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What if there isn’t one right way to do maternity leave?

In this episode, we talk with Kelli Clifton Ogunsanya about reimagining maternity leave and giving herself permission to design an experience that aligned with her values, needs, and season of life. Rather than following a prescribed script, Kelli shares how she thoughtfully navigated the transition into motherhood in a way that supported both her family and her sense of self.

Together, we explore working motherhood, career identity, intentional decision-making, and the importance of creating space for what you need—even when it looks different than what others might choose. This conversation is a refreshing reminder that motherhood isn’t about following someone else’s formula; it’s about building what works for you.

More isn’t always better. Sometimes the most transformative thing we can do is recognize when enough is enough.

In this episode, we sit down with chef, nutritionist, Ayurvedic practitioner, and former professional endurance athlete Lentine Alexis to explore boundaries, ambition, nourishment, and the wisdom that comes from paying attention to our own limits. As a mother, business owner, and high achiever, Lentine shares how motherhood challenged her relationship with productivity and invited her to reconnect with a slower, more intentional way of living.

Together, we discuss nature, self-trust, capacity, and what becomes possible when we stop measuring our worth by how much we can carry. This conversation is a gentle but powerful invitation to honor your needs, trust your instincts, and embrace the wisdom of enough.

What if the hardest part of becoming a mother isn’t the beginning, but the expectation that you’ll quickly become who you were before?

In this episode, professional gravel cyclist and mother Isabel King shares the reality of returning to competition after having her daughter. While the world celebrates comeback stories, Isabel offers an honest look at the fear, identity shifts, guilt, and unexpected challenges that can accompany finding your way back to work, sport, or the parts of yourself that once felt familiar.

Together, we explore postpartum recovery, comparison, belonging, and the pressure to measure ourselves against a previous version of who we were. This conversation is a powerful reminder that every comeback has its own timeline. And sometimes the greatest progress isn’t returning to who you were, but embracing who you’re becoming.

What happens when the life you’re building doesn’t look like anyone else’s?

In this episode, we sit down with entrepreneur, world traveler, professional cyclist, and mom Heidi Rentz to explore the courage it takes to trust your own instincts in motherhood. From raising a child on the road to making unconventional choices that challenge cultural expectations, Heidi shares what she’s learned about tuning out outside opinions and listening more closely to herself.

Together, we explore intuition, judgment, fulfillment, and the tension between doing what works for your family and doing what everyone else expects. If you’ve ever questioned whether you’re “doing motherhood right,” this conversation is a powerful reminder that there is more than one path and yours gets to be your own.

Self-awareness is powerful. But it’s only part of the story.

In this episode, we sit down with coach and entrepreneur Natasha Ganem, Founder and Owner of Lion Leadership, to explore what happens after the insight. Natasha shares her journey of doing the deep work of understanding herself—her needs, patterns, and motivations—and the realization that personal growth doesn’t create change unless the people around us are invited into the process.

Together, we discuss communication, relationships, boundaries, and the courage it takes to let others see what you’re learning about yourself in real time. This conversation is a reminder that growth isn’t just an individual experience. Sometimes the next step isn’t knowing yourself better; it’s bringing your people along for the journey.

Two things can be true: your family can need you, and you can have needs too.

In this episode, Olympic gold medalist, speaker, and mother Missy Franklin shares her journey of learning that caring for herself and caring for her family are not competing priorities. Through honest reflections on motherhood, identity, relationships, and well-being, Missy explores what it looks like to make space for her own needs without guilt or apology.

Together, we discuss self-care, sacrifice, partnership, and the both-and reality of motherhood. This conversation offers a refreshing reminder that honoring yourself isn’t selfish and that when mothers thrive, the people around them benefit too.

Sometimes the hardest thing to say is no.

In this episode, Greer sits down with writer, speaker, and advocate Libby Ward to explore people-pleasing, capacity, and the challenge of honoring what you truly need. Libby shares her journey of becoming more honest with herself about her limits, her energy, and the expectations she no longer wants to carry.

Together, we discuss resentment, burnout, boundaries, and the freedom that comes from choosing alignment over external approval. This conversation is an invitation to take inventory of what’s on your plate, release what no longer belongs there, and create more space for the life you actually want to live.

What if the thing you’re trying hardest to solve isn’t actually a problem?

In this episode, maternal mental health expert, therapist, and coach Kate Kripke joins us to unpack why so many high-achieving women struggle in motherhood. It's not because they’re doing it wrong, but because they’re approaching it the same way they approach everything else. Through her work and personal experience, Kate shares how achievement, anxiety, and problem-solving can keep us disconnected from ourselves, our children, and the realities of motherhood.

Together, we explore postpartum anxiety, emotional well-being, nervous system regulation, and the difference between fixing and connecting. This conversation offers a compassionate reframe for working moms who feel exhausted by the pressure to get it right and invites us to consider a different possibility: maybe motherhood isn’t something to master. Maybe it’s something to experience.

You know those things you cry in the shower about? We explore those things in this podcast. The silent truths of working motherhood that often feel taboo, and we explore what it actually means to give these truths a voice to let you live in the “both/and” vs the “either/or” of motherhood and professional life. 

It’s about telling the truth, disrupting unrealistic expectations, and expanding what’s possible for working moms.

'Can We Say That Out Loud?' is for working moms—and anyone who loves, supports, or works alongside them—who wants a more honest conversation about motherhood, work, and identity. It’s for those ready to trade perfection for truth and isolation for connection.

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