This Is How She Does It! Helping Corporate Working Moms Move from Burnout, Overwhelm and Mental Load to Balance and Abundance

Angela Lee - corporate working mom
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This Is How She Does It! is the ultimate podcast for working moms who are juggling careers, raising families, and striving to reclaim their joy and sense of control. Hosted by Angela Lee, a corporate working mom of 3, this show shines a light on how real moms make it work—without losing themselves in the process. Through candid conversations, practical advice, and a touch of inspiration, we explore the strategies, tools, and stories that empower women to thrive both at home and in the workplace. Whether you’re seeking tips on time management, insights into breaking free from burnout, or encouragement to trust your intuition, this podcast offers actionable steps to help you create a life that feels aligned and fulfilling, no matter where you are on your working motherhood journey. When I returned to work after maternity leave, I realized no one was having these conversations about HOW their actual days and evenings looked, and it felt like I had to figure everything out on my own. It’s easy to gloss over the hard parts, but I want to bring these topics to light so we can support, lift each other up and recognize that you are not alone. Tune in every week and discover how you, too, can do it all—on your own terms.

  1. 17h ago

    EP: 63 Stop Playing Small: Reclaiming Your Identity, Confidence & Health with Daffney Allwein

    Sign up for the RISE: The Happiness Summit here: www.helloaudreyrose.com/risesummit Angela's episode on Daffney's podcast: Working Moms and the Mental Load No One Talks about   In this powerful episode of This Is How She Does It, Angela sits down with performance advisor and Don't F*kn Shrink podcast host Daffney Allwein to explore what it really means to reclaim your identity, trust your body, and stop living according to everyone else's expectations. Daffney works with high-performing professionals, including CEOs, attorneys, politicians, and executives, to optimize their health, mindset, and performance. But as you'll hear in this conversation, sustainable success doesn't come from pushing harder, it comes from reconnecting with yourself. Together, Angela and Daffney dive into why so many women were conditioned to stay quiet, play small, chase perfection, and measure their self worth by productivity. They discuss how learning to listen to your body, honor your unique energy, and let go of old conditioning can become the most healing medicine of all. In this episode, you'll learn: Why high achievement doesn't have to come at the expense of your health and happiness How reconnecting with your body can transform your confidence and decision-making The hidden cost of perfectionism and people-pleasing How Human Design can help you better understand yourself and your natural strengths Why your children often reflect the healing you're being invited to do Practical ways to quiet your inner critic and redefine success on your own terms Connect with Daffney Allwein: Podcast: Don't F*kn Shrink Instagram: dontfknshrinkpodcast  Connect with Angela: I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn or Instagram and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest! Subscribe & Leave a Review! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!

  2. Jul 9

    EP 62: From Good Girl to Badass: Breaking Free from People-Pleasing with Coco Duan

    What happens when you've checked every box for success but still feel empty inside? In this episode of This Is How She Does It, Angela Lee sits down with executive coach and Unchecking the Boxes author Coco Duan to explore the hidden cost of high achievement. After rising to the top as a Fortune 500 executive, Coco realized that external success couldn't fill the void created by years of people-pleasing, perfectionism, and "good girl" conditioning. Together, they discuss how to unlearn limiting patterns, build authentic self-trust, and redefine success on your own terms. If you're ready to stop performing and start creating a life that feels deeply aligned, this conversation is for you. In this episode, you'll learn: Why external success doesn't always lead to fulfillment How to break free from people-pleasing and perfectionism What it takes to build a life rooted in joy, purpose, and authentic confidence Connect with Coco Duan: LinkedIn Book a Clarity Call Unchecking the Boxes: Stop Proving, Pleasing, and Performing to Live on Your Own Terms Connect with Angela: I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn or Instagram and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest! Subscribe & Leave a Review! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!

  3. Jun 25

    EP 61: A Wine Lover's Guide to Parenting: Danielle Frank on Career Reinvention, Humor, and Raising Good Humans

    🎉 Podcast Giveaway! 🎉 To celebrate this episode, we're giving away a signed copy of Danielle Frank's book, A Wine Lover's Guide to Parenting, plus a $25 Total Wine gift card! How to enter: Leave a review for This Is How She Does It on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Take a screenshot of your review. Email your screenshot to A Wine Lover’s Guide to Parenting Website Connect with Angela: I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn or Instagram and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest! Subscribe & Leave a Review! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!

  4. Jun 18

    EP 60: Building Wealth, Raising Kids, and Creating Success on Your Own Terms with Amanda Elhassan

    What if motherhood didn’t slow your success down—but became the reason you grew even more? In this episode of This Is How She Does It, Angela Lee sits down with Amanda Elhassan to explore her journey from enrolling in beauty school at 17 to building a thriving real estate career and navigating the realities of motherhood. Amanda shares how becoming a mom transformed her perspective on business, time, and success, ultimately helping her create a more intentional life. Together, they discuss the systems, boundaries, and support structures that make it possible to show up fully at work and at home. Amanda also opens up about her passion for building generational wealth through real estate, the importance of talking openly about money, and why defining success on your own terms is one of the most powerful things a woman can do. Whether you're growing a business, advancing your career, or raising a family, this conversation is packed with practical strategies and inspiring insights to help you create a life and legacy that feels aligned with what matters most. Key Takeaways: Why strong boundaries and non-negotiable time blocks are essential for balancing work and family. How outsourcing and asking for support can help prevent burnout and create more freedom. The role motherhood can play as a catalyst for personal and professional growth. Strategies for building generational wealth through real estate. Why defining your own version of success leads to greater fulfillment, presence, and happiness. Connect with Amanda Elhassan: Instagram: @amandaelhassan YouTube page Website: https://sellwithaeg.com/  Connect with Angela: I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn or Instagram and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest! Subscribe & Leave a Review! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!

  5. Jun 11

    EP 59: The 3 Lies Keeping Working Moms Burned Out (And the Self-Made Mom Solution) with Julia Sewell

    What if the reason you're overwhelmed isn't because you need a better productivity hack—but because you've been believing the wrong story? In this episode of This Is How She Does It, Angela Lee sits down with coach, speaker, and author Julia Sewell to unpack the three biggest lies many millennial moms have been taught to believe: • I don't have time. • If I ask for help, I'm needy. • My worth is determined by how productive I am. After experiencing burnout, resentment, and the pressure to do it all, Julia began redefining what it means to be a self-made woman: one who leads from confidence, intention, and joy rather than self-sacrifice. This conversation goes beyond awareness and into action, with practical tools to help working moms reclaim their worth, ask for support, and create success on their own terms. Key Takeaways: Build confidence from your values, not your accomplishments. Learn how to ask for support before reaching burnout. Recognize resentment as valuable feedback, not failure. Create success that feels good, not just looks good. Make yourself a priority without guilt. If you've ever felt caught between your career, your family, and yourself, this episode is for you. Connect with Julia Sewell | The Self Made Mom: Website: https://www.theselfmademom.com/ IG: @theselfmademom Facebook Connect with Angela: I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn or Instagram and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest! Subscribe & Leave a Review! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!

  6. Jun 4

    EP 58: Trusting the Whispers: Reconnecting With Your Intuition After Burnout and Perfectionism

    Take the Quiet Shift Quiz: https://angelaleecoaching.com/quiz  Book a Personalized Human Design Reading: https://angelaleecoaching.com/hdreading ---------------- What happens when you've spent years drowning out your own voice, and you finally decide to listen? In this solo episode, I'm giving you a sneak peek at the talk I gave for the Happiness Summit, and sharing the story I don't tell often enough. The years I spent operating from people pleasing and perfectionism. Letting external validation shape my decisions, my self-worth, and my inner dialogue. And the slow, unglamorous work of finding my way back to myself. This episode is about self-trust, what it actually takes to build it, and why the whispers inside you are worth following, even when they lead you somewhere uncomfortable. I also share how discovering Human Design helped me stop treating my traits as flaws and start seeing them as design, and how that shift changed everything. If you're a working mom who's been putting yourself last and wondering why you feel so far from happy, this one's for you. In this episode: How people pleasing silences your inner voice The beliefs that kept me small and how I started dismantling them Why self-trust is the foundation of real happiness How Human Design became a tool for coming home to myself Connect with Angela: I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn or Instagram and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest! Subscribe & Leave a Review! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!

  7. May 28

    EP 57: Why Working Moms Need Integration, Not Balance with Rebecca Blacker

    In this episode of This Is How She Does It, host Angela Lee sits down with real estate leader Rebecca Blacker for an honest conversation about building a career and life that actually align with your values instead of chasing the impossible idea of “balance.”   After stepping away from her family business when the work no longer felt fulfilling, Rebecca rebuilt her career on her own terms. Today, she leads a supportive team of women in New York City while creating a schedule and lifestyle that allow her to fully show up both professionally and personally — whether she’s with clients or cheering from the sidelines at her kids’ soccer games. Angela and Rebecca dive into what “integration” really looks like for working women, why separating work and home into perfect boxes often leaves us feeling disconnected, and how creating a life that reflects who you truly are can change everything. One of the most powerful themes in this episode is the importance of asking for what you need. Rebecca shares how learning to communicate directly — at work, at home, and with herself — transformed the way she leads, receives support, and navigates motherhood and business with more clarity and confidence. If you’ve ever felt stretched thin trying to do it all, this conversation will remind you that you don’t need to fit into someone else’s definition of success. You can build a life that works for you. In this episode, we discuss: Why “integration” may serve working moms better than “balance” Leaving a career path that no longer feels aligned Building a supportive community of women in business Learning to ask for help and communicate your needs clearly Creating success on your own terms Showing up authentically in both motherhood and leadership Connect with Angela: I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn or Instagram and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest! Subscribe & Leave a Review! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!

  8. May 21

    EP 56: Overwhelmed & Burned Out? Corrie LoGiudice on the 5 Hidden Causes of Overwhelm for High-Achieving Women

    In this powerful episode of This Is How She Does It, host Angela Lee sits down with keynote speaker, high-performance coach, and author Corrie LoGiudice for an honest conversation about overwhelm, leadership, and redefining success as a high-achieving woman. After rising from fine arts graduate to Senior Vice President of a third-generation family business, Corrie’s journey was marked by trauma, single motherhood, and profound loss, experiences that ultimately transformed the way she approaches leadership, balance, and personal fulfillment. Today, through her signature Overwhelm Culprit™ framework, she helps women stop surviving and start leading with clarity, confidence, and intention. In this episode, Corrie breaks down the five hidden causes of overwhelm and shares practical strategies to help women reclaim their energy, focus, and sense of self. Together, Angela and Corrie explore what happens when ambitious women stop treating overwhelm like a personal failure and start seeing it as valuable data pointing toward necessary change. Whether you’re juggling a demanding career, motherhood, relationships, or simply feeling stretched too thin, this conversation offers actionable tools, mindset shifts, and empowering reminders that you don’t have to do it all alone. In This Episode, We Discuss: Why overwhelm is a signal, not a sign of failure The five “Overwhelm Culprits” and how to identify yours How leadership skills at work can transform your home life The importance of boundaries, clarity, and support systems Redefining success for women in today’s world How to create more freedom, joy, and sustainability in your life Corrie also shares insights from her new book, The 5 Overwhelm Culprits, which uncovers why driven women hit the wall — and how to break through with confidence and strategic action. If you’ve been feeling burned out, stuck in survival mode, or craving a more aligned way of living and leading, this episode is for you. Connect with: Corrie LoGiudice Instagram: @iamcorrielo Facebook: @Corrielo Episode Resource: Order Corrie's new book The 5 Overwhelm Culprits Take the What Is Your Personal Overwhelm Culprit Quiz Connect with Angela: I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn or Instagram and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest! Subscribe & Leave a Review! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!

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This Is How She Does It! is the ultimate podcast for working moms who are juggling careers, raising families, and striving to reclaim their joy and sense of control. Hosted by Angela Lee, a corporate working mom of 3, this show shines a light on how real moms make it work—without losing themselves in the process. Through candid conversations, practical advice, and a touch of inspiration, we explore the strategies, tools, and stories that empower women to thrive both at home and in the workplace. Whether you’re seeking tips on time management, insights into breaking free from burnout, or encouragement to trust your intuition, this podcast offers actionable steps to help you create a life that feels aligned and fulfilling, no matter where you are on your working motherhood journey. When I returned to work after maternity leave, I realized no one was having these conversations about HOW their actual days and evenings looked, and it felt like I had to figure everything out on my own. It’s easy to gloss over the hard parts, but I want to bring these topics to light so we can support, lift each other up and recognize that you are not alone. Tune in every week and discover how you, too, can do it all—on your own terms.

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