Working Parent Resource

Today’s conversation is a little different than ones I’ve had in the past. First of all, I’m welcoming back my friend Lisa Zawrotny, who owns the company Positively Productive. This is the first time I’ve had a guest on three times, so that alone is exciting. But we both also have some fun news to share!

1) Lisa is launching her new podcast, the Positively Living Podcast!

2) My book, The Whole SELF Lifestyle for Working Parents: A ...

In this episode we chat with Jenn Folsom, who is the author of a new book called The Ringmaster: Work, Life, and Keeping It All Together, where she helps working parents juggle the most important areas of their lives. She’s a dynamic, high-energy leader with a proven record for growing all sizes of professional services firms while growing a family. She is currently the Vice President of Delivery at RIVA Solutions Inc., a Washingto...

Happy New Year! This episode is being released on the first day of the year, and the first day of a brand new decade! I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to share all of the exciting things that are happening at the Argenal Institute and the Working Parent Resource Podcast over the coming year. A lot is going to stay the same, but I have a couple of big announcements too. So this will be a quick check-in to get you up to sp...

Today we’re chatting with Rachel Bailey, a Parenting Specialist who has been serving families for over a decade. Besides being a mother of two, she also has master's degree in Clinical Psychology, a certification in Positive Discipline, and has provided services as an ADHD Coach, in-home mentor, and psychotherapist. Currently Rachel teaches parents hands-on tools for raising responsible, resilient, confident children while redu...

Today we’re chatting with Halelly Azulay, who is a consultant, facilitator, leadership development strategist, author, and speaker at international conferences and corporate meetings. In 2006, Halelly founded TalentGrow LLC, a consulting company focused on developing leaders and teams, especially for enterprises experiencing explosive growth or expansion that want a more proactive, strategic approach to leadership development. An e...

Today we’re chatting with Christine McAlister, who is a business coach, the founder of Life With Passion, and the bestselling author of The Income Replacement Formula: Seven Simple Steps To Doing What You Love And Making Six Figures From Anywhere. She helps high-achievers all over the world to replace their incomes, so they can quit and stay out of their 9-5 jobs, by building businesses out of their passions. 

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Today we’re welcoming Katie Rossler to the show. Katie is a licensed professional counselor from the United States living in Munich, Germany. She has over 10 years of experience working with individuals, couples and families on improving their relationships and enjoyment of life. After four years of being a stay at home mom, she created the program, From Stay at Home Mom to Chief Household Officer®, which teaches and empowers moms ...

Last week my husband, Joey, and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary. So, in honor of our anniversary, I wanted to reflect on the vows I made to Joey on our wedding day, and how those vows look in the daily reality of our life, 7 years and two kids later. 

My Marriage Vows:

Joey, words cannot express how happy and grateful I am to be standing with you today. You have the most beautiful heart of anyone I know. You have fulfilled...

Today we’re chatting with Amanda Walker, who is a Healthstyle Coach who empowers women to feel amazing naked.  She is the creator of the Feel Amazing Naked Program and the Feel Amazing Naked Podcast and the blogger and mastermind behind awalkmyway.com. She has guided thousands of women to conquer the fear and confusion that was once keeping them stuck. Amanda uses a “WHOLE”istic, no B.S., approach to coaching and blends strategy, s...

Sarah Santacroce is an internationally recognized LinkedIn Specialist & Online Presence Mentor who has personally coached over 1,900 entrepreneurs. She helps them position themselves as experts on LinkedIn so they get clients with ease. In addition, Sarah is known for helping fellow introverts market their business authentically & anxiety-free, sell their services & make a difference. She’s also the founder of The Gentl...

Today we’re chatting with Ayelet Marinovich, who helps families feel confident they can raise great humans from day one - without having to buy a single toy. She is a mother of two young boys, a parent educator, singer, author, and pediatric speech-language pathologist gone rogue. She is the host of the Learn With Less Podcast, and creator of the Learn With Less™ Curriculum, supporting parents and caregivers along their journey thr...

Today we’re chatting with Marisa Lonic, who is the founder of Mama Work It. Marisa is a married, working mom of four kids, a native New Yorker, and now lives in northern California.  She helps moms find the time they need to do the things they want via a time management course she facilitates called “The Get More Time Project,” and a blog she writes on the regular.  She recently published her first book, Time Momagement, which cove...

Back on episode 71 of the show, Rebecca Ching and I talked about a therapeutic approach called Internal Family Systems, and how it can help us re-frame the way we deal with big emotional challenges. One of the things she mentioned in our conversation really resonated with me, and I wanted to dig a little deeper into it a little more today. Rebecca talked about how many people these days are stuck living only in their head, totally ...

Today we’re chatting with Heather Chauvin, who is the creator of the Mom Is In Control Podcast, a mostly solo show where she tells it like it is. She reveals her most vulnerable truths about womanhood, parenting her 3 boys, living through stage 4 cancer, navigating marriage and creating business success without burning out. With new podcast episodes coming out every day, Heather draws on her experience as a social worker, mental he...

Today we’re chatting with Errin Weisman, who is a physician trained in family medicine, life coach, podcaster and fierce advocate for wellness in medicine. She faced professional burnout early in her career and speaks openly about her story in order to help others know they are not alone, particularly female physicians and working moms. Dr. Weisman wholeheartedly believes to be a healer, you must first fill your own cup. She lives ...

Today we’re talking with Christine Lam. Christine is your classic high school nerd turned physician, after taking a detour exploring the world of education, teaching math in the New York City public school system.  After having her idealism (but not soul) crushed by young mischievous teenagers, she turned to the world of medicine to indulge her thirst for learning. She holds a BS from Cornell University in Human Biology, and a join...

Rebecca Ching is a seasoned therapist, speaker, writer, leadership coach and workshop facilitator. She is the CEO and founder of Potentia Family Therapy, which is a brick and mortar integrated mental health practice based in San Diego, California. She also started Rebecca Ching Leadership Coaching + Consulting where she works with established business leaders and entrepreneurs helping them navigate the curve balls of leading wh...

We’ve all heard the common air travel safety phrase: you need to put the oxygen mask on yourself before focusing on anyone else around you. In other words, you can’t help anyone else if you’re not taking care of yourself first.

So why can’t we do this in our everyday lives? Why are we all struggling so much with too many responsibilities and expectations? Why are we over-burdening ourselves without feeling like we can take even a f...

Today we’re chatting with Kathryn Sollmann, who is a career coach, author and speaker on a mission to help current and returning professional women always stay in the workforce and find the work that fits their lives. Kathryn has created and led hundreds of conferences and workshops to help women sustain and advance careers through every age and life stage.

Kathryn is recognized as a thought leader in the women and work space. Her ...