This month, Larissa K. Holmes, Founder & CEO of Coterie, joins us to talk about breaking barriers and thriving at parenthood, entrepreneurship, and inclusive leadership.

Top takeaways from the podcast include:

👉🏿 Don't be afraid to ask for help and share responsibilities with partners and domestic help to unleash your potential. 

👉🏿 Use shared calendars and technology to free up mental clutter and rely less on your memory. 

👉🏿 Incorporate physical movement into your day, even just 10 minutes can make a difference.

Listen to the full episode for more insights from Larissa and to learn about Coterie's platform for women. Don't forget to share the podcast with someone who needs to hear this today!

This month, we're thrilled to have Amy Johnson, Executive Director of  Neighborhood Parents Network, a non-profit community-driven support network for Chicago parents, During the show, we also learned about the Neighborhood Parents Network of Chicago (NPN) and how it empowers families by providing support and resources to navigate the city's challenges from prenatal to high school, from nanny search to school selection.

Join us for an enlightening conversation!

In this episode we are having a special guest with us, James Jr. Oliver, James, has too many feathers in his caps to mention, he has been featured in @moneymagzine, Forbes, CNBC's reality TV show, West Texas Investors Club. He is a serial entrepreneur, podcaster, single parent of twins and much more. As we speak with him, we will uncover founding story of ParentPreneur Foundation and Kabila. We will also learn from James what it takes to building a start up along with taking care of family as a single parent. We will also capture key learnings from his journey.

In this episode we are having a special guest with us, Adina Rosenberg,  she is the owner of Prenatal fit - an award-winning yoga in Chicagoland. She is also the owner of  Chicago's #1 parent/sitter facebook community - Adina's Nanny Network in Chicagoland.  As we speak with her, we will learn more about her superpowers, her work at Prenatal Fit and details about her "Mommy & Me" workshops /programs. We will also talk about her journey in building Chicago's largest parent/sitter community and will understand how this community supports each other.

Are you a career parent and do you ever feel guilt or anxious about leaving work on time? Do you feel anxious about being judged as less committed if you leave on time? In this episode we are unpacking this topic and discussing why this feeling comes? what is an impact? and how one can combat this feeling? 

Parents are actually superheroes, though without a cape, they step up, get things done, and stay present every step of the way. But as all superhero stories go, they have an archenemies: TIME! 

So what happens when their sales closure meeting coincides with breakfast with mom.. how to handle such conflicting situations.. that's what we are talking in this episode !

Ever wonder what kind of parent you are or what is your parenting style is? Is it working? Or you are worried about, if you are doing all right things? May be "Yes" or may be "No". The responsibility of raising healthy, happy, well-adjusted kids can sometimes feel overwhelming. So in this episode, we are scratching attempting to touch base about how parenting is evolved over time, and what is working and what is not. We also go over universally accepted parenting styles and in the end few tips and resources that you can lean into.

Being a parent,  having a family, and the joy of raising a child is  like nothing else in the entire world. One does whatever it take to keep their kids safe, fed, and happy. But are we dropping the ball when it comes to the financial planning of being a parent? In this episode we are touching on few fundamental rules of budget planning and saving strategies that one may like to adopt to make parenting or in general life recession proof.