Influential Motherhood

In this second installment of the How Mom Series, we're going to be talking about how mom eats breakfast. Breakfast can be the "make it or break it" meal of the day - are YOU getting your protein in …

Lauren Widrick runs a performance coaching business - on top of raising 2 daughters with her husband in the suburbs of Charlotte, NC. 

After college, Lauren moved up the leadership ranks at a large…

In this first installment of the How Mom Series, we're going to be talking about how mom sleeps. We ASSUME all moms sleep... but what does that actually look like? When is bedtime, what's the bedtime…

She's a nighttime ER doctor who was terrified of public speaking. 

Charmaine Gregory, M.D. realized when she was asked to speak in front of groups, she couldn't sleep and had sweaty palms, a racing h…

Brooke Buffington is a mom, wife, and full-time career services professional working in higher education. When I learned she also found time to write a feature film, I was stunned. When did she have …

Lindsay Northen finished her 7pm Wicked show, came home, paid the babysitter, and we were on the interview by 10:30 p.m. Lindsay's husband is also an actor, and their five year old daughter, Georgia,…

In June 2018, three-year-old Levi Hughes drowned in the beach house pool while his family vacationed on their annual beach trip. Now, his mom Nicole is working through her grief to spread the word ab…

Scarlet Hiltibidal wrote "Afraid of All the Things." But many years before - as a first-grader - Scarlet read "Madeline" and became overwhelmingly afraid that she was having appendicitis. 

When she w…

Becca Stevens' first memory is of her dad being killed by a drunk driver. She later recalls childhood sexual abuse. When I asked Becca what she wanted to be as a young girl, her response is simple:

S…

"If God wants me to adopt, He's going to have to drop a baby in my lap."

Amy Williams can laugh now, but she meant that statement several years ago when she was going through infertility and friends …

It's EPISODE 20, friends! This is so hard to believe but I'm so incredibly thankful and excited. I heard a statistic when I started my show that most podcasts submitted to iTunes/Apple Podcasts don't…

In 2014, Sarah Baucom and her high school classmate, Carrie Barker, founded Girl Tribe Co. Both women were starting families, and their brand came before their product. They knew they wanted a brand …

It all started with a 15 day clean eating challenge. Zakkiya Miller wasn't a "clean eater" but she realized she enjoyed the challenge and loved the way she felt after a couple of weeks of clean eatin…

This week on the Influential Motherhood podcast, I'm chatting with Joey Schewee, an Enneagram expert and teacher, and daughter of the Enneagram "master teacher" Suzanne Stabile, host of The Enneagram…

In 2006, after 12 years of being a stay-at-home mom to FIVE BOYS, Alli Worthington walked into a bookstore and was overwhelmed by the desire to write a book. But about what? She had no idea where to …

As a Chief Financial Officer to multi-million-dollar non-profit organizations, Stephanie Skryzowski has had opportunities to travel the globe to work with purpose-driven organizations. 

Although she …

When Tancy Campbell became pregnant with her first child, she couldn't imagine going back to work.

But at the time, she was at the end of her second year of graduate school. She never imagined she wo…

As executive editor of Good Housekeeping magazine, mom of 3 Meaghan Murphy has lots of great tips for women to manage their home, their work, and their family. In this episode, we talk about the impo…

Anne Smith has something to say. She's especially great with words when no one else knows what to say, and is on a mission to help us know what to say - and what NOT to say - in life's "ickiest" mome…

Pediatric nurse Laura Hunter's fifth (5th!) baby was one week old when she informally launched the now-successful Moms on Call business with her coworker Jennifer. Moms on Call has helped hundreds of…