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EP 47: Career Growth for Working Moms: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome & Get the Job You Want with Bryce Batts

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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.
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EP 46: Family Scheduling for Busy Parents and How AI Can Reduce the Mental Load with Amy Briggs

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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/
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EP 45: The Working Mom Burnout Reset: How to Calm Overwhelm in 30 Minutes

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If you’re a working mom carrying a lot right now — managing deadlines, kids, meals, schedules, and the invisible mental load — it makes sense that you feel stretched thin. You don’t need to do more; you need space to breathe.
In this episode, I share some personal insights on what I do when I get overwhelmed. 
I also created free Nervous System Reset guided audio to help you calm your nervous system, quiet the mental noise, and reconnect with your own clarity so you can move through your days feeling grounded, steady, and confident instead of scattered and reactive.
Take 30 minutes for yourself, press play, and return to the calm, capable woman you know are. Then come back and let me know how it worked for you. 
 
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The Motherhood Advantage: How Ambitious Working Mothers Can Achieve Career Success, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive at Work and at Home with Dr. Anne Welsh

Welcome back to the This Is How She Does It podcast with your host, Angela Lee. In this inspiring and deeply validating conversation, Angela sits down with Dr. Anne Welsh to explore what it really means to be an ambitious working mother today.
Together, they unpack the shift from the “motherhood penalty” narrative to the motherhood advantage — and how motherhood and career growth can actually strengthen each other rather than compete. Instead of forcing women to separate their identities at work and at home, Dr. Welsh explains how integration leads to greater impact, fulfillment, and even better health outcomes.
They also dive into the Ambition Paradox — the cycle of chasing external achievements while feeling increasingly disconnected internally and introduce the concept of Healthy Striving: ambition rooted in alignment, purpose, and emotional connection instead of burnout and exhaustion.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
Why motherhood can enhance leadership, empathy, and decision-making at work
How career ambition can positively shape how we show up as parents
The hidden emotional cost of constant achievement chasing
Practical mindset and behavior shifts to move from surviving to thriving
If you’re a working mom, leader, or woman who wants success and fulfillment, this is a must-listen conversation.
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Looking to unpack the "Ambition Paradox" and redefine success for yourself? Sign up and get access to my free Masterclass - The Aligned Advantage: https://angelaleecoaching.com/masterclass 
In this Masterclass, you’ll discover:
How to Stop the Hustle and step into who you really are
The new formula for success (that doesn't include working harder)
Your Human Design Type and how to apply it to the new success formula
How to are here to make decisions and attract new opportunities  
Connect with Anne Welsh:
Anne's Website
Pre-order Ambitious Mother: From Surviving to Thriving in Your Career and at Home
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EP 43: How Attachment Styles Shape Marriage, Parenting & Communication with Bryan Power

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Welcome back to This Is How She Does It with your host, Angela Lee. In this special episode, Angela welcomes her first male guest, Bryan Power, a Certified Integrated Attachment Theory Coach, for an honest conversation about relationships, communication, and healing attachment patterns.
Bryan shares the personal story of how his marriage hit rock bottom, how he and his wife rebuilt, and how that journey led him to help others break destructive relationship cycles. Together, they unpack emotional triggers, childhood wounds, and why “nagging” often doesn’t create the change we want. Bryan also breaks down the Six Pillars of Integrated Attachment Theory in a practical, easy-to-understand way you can apply in your relationships and parenting.
If you’ve ever felt unheard, stuck in repeating arguments, or wanted to create healthier patterns for your family, this episode is for you — just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Key Takeaways:
How unresolved childhood experiences shape adult relationships
Why teaching kids emotional regulation is hard when we weren’t taught it ourselves
How to shift communication from defensiveness to understanding
The Six Pillars for building healthier, more secure relationships
 
Connect with Bryan Power:
Website: https://www.myrelationshipfail.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanwpower/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@myrelationshipfail
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myrelationshipfail/
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EP 42: How Busy Working Moms Can Create Work-Life Rhythms that Actually Work with Holly Haynes

In this episode, Angela sits down with Holly Haynes — twin mom, former Fortune 500 corporate strategist, and creator of the Crush the Rush podcast — to talk about what it really means to design a life that supports your priorities instead of constantly competing with them.
In this conversation, Angela and Holly explore how to identify what you truly want your life to look like, why those specific elements matter to you, and how to build the schedules, routines, and rhythms that actually support that vision. Holly is living proof that this type of life is possible.
Holly reflects on the pivotal moments in her journey, including her “bus stop dream,” which sparked reimagining of how she wanted her daily life to look like. She shares how she intentionally created space for family, community, and self care, and the practical steps she took to build her business alongside a corporate job and motherhood.
Whether you’re a working mom in a 9–5 role or running your own business, this conversation is a powerful reminder that you can create a meaningful, fulfilling life that supports your goals. It all starts with getting clear on your values and priorities.
Key Takeaways
How to build schedules and rhythms around your life — not the other way around
Community is essential for both motherhood and business
Surrounding yourself with the right people changes what you believe is possible 
Connect with Holly Haynes:
Tune into the Crush the Rush Podcast (recently ranked Top 100 in Entrepreneurship!)
Check out Anti-Social School™ to build a marketing plan that works without social media
Browse the course library + free trainings to get started today
Say hi on IG @Hollymariehaynes
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Working Moms Doing It All: How to Break the Cycle of Burnout and Self-Abandonment

Working moms often self-abandon by putting everyone else first and tying their worth to productivity. This episode explores how working moms can break the cycle of self-abandonment and step into self-ownership and self-trust.
🎉 This episode of This Is How She Does It marks a big milestone—the one-year anniversary of the podcast.
In this solo episode, Angela reflects on what this past year of podcasting has meant to her: finding her voice, stepping into visibility, and learning to stop self-abandoning in order to truly live life on her terms.
She explores the concept of self-abandonment—how it quietly shows up for so many women and moms through people-pleasing, overfunctioning, guilt, and putting everyone else first. From squeezing passion projects into fringe hours to staying silent to keep the peace, Angela names the patterns many of us live in but rarely question.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
What self-abandonment really looks like in everyday life
The difference between self-worth and self-confidence 
Honest examples of how Angela self-abandoned this past year
Reflective questions to help you spot where you might be doing the same
How The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz offers a simple framework for moving out of self-betrayal and back into self-trust
Why this work isn’t just personal—but something we model for our children
This episode is a reminder that you’re not broken and that you can choose differently.
Thank you for being here. Thank you for listening. And thank you for walking this journey with me. 💛
 
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EP 40: Fearless Finance: A CFP's Guide to Money for Working Moms with Lori Atwood

In this episode of This Is How She Does It, Angela Lee sits down with Lori Atwood, Certified Financial Planner® and founder of Fearless Finance, to talk about money, motherhood, and redefining success on your own terms.
Lori shares her journey from a high-powered career in investment banking and private equity roles to stepping away from the corporate world during the 2008 recession and after the birth of her daughter.
She shares what led her to building Fearless Finance and her mission to make high-quality, fiduciary financial planning accessible to families and women who previously felt expert advice was out of reach.
Angela and Lori have an honest conversation about the realities of balancing career ambition with family life, the pressure to “have it all,” and what financial empowerment actually looks like for women today. They explore practical topics like setting clear priorities, navigating money conversations in relationships, and creating a financial plan that supports both security and happiness.
If you’re a working mom navigating financial decisions, craving clarity around money, or simply wanting a more grounded and empowering relationship with your finances, this episode offers both insight and reassurance that you’re not alone.
 
Connect with Lori Atwood:
Fearless Finance Official Website Link: HERE
@Fearlessfinance
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EP 39: Owning Your Worth: Salary Negotiation and Self-Advocacy for Working Moms with Ashley Paré

In this episode of This Is How She Does It, host Angela Lee sits down with Ashley Paré, executive coach, speaker, and CEO/founder of Own Your Worth, for a powerful and grounded conversation about self-worth, compensation, and trusting yourself in your career.
Ashley shares her journey from climbing the corporate HR ladder to burning out, questioning her identity, and ultimately redefining what worth really means—beyond titles, salaries, and external validation. Drawing on her experience negotiating pay, witnessing systemic inequities in the workplace, and navigating motherhood and entrepreneurship, Ashley offers honest insight into why so many women struggle to ask for what they deserve.
Together, Angela and Ashley unpack the invisible forces shaping women’s professional lives—from childhood conditioning and societal expectations to the pressure to perform and prove. They explore practical strategies for salary negotiation and pay transparency, while also inviting a deeper conversation about separating your self-worth from your market value.
This episode is for any woman who is done over-functioning, tired of tying her value to productivity, and ready to trust herself, advocate for herself, and create a more empowering path at work, at home, and within.
Key Takeaways
Why self-worth and market value are not the same—and how confusing the two keeps women stuck
How external validation, childhood conditioning, and corporate culture shape how women show up at work
What it really takes to trust yourself when asking for more pay, boundaries, or support
Looking to redefine self worth and success for yourself? Sign up and get access to my new, free Masterclass - The Aligned Advantage: https://angelaleecoaching.com/masterclass 
In this Masterclass, you’ll discover:
How to Stop the Hustle and step into who you really are
The new formula for success (that doesn't include working harder)
Your Human Design Type and how to apply it to the new success formula
How to are here to make decisions and attract new opportunities  
Connect with Ashley Paré:
Book an Own Your Worth® Clarity Call today
IG: @iamashleypare 
Website: ashleypare.com
Connect with Angela:
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EP 38: Burnout, Self-Abandonment, and the Path Back to Trusting Yourself with Erica Voell

In this episode of This Is How She Does It, Angela Lee sits down with decision-making mentor and inner trust guide Erica Voell for an honest conversation about burnout, self-doubt, and learning how to truly trust yourself. Erica shares her journey of chronic second-guessing, career changes, and eventually burning out, until discovering Human Design gave her the clarity and permission to understand how she’s designed to make decisions.
Erica also opens up about her motherhood journey through infertility and adoption, and how reconnecting with her intuition transformed not only her work, but her relationships and marriage. Today, she supports women—especially in their 30s, 40s, and 50s—who are tired of abandoning their own needs and ready to make grounded, authentic choices that actually fit their lives.
In this episode, we explore:
Why decision-making feels so difficult for so many women
How burnout is often rooted in self-abandonment
How Human Design can restore trust, clarity, and confidence
Letting go of “shoulds” and honoring your inner yes
If you’re experiencing decision fatigue, questioning yourself, or craving deeper self-trust, this conversation offers powerful insights and real-life perspective to help you come back home to yourself.
NEXT STEP - Start trusting yourself again and learn your decision making strategy by signing up for access to my free Masterclass - The Aligned Advantage: https://angelaleecoaching.com/masterclass 
 In this Masterclass, you’ll discover:
How to Stop the Hustle and step into who you really are
The new formula for success (that doesn't include working harder)
Your Human Design Type and how to apply it to the new success formula
How to are here to make decisions and attract new opportunities  
Connect with Erica:
If you're ready to stop living a life that feels draining, book a Life + Energy Audit with Erica: 
Podcast: Unfolding: Audio Letters from the Middle of Becoming
Get the latest email newsletter: https://ericavoell.com/newsletter
Email: erica@ericavoell.com
Instagram: EricaVoell.Coaching
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