Raising Kids & Running a Business

About Raising Kids & Running a Business

On Raising Kids & Running a Business host Kate Christy (designer + mom x3) talks with other mothers all about what it’s like to manage the mental load of motherhood while building a career and quite frankly how they’re keeping both the creativity and the kids alive. We have honest conversations about what we’re doing (or not doing) to chase our dreams, the lessons we’ve learned, sacrifices made, and permission slips we’re writing to pursue our version of success.And real talk. Moms get sh*t done. Which is why we’re also talking tools and mindset shifts we use to flip the script from overwhelmed and overworked to creating our own version of work/life balance. Whether you’re an entrepreneur running your own business or kicking it in corporate from 9-5. Inside these episodes you’ll find the whole truth—not just the highlight reel—about what it’s really like amidst the chaos of raising kids and building a career.

Publisher

Kate Christy

Category

business · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

20 Feb 2023

Latest episode

22 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

47 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Jul 2026

   046 | Like the Babysitters Club, but for Creatives with Tricia Mirchandani

   In this episode, Kate sits down with Tricia Mirchandani, founder of T Collective – a collective of designers, copywriters, and video editors who deliver agency-quality work without the agency baggage. Tricia lives outside DC with her husband, two teenagers, and four pets, and she started her business the way a lot of us do: one bad day at work and a CEO who rewrote everything overnight. She and Kate get into what it actually looks like to build a business you believe in, manage a team the sam...

2. 

   8 Jul 2026

   045 | Ballet, Branding, Babies, and Burning the Midnight Oil with Emma Rodger

   In this episode, Kate sits down with Emma Rodger, owner and lead designer of Saltd Studio, a branding and web design studio based in New Mexico. At the time of recording, Emma is one year into motherhood, about seven months into running her business full-time with her husband, and – by her own admission – still very much figuring it all out. Which, honestly, is exactly why this conversation is so good. They get into what it's really like to live, parent, and work with the same person 24/7, ho...

3. 

   24 Jun 2026

   044 | I Also Have a Day Job (Believe It or Not!) with Kari Sponaugle

   In this episode, Kate catches up with her childhood friend and former basketball teammate, Kari Sponaugle, who went from Excel-sheet perfectionist to running a 50-acre vegetable operation, raising three kids, and holding down a full-time job as a Virginia Cooperative Extension agent. Oh, and her husband's family also runs 200 head of cattle and two turkey houses. Just a few things going on. Kari gets real about what it actually looks like to wear every hat at once – farmer, mom, professional,...

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

57

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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