The Working Mother Experience
It's The Working Mother Experience podcast. Weekly, we will alternate between interviewing the artists (it could be you) and discussing hot topics related to working and mothering. We promise, it will lift your spirits, make you laugh and think, and deeply connect you to your experience and the experience of other working mothers. The Working Mother Experience inspires ambitious women to honestly and creatively share what it means to work and mother. Our goal is to collect and compile 250 pieces of individual art, painted by working mothers around the globe, to showcase the richness and diversity of what it means to mother and work.
Episodes
59 episodes
Episode #57: Finding part-time work in a full-time country, a conversation with Nathalie Rasmussen, Sustainability Lead, Lawyer, Mother & Artist
In this episode we meet Nathalie Rasmussen, a woman who wears many hats - sustainability expert, lecturer, lawyer, mother and artist. We were honoured to have Nathalie as our guest speaker at our first international Vernissage in Co...
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Episode #57: On Values, writing, imposter syndrome, and mothering with Nekolina Lau, Communications Professional, Avid Reader, Mother and Artist
Meet Nekolina Lau, and listen to her and (sometimes) host, Angela, talk about using values to guide us, why we all experience imposter syndrome and how to get over it, mothering, creating art, and her published works!We hope you enjoy.&n...
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Episode #56: A Mother Daughter Conversation, Meeting our Founder's Daughter
Meet Arwen, a 9-year old girl who is a sister to a younger brother and sister, lover of highland dance and piano, and daughter of our founder, Morgan. In this conversation between mother and daughter, they discuss what it's like to be a kid, an...
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Episode #55: Our Words for 2025, WME Leadership Team Gets Real
Do you set an annual word? Resolutions? Well, we do! And today on the podcast, we are sharing the words that will guide us through 2025 (well, we hope they will). We talk about the wins and words of 2024 and what we are excited abou...
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Episode 54: To Being Ready with Juli Rohl, Entrepreneur, Innovator, Geologist, Artist & Mother
In this episode we connect with Juli Rohl, an entrepreneurial, creative, and brilliant human being and mother. Juli created her piece in October 2023 at our first exhibit and live workshop, but it wasn't until now that she felt rea...
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Episode #53: "It's Not Perfection, but Love That Matters Most" with Rose Asgharzadeh, Professor, Artist & Mother
Meet Dr. Rose Asgharzadeh, an inspiring, thoughtful and incredibly deep thinker. Rose is an Assistant Professor at Mount Royal University, a mother of a university student, and recent newcomer to Canada from Iran. Rose shares about...
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Episode #52: Why does painting help working mothers? Confession Session with Morgan (WME Founder & Executive Director)
In this rambling episode, Morgan, The Working Mother Experience Founder & Executive Director, shares why she believes the work the WME team is doing matters.Over the last three years, WME has collected 125 original pieces of art pai...
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Episode #51: "Creativity Saved my Life" with Chiara Bello, Italian artist & jewelry maker, entrepreneur & mother
Today on the podcast we meet Chiara Bello, an Italian jewelry maker and artist, entrepreneur, mother and artist. A ray of sunshine, a creative maven, and honest sparring partner, we hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did. <...
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Episode #50: Celebrating our Milestone Moments & Future, The WME Leadership Team
To mark our 50th podcast, the WME leadership team takes moment to reflect on our milestone moments, the themes that are resonating with us and where we are headed. From calendars, to non-profit status, to reaching our halfway mark ...
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Episode #49: "We Need to Pick the Things That Matter" with Amanda Robertson, Engineer, Dancer, Mother & Artist
Meet Amanda Robertson, engineer, dancer, mother, and artist. Amanda participated in one of The Working Mother Experience's virtual workshops through the organization Pros and Babes (https://www.prosandbabes.com/), creating a beauti...
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Episode #48: Embracing the Role of Breadwinner, Stay-At-Home Dads, and Making Mistakes with Angie Alexander, Engineer, Mother & Artist
In this episode we speak with Angie Alexander about her experience as the main breadwinner for her family, stay at home fathers, and how we will most certainly make mistakes as working mothers and human beings. Angie also shares th...
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Episode #47: Turning an Idea into a Business with Melissa Kober Meier, Engineer turned Entrepreneur, Mother & Artist
Meet Melissa Kober Meier, an energizing, bright, and entrepreneurial spirit who found a solution for a constant frustration and challenge for women working in the field - NeverNude coveralls.While we recorded this before Melissa had lau...
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Episode #46: Hiking the Peaks & Valleys of Parenting with Angela Anderson, Communications Guru, Ultra Runner, Artist & Working Mother
Meet the amazing Angela Anderson, Communications Director for The Working Mother Experience, ultra runner, adventure-woman, senior leader and momma. We talk about having children 12 years apart and how Angela has evolved as a paren...
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Episode #45: Taking the Leap from Corporate to Creative with Cedna Todorovic, Photographer, Business Owner, Working Mother & Artist
Today on the podcast we connect with the incredible Cedna Todorovic, a Calgary-based portrait photographer. But Cedna is so much more than a photographer, she captures the majesty of the person, their history and their desires in just one pose....
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Episode #44: Traveling with Kids & the Importance of Solo Travel as Mothers, with Sarah Fowler, Traveler, Nature Lover, Artist and Working Mother
Today on the podcast we meet Sarah Fowler, a tech industry mom who is raising her daughter in an idyllic mountain town. We talk about living away from family, traveling with and without kids, the importance of solo trips, and how it...
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Episode #43: Navigating the "Supposed Tos" with Katherine Sinex, Engineer, Leader, Artist & Working Mother
On the podcast we connect with the incredible Katherine Sinex, a deep thinker, an engineer with a passion for human behaviour and training in psychology, a negotiator (listen to the podcast for more on this exciting element of Katherine), creat...
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Episode #42: How to be an Overachiever With Kids with Julie Hawco, Engineer, Community Connector, Mother & Artist
Today on the podcast, we meet Julie Hawco, a community-minded change agent who wants better for working mothers and families. Julie is the founder of The Stem Moms Project, an initiative that started out to better understand why ST...
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Episode #42: How to be an Overachiever Post Kids with Julie Hawco, Engineer, Community Connector, Mother & Artist
Today on the podcast, we meet Julie Hawco, a community-minded change agent who wants better for working mothers and families. Julie is the founder of The Stem Moms Project, an initiative that started out to better understand why ST...
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Episode #41: What's Your Word? Annual New Year's Podcast with the WME Executive Team
Amanda, Angela and Morgan, The Working Mother Experience executive team in Canada, celebrate the successes of 2023 and share what they're excited about in 2024. This is both a personal and professional sharing session where they touch on their ...
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Episode #40: Ending the Career Plateau after Motherhood with Erin Smith and Saphina Waters, Founders, Communicators, Entrepreneurs & Artists
Today on the podcast we meet Erin Smith and Saphina Waters, co-founders of The Debut Collective, an organization dedicated to supporting working mothers thrive after having children and returning to the workplace. They offer a variety of unique...
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Episode #39: On Letting it Get Extra Messy with Amanda Lapadat, Entrepreneur, Expat, Working Mother & Artist
Today on the podcast we hear from the ever-inspiring Amanda Lapadat. Amanda and Morgan, the Working Mother Experience Founder, have known eachother for a long time, close to 23 years. Amanda and Morgan went to the same highschool in Guelph, ON;...
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Episode #38: Surviving the Lake of Blood and... with Meredith Hendriks, Working Mother & Artist
Meredith Hendriks is a force of resilience and strength. Knowing Meredith for close to a decade, I've had the vantage point of seeing her move through adversity, accidents, setbacks and many personal challenges that would have made most crumble...
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Episode #37: The "Window of Tolerance" with Amelia Larson, Working Mother & Artist
In this episode, we connect with Amelia Larson, Clinical Social Worker, entrepreneur, working mother, former foster parent and artist.Using the analogy of the "Window of Tolerance", Amelia helps us to understand how, when, and why our r...
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Episode #36: On Choosing to Trust Your Children with Margaret Dahlberg, Musician, Teacher, Artist & Mother
Today on the podcast we meet the incredibly creative, insightful and kind Margaret Dahlberg, known in Calgary as Ms. Tweetie. Margaret is a local celebrity amongst children who enjoy her Music in Nature program or private music lessons AND is a...
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Episode 35: We're Going International, Going Live + Tapping Into Your Inner Knowing
In this mini debrief, our founder, Morgan, shares some incredibly exciting updates for The Working Mother Experience; that's right, we are going international with our first team member living abroad and hosting our inaugural art exhibit this f...
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