The Mom Enterprise

Welcome to The Mom Enterprise, a weekly podcast hosted by Kendra Martinez featuring working Moms who find a way to manage it all. Episode Guest: Marianna Sachse Marianna Sachse is the founder of Jackalo—an industry-changing line of long-lasting and organic children's and women's clothes that accepts all of the used clothes back to be repaired and resold or responsibly recycled, thus reducing reducing the environmental impact of the children's apparel sector. Prior to launching Jackalo, Marianna spent nearly twenty years helping individuals and communities improve their health and wellbeing. She is a mother of two active kids, a third-generation sewist, and a cancer survivor. She currently lives in the Netherlands with her family and 13 year-old Lab mix. Listen to hear more about Marianna's story: 3:50 | Getting to know Marianna and how she started her business in the Netherlands with newborn. 17:50 | Breaking down Jackalo and what it's all about. 24:55 | Pregnancy, Maternity Leave and Motherhood in the Netherlands. 32:25 | Having a good support system around you with a newborn. 36:00 | Making "family time" a priority. 45:20 | Lightening Round! 52:55 | Biggest Mom oops. 56:30 | What's next for Marianna. Links mentioned: https://hellojackalo.com/ https://www.instagram.com/hellojackalo/ https://www.facebook.com/hellojackalo/ Follow this podcast: Instagram: @themomenterprise Website: www.themomenterprise.com Contact Us: [email protected] Producer: Kendra Martinez Co-Producer/Editor: Lexi Burrows Music: @noahbriton

Welcome to The Mom Enterprise, a weekly podcast hosted by Kendra Martinez featuring working Moms who find a way to manage it all. Episode Guest: Rachel Tenpenny Rachel is the co-founder of Teamotions, Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, compassionate entrepreneur, and proud mom. After the deaths of her baby daughters in 2008, her own healing inspired her to help others heal too. When she's not teaching, speaking, traveling or writing you'll find Rachel cooking, fitting in a workout, watching a documentary while folding laundry and helping with homework. Originally from Southern California, she currently live in Northern Virginia with her two sons Dustin and Colton. Listen to hear more about Rachel's story: 1:05 | Getting to know Rachel and Teamotions. 13:25 | Handling grief and loss as a mother and family. 42:40 | Rachel's day to day breakdown and routines. 47:45 | Lightening Round! 47:45 | Biggest mom oops. 1:1:05 | What's next for Rachel. Links mentioned: www.teamotionstea.com instagram: @teamotions @rachtenp facebook: Teamotions Follow this podcast: Instagram: @themomenterprise Website: www.themomenterprise.com Contact Us: [email protected] Producer: Kendra Martinez Co-Producer/Editor: Lexi Burrows Music: @noahbriton

Welcome to The Mom Enterprise, a weekly podcast hosted by Kendra Martinez featuring working Moms who find a way to manage it all. Episode Guest: Rachel Dozier-Ezell Rachel lives in Upper west top of Manhattan in the community of Inwood with her husband Jon, her son Keaton, and their two guinea pigs Saturn and Jupiter. Rachel Dozier-Ezell is the costume director/resident designer at The New School for Drama. She has taught at The University of Illinois , The University South Dakota, The New School, Pace University, and Marymount College. She has worked for Classical Theatre of Harlem, Trisha Brown, Papermill, National Black Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Works, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Black Hills Playhouse, American Players Theatre, and Elisa Monte Dance Company. She holds a BFA from the University of Montevallo & MFA from University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign. Selected Design portfolio: www.racheldozierezell.com Listen to hear more about Rachel's story: 1:25 | Getting to know Rachel and how she got into Costume Design. 7:50 | Rachel's Motherhood Journey. 15:50 | Starting a family and managing it all in NYC. 29:40 | Rachel and Mental Illness. 38:05 | Rachel and Feminism. 46:40 | Motherhood and Bipolar Disorder. 50:35 | Looking back on what you could have used as a new mother. 52:15 | Lightening Round. 55:35 | Biggest Mom oops. 59:30 | What's next for Rachel. Links mentioned: Instagram: artistracheldozierezell Website: www.racheldozierezell.com Follow this podcast: Instagram: @themomenterprise Website: www.themomenterprise.com Contact Us: [email protected] Producer: Kendra Martinez Co-Producer/Editor: Lexi Burrows Music: @noahbriton

Welcome to The Mom Enterprise, a weekly podcast hosted by Kendra Martinez featuring working Moms who find a way to manage it all. Episode Guest: Valeria Weber Williamson Valeria Weber Williamson is the Founder & "Shotcaller-in-Chief" of Do a Shot of Yoga subscription box, designed for new yoga teachers, YTT students, and yogis on the teaching path who want to continue their yoga education, create community, and learn how to launch their new business. An RYT500 trained in the Iyengar tradition and hot lineage and an MFAW with 15 years experience as a writer/researcher and online marketer in the health and wellness industry, Valeria is uniquely positioned to guide new teachers in creating a new yoga adventure, connecting with new students, and growing their business in a way that is authentic and natural. Valeria is passionate about authentic bagels (not round bread with a hole), amazing fiction, her awesome husband, and their big beautiful blended family. Listen to hear more about Valeria's story: 3:00 | How Valeria came up with Shot of Yoga and what it's all about. 6:25 | Books and Writing! 7:45 | How yoga came into Valeria's life. 10:00 | Motherhood & Yoga. 19:05 | Looking back on what could have helped in the beginning. 24:10 | Hanging out and making family time. 29:15 | Making time for yourself. 32:40 | Breaking down the chores and responsibilities. 35:00 | Lightening Round! 40:00 | Biggest Mom oops. 41:40 | What's next for Valeria. Links mentioned: WEB: https://shotofyoga.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/shotofyoga/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShotOfYoga/ Follow this podcast: Instagram: @themomenterprise Website: www.themomenterprise.com Contact Us: [email protected] Music: www.bensound.com Producer: Kendra Martinez Co-Producer/Editor: Lexi Burrows Music: @noahbriton

Welcome to The Mom Enterprise, a weekly podcast hosted by Kendra Martinez featuring working Moms who find a way to manage it all. Episode Guest: Karen Jeffries Karen Jeffries is a fourth grade dual language teacher outside of New York City. She does not consider herself a writer by trade, but she did write a hilarious book about infertility, which she has been sharing with her followers for years. Karen is infertile and funny! This combination is equal parts unlikely and spectacular. In her spare time, she loves to spend time with her family and apply numerous layers of face cream, due to her recent realization that she is on the slippery slope to forty years old. More than anything, Karen hopes to help other women through their infertility treatments, one laugh at a time. Karen grew up and continues to live outside NYC. She went to Allegheny College in Pennsylvania and Bank Street College for her masters degree in dual language and general education. Her hobbies include pilates, and horseback riding. Karen has over 60k followers on her different social media platforms with Instagram being her largest platform. Her book has sold world wide (where possible) and is still selling greatly. Karen is looking to do more speaking engagements. She recently did a Comedy Night event in NYC at West Side Comedy Club, which was a huge hit. There, Karen will performed her infertility based stand-up comedy routine, proceeds from ticket sales went to the Baby Quest Foundation, which is a charity that provides financial grants to patients going through infertility treatments in the United States. Karen is also on the board of the Baby Quest Foundation. She is preparing her next comedy event in Boston, which is on Sunday, November 10th at 7pm at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA the ticket proceeds go to Baby Quest Foundation and Resolve New England. Listen to hear more about Karen's story: 1:23 | Karen and Infertility. 7:50 | What inspired Karen's journey. 14:30 | What keeps you going while navigating the waters. 18:25 | All the feelings and emotions of a new mother. 21:55 | Motherhood and it's challenges. 26:45 | Balancing littles ones, family and career. 31:55 | Does motherhood change your personality? 39:35 | Lightening Round! 44:45 | Biggest Mom oops. 46:50 | What's next for Karen. Links mentioned: Website: https://www.hilariouslyinfertile.com/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/Hilariously-Infertile-Inappropriate-Through-Infertility/dp/1543937667/ Tickets to the upcoming Comedy Night in Boston: http://www.regenttheatre.com/details /a_night_with..._hilariously_infertile https://www.instagram.com/hilariously_infertile/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/Hi.Infertile/ https://twitter.com/Hi_Infertile Follow this podcast: Instagram: @themomenterprise Website: www.themomenterprise.com Contact Us: [email protected] Producer: Kendra Martinez Co-Producer/Editor: Lexi Burrows Music: @noahbriton