The Sustainable Mom: The Podcast about Career, Ambition, & Motherhood
The Sustainable Mom is the podcast for high-achieving mothers navigating the messy, powerful intersection of career and motherhood.
Hosted by career coach Jennifer Gagnon, each episode explores how becoming a mom changes our ambition, our identity, and our relationship to work.
Through honest conversations and real stories, we’ll help you create a career—and life—that’s sustainable, fulfilling, and fully your own.
Episodes
16 episodes
15. Honoring Winter's Pace: Offloading, Resting, Recalibrating
In this episode, Jen shares about stepping into the natural quiet of winter and into a season asking us to slow down, which is in direct contrast to the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. She shares tips to help you honor your body's &...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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11:53
14. Small Habits, Big Shifts: Finding Light in Motherhood with Morgan Jackson
In this episode, Jen is joined by Morgan Jackson, founder of Light 56, a framework that helps women rediscover joy, lightness, and motivation through small, meaningful habits that actually stick.Morgan shares her journey ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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48:59
13. Golden Handcuffs: When Success Starts to Feel Like a Trap
You know that feeling when everyone thinks you’ve “made it” but you not only feel like you didn't make it, in fact, you feel trapped at your job.In this episode Jen is naming one of the most common things keeping moms trapped in their jo...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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18:21
12. Thinking About Quitting Your Job? Ask Yourself These 5 Questions First
If you’ve been repeatedly asking yourself how you'll keep showing up to a job where you feel stuck, and the voice inside tells you the only option is to quit, then this episode is for you.Deciding whether to leave your job as a mom isn’t...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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14:36
11. It Shouldn't Be This Hard: The Motherhood Standards That Are Setting Us Up to Fail
Working motherhood feels harder than it should and it's not because of your lack of organization or discipline. It’s the cultural script of intensive mothering. This model expects moms to give 100% at home while we’re also expected to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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17:51
10. Parenting in an AI world with Dhani Ramadhani
In this episode, Jen is joined by Tech mom & Harvard policy grad, Dhani Ramadhani as they talk about the new frontier or raising kids in an AI shaped world.We are the first generation to raise kids with AI so this is wildly unnavigat...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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41:08
9. How to Prioritize When Everything Feels Like a Priority
Do you ever review your to-do list and feel like every single thing on it is urgent, important, and totally aligned with your values? If you said yes, you're not alone. Even though it's a common experience, there are things...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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18:30
8. Beyond the Corporate Ladder: Ambition on Your Terms
In this solo episode, Jen dives into why so many high-achieving moms are stepping off the traditional corporate ladder and carving out new paths that align with their values, energy, and priorities.She shares the viral post that struck a...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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21:52
7. Designing a Life & Business You Love with Holly Bantique
Join Jen for this inspiring conversation with Holly Bantique, Founder of Calique Paperie. Holly went from working a job that was burning her out & weighing on her emotionally, to being a stay at...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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40:35
6. Motherhood, Career, and the Courage to Chase Your Dreams with Rachel Wilman
Have you ever had a dream that just won't stop bugging you? That's what happened with Rachel when she was about to return from maternity leave...In this episode, Jen sits down with Rachel Wilman, to talk about career pivots, creativity a...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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36:52
5. Motherhood Meets Entrepreneurship: Doing Both Without Doing It All with Puja Malhotra
In this episode, Jen sits down with Puja Malhotra, founder & creative director of Roop Creative Agency, to explore the intersection of entrepreneurship, motherhood, & intentional living.Puja shares her journey of navigating busin...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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35:31
4. Why Does the United States Hate Mothers?
Is this clickbait… or the unfortunate truth?In this episode, Jen digs into the research behind how different countries support (or fail) working mothers. Spoiler Alert: the U.S. comes in dead last. Inspired by ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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18:42
3. From Teacher to Virtual Assistant: A Career Pivot Born from Burnout with Melissa Schuetz
In this episode, Jen sits down with Melissa Schuetz, a former teacher who walked away from burnout and into a more sustainable life, to talk about what it really takes to reinvent yourself as a working mom.Melissa opens up about...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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31:05
2. Imperfect Corporate Mom Life with Angelique Alcover
When you’re a high-achieving woman in corporate, a mom of three boys, and completely done with trying to keep up the polished act...In this episode, Jen chats with Angelique, a sales leader and unapologetically imperfect mom, to talk abo...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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34:25