This is the Reclaim Your Career podcast where we talk with experts and real women about how to achieve executive careers, balance motherhood, and fight for equity at work.
Working Moms Balancing Career and Life Ambitions With Eve Rodsky
Eve Rodsky is a New York Times bestselling author, dedicated to revolutionizing the division of domestic labor in households worldwide. With a background in organizational management from Harvard, Eve leverages her expertise to address the imbalance of unpaid work within relationships. Her bestselling book and Reese’s Book Club Pick, Fair Play, introduces a gamified life-management system that redistributes household responsibilities and reimagines partnerships. Building on this success, her latest work, Find Your Unicorn Space: Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too-Busy World, delves into the intersection of creativity, productivity, and resilience.
Key Discussion Takeaways:
In today's rapidly evolving professional landscape, women face a myriad of barriers on their path to success. Can strategic career planning and a steadfast long-term vision transform these obstacles into stepping stones toward achievement?
Author Eve Rodsky addresses the stark realities of being a career woman in contemporary America, shedding light on gender roles, income inequality, and the perpetual struggle for work-life balance. She emphasizes the importance of setting long-term visions to navigate through unconscious biases and societal expectations, citing how her aspirations aligned remarkably with plans made in a leadership class at age 24. Delving into the systemic issues contributing to gender inequality in the workplace, Eve stresses the significance of fair play and systemic change.
In this episode of Reclaim Your Career, Jess Galica hosts Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play and Find Your Unicorn Space. Eve reflects on her career journey, emphasizing the importance of long-term planning and aligning career goals with personal values. She also discusses inequalities in unpaid labor, the Fair Play movement, and the significance of communication in relationships.
30 Aug 2023
Women, Moms, and the Caregiving Crisis With Reporter Katherine Goldstein
Katherine Goldstein is the Creator of The Double Shift, a newsletter and community that's a social change laboratory for moms. She is a journalist who writes about mothers, caregivers, and gender equity for the NYTimes, Harvard Business Review, TIME, WashPost, Vox, and more.
Katherine is a 2023 care reporting fellow for the Better Lab at New America and a former Harvard Nieman Journalism fellow. She is also a corporate speaker and consultant for companies supporting caregivers.
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Are you struggling to balance being a mother or working? Where can you get the support you deserve to thrive as a working mom or caregiver?
Juggling work responsibilities while caring for children or other family members is a challenging experience. Trying to do it all can often lead to guilt or stress for many. Katherine Goldstein says that despite the challenges, it is possible to balance the demands of work as a mom. She shares her journey as a thriving working mom on a mission to make society and workplaces more equitable for moms and caregivers.
In this episode of Reclaim Your Career, Jess Galica is joined by Katherine Goldstein, creator of The Double Shift, to discuss how to flourish as a working mom or caregiver. Katherine talks about her professional journey as a high-achieving working mom, how to deal with the caregiving crisis, and the future of caregiving.
25 Jan 2023
Half the Work & Twice the Money? Finding “Enough” in Your Career, With Jenny Blake
Jenny Blake is the author and host of Free Time, an award-winning book and podcast for heart-based business owners exploring how to free their minds, time, and team for more of their best work. She is also the author and host of Pivot, the go-to career development framework for forward-thinking organizations, pivoters, and entrepreneurs. Jenny is an international keynote speaker and licenses her Pivot Programs to clients like Google and CHANEL. She loves helping people move from friction to flow through smarter systems.
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Money isn’t the only metric that matters when doing business. How can you earn twice as much in half the time, with joy and ease, while serving the highest good?
According to Jenny Blake, many people suppress their inner whisper to do something new because they fear it comes at the cost of something good. She was experiencing the same until she decided to pivot. Jenny discovered that she had more free time and money doing what she loved. She now shares how she helps people do the same.
In this episode of Reclaim Your Career, Jess Galica is joined by Jenny Blake, author and host of Free Time, to discuss how you can maximize your money and free time. Jenny talks about how corporate companies are embracing the notion of the pivot and things that hinder people from that transition. She also discusses her book Free Time and how to know when to go after your dreams.
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The Money Talk! Financial Do’s and Dont’s for Navigating Your Career With Cameron Rogers From Ellevest
Published 23 Nov 2022 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The priorities that women have, the way they make decisions, the environments that they're in, everything is different. And so kind of how can we not look at career in the context of gender? And it feels like, you know, it's a similar viewpoint from Ellevest, obviously from the financial point of view. […]
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