My conversation with Karemi was so fascinating, we had to do it in two parts - one conversation wasn't enough. Karemi shares her journey as a mother of four, former delivery nurse, the transition to homeschooling and how beneficial it has been for her family, and her connection to nature through her garden. Karemi also dives into her experience supporting one of her children and family navigate cancer and, her own recent journey with cancer. I was struck by Karemi's grace, and her...

Today on the podcast we meet Kirsten Eeuwes, Engineer, Creative, Mother & Artist. What struck me about Kirsten is her unrelenting, yet calm commitment to making intentional choices everyday related to her parenting and working to maximize her energy and wellbeing. Kirsten highlights the importance of her mindset which guides how and when she checks her phone, how she manages her calendar and all the structural shifts she has made to best support her work, family and herself. Kirsten...

Meet Tiffany Faught- an incredibly thoughtful, honest and soulful mother of three. I was struck by Tiffany's ability to lean into the incredibly awful while simultaneously remaining grounded and authentically connected to the present moment. And connected to the present moment she must be for Tiffany is the firefighter for her family as they move through a never-ending blaze of medical facilities, practitioners and treatments. Her young son has cancer and treatments will continue for another ...

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 Copenhagen, Denmark. She spoke about her journey finding part-time work in a full-time country; working and mothering is less a question and more an expectation in Denmark (and they have the systemic support to make it happen). On the podcast, Nathalie ex...

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.

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 older sister and a daughter to a career-minded mother. No holds barred. Arwen shares many nuggets of wisdom - what it feels like when her parents are on their cell phones, how she feels when her mom is occupied on her work computer and she simply...

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 about in 2025 both personally, professionally and in regards to this amazing project. Please join us and have a few laughs, reflect and perhaps, feel inspired to generate your own word to guide you in 2025.

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 ready to share more about her piece, what it means (hint - fertility), and what's unfolded for her since. To being ready isn't just about sharing readiness to speak to her art, but about Juli's entrepreneurial journey, her pregnancy and parenting journey....

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 her Iranian heritage through her art, describing how the symbol of the mandala aligns so beautifully with the experience of being a working mother. She describes her experience of creating the colours we see in the piece and how their creation is yet another...

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 painted by mothers around the world. It has hosted corporate workshops, exhibits, created a calendar for purchase, and more recently, initiated the Pay It Forward series to support mothers who may need support accessing paint materials, time and support to creat...

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. Acquainted through my cousin who lives and works in northern Italy, Chiara quickly submitted her art, "My PJ Lifestyle," a whimsical family portrait of her family doing something she loves, relaxing and enjoying pyjama time. She talks about the need to ble...

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 for art submissions, we share what's getting us excited. And we talk about "who's caring for the mothers" - a critical and often under-looked task, a task we take very seriously as a team both for one another and the women we serve. We want our working mother...

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 beautiful piece of original art in community with women that she has grown to know and call her community over the last 6 years. Amanda reminds us of the beauty of motherhood; of growing a human and the majesty of surrendering to your child as they grow and ...

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 the trials and tribulations of navigating teenagerhood and how she is embracing a new stage with her daughters as they enter adulthood. We can't say this phase sounds any easier; perhaps even harder and more complex than toddlerhood. An Engineer and more...

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 launched her business, she is now fully operational and in revenue-generation mode. On the podcast, Melissa talks about the journey of moving from ideation to design to launch and everything in between. An engineer by training, Melissa is expanding her comfort z...

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 parent - she's more chill, and yet, less tolerant of toys and Lego in her house (she doesn't want to go through getting rid of all the toys again; any parent will relate). We talk about the parallel of hiking in the mountains to parenting - how we move through wa...

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. We cannot express how special this woman is. Cedna talks about taking the leap from Oil and Gas, where she was never able to truly express and be the person she is today. While running her own business is exhausting, and incredibly more demandin...

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 really helps to have a village of supporters to raise our littles.

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), creative, and so much more. We travel back in time to Katherine's work in New Orleans navigating long days, commutes as a dual-income family with a young baby and no family support. We delve into our own "supposed tos" as parents - what we thin...

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 STEM women are leaving the workplace (amongst many other things) and what workplaces could do differently to offer better support and resources. While she published the report just last year, she was surprised at the secondary outcomes of this work - the partic...