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Leaning My Way

Mikenzie Ginsberg

15 episodes

Honest conversations with working mothers about how they really "do it all"

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Episodes

  1. Learning to Lean My Own Way: Season 1 Wrap-Up

    · 25 min · Episode 14

    After interviewing 13 incredible working mothers, host Mikenzie Ginsberg reflects on the biggest lessons from Season 1. She shares four key takeaways from season 1: why perfect planning doesn't work, how meaningful…

  2. Living Life Intensely: How Livia found meaning through a business turnaround, motherhood and loss

    · 47 min · Episode 13

    Join Leaning My Way Substack: https://substack.com/@leaningmyway Attend Jaclyn Udell’s Matrescence digital workshop: https://lu.ma/zwhtzj8k Show Notes: Livia Paggi is a political risk consultant, business partner,…

  3. Beautiful Things Come at Their Own Inconsiderate Timing: Shachar's journey of resilience through career and fertility uncertainty

    · 58 min · Episode 12

    Shachar Peled shares her journey from reporter to working mother, and how she's learned to find meaning when life doesn't go according to plan. A former journalist for CNN and other international outlets, Shachar opens…

  4. Growing Career and Family: Camilla on going from startup manager to public company executive while navigating IVF and raising 3 kids

    · 57 min · Episode 11

    Camilla Kater has been promoted seven times at Deliveroo—including twice while on maternity leave. In this episode, she shares her 10-year journey from Head of UK Operations at the “start-up” to public company…

  5. From BBC Reporter to Social Entrepreneur: How Genia Followed Her Curiosity to Build an Award-Winning Business as a Mother of Two

    · 59 min · Episode 9

    Genia Mineeva has crafted an unconventional career path guided purely by passion and purpose. From growing up in post-Soviet Russia to building a decades-long career at the BBC, then running communications for a major…

  6. Can Women Really Have Kids and a Big Career? Karina’s Journey from COO to Mom Entrepreneur in Her Late 30s

    · 1 h 06 min · Episode 10

    For years, Karina Valencia was certain kids would derail her ambitious career. Growing up in a traditional Mexican household, she rebelled by dedicating herself to climbing the corporate ladder, working in the office…

  7. No More Playing Small: Award-winning filmmaker Shaina Feinberg on how motherhood unleashed her career ambitions

    · 53 min · Episode 8

    Award-winning filmmaker Shaina Feinberg joins Mikenzie to discuss her New York Times Op-Ed film "I Almost Quit My Career for My Kids. Then I Met Joan Darling" and how becoming a mother actually amplified rather than…

  8. When Planning Meets Intuition: Charlotte on fast tracking her marketing career, navigating fertility challenges, and going freelance

    · 1 h 00 min · Episode 7

    Marketing strategist Charlotte Brown shares how an early endometriosis diagnosis shaped her career goals — fast-tracking her rise in the corporate world so she could start a family before 30. She opens up about…

  9. From Achievement to Meaning: Leila Zegna on hard work, authentic leadership, and the gifts of parenting a child with additional needs

    · 1 h 03 min · Episode 6

    In this episode, venture capitalist Leila Zegna shares her inspiring journey founding Kindred Capital while becoming a mother of three. When her first daughter was born with a rare genetic condition, Leila's identity…

  10. The evolution of Identity: Silke's journey to reclaiming herself beyond the label of "working mother"

    · 54 min · Episode 5

    Silke is a senior leader at Dow Jones who has built her career and family life across three countries—Denmark, the UK, and the US. In this conversation, she shares her journey from leaving her native Denmark after…

  11. Designing a Life That Works for You: Jaclyn's journey across cultures

    · 53 min · Episode 4

    Psychotherapist Jaclyn Udell shares her unconventional life path from studying Mandarin in North Carolina to working in Chinese textiles, retraining as a psychedelic therapist in New York, and building her practice in…

  12. You Make Plans and God Laughs: Candice's journey from corporate law to stay-at-Home motherhood to entrepreneurship

    · 49 min · Episode 3

    In this special episode, Mikenzie gets to chat with her older sister Candice about her career and motherhood journey. Candice is a mother of four girls who has navigated multiple career transitions from corporate real…

  13. The Achievement Treadmill: Emily’s path to balance as a tech leader and mother of two

    · 51 min · Episode 2

    Emily is a commercial operations leader at a major tech company, where she’s helped grow the organization from scrappy startup to public company—all while becoming one of the first senior employees to navigate…

  14. Turning challenges into opportunities: Cecilie’s journey through loss, motherhood and entrepreneurship

    · 57 min · Episode 1

    Cecilie Jakobsen is the founder and CEO of Wawa Fertility and a single mother to her son and stepdaughter. In this episode, she shares how she turned personal fertility pain into purpose and how she is building a…

  15. Introducing Leaning My Way

    · 5:26 · Episode 1 · Trailer

    Welcome to Leaning My Way, a show where I have honest conversations with working mothers about how they really "do it all". This show serves as a resource for all women, whether you're a mother, considering becoming…

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