#13: How to Trust Your ‘MomSense’ and Build a Dream Life While Raising Kids with Kanika Chadda Gupta Artwork

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#13: How to Trust Your ‘MomSense’ and Build a Dream Life While Raising Kids with Kanika Chadda Gupta

May 07, 2025 • Misha Vayner

Today’s episode is a soulful deep dive into the real, raw, and wildly inspiring world of motherhood, purpose, and presence with my dear friend Kanika Chadda Gupta — a powerhouse former CNN anchor turned purpose-led entrepreneur, podcaster, and mom of three (including twins!).

Kanika is the voice behind That’s Total Mom Sense, a top-ranked parenting podcast that’s featured everyone from Kelly Rowland to Chelsea Clinton. But in this conversation, we go behind the brand — into the quiet inner wisdom, the burnout, the self-doubt, the knowing, and the “get to” moments that have shaped her journey.

We talk about:

What “Mom Sense” really is — and how to reclaim it
How to stay connected to your dreams and intuition (even while sleep-deprived)
The subtle shift from “I have to…” to “I get to…”
Navigating ambition without abandoning yourself
How Kika built a media brand and podcast empire with three kids and no full-time help
Tuning into purpose through meditation, dreams, and vision boards
Tips for speaking powerfully, building presence, and reclaiming your voice

This one’s for the mamas who’ve ever felt torn between ambition and motherhood, exhaustion and purpose, or survival and soul.

📍 Kanika's warmth, wisdom, and wit will remind you: you’ve got this.

Because you’ve always known.

Episode Highlights:

00:00 Introduction

03:17 The Birth of 'Total Mom Sense'

05:42 Understanding and Trusting Mom Sense

08:34 Personal Journey: Overcoming Challenges

16:37 Manifesting Dreams and Vision Boarding

26:14 Balancing Motherhood and Career

31:10 Embracing AI for Productivity

31:43 The Power of Positive Support