie Zahoruiko
  • Show Website
    Grace, Never Heard of Her