Episodes

  • Mother Untitled’s Neha Ruch on Rebranding Stay-At-Home Motherhood

    Mother Untitled’s Neha Ruch on Rebranding Stay-At-Home Motherhood
    Jan 8 2025
    Neha Ruch chose to take an indefinite pause from work after having her second child. She immediately faced raised eyebrows and unsolicited advice. She didn’t bat an eye at her choice. But the reactions got her thinking: why are we riding on outdated stereotypes about moms choosing to exit the workforce to take care of their family for a chapter of their lives? Enter: Mother Untitled, the leading platform dedicated to ambitious women choosing to lean into family life – without shame. Today, Neha shares tips from her new book The Power Pause to help listeners pull it off like pro. In this episode of 9 to 5ish, Neha shares: The importance of her gap year in India and what it did for her self-trust Why she couldn’t find the peace and purpose at work that she got from motherhood How stay-at-home-motherhood has been wrongfully labeled as a “luxury” The percentage of women who stop working because of high childcare costs Financial levers couples can pull to make room in the budget for a future pause Neha’s Instagram: @motheruntitled Neha’s book: The Power Pause: How to Plan a Career Break After Kids – and Come Back Stronger Than Ever Carly and Danielle’s Instagram: @carlyanddanielle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • Morgan Stanley CMO Alice Milligan on Why Your Career is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

    Morgan Stanley CMO Alice Milligan on Why Your Career is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
    Dec 18 2024
    Alice Milligan left home at 19 to escape a dysfunctional family life. Her peers went to college right out of high school. Meanwhile, Alice spent ten years getting her college degree while working full-time to support herself. She had no choice but to be resilient, independent, and patient. Decades later, and faced with choosing between a dream job or staying near her husband awaiting a liver transplant, Alice shares how the patience she cultivated as a young woman guided her choice. In this episode of 9 to 5ish, Alice shares: Her deep cut bagel order (cinnamon raisin fans, rejoice) The strong women in her life who helped her navigate leaving home Why working in HR in her early career served her well throughout her career How she rationalized her choice of remaining close to her family or taking on her dream job How Morgan Stanley prioritizes women feeling financially empowered – and how the company’s new marketing initiatives reflect that Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • Connie Chung on Outwitting the Boys Club

    Connie Chung on Outwitting the Boys Club
    Dec 11 2024
    She’s an icon, she’s a legend, and she is the moment. Connie Chung is the trailblazing veteran broadcaster who worked her way up from being a copy-girl at a local news station to anchoring one of the most popular nightly newscasts, CBS Evening News. To get there, she had to make it through the “boys club” of the 70s newsroom. Think: Mad Men, but news. She says it could’ve been worse. But she made it work by being just as confident as they were. In this episode of 9 to 5ish, Connie shares: The impact of growing up around four strong-willed sisters How she defied the racist and sexist stereotypes men had of her Her biggest regret of her career and how she reconciles it now Why getting fired from CBS Evening News proved to be serendipitous A cameo from her husband, Maury Povich. Yes, that Maury Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 mins
  • Jessica Alba and Lizzy Mathis on Prioritizing Your Mental Health as a Mom

    Jessica Alba and Lizzy Mathis on Prioritizing Your Mental Health as a Mom
    Dec 4 2024
    Welcome back to a new season of 9 to 5ish. We’re kicking things off with Jessica Alba and Lizzy Mathis, two best friends and co-hosts of the show “Honest Renovations” on The Roku Channel. There are plenty of home renovation shows out there. But theirs highlights the importance of mom having their own space to recharge. As moms of three kids each, they learned that the hard way. In this episode of 9 to 5ish, Jessica and Lizzy share: Their friendship origin story and why Lizzy lied to Jessica about her age for years How they took the jump from being friends to becoming co-hosts of a show Why surface-level friendships don’t last in business partnerships The burnout of filling others’ cups before their own, and how they fixed it Tips on dealing with the highs and lows of the holiday season Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 mins
  • Build-A-Bear CEO Sharon Price-John on Why Defining Values is Key to Achieving Goals

    Build-A-Bear CEO Sharon Price-John on Why Defining Values is Key to Achieving Goals
    Oct 30 2024
    Early in her career, Sharon Price-John literally put pen to paper and wrote what she dubbed her “price values.” AKA: the qualities that guided her in work and life. She reasoned that if she had time to write a grocery list, she could take a second to define what was important to her. Although her price values have inevitably evolved as she got older, Sharon shares that defining her values made the path to achieving her goals a lot clearer. In this episode of 9 to 5ish, Sharon shares: The brownie points she scored from her kids being a toy company exec Why she follows the age-old advice “love what you do” What influenced the changes to her “price values” list How she managed to bring Build-A-Bear its three most profitable years ever after COVID The difficulties of succeeding a founder-led business, and how she overcame them Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 mins
  • Jenny Slate on Finding Peace with Herself through Motherhood

    Jenny Slate on Finding Peace with Herself through Motherhood
    Oct 23 2024
    Through her twenties and thirties, comedian Jenny Slate couldn’t find peace. By all accounts, she was succeeding. She earned a spot on Saturday Night Live, and became recognizable through her on-screen appearances next to actors like Amy Poehler and Nick Kroll. But she still felt stuck in a cycle of self-criticism and a pressure to always be on. Then she became a mom and it all clicked. Listen as Jenny shares why becoming a mom made her feel less desperate to get jobs, please others, and “perform her tricks”. In this episode of 9 to 5ish, Jenny shares: Why living in Massachusetts instead of Los Angeles is helpful for her creative work What traits her parents were most concerned about in her upbringing How leaving Saturday Night Live led her to a major learning about success Why perfection isn’t worth aiming at, and how she unlearned doing that How the unconditional love she feels for her kid helped heal her own inner child A skimm of her new memoir, “Life Form” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • NFL Reporter Erin Andrews on Addressing the “Shelf Life” of Her Career

    NFL Reporter Erin Andrews on Addressing the “Shelf Life” of Her Career
    Oct 16 2024
    Erin Andrews has become one of the most recognizable sideline reporters in the sports industry. She started out at ESPN in her early twenties, and eventually moved to Fox NFL where she continues to give fans updates on their favorite players and coaches. While Erin’s worked in the biz for nearly two decades, she says she knows there’s a “shelf life” to her job. But the only way she’ll stop is if they drag her off the sidelines – and Erin says, it ain’t gonna be pretty. In this episode of 9 to 5ish, Erin shares: The news junkie side of her, and how it’s ruined family vacations How she’s proactively addressing the “shelf life” of her on-camera career The trauma she endured after being stalked, and how it informs her boundaries today How she’s built genuine relationships with her colleagues and the people she covers Why work became such a safe haven for her after going through her cervical cancer diagnosis and IVF treatments PS: Check out Erin Andrews podcast, Calm Down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego on Why Paid Family Leave is Good for Everyone

    Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego on Why Paid Family Leave is Good for Everyone
    Oct 9 2024
    Before she decided to run for mayor, Kate Gallego was newly divorced with a young child. Her support system drastically changed after her mom was diagnosed with cancer. Her only income was through her job on the city council, and she questioned whether Phoenix could stomach a young, unmarried woman as mayor. She won the race and has led the city for five years now. As mayor, Mayor Gallego implemented one of the most generous paid family leave policies for government employees and established an office to respond to Phoenix’s rising heat. Another part of her legacy so far? Redefining what’s possible for young working moms who don’t have perfect personal lives. In this episode of 9 to 5ish, Mayor Gallego shares: How climate defined her childhood and early professional career Why people should run for office even if their personal life isn’t perfect The women in government who guided her through her own public service career How she implemented a 12-week paid family leave policy for public employees, plus a surprising fact on who uses it the most Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 mins