This Is How She Does It! Helping Corporate Working Moms Move from Burnout, Overwhelm and Mental Load to Balance and Abundance

How are you doing...like, really doing? Take my free quiz to find out the state of your nervous system and what you can do to make shifts and become happier and more calm: https://angelaleecoaching.com/quiz 
---------
In this episode of This Is How She Does It, Angela Lee sits down with Dr. Lee Baucom, a seasoned marriage coach who has spent more than 20 years helping couples rebuild connection and transform their relationships. But his message might surprise you: you don’t have to wait for your partner to change before your marriage can begin to shift.
Together, Angela and Dr. Baucom unpack what it really means to function as a team in marriage — especially in the middle of careers, parenting, stress, and the daily mental load that so many couples carry. They explore how disconnection happens slowly over time, why many couples unknowingly hit the “pause button” on intimacy and connection, and the small but powerful ways you can begin rebuilding closeness today.
This conversation is practical, hopeful, and deeply grounding for anyone navigating the realities of modern partnership. Whether your marriage feels strong, strained, or somewhere in between, you’ll walk away with tangible tools to create more connection, collaboration, and emotional safety in your relationship.
In this episode, we discuss:
Why healthy marriages shift from “me vs. you” to a collaborative “we”
The 3 essential layers of connection every relationship needs: physical, emotional, and spiritual
How parenting, stress, and the mental load can quietly create distance between partners
Why small invitations to connect are more effective than grand gestures
How to stop waiting for your partner to change and start creating momentum yourself
The subtle warning signs of disconnection couples often miss
If you’ve ever felt like you and your partner are simply surviving life together instead of truly connecting, this episode offers a compassionate and actionable roadmap back to each other.
Connect with Dr. Lee Baucom
Website: https://savethemarriage.com/
Connect with Angela:
I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn or Instagram and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest!
Subscribe & Leave a Review!
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!

In this episode, I’m joined by Amina Lobban for an honest and refreshing conversation about what it really takes to create belonging, support, and sustainability inside the workplace. Not the surface-level version, but the kind that helps women thrive personally and professionally.
We talk about why trust and credibility often create flexibility, how the right manager can completely change the trajectory of your career, and why being intentional about your priorities and making aligned tradeoffs is a skill worth developing. We also explore the importance of having something outside of work and family that fills you up, whether that’s community, volunteering, or simply space that belongs to you.
This conversation is practical, validating, and deeply relevant for any woman trying to build a career without losing herself in the process.
 

How are you really? Take the Quiet Shift Quiz: angelaleecoaching.com/quiz
 
In this episode of This Is How She Does It, Angela Lee sits down with Sabrina Ritchie, a dual board-certified nurse practitioner, mom of three, and founder of Thoughtful Therapies, for a powerful, honest conversation about burnout, women’s health, and what it really takes to rebuild yourself from the ground up.
What makes Sabrina’s perspective so unique is that she’s seen burnout from both sides. Despite her clinical training and expertise, she still found herself completely overwhelmed and dismissed by a healthcare system that often treats diagnoses instead of the whole person. That experience became the catalyst for creating a more integrative, whole-body approach to care.
Together, Angela and Sabrina dive into:
What perimenopause actually is—and why so many women are being brushed off by doctors
How social media comparison is quietly fueling loneliness and disconnection
The truth about burnout in motherhood and high-achieving women
What it really looks like to rebuild your identity, energy, and sense of self
The big question: can women truly “have it all,” or do we need a new definition?
This conversation is raw, validating, and deeply insightful, especially for working moms who feel stuck in survival mode and are craving a more aligned, supported way of living.
If you’ve ever felt dismissed, overwhelmed, or like you’re doing everything “right” but still burning out, this episode will remind you that you’re not alone—and that there is another way.
Connect with: Sabrina Ritchie
www.sabrinaritchie.com
IG: sabrina_ritchie_wellness
Connect with Angela:
I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn or Instagram and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest!
Subscribe & Leave a Review!
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!

In case you missed it, here's a encore episode to remind you that you don't have to carry the household and mental load alone. 
In this episode, I’m joined by productivity coach and certified Fair Play Method facilitator Valerie Recore. This conversation opened my eyes to the fact that I don’t have to make every household decision on my own—and neither do you. Valerie shares practical ways to divide up chores and responsibilities, not only with your partner but also with your kids.
I was especially excited about this because my kids are at the age where giving them more ownership and decision-making power can really work. Valerie helped me reframe some of the challenges I’ve been facing, and I know you’ll walk away with fresh perspectives and actionable strategies you can use in your home too.
We talk about:
How to take the weight of responsibility off your shoulders
Simple ways to get your family involved in household decisions
Why busyness shouldn’t be a badge of honor
Toxic time management traps
How to create space for “unicorn time” (yes, it’s a real thing!)
If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed by trying to do it all, this episode will give you permission—and tools—to share the load.
Valerie Recourt’s Website: https://strideproductivity.com/
Connect with Angela:
I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest!
 
Subscribe & Leave a Review!
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!

Feeding kids can feel like a daily battle — especially when you’re juggling busy schedules, picky eaters, and the pressure to serve healthy meals. 🍽️
In this episode of This Is How She Does It, Angela Lee sits down with Jackie Jansky, the creative mom behind Finder Binder — a practical and playful system that helps kids take ownership of what they eat. Born out of Jackie’s experience raising premature twin daughters with feeding and sensory challenges, Finder Binder transformed mealtime in her home from stressful stand-offs to collaborative, fun family moments.
Jackie shares the emotional journey of navigating NICU stays, the frustration of having kids who would only eat Goldfish, and how giving children choice at the table can reduce pressure, build confidence, and encourage healthier habits over time. Instead of playing short-order cook or arguing over bites, Jackie created a system that teaches kids how to build a balanced plate while making dinnertime enjoyable again.
If you’ve ever felt stuck with picky eaters, overwhelmed by weekday meals, or exhausted by food battles — this conversation offers a refreshing, practical approach that brings connection back to the table. ✨
Key Takeaways:• Why removing pressure helps kids try new foods• How choice and control transform the mealtime experience• Teaching kids to build a balanced plate• Turning dinner into connection instead of conflict• The importance of parents recharging and reducing mealtime stress

Stacy said something in this episode that I haven't stopped thinking about. I wrote about it here on Substack. 
------------
In this episode of This Is How She Does It, Angela Lee sits down with Stacey Lee. Stacey is a former startup Head of Finance turned transformational money and embodiment coach for a powerful conversation about burnout, self-worth, and redefining success as a working mom.After scaling LA tech companies and raising multimillion-dollar funding rounds, Stacey hit a breaking point.
Despite outward success, she felt depleted and disconnected. She walked away from corporate life, built and sold a thriving bookkeeping firm for female entrepreneurs, and began a deep personal healing journey rooted in somatic and tantric, body-based coaching.
Now, Stacey blends 20+ years of finance experience with transformational coaching to help women, especially mothers navigating midlife transitions to unwind inherited money beliefs, heal fears around security and worth, and create lives aligned with joy, pleasure, and authenticity.
Angela and Stacey dive into:
The hidden cost of high achievement and burnout
Healing your relationship with money and self-worth
Listening to your body’s wisdom instead of pushing through
Choosing a more feminine, pleasure-filled way of living
Supporting children in having voice, choice, and self-trust
Rewriting generational patterns around success and love
This heartfelt conversation explores how self-love, embodiment, and financial empowerment can help working mothers move from depletion to joy and build lives that feel as good on the inside as they look on the outside.
If you're a high-achieving woman feeling stuck, burned out, or disconnected from yourself, this episode will inspire you to slow down, listen to your body, and redefine success on your own terms.
Connect with Stacey Lee:
Email - Stacey@solveyourfinances.com
Instagram
Connect with Angela:
I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn or Instagram and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest!
Subscribe & Leave a Review!
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!

Want to get out of your head and stop feeling so overwhelmed?
Take 30 minutes to stop running on fumes and get clear on what you really want.
Download my free 30-minute Nervous System RESET.
-----------------------
Are you a high-achieving working mom who looks like she has it together, but feels exhausted, overwhelmed, and quietly resentful on the inside? You might not be burned out from doing too much. You might be burned out from patterns that have been running on autopilot since long before you had a career or kids.
In this episode of This Is How She Does It, host Angela Lee gets radically honest about a recent blowup with her husband — and what she discovered when she got curious about the patterns underneath it. Angela unpacks three deeply conditioned patterns she sees in almost every high-achieving woman and working mother she works with: patterns rooted in childhood conditioning, nervous system survival responses, and the invisible cost of always being the capable one.
If you've been struggling with working mom burnout, over-functioning, or the pressure to hold everything together without asking for help — this episode will give you language for what you've been feeling and practical tools to start shifting it.
In this episode, we cover:
Pattern 1: The efficiency trap ("It's just easier if I do it")
Pattern 2: The emotional labor pattern ("Everyone else's feelings are my job")
Pattern 3: The identity pattern ("I have to prove I can handle it")
Practical nervous system tools for each pattern
Why these patterns aren't character flaws, they are survival strategies that got you here, but won't get you to where you want to be
This episode is for you if:
You're a working mom feeling overwhelmed, but not sure why
You struggle to ask for help or delegate without guilt
You feel responsible for everyone's emotions — your kids, your partner, your team
You've been the "capable one" your whole life and you're exhausted by it
You want practical, nervous system-informed tools — not just mindset advice
Resources mentioned:
This week's Substack companion article — the written version of this episode with deeper tool breakdowns
Last week's episode with Karen Canham on nervous system regulation
Connect with Angela:
I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn or Instagram and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest!
Subscribe & Leave a Review!
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!

Ready to get out of your head and stop feeling so overwhelmed?
Take 30 minutes to stop running on fumes and get clear on what you really want.
Download my free 30-minute Nervous System RESET.
---------------------
Welcome back to This Is How She Does It with Angela Lee. In this episode, Angela sits down with Karen Canham, Board Certified Wellness Coach and founder of KarenAnn Wellness, to explore nervous system regulation, burnout, and high performance for working moms and ambitious women.
Drawing from neuroscience, somatic practices, and parts work therapy, Karen shares how a dysregulated nervous system is often the root cause of stress, reactivity, perfectionism, and burnout. From snapping at your kids to numbing out with scrolling or wine, these behaviors aren’t failures—they’re signals.
You’ll learn simple, practical tools to regulate your nervous system, reduce stress, and build emotional resilience, plus a powerful framework (the “stoplight” method) to better understand your reactions in everyday life.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, or stuck in survival mode, this episode will help you reconnect with your body, reclaim your energy, and create more calm, clarity, and presence.
Key Takeaways:
Nervous system regulation is the key to reducing burnout and stress
Somatic tools help interrupt reactive patterns
Perfectionism keeps you stuck in chronic overwhelm
Building emotional awareness leads to more calm, clarity, and resilience
Connect with Karen Canham :
Website: www.karenannwellness.com
Download a free Nervous System Regulation Toolkit or join the 6-Week Accelerator Group Program — a space for professionals ready to regulate deeper, not push harder.
Instagram: @karenann_wellness
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/karenannwellness
 
Connect with Angela:
I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn or Instagram and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest!
Subscribe & Leave a Review!
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!

Ready to get out of your head and stop feeling so overwhelmed?
Take 30 minutes to stop running on fumes and get clear on what you really want.
Download my free 30-minute Nervous System RESET.
------------------------
In this episode of This Is How She Does It, host Angela Lee sits down with Bryce Batts, who is a business consultant, certified career coach, co-founder of The Career Collective, and author of The Career Architect. Together, they talk about how women can design a career they truly love.
Bryce shares her journey from corporate recruiting to entrepreneurship while navigating motherhood, along with practical advice on career pivots, overcoming imposter syndrome, networking with confidence, and negotiating for the opportunities and benefits you want.
In this episode, we discuss:
How to design a career aligned with your values
The power of small, courageous actions (like raising your hand for the right opportunity)
Why real inclusion at work is about culture—not just policies
What women can learn from men about networking and career advancement
How Gen Z is reshaping expectations around work and success
The importance of getting quiet so you can get clear on what you truly want
If you’re a working mom feeling stuck, ready for career growth, or wondering “what’s next?”, this episode will help you step into your “Why not me?” era and start taking small, powerful actions toward the career you want.
Connect with Bryce Batts:
You can find me on LinkedIn
Instagram at @brycebatts
www.mycareercollective.com
www.brycebatts.co 
You can also listen to my podcast Wine After Work wherever you stream your shows — it’s all about real conversations on careers, leadership, and life as a modern working woman.
Connect with Angela:
I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn or Instagram and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest!
Subscribe & Leave a Review!
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!
 

Feeling exhausted and overwhelmed, mama?
Take 30 minutes to stop running on fumes and feel like yourself again.
Download my free 30-minute Nervous System RESET.
======================
Managing a family calendar can feel like a full-time job. In this episode, Angela Lee talks with Amy Briggs, founder of Aviva, about how AI can help busy parents reduce the mental load of family scheduling.
After years of working with children and families, Amy understood just how much parents carry behind the scenes. As a mother herself juggling school emails, activity schedules, birthday parties, and daily logistics, she knows first hand how overwhelming the cognitive load of managing a family can be.
So despite having no technical background, Amy enrolled in Chicago’s 1871 tech incubator and built Aviva, an AI tool that automatically detects events from emails, organizes family calendars, flags conflicts, and helps parents stay ahead of the chaos.
In this conversation, Angela and Amy explore the deeper reality behind modern parenting — the expectations, guilt, and pressure that many working moms silently carry — and how technology can be used to give parents back their time and presence with their families.
You’ll hear about Amy’s career pivot, how she built a tech company from scratch, and why her approach to AI is different: Aviva isn’t designed to keep you glued to your phone — it’s designed to help you close the app and get back to your life.
In this episode, we cover:
The invisible mental load most parents carry
Why modern parenting often feels impossible to get “right”
Amy’s transition from speech pathologist to tech founder
How she built an AI product with no coding background
How Aviva helps automate family scheduling and reminders
Why the best technology should give you time back, not take more of it
If you’ve ever felt like the CEO of your family’s logistics — this episode will feel incredibly validating.
Learn more about Aviva:Aviva offers a two-week free trial and helps families streamline their calendars, detect events automatically, and reduce the stress of managing it all.
https://www.withaviva.com/
Connect with Angela:
I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn or Instagram and drop me a message to let me know what other topics you'd like me to cover or share a recommendation for my next podcast guest!
Subscribe & Leave a Review!
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and write a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback will help us reach more listeners and continue to bring you valuable content!