New Modern Mom Podcast
Hosted by Barbara Mighdoll · Barbara Mighdoll
5.0from 263 ratings
- 40
- Episodes
- 29
- Transcribed
- 263
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About New Modern Mom Podcast
"I don't know how you do it." I hear it constantly. So here's the honest answer: I'm exhausted, I'm more fulfilled than I've ever been, and I'm not a superwoman. I know my why, I know my priorities, and I've built systems around both. And the skills I sharpened over 12 years in tech turned out to be the superpowers that make this life work. That's true for you too. Most of us just never bring them home. That's what this show is for. Every other week, I sit down with founders and executives like Jess Jacobs (CEO of Coterie), Jing Gao (founder of Fly by Jing), Sarah Steele (VP at Olipop), Jeanelle Teves (CCO at Bugaboo), Divya Gugnani (co-founder of Wander Beauty), Hitha Palepu (CEO of Rhoshan Pharmaceuticals), and Melanie Rosenwasser (Chief People Officer at Dropbox). Different titles, same thread: every one of them is a builder. We lift the curtain on how their lives actually run: the childcare setups, the division of labor, the promotion conversations, the financial plan that made the leap feel safe, the first customers, the returns from maternity leave, the resets for the days when nothing goes right. Between guests, Toolkit episodes hand you step-by-step playbooks you can put to work immediately, and solo episodes open up the systems running my own life. I'm Barbara Mighdoll, a former tech exec turned entrepreneur. I'm scaling MNTSTUDIO to seven Pilates studios this year, I co-founded Roam Collective, a summer abroad program for families, and I'm the mom of two behind New Modern Mom. This is a living framework for the modern working mother, built to meet you wherever you are: still dreaming, ready to make a move, or deep in the build. And from right where you're standing, you don't need to see the full staircase. You just need to take the first step. Start here. For even more behind the scenes of how I’ve designed my life, subscribe to my newsletter and connect with me on Instagram @newmodernmom. The New Modern Mom Podcast is for working moms, moms in corporate, women in tech, and mom entrepreneurs navigating career growth, motherhood, and modern life design. Every other week: honest conversations and practical playbooks on work-life systems, productivity, childcare and outsourcing, the mental load, career pivots, going back to work after maternity leave, starting a business, and redefining success as an ambitious working mother. Hosted by Barbara Mighdoll. The New Modern Mom podcast is produced in partnership with Alexandra Alquiza and Emily Roberts.
- Publisher
- Barbara Mighdoll
- Category
- business · business · kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 May 2024
- Latest episode
- 21 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
29 of 40 episodes have a transcript.
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sarah Hawkins, VP at Ritual | Why Waves Beat Balance (Even With ADHD & Two Kids)
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Jing Gao of Cult-Favorite, Fly By Jing | Redefining Sustainable Ambition as an Entrepreneur, Chef, And Mom
9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Hitha Palepu and Shreya Gulati | How to Use AI to Make Back-to-School Suck Less
Inside a recent episode
Sarah Hawkins, VP at Ritual | Why Waves Beat Balance (Even With ADHD & Two Kids)
Published 21 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So let's focus on that. What are the tools and strategies that have helped you manage ADHD as a working mom? Sure. First would be accepting that I am just wired differently than other people and that oftentimes trying to adopt a structure I'm seeing another mom use on Instagram is not going to work for me and it's going to be frustrating for me. So I think almost the antithesis of the system is knowing that most of the systems are not for you and that's okay. I'm accepting that a little bit. But second is making sure I have visual cues and reminders. So I am a recent adopter of a skylight calendar, which you would think It's maybe a bigger Google calendar. […]
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- Sarah Hawkins
- Jing Gao
- Hitha Palepu
- Shreya Gulati
- Jess Jacobs
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 143 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 120 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100
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- Quality
- 28
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 67
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