AI-Empowered Mom

In this episode of the AI-Empowered Mom podcast, host Sarah Dooley is joined by sociologist and author Allison Daminger to unpack the invisible mental work that keeps families running and why it still falls so heavily on women.

Drawing from her book What’s on Her Mind? The Mental Workload of Family Life, Allison explains how traditional measures of household labor miss the constant anticipating, researching, organizing, and moni...

When AI can design almost anything, where does human creativity still matter?

In this episode of the AI‑Empowered Mom Podcast, host Sarah Dooley sits down with Deanna L. Leonard, fractional CMO, AI strategy leader, and one of LinkedIn’s Top 100 AI Creative Educators.

Deanna shares her journey from lifelong artist and corporate marketing executive to teaching AI confidence to midlife women and advising global brands on ethical, creati...

Smartphones, group chats, gaming, YouTube, social media, and screen safety are now part of everyday parenting. In this episode of the AI-Empowered Mom podcast, digital parenting expert Sarah Gallagher-Trombley joins host Sarah Dooley to help parents navigate digital life with confidence and clarity.

Sarah shares her path from tech executive to founder of Digital Mom Media, where she supports families in building healthy screen h...

In this episode of AI-Empowered Mom, host Sarah Dooley sits down with executive image consultant, speaker, and author Morgan Wider for a transformational conversation about confidence, presence, and the untold power of personal style. Together they explore how women can show up with clarity and authority in every season of motherhood and career, and why the clothes we choose play a deeper role in our identity than most of us realiz...

In this episode of AI-Empowered Mom, host Sarah Dooley sits down with TEDx speaker, award-winning actress, and executive coach Naeemah Elias to explore what it means to thrive as an outsider and how AI can support neurodiverse families, overwhelmed parents, and anyone navigating systems that were not built for them.

Naeemah shares her journey as a neurodivergent mom raising neurodivergent kids, her powerful approach to building ...

Kids today are growing up in the age of AI, often learning from it long before adults realize it. In this episode of the AI-Empowered Mom Podcast, host Sarah Dooley talks with Jeff Riley, former Massachusetts Commissioner of Education and co-founder of Day of AI, a nationwide effort built with MIT to bring free AI literacy to students, educators, and families.

Jeff explains why AI literacy has become essential, how parents can star...

If your brain already has 42 Thanksgiving tabs open, this episode is for you. Host Sarah Dooley walks through ten practical, real life ways AI can lighten the load during Thanksgiving planning, hosting, travel and family gatherings.

She shares simple prompts that help with menus, grocery lists, kids’ activities, printable placemats, delegation scripts, tricky-table conversations, self-care, playlists and capturing gratitude.

AI can...

A cross-country move is hundreds of decisions packed into a single cardboard box. In this episode of the AI-Empowered Mom Podcast, host Sarah Dooley sits down with leadership coach and mom of three Christina Zini to explore how generative AI became her unexpected partner in a major family relocation.

Christina shares how she used Claude to create a relocation project plan, evaluate possible cities, prep and list her home, choose nei...

Microsoft's AI tools aren't just for the office. They can make life at home a little easier too!

In this episode of the AI-Empowered Mom Podcast, host Sarah Dooley talks with Ashli Smart-Carrigan, Generative AI champion, Microsoft Copilot adoption leader, and founder of Smart Hoopla, where she helps small businesses, nonprofits, and moms simplify change, branding, and marketing through AI.

Ashli shares how she uses Mi...

The invisible work of running a family has always been real, but now there is a solution to make it visible and shared.

In this episode of the AI-Empowered Mom Podcast, host Sarah Dooley talks with Susie Harrison, co-founder and CEO of Hearth Display, the first digital display created to simplify family coordination.

Hearth is pioneering a new product category designed to help families externalize the mental load by turning s...

It’s spooky season, but not just because of Halloween.

In this special solo episode, host Sarah Dooley of AI-Empowered Mom walks through four “scary stories” about AI that are keeping parents up at night, from privacy concerns and job fears to deepfakes and the planet’s energy use.

Sarah unpacks the truth behind each fear, shares practical steps parents can take to stay safe and informed, and reminds listeners why opting out isn’t th...

Who gets to shape AI, and who does it serve?

In this episode of the AI-Empowered Mom Podcast, host Sarah Dooley is joined by Meme Styles, data activist, mom of four, and founder of MEASURE, a nonprofit using data as a tool for justice. Meme is also an MIT Solver, Social Science Research Council Justice Fellow, and Chair of the HBCU AI Convention.

Together, Sarah and Meme discuss what it means to “interrogate AI,” how communities can ...

We don’t need AI to replace parents—we need AI to support them. In this episode of the AI-Empowered Mom Podcast, host Sarah Dooley is joined by Julie Kelleher, EdTech executive, entrepreneur, and creator of @likeamother.ai, for a conversation about keeping the parent in the loop when it comes to AI and families.

Julie shares how her journey from classroom teacher to education technology leader shaped her perspective on parenting in ...

Burnout is everywhere, but it doesn’t have to define us. In this episode of the AI-Empowered Mom Podcast, host Sarah Dooley is joined by Charlotte C. Lewis, founder of SenterMe, to explore the intersection of emotional intelligence, self-care, and AI.

Charlotte shares her journey from burnout to building an app that helps parents and professionals check in with themselves and reclaim balance. Together, they unpack why burnout is oft...

Computer vision is everywhere: on your phone, at the grocery store, even when you travel. But what does that mean for moms and families?

In this episode of AI-Empowered Mom, host Sarah Dooley sits down with Jodi Blomberg, VP of AI and Data Science at Cox Automotive, mom of three, avid cyclist, and expert in artificial intelligence and computer vision. Together, they explore what computer vision really is, how it shows up in daily li...

You can’t see it, but you feel it. The invisible load of caregiving drains moms and caregivers every day. Ellie Windle, founder of Persist and mom of two, joins to name it, measure it, and change it.

In this episode, Ellie shares her personal journey of burnout, the emotional and logistical labor that caregivers shoulder, and how a birthday party breakdown led to founding Persist. She explains the concept of “anticipatory load,” how...

In this episode of the AI-Empowered Mom Podcast, host Sarah Dooley is joined by Kate Telge, founder of Maiven Collective, a community helping women confidently explore and adopt AI on their own terms. Kate shares her own winding path into tech, the realities of working at Meta during the rise of AI, and the gender adoption gap that inspired her to create Maiven Collective.

Together, they unpack why so many women feel behind in AI, t...

What happens when we combine emotional intelligence with artificial intelligence? In this episode, Sarah Dooley sits down with Dr. Katie Pritchett, PhD, executive coach, keynote speaker, change agility expert, and mom, to explore how we can navigate change more gracefully by strengthening both our EQ and AI muscles.

They unpack what “change agility” really means, why moms may be uniquely positioned to lead through tech transformati...

Money is power, and women have been fighting for both for centuries. In this episode, journalist and author Josie Cox joins AI-Empowered Mom to talk about the intersection of gender, equity, and emerging technology. We unpack her new book Women, Money, Power, diving into the motherhood penalty, why women have been slower to adopt AI, and how artificial intelligence could either close or widen the gender pay gap depending on what we...