A Day In Her Life
Are you interested in how other women get it all done? Do you like a "What's in her bag?" or a "What's on her nightstand?" Are you overwhelmed by seeing highlight reels on Instagram and want to finally hear some authentic, real women talking about their real life?
Same.
Join Ellie as she sits down each week with women to discuss their daily lives - the struggles, the wins, their favorite parts. Let's normalize what our every day lives look like, and learn from each other's shared experience.
Let's have some fun!
Episodes
175 episodes
A Day In Her Life Coffee Chat - Lessons Learned from 168 Episodes (and counting)
Welcome to this week's episode - a quick coffee chat of sorts - about the lessons I've learned from guests over the past 3.5 years.I went through every episode - honest - it took way longer than I thought it would, and distilled down the...
Episode 168: A Day In Her Life with Kate Zeitler - Founder of Zeitler Design and Mom of Three
This week, we're chatting with Kate Zeitler, founder of Zeitler Design — the creative agency behind A Day in Her Life's own rebrand — who runs her studio on an "intensive model," taking on just one clien...
Episode 167: A Day In Her Life with Alexa Archibald - Jewelry Brand Founder and Content Creator
This week, we're chatting with Alexa Archibald, who spent nine years at Meta — including a stretch on the AI and machine learning team — before walking away to run her jewelry brand, Charm Lane Collection, and her content business (
Episode 166: A Day In Her Life with Emma Shulman - Recovering Executive Turned Debut Novelist and Mom of Two
This week, we're sitting down with Emma Shulman, a self-described "recovering executive" who left a 15-year tech career to chase her lifelong dream of writing a novel. Emma shares what it's like to be out the door by 4:45am three to four mornin...
Episode 165: A Day in Her Life with Catharine Perry - COO of a Global Trade Organziation and Mom in NE
Catharine Perry is the chief operating officer of a global trade association, splitting her time between Omaha, Nebraska and Washington, D.C., overseeing finance, HR, operations, and member programs for an entire industry — and she still blocks...
Episode 164 - A Day In Her Life with Ellie Rineck - Talking about Work Travel
This week, you're stuck with me for a solo episode on what it actually looks like when I travel for work. I'm walking through my exact packing system (mouth tape included), the carry-on I've used for almost 10 years, and the loyalty programs I ...
Episode 163: A Day In Her Life with Karina Monesson - Workforce Researcher and Mom of Four in Florida
This week, we're sitting down with Karina Monesson, a workforce researcher at Great Place to Work and mom of four girls (ages 1, 3, 6, and 11) in South Florida. Karina shares what it's like to run a three-and-a-half-hour bedtime marathon ...
Episode 162: A Day In Her Life with Hannah Rosenberg - Poet and Mom of Two!
This week, we're sitting down with Hannah Rosenberg, a poet and writer whose first book, "Same," came out this past October. Hannah shares what it's like to write about your own life as it's happening, four months postpartum with a newborn and ...
Episode 161: A Day In Her Life with Sabina Hitchen - Founder of Press for Success and Mom in Portland ME
This week, we're sitting down with Sabina Hitchen, founder of Press for Success and mom to a seven-year-old in Portland, Maine. Sabina shares what it's like to wake by 5am for a solo walk that doubles as her idea generator, run a PR company wit...
Episode 160: A Day In Her Life with Barbara Mighdoll - Wellness Club CEO, Entrepreneur, and Mom of Two in San Francisco
This week, we're sitting down with Barbara Mighdoll, owner and CEO of MNT Studio — the first wellness social club combining Pilates, co-working, sauna, and childcare — who also runs the marketing agency behind her brand New Modern Mom and just ...
Episode 159: A Day In Her Life with Lydia Fenet - World's Leading Charity Auctioneer, Founder, Author, and Mom of 3 in NYC
This week, we're sitting down with Lydia Fenet, the world's leading charity auctioneer who has raised over a billion dollars for nonprofits, founder of a talent agency for auctioneers, two-time author (her first book optioned by Hulu), and mom ...
Episode 158: A Day In Her Life with Rachel Hochhauser - Hectic, At Home, Multitasking - NYT Bestselling Novelist & Design Company Founder
Rachel Hochhauser was killing time on her phone in a hospital waiting room — her husband recovering from emergency brain surgery, her 18-month-old at home — when a meme of Cinderella's evil stepmother stopped her cold. "This isn't a villain. Sh...
Episode 157: A Day In Her Life with Emilie Dayan Hill - High Net Worth Investment Advisor & Creator of Finance That Feels
Emilie Dayan Hill got her start in finance by pure luck — a phone call that came as she was literally climbing into a moving truck, leaving Mississippi for Atlanta with no job and no connections. A decade later, she's a partner and high net wor...
Episode 156: Melissa Hines - Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist & Founder of Wellest Integrative Health
Melissa Hines never planned to own a business. She just refused to compromise on care — and that single non-negotiable turned a one-woman practice into Wellest Integrative Health, a Back Bay pelvic floor PT clinic with seven practitioners and a...
Episode 155: A Day In Her Life with Francesca Cervero - Yoga Teacher, Teacher Trainer, and Mom in VA
Francesca Cervero has been a full-time yoga teacher for 21 years — and she will tell you, this is her passion. Francesca has evolved her teaching from 40-50hr weeks in person in New York, to now teaching exactly when her son is in school virtua...
Episode 154: A Day In Her Life with Jennifer Cook - Fashion Buyer, Yoga Teacher, and Substack Writer
Jennifer Cook wakes up at five every morning — not because she has to, but because she's wired that way. A fashion buyer for a multi-brand store in Soho, a hot yoga teacher, and the writer behind the Mom Friend Substack, she's built a life in B...
Episode 153: A Day In Her Life with Alison Hall - Inside Edition Correspondent and Breast Cancer Survivor
Alison Hall doesn't know where her day will take her — and that's the point. As a correspondent for Inside Edition, she might get a call at 7am sending her to Long Island for a court hearing, spend the afternoon at the FaceTime set doing virtua...
Episode 152: A Day In Her Life with Kathryn Humphries - PR Consultant and Co-Founder of All You Need Method
Kathryn Humphries turned down a buying position at Bergdorf Goodman to bet on a one-woman PR agency run by someone she'd just met — and that gut instinct shaped everything. From interning in Ralph Lauren's celebrity dressing department to runni...
Episode 151: A Day In Her Life with Chassity Evans - Influencer, Blogger, and Debut Novelist!
Chassity Evans woke up one morning with a fully formed novel in her head. She hadn’t taken a single writing class, had never planned to write a book, and was about to board a flight to the Bahamas — but by January 6th she was writing chapter on...
Episode 150: A Day In Her Life with Rebecca Matchett - Serial Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Synchrony
Rebecca Matchett co-founded Alice and Olivia at 23 with zero fashion experience, now she's building Synchrony, a social platform for neurodivergent adults, and navigating life as a mom of three in downtown Manhattan — including sending her olde...
Episode 149: A Day In Her Life with Hannah Pitner: Spanish Linguistics Professor and Language Business Co-Founder
This week, we're sitting down with Hannah Pitner, a professor of Spanish Linguistics in Memphis and co-founder of Lingua Viva, an online language collective she launched with her business partner while juggling a full-time teaching load and a o...
Episode 148: A Day In Her Life with Kate Stricker - Naptime Kitchen Creator, Author, and Mom of Four
This week, we're sitting down with Kate Strickler, the creator behind Naptime Kitchen, author of "I Just Wish I Had a Bigger Kitchen," and mom of four kids ages 10, 9, 7, and 4 in Charleston, South Carolina. Kate shares what it's like to squeez...
Episode 147: A Day In Her Life - How I Actually Use AI Every Day
From Googling to Building Skills, Markdown Files, and Scheduled WorkflowsI uploaded my son's entire baseball schedule into Google Calendar in under two minutes this morning. No manual entry, no typos, no cross-referencing dates. I pasted...
Episode 146: A Day in Her Life with Rachael Dillon - Cofounder of Mary & Jane and mom of two, splitting time between MN and Costa Rica
This week, we're sitting down with Rachel Dillon, co-founder of Mary and Jane (a hemp-derived edibles company) and mom of two boys who splits her time between Minneapolis and Costa Rica as a "millennial snowbird." Rachel shares what it's like t...
Episode 145: A Day In Her Life with Adriana Mastronardi: High School Math Teacher, Mom of 3, and Fitness Coach
This week, we're sitting down with Adriana Mastronardi, a high school math teacher, mom of three teenagers, and online fitness and nutrition coach for midlife women. Adriana shares what it's like to wake up at 4:50am every single morning (no sn...
