# EP: 3 Redefining Success: Finding Fulfillment in Career, Motherhood & Self-Care with Kim McAllister

An episode of [This Is How She Does It! Helping Corporate Working Moms Move from Burnout, Overwhelm and Mental Load to Balance and Abundance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1789848815), 6 Mar 2025, 26 min.

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Join host Angela Lee on This Is How She Does It as she welcomes Kim McAllister for a heartfelt discussion on redefining career and family priorities after motherhood. Kim shares her transformative journey from a high-paced corporate marketing career to creating her own coaching business, helping others discover their true calling. Together, they dive into four powerful takeaways for working moms striving to balance career, family, and personal fulfillment: ✨ Do what lights you up – When you align with work that energizes you, every part of your life benefits. ✨ Let go of perfection – Free yourself from unrealistic expectations and don’t be afraid to ask for help. ✨ Build your mom community – Motherhood isn’t meant to be a solo journey—we need to support and uplift each other. ✨ Invest in yourself – Prioritize self-care, whether it’s hiring a coach, taking time for yourself, or finally getting that gym membership. This episode is all about balancing work and family aspirations, embracing imperfection, and finding personal fulfillment. Tune in for inspiration to chase your dreams while nurturing the relationships that matter most! Connect with Kim McAllister: Website: knmcoaching.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/knmcallister Connect with Angela: 💬 I'd love to hear from you! Come find me on LinkedIn

## Chapters

- 0:07 Introduction to the Podcast
- 1:19 Meet Kim McAllister
- 2:42 Shifting Priorities as a Parent
- 4:49 Finding Work Fulfillment
- 7:25 Overcoming Mom Guilt
- 9:46 Advice on Work-Life Harmony
- 12:03 Daily Life as a Career Coach
- 14:07 The Importance of Asking for Help
- 15:52 Client Transformations and Aha Moments
- 18:02 Embracing Change and Growth
- 18:53 Building a Supportive Community
- 21:13 Key Takeaways for Listeners

## Transcript

[0:00] Three or four years ago, after I had my daughter, I just noticed that I wasn't
[0:05] as excited at work anymore.
[0:07] It just wasn't giving me that same sense of fulfillment that it once did.
[0:10] So I knew I wanted to do something different, but I have to be honest,
[0:12] I had no idea what I wanted to do.
[0:18] Welcome to the This Is How She Does It podcast, where we dive into the struggles
[0:21] and joys of being a working parent. I'm your host, Angela Lee.
[0:26] For a long time, I struggled with how to get through each day without feeling completely exhausted.
[0:31] I didn't want to just survive each day. I wanted to thrive.
[0:34] Now I believe you can successfully grow your career while nurturing your family
[0:38] all without losing yourself in the process.
[0:41] This podcast is here to inspire you to chase your big dreams.
[0:45] You can have it all when you believe you deserve to have it all.
[0:48] So if this sounds like what you're looking for, get cozy and enjoy the show.
[0:53] Hello everyone and welcome back to the This Is How She Does It podcast.
[0:56] I'm your host, Angela Lee, and today I'm so excited to introduce you to my guest.
[1:02] She's a friend and former colleague, and she was also my manager at one time.
[1:06] Let's give a warm welcome to Kim McAllister. Hi, Kim. Hi, Angela.
[1:11] Thanks so much for having me on today. How are you doing today?
[1:14] Very good. I'm excited it's Friday. Looking forward to the begin. Me too.
[1:19] All right, so to begin, can you tell our listeners just a little bit about yourself,
[1:24] what you're doing now, your professional background, and what's led you to your current career?
[1:29] Yeah, absolutely. You know, I'm an East Coast girl. I grew up outside of Washington,
[1:33] D.C., went to school, both undergrad and graduate, on the East Coast.
[1:37] Most of my career in New England, and that's where I got married and started my family.
[1:42] So I always like to say that because, you know, East Coast is where my heart is.
[1:47] You know, I've spent most of my career, the last 20 years in marketing.
[1:51] I'm working on lots of different brands, domestically, internationally,
[1:54] and just loved working with consumers, loved the people I worked with.
[1:58] You know, I would say probably about three or four years ago after I had my
[2:02] daughter, I just noticed that like I wasn't as excited at work anymore.
[2:07] It just wasn't giving me that same sense of fulfillment that it once did.
[2:10] So I knew I want to do something different, but I have to be honest,
[2:12] like I had no idea what I wanted to do. I just knew I didn't want to do the
[2:16] same thing for a different brand.
[2:18] I actually worked with a career coach, did a lot of work, and discovered that
[2:21] coaching was something that I was interested in.
[2:23] Fast forward two years later, I have my own career transition coaching business.
[2:28] You know, couldn't be happier. I'm really truly living what I consider to be
[2:31] my best life and living who I am today. So it's been an incredible journey.
[2:36] That's awesome. And you talk about kind of your shift in priorities after you had your daughter.
[2:42] A few years ago, you recognized you just weren't feeling fulfilled and happy
[2:46] at work. Can you talk a little bit more about that?
[2:48] So, you know, I think before having my daughter, I was your quintessential type
[2:52] A marketer. I was looking to be the CMO one day.
[2:56] It was kind of, you know, my end goal. And no matter how many hours I had to
[2:59] work, what I had to do, I was really excited about that. I had my daughter and I have one daughter.
[3:05] Once I had her, I realized I wanted to spend time with her. I wanted to be there for all the firsts.
[3:11] And I will tell you, I really struggled with that balance of exceeding at work
[3:18] and spending time with my daughter. You know, I tell this story just because
[3:23] it was so transformational.
[3:25] One night I was putting my daughter to bed and I actually, and I'm embarrassed
[3:29] to say this, but I brought my computer in while she was falling asleep so I
[3:33] could get some work done.
[3:34] I remember walking out of her room, holding my computer and my husband gave
[3:38] me this look and I was like, oh boy.
[3:41] And we sat down and we talked that night. There were tears. There was a lot of conversation.
[3:46] It just made me realize how off balance, I should say, I was between what I
[3:52] was doing with work and spending time with my daughter, which was a priority for me.
[3:56] As I mentioned before, I hired a career coach because I didn't know what I wanted to do.
[4:01] I know I wanted more time for me and more time for my daughter,
[4:05] which I frankly didn't have.
[4:07] Did a lot of work with my career coach to understand who I was today,
[4:09] what really grounded me.
[4:11] So what were my beliefs, my values? Through that work,
[4:14] I recognized that I was really a different person than before I had Madeline.
[4:19] That was an aha moment for me.
[4:21] And so understanding who I was better at that time, I decided that coaching
[4:25] was something that would not only allow me to really live into who I am and
[4:30] do the things that I love,
[4:31] like, you know, helping people find out what they wanted to do for their careers,
[4:36] but really also spend more time with my daughter.
[4:40] Like I said, you know, two years down the path now, so excited for what it's
[4:44] allowed me to do and be there for my daughter. Great story. Thank you for sharing.
[4:49] It sounds like at the time when you were in your corporate job,
[4:53] it wasn't necessarily the fact that you were struggling with,
[4:58] you know, spending time with your daughter and the work.
[5:01] It seemed like more that you were unhappy with the work itself.
[5:04] What exactly was that balance that you were seeking and how have you found it now?
[5:10] You know, it's interesting. Like I would sit in meetings and think I'd much
[5:14] rather be doing something with my daughter right now.
[5:16] And I can't say that thought had ever passed through my head before having my daughter.
[5:20] Like I was always like super present, super there.
[5:23] But, you know, in marketing, a lot of what you do is day to day business management.
[5:28] There are constant fire drills. There are there's constantly questions that
[5:32] need to be answered and plans that need to be made.
[5:34] And that takes time and energy. You know, what I'd come to realize over with
[5:39] doing some of the work with my career transition coach was what really lit me
[5:43] up on the inside was working with people.
[5:46] At the time, I realized, you know, I wanted to be known for making a difference
[5:49] in people's lives, not for how much I grew a business.
[5:52] And that, again, was another aha moment for me where I was like,
[5:55] you know what, why am I doing something that's sucking out my energy versus
[5:59] giving me energy? making the transition into a career transition coach,
[6:04] I now get to work one-on-one with people.
[6:07] I've seen absolute transformations.
[6:10] When I see those aha moments in our coaching sessions, I mean,
[6:14] I literally, it just, it makes my day, my week, my month, and it is just so incredible.
[6:20] And getting those testimonials, hearing how I've been able to help someone,
[6:23] I just realized that that is truly what lights me up.
[6:27] By spending time on things that actually give me energy versus suck my energy,
[6:33] I'm able to use that extra energy I have with my daughter and be more present
[6:37] and do things like take her to and from school and actually be talking to her
[6:42] during those times versus thinking about like what I wanted to be doing for work.
[6:45] That has just made all the difference for me in the world.
[6:48] One of my biggest goals with changing career paths for me was to be more present
[6:55] and really enjoy life. I was struggling doing that with my corporate job.
[6:59] I was constantly looking forward to the next thing because being in the moment was so stressful.
[7:04] And I will say this transition to being a career coach has helped me be so much
[7:10] more present, again, because I just have more energy to give,
[7:13] whether it's for my job, for my family, for my friends.
[7:17] The best testimony to me is my husband saying, you just seem so much happier.
[7:22] So that's when I know I made the absolute right choice.
[7:25] I know you didn't say the words mom guilt, but it seems like when you were in
[7:29] your corporate job, sitting in meetings, thinking about your daughter,
[7:32] and now you're stuck in a meeting or, you know, working on a presentation deck,
[7:38] like you're feeling that guilt of not being with her.
[7:41] How do you reconcile that now in your current job?
[7:46] Yeah, you know, it's funny. I've had so much time to reflect on it.
[7:49] And when we have children in today's society, and I hate to like broaden it
[7:54] the sense, but we have to do it all.
[7:56] At least that's the stereotype of being a mom. And I will tell you that's exactly how I felt.
[8:01] I felt like I needed to have this incredible career, corporate America.
[8:07] I needed to be a phenomenal mom and maintain all my friendships at the same time.
[8:11] And the reality is that's just really tough. I'm a person who knew from a young
[8:16] age that I always wanted to be a mom.
[8:18] And because Madeline is our only child, I knew I was only going to get one chance to be that mom.
[8:23] So that mom guilt for me was probably exacerbated to the nth degree.
[8:27] You know, it was because it was something that I knew I wanted.
[8:30] And it was that time with my daughter, something that I wanted, but I didn't have.
[8:35] And transitioning, I was able to have, I am able to have that time with my daughter.
[8:40] When we play together and she says, hey, mommy, will you play Legos with me?
[8:43] I sit down and I actually play Legos.
[8:45] I don't create decks in my head for a presentation that I have next week.
[8:48] You know, when we have dinner, I actually am focused on the conversation,
[8:52] asking her questions about school and, you know, making those moments happen
[8:56] and being in the moment was something that I wasn't able to do previously. You know, I love it.
[9:00] I look at the end of the day. And am I a perfect mom? Absolutely not.
[9:04] But am I a mom who lives with a lot less guilt because I'm actually able to
[9:07] do a lot of the things with my daughter that I wanted to?
[9:10] Absolutely. Absolutely. way. So I know for you, having those aha moments in
[9:16] your corporate job, working with a career coach that has been really transformational
[9:20] and helping you to understand what are your priorities?
[9:23] What are you looking for in life between work and your family?
[9:28] And now I'm sure that's work that you're helping your own clients with, right?
[9:33] And I'm sure a lot of your clients probably are also struggling with this work-life
[9:38] balance, growing their career, managing
[9:41] their family, and then all the expectations that society puts on us.
[9:46] So what advice do you share with your clients about how do, I know we don't
[9:50] like the word balance, but make it all work harmoniously in our lives?
[9:54] It's funny, I don't like the word balance either. I actually love the word harmony.
[9:58] And a lot of that's because what I found in my own journey, and then what I
[10:02] found in the journeys with my clients, is that when you are actually doing what you love for work.
[10:09] You have so much more energy to give to the other areas of your life.
[10:14] And that's where the harmony comes in.
[10:16] You are a happier mom. You're a happier wife, happier friend,
[10:21] and are able to give more when that energy is not being sucked out of you.
[10:25] When you have a job that you love, you are able to bring more energy to not
[10:30] only yourself, and a lot of that time that comes with self-care and being able
[10:34] to actually care for yourself first, but then also provide that energy to your family.
[10:39] And that's where I think it's harmony. It doesn't have to be give or take.
[10:42] You don't have to work less to give more time to your family.
[10:44] About the type of time that you give to your family. So for me,
[10:49] that's been the biggest piece of advice that I've given as it comes to,
[10:53] it doesn't have to be about give and take with balance.
[10:55] It's about harmony and about making sure that what you are doing during the
[11:00] day is actually filling your cup instead of draining it so that you can provide
[11:06] that cup to not only yourself, but also to the other people in your life.
[11:10] I love that. It's so important that we do the things that fill up our own cup
[11:15] and that we can find harmony because I think,
[11:18] like we talked about, it's so draining to be in a job that sucks you dry and
[11:23] then you can't show up for your family and be present with your daughter.
[11:27] So it's wonderful that you can be at the dinner table.
[11:31] You can talk to your daughter about her day and play Legos with her.
[11:34] Sounds like the epitome of what we're looking for as working moms.
[11:40] But it's still a struggle. I know there are lots of schedules to manage.
[11:46] So I'd love to hear a little bit more about now that you created that harmony
[11:52] in your life between having work that fills you up and makes you so happy and
[11:58] being able to be there for your daughter and your husband and friends and whatnot.
[12:03] Well, now that you've found this balance, what does your day-to-day life look like?
[12:08] Because we still have things that will pop up. There are still going to be stressful moments.
[12:13] Like how do you make it work? That's a great question. And I will say this,
[12:16] being an entrepreneur is not easy.
[12:18] It's not ever something I thought I was going to do. It is incredibly rewarding.
[12:21] For me, the day-to-day is making sure that I do make time for myself because
[12:26] that is something that I didn't have before.
[12:28] It's funny because there's really three times a day that I like to make time for myself.
[12:32] Once is in the morning before anyone gets up in my house. It's just me time.
[12:36] It's that time where I can sip my coffee, you know, whatever it is that I want
[12:40] to do, even if it's just sit on the couch and not think. That is me time.
[12:43] I'm also a big person that I like to move my body.
[12:47] I don't even like to say work out because sometimes it's literally just work,
[12:50] moving my body and doing a stretching class.
[12:52] Doing that for a half hour is really important for my mental state.
[12:56] So not even so much physical, but mental as well.
[12:59] And then at the end of the day, I love reading a book before I go to bed.
[13:02] So I always make sure that I'm not so exhausted that I don't have time to read my book.
[13:06] I will say having those moments for me makes everything else more manageable in the day.
[13:11] That is, you know, what has worked for me.
[13:13] I've also put less pressure on myself. You know, if the laundry doesn't get
[13:17] folded or Madeline's outfit doesn't match perfectly or, you know,
[13:23] the dinner doesn't come out exactly like I wanted and it doesn't have a vegetable with it.
[13:27] I want to give myself permission to not be perfect.
[13:31] And that That, for me, has been something that's allowed me to just be happier
[13:36] because I think we always put such high expectations on ourselves.
[13:40] And for me personally, letting some of those expectations go and realizing that
[13:44] it doesn't have a huge impact on the other people around other people around
[13:48] me has been really fulfilling.
[13:51] Yeah, that's great. And that's so huge because I think it comes hand in hand, right?
[13:56] Until you had a job that was more fulfilling, that allowed you to see the bigger
[14:01] picture, that allowed you to be more present with your family,
[14:04] you couldn't let go of some of those expectations.
[14:07] Allow yourself to not be perfect because you're in a less stressful environment
[14:13] now so you can see things more clearly. You know, one of the questions I get
[14:18] a lot is what piece of advice would I give new moms?
[14:21] And the one thing that I would say is ask for help, whether it's from work or
[14:25] from friends and family.
[14:27] Again, it kind of comes back to we expect ourselves to be able to do it all.
[14:30] And I love seeing the communities out there that are like thinking about the
[14:34] fact that we don't have to do it all. You know, just making sure that you ask
[14:39] for help when you need it.
[14:40] Again, like whether it's to take a day off of work and not check in because your kid is sick,
[14:45] whether it's to ask your husband to do pick up on a Tuesday because you've just
[14:51] overextended yourself or asking a friend to pick up your kid because you're stuck somewhere else.
[14:58] I'm a person who grew up in a house where asking for help wasn't always seen
[15:02] in a positive light. So that has been a shift for me to make sure to ask for help.
[15:07] And more often than not, people are so excited to help you, you know,
[15:10] especially as a new mom, knowing what it's all about.
[15:13] So I thought I'd share that. I agree. I grew up in a household where it felt
[15:18] like asking for help was a sign of weakness, like you were imposing yourself
[15:23] on other people and we should all be able to do it on our own and be independent.
[15:27] So I love that you're saying it's okay to ask for help.
[15:31] It's okay to ask for help at home and professionally.
[15:35] Hiring the career coach for me was a step outside my comfort zone because that's
[15:40] me asking for help in a place where I had excelled for 20 plus years,
[15:45] but now was floundering with what I wanted to do.
[15:47] But it was the best piece of help and partnership that I could have asked for.
[15:51] They got me where I am today.
[15:52] Your clients now who come to you and ask you for career help,
[15:56] what are some of their biggest struggles? Sure.
[15:58] You know, it's interesting because I have clients, mostly women, of all different ages.
[16:04] Most of them have been in a career path for at least, you know,
[16:07] 10 years. And what I see is that they've gone through some type of life event.
[16:10] And so whether it's getting married, having kids, getting divorced,
[16:15] kids are going out of the house, and that life event has actually changed who
[16:19] they are. They know they want to do something different from a career perspective,
[16:23] but don't know what it is.
[16:24] And a large reason is that it's because they don't know who they are today.
[16:27] And so what I do is I help them figure out what it is they want to do for that
[16:31] next chapter of their career.
[16:32] And we do that by really diving inward and looking at what drives them at their core.
[16:38] So what motivates them? What are their values? What are their core skill sets?
[16:42] And really understanding who they are today so that we can really unlock what
[16:47] are some of those career possibilities, The most exciting part is usually during that journey,
[16:52] there's some of those aha moments where they're like, oh, my gosh,
[16:55] I never really recognized that that's a core belief of mine or that's a core value of mine.
[17:00] And wow, that's so different than it was 10 years ago.
[17:03] Just taking that time to invest in themselves is has been so rewarding,
[17:08] not only for them, but as well for me to see that, you know,
[17:11] transformation or that aha moment and then getting opening their minds to thinking
[17:15] about different paths for the next chapter of their career.
[17:18] It's been amazing. I think you're right. Just like asking for help has felt so taboo for so long.
[17:24] I think we think that we're static beings and that once you're on a path,
[17:29] you're supposed to stay on that path for 20 years.
[17:31] And that's who you are. And that's what's kind of defined your whole life of,
[17:35] you know, what is successful and what you're supposed to do or what schools
[17:40] you're supposed to go to or what careers you're supposed to go into.
[17:44] And then I think more and more now people are recognizing that we're not static
[17:49] beings. We're constantly learning. We're constantly growing.
[17:52] And it sometimes does take these larger life events to kind of shake you out
[17:57] and recognize like, is this what I want?
[18:02] Is this what makes me happy? And so I love that that's where you.
[18:06] Start your clients with, right? You're not getting to the coaching conversations
[18:11] around career and resumes and stuff.
[18:13] It really starts with like, who are you? What are your priorities and values?
[18:18] And what's that next chapter going to bring for me? Because it doesn't have
[18:21] to be what the old chapter was. You can close that door.
[18:25] Exactly. And it also doesn't have to be a total transformation. It can be a tweak.
[18:30] But that tweak can allow you to actually do what you love and feel that fulfillment
[18:35] that you're no longer feeling or that you once did feel 10 years ago.
[18:39] Going back to asking for help as a working mom, and I know your husband works
[18:44] as well, there's a lot of balls that you're all juggling.
[18:48] What other ways are you getting help in your day-to-day life?
[18:53] Do you have any other tips and advice for our listeners?
[18:55] For me, where I've learned to pull the most from is community.
[18:59] I have made a lot of, I'm lucky enough to have made a lot of new friends.
[19:03] Mom friends specifically of you know madeline's friends from school you know
[19:07] at the beginning it was really tough to be like hey i need this but i have found
[19:11] that that mom group it is a give and take and just putting yourself out there
[19:15] once will open the doors for you know an amazing.
[19:20] Relationship as well as community that's got we've talked about this a little
[19:24] bit but like as you know a human we all have things i get sick my husband gets
[19:29] sick there was a day i had to literally send an urgent text to all my neighbors
[19:33] saying, you know, I just got sick.
[19:35] I need someone to pick Madeline up because I don't think I can drive a car.
[19:39] And, you know, two of my neighbors were like on it. No worries. We've got you.
[19:42] And like, I don't know that I could have done that before having Madeline because
[19:46] it just it wasn't innate in me.
[19:49] But when you realize that you're just human and there's things that you can't
[19:53] do, you have to rely on other people.
[19:55] And I don't know, for me, a mom community was really important and has been
[19:59] something that I've utilized a lot, I've given, and I've also taken from it.
[20:06] Yes, definitely a give and take. And having that community is so important.
[20:10] That's definitely something that I've relied on as well.
[20:13] And in different stages of my own kids' life, right? When they're babies,
[20:17] you have different questions.
[20:18] And now that they're in elementary school, so just having a group of people
[20:23] who understand what's going on, and it's not always the beautiful Instagram
[20:29] reels, right, of this perfect curated life.
[20:32] Things are hard, and we need to ask for help and we need to be vulnerable with others.
[20:36] And that's what I really want this podcast to be about, like sharing those open
[20:42] conversations, because I felt like when we were working together in corporate
[20:46] and I came back from maternity leave, no one talked about that.
[20:51] It was all like everyone knew you had kids or you had just come back and they
[20:56] didn't understand, or maybe they'd forgotten because we actually worked with
[20:59] a lot of other working moms. They forgot what that big shift in life looks like.
[21:05] And then everyone just falls back into that trap of hustling and working and doing all the things. So.
[21:13] The fact that you're in a place now where you're able to find that fulfillment
[21:16] in your job is so beautiful and meaningful.
[21:20] You know, I consider myself lucky. And, you know, I always say this,
[21:23] but investing in yourself is the best investment you can ever make,
[21:27] whether that's through self-care or taking the time to figure out who you are
[21:30] today to make sure that you're living your best life.
[21:32] That honestly is the best advice I could give anyone is just make sure that
[21:36] you're making the time to invest in yourself, especially as a new mom when it's
[21:40] the hardest, but it's the most most worthwhile.
[21:43] Now, one thing I want to ask all of my guests are, what are three things that
[21:46] are making you happy right now?
[21:48] You know, I would say my family sounds kind of cliche,
[21:52] but those moments when we are sitting at the dinner table or we're at the playground
[21:58] or we're going for bike rides and I'm just able to watch and just see the amazingness of my daughter.
[22:07] I don't know, that just brings such joy to my heart and makes me incredibly
[22:10] happy. So that's definitely one.
[22:12] You know, I put my work right up there, too, as number two.
[22:16] You know, when I have that aha moment in a session with a client or receive
[22:19] positive feedback, it just it lights me up.
[22:22] It makes me realize that I'm truly doing what I want to do and what lights me
[22:27] up because it truly fulfills me. And then lastly, I'd say my friends.
[22:31] You know, I'm lucky enough to have friends from lots of various aspects of my
[22:35] life, from my best friend who I literally met in pre-kindergarten,
[22:40] who I'm still friends with today, to friends from college that I've had 20 plus years of friendship.
[22:46] To friends that I've worked with like you that I've been able to stay connected with.
[22:50] And those friends that I've met the last six years as a mom,
[22:53] they all play such a special role in my life and just bring me such joy.
[22:57] As cliche as it sounds, it's really around my family, my work, and my friends.
[23:02] I love it. That makes me happy too, that you've just found such great harmony
[23:09] in your own life and that you're authentically with,
[23:12] how you want to design your life between being a mom and working,
[23:16] because those are both important parts of who we are and what makes us unique and different.
[23:21] Before we go, I'd love for you to tell us, our listeners, more about where we
[23:25] can find you and interested in reaching out. Sure.
[23:28] Thanks. Well, thanks so much for having me today, Angela. As always,
[23:31] it's awesome to connect with you. And I just, I love the conversations that I have with you.
[23:36] So thank you. If you're interested in learning more about my coaching business,
[23:40] feel free to go to my website. It's knmcoaching.com.
[23:45] And or you can also visit me on LinkedIn, which I'm under Kim Now McAllister.
[23:50] So you can visit me there. Those are probably the two best ways.
[23:54] And, you know, I do have a free introductory coaching session if you're interested
[23:58] in just learning a little bit more about my coaching and style and what we could do together.
[24:05] So definitely reach out if you're interested.
[24:08] Oh, that's so generous. Thank you, Kim. That's awesome. And I'll be sure to
[24:11] put all of those links in our show notes so our guests can go and check those
[24:16] out. Thank you, Angela. It's been incredible.
[24:18] And there you have it. Thank you so much, Kim, for joining us on the episode today.
[24:23] I've known Kim a long time. She was one of my first managers when I was coming
[24:28] out of business school and starting my own corporate marketing career.
[24:32] So she's just been an incredible mentor and friend to me throughout the last several years.
[24:38] I hope you enjoyed this episode. I wanted to highlight a few key takeaways for you.
[24:44] Number one, do what lights you up. Find what truly fulfills you because when
[24:49] you are doing the work that you love, then you have so much more energy to give
[24:53] to the other parts of your life and it actually makes all aspects of your life happier.
[24:58] Number two, give yourself permission to not be perfect. Let go of those self-imposed expectations.
[25:05] That's going to make you happier as well and also don't be afraid to ask for help.
[25:10] Number three, the importance of a mom community. Life already is so hard,
[25:15] so let's find ways to lift each other up and support each other.
[25:18] We're not meant to do it alone.
[25:20] And finally, number four, invest in yourself. Whether it's taking the time you
[25:24] need for some self-care or hiring a coach or maybe even getting that gym membership,
[25:29] it's so important that you take time to put yourself first because we all know
[25:34] that you can't pour from an empty cup.
[25:36] Again, thank you for joining me. I hope you enjoyed today's episode.
[25:39] And if you have a friend who needs to hear this message, I hope that you will
[25:43] please share it with them.
[25:45] I look forward to talking to you again next time. Bisou!

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