This Mom Knows

You dream of being both a mom and a business owner.  Being a mompreneur isn't easy but it is possible!

With careful planning and intentional boundaries between home and business, it is possible to successfully manage being an all around mompreneur. By making sure that family comes first and prioritizing tasks accordingly, moms can find success in their businesses still have time for their families!

Kelly Garcia, the owner of Momp...

Heather Greco hails from Texas, is mom of 3, and as the founder of Chaos 'n Cookies an entrepreneur and a podcaster. Keeping moms from crumbling is her main objective. Through her example and experience, she shows how managing your time wisely, delegating tasks, creating systems at home, and seeking support from others, can help any mom find success as an entrepreneur while still balancing family life.

With over 10 years as a direc...

In the midst of busy, fast-paced lives, how do we find God in the ordinary things?

Christine Fisher, author of 3 books, is known for looking for God in the mundane things of the everyday. Christine appreciates everything around her that she keeps her eyes and heart open to see God and His goodness in everything even in the simplest things and actions. Listen as she shares to us how she sees, lives and shares God’s love and presence...

What would it look like for you to be intentional as a mom and family?

Anastasia Corbin wrote the book on it! She's the author of Becoming an Intentional Family and co-author of When the Bases are Loaded: Encouragement for Moms to Hit a Grand Slam in Life. Join us as we talk about becoming an intentional family and how intentionality is a cornerstone in building confidence in your kids.

Meet Anastasia

Anastasia Corbin is an ...

"One of the reasons that I'm doing this now while my kids are at home is so that when they're grown and off to college, I will still have a meaningful purpose."

Janelle Rottier is the executive director of a nonprofit called ANew Ministries. In this episode, she shares this idea that you're more than a mom -- you're a person created with a purpose. She will also talk about how she ‘accidentally’ found herself in ministry work, and ...

Whitney Chaffin, is a powerhouse real estate expert, who has learned how to use her passions to generate profit so she can give others a second chance at a meaningful life.

MEET OUR GUEST WHITNEY CHAFFIN

Whitney, originally from Ohio and now a resident of South Florida, is a real estate expert who speaks and teaches people across the country how to invest in real estate. Having experienced personal challenges and loss, she turned t...

In this podcast episode, Carolyn Dun discusses her simple approach to generosity and how it has made a deep impact.

Carolyn Dun is a connector extraordinaire and saw a gap between small, locally focused nonprofits and the abundance of resources in the communities around her. She founded Community Purse, a giving circle that has donated nearly half a million dollars to community organizations.

In this episode we talk about the bene...

Do you have a financial decision you've been avoiding? Perhaps you have debt you need a strategy for eliminating or simply want resources on helping your kids manage their allowance.

Today my guest is Emily Guy Birken. She is a finance expert, author, coach and speaker. In this episode we talk about helping people understand that a lot of the stress and pressure we feel about money is unnecessary, how she handles being a stay home ...

When Kelley moved to South Florida to learn the family business, she had no idea that solving the problem of her daughter severe reaction to mosquito bites would lead her into an even bigger business. Kelley found a suction tool solution and has branded it and now sells it worldwide as a simple, chemical free way to reduce the impact of summers biggest pain - bug bites.

The Bug Bite Thing was seen on Shark Tank where Kelley was giv...

"Do more for your family" and "Be present in the moment" are conflicting messages that moms hear everyday. You may have heard it described as being a Mary or a Martha.

Claire McGarry felt that tension and began to look deeper at that Bible story about those famous sisters. Along the way she discovered a gift from that story.

In this episode, Claire shares her G-I-F-T method where we

G-Gauge what our stress is
I-Invite it in
F-Filte...

Self-care. We know we need it, but we don't always know how to do it in a way that doesn't feel selfish.

Jenn Collins from Mama Needs Box joins us to help us solve that problem and make it a natural part of our mom life.

Meet our Guest Jenn:

Jenn Collins is the Chief Self-Care Officer at and founder of the Mama Needs subscription box. Jenn is on a mission to help mamas understand the need for self-care and give them the tools and i...

You have a message to share! Maybe it's a life experience that shaped you, a topic you have a lot of experience with, or a situation you want to help people avoid.

Mary Snyder is all about helping women take the message they have in their hearts and turn it into a speaking career.

Meet our Guest Mary:

Mary is a speaker, event, and tour producer. One of her favorite things is to emcee events for other speakers. Mary has a passion to...

Who's on your Mom Team? We have lots of conversations about how people, systems, and even gadgets can nicely fill spots, but we don't often talk about the most important member - Jesus. 

Heather Jonsson from the Bold Mercies Podcast is with us today toshares her experience of digging out of overwhelm and giving Jesus a leading role on her Mom Team.

Meet our Guest Heather:

Heather Jonsson is mom to five teens and tweens, mostly teen...

Remember when your kids were little and you and your kids got together with all the other moms and their kids? When you had support and community? And then they became middle schoolers, and you found yourself a little bit more on the fringes with less mom community.

Kim Caifano from Middle School Mommer is with us today to talk about being a mom in these middle years as well as starting a business during and for the middle school y...

When you sit down to work do you spend more time preparing to work or actually working?  Today we talk about the key components that you need when designing your workspace.

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Topics we cover:

• Importance of an uncluttered workspace
• Sorting and purging clutter to ...

Riley Whitson knows all about meal planning with Plan to Eat.  Meal planning is one of the 3 key systems that will let you put your energy into more important things, and Plan to Eat is exactly what you need.

Meet our Guest Riley:

Riley Whitson is Director of Marketing Communications for my favorite tool Plan to Eat. She has worked for Plan to Eat for the last seven years and in that time has held many different roles and holds a c...

We're celebrating and it's all thanks to you!

Did you know most podcasts don't make it past 10 episodes? (True story!) But thanks to you, This Mom Knows is 1-year old!

To celebrate we're highlighting your favorite episodes of this past year.

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Kate Kordsmeier knows being a mompreneur means that we have to wear many hats. But just because we are responsible for something doesn't mean that we have to trade our time to get it done. Kate has leveraged systems - especially evergreen funnels -- effectively turning a significant portion of her income into a passive revenue that allows her to invest her energy into the things that matter to her -- especially her growing family.

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Topics we cover:

• Mompreneurs and their unique challenges
• Differentiating mompreneurs from working moms and work-from-home moms
• Defining what a mompreneur is: a mom plus an entrepreneur
• Distinguishing between owning a business and having a job
• Income differences between m...