A Day In Her Life

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Samantha Arak, interior designer, hot power vinyasa teacher at Down Under Yoga, competitive runner for Whirlaway, and mom of two boys in West Medford. Samantha shares how she wakes between 5 and 6am without an alarm, runs the Boston Marathon course before teaching a 9:30 class in a 100-degree studio, and is tucked into bed with a book by 8:30. In this week's conversation, Samantha opens up about a PR job in New York where her payche...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Erin Roberts, vice president of her family's third-generation Coca-Cola bottling company, writer of the Substack What Erin Cooks, and mom of three in rural Missouri. Erin shares what it's like to wake at 5:10am for a basement workout, have groceries delivered to her office (stores won't deliver out to her house), and plan dinner from two deep freezers. In this week’s conversation, Erin opens up about growing up in a Coke family (she...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Kate Fisher, founder of Kate Fisher Tutoring and mom of two daughters on New York's Upper East Side. Kate shares what it's like to tutor back-to-back on Zoom from 4pm to 9pm with zero breaks (dinner included), cook the family's dinner at 11am so it's ready to reheat later, and pop out mid-session to say goodnight to her girls. In our conversation, Kate opens up about turning a $20-an-hour college job into an 18-year career and a com...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Elizabeth Wellington Rollins, a former award-winning tech copywriter turned full-time novelist whose debut, "The Three Graces of Pearl Street," just landed on the USA Today bestseller list. Liz shares what it's like to launch a book she's been working toward for 20 years, working "investment banking hours" on a solo book tour across six states, all from a small town in Vermont where she loses cell service five feet from her front do...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Carly Martin, an illustrator and mom of two boys in Denver who spent over a decade building a custom wedding stationery business before pivoting to align with her passion. Carly shares what it's like to wake up at 5am for a workout before her early-rising kids are up, and why she's now pouring her energy into writing and illustrating her own picture books. In this week’s conversation, Carly opens up about growing resentful of the al...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we’re sitting down with Elizabeth Fitzsimmons, a retired U.S. ambassador who spent thirty years in the Foreign Service before reinventing herself as a personal stylist, memoirist, and small-town finance committee volunteer. Elizabeth shares what it’s like to trade fifteen-minute State Department increments for mornings with no alarm clock and to “walk the estate” with a protein shake in a cut-glass mug. In our conversation, Elizabeth opens up about her car...

Tell us what you think!!! Welcome to this week's episode - a quick coffee chat of sorts - about the lessons I've learned from guests over the past 3.5 years. I went through every episode - honest - it took way longer than I thought it would, and distilled down the biggest lessons I've learned so far. There's no right or wrong way to do something. Just what's working for each person in this season, and seasons change. Time is abundant, and how you choose to use it is up to you. You ...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're chatting with Kate Zeitler, founder of Zeitler Design — the creative agency behind A Day in Her Life's own rebrand — who runs her studio on an "intensive model," taking on just one client at a time. Kate shares what it's like to build an entire brand and website in a single week, raise three kids in Natick, Massachusetts, and still make it to oil painting class twice a week. In this week’s conversation, Kate opens up about leaving a stalled retail ca...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're chatting with Alexa Archibald, who spent nine years at Meta — including a stretch on the AI and machine learning team — before walking away to run her jewelry brand, Charm Lane Collection, and her content business (@CharmLane) full-time. Alexa shares what it's like to pack every order herself out of her home studio and parent two wild little boys, ages three and five, mostly solo in the mornings. In this week’s conversation, Alexa opens up about the ...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Emma Shulman, a self-described "recovering executive" who left a 15-year tech career to chase her lifelong dream of writing a novel. Emma shares what it's like to be out the door by 4:45am three to four mornings a week to write at her regular Starbucks — where she knows every barista by name — before her kids can "smell her" and end the flow. In this week’s conversation, Emma opens up about querying literary agents for her debut dys...

Tell us what you think!!! Catharine Perry is the chief operating officer of a global trade association, splitting her time between Omaha, Nebraska and Washington, D.C., overseeing finance, HR, operations, and member programs for an entire industry — and she still blocks her 9:00–9:30am Eastern hour as "available by phone" so she never misses daycare drop-off. In this week’s conversation, Catharine shares the single conversation with her CEO that became the turning point in her career (she ask...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, you're stuck with me for a solo episode on what it actually looks like when I travel for work. I'm walking through my exact packing system (mouth tape included), the carry-on I've used for almost 10 years, and the loyalty programs I will defend to the death. In this casual check-in, I share my TSA Touchless routine at Logan, why I'll do just about anything to avoid checking a bag or booking a red-eye, and my perfected flight uniform. I also run through a f...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Karina Monesson, a workforce researcher at Great Place to Work and mom of four girls (ages 1, 3, 6, and 11) in South Florida. Karina shares what it's like to run a three-and-a-half-hour bedtime marathon every night, wear a continuous glucose monitor that shows her blood sugar spiking from stress alone, and grow a food forest of mango, avocado, and banana trees in her tiny backyard. In this deeply open conversation, Karina shar...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Hannah Rosenberg, a poet and writer whose first book, "Same," came out this past October. Hannah shares what it's like to write about your own life as it's happening, four months postpartum with a newborn and a three-year-old, catching poems in parked cars and the gaps between camp drop-off and coffee with friends. In this week’s conversation, Hannah opens up about spending years believing poetry could only be a hobby, the pandemic ...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Sabina Hitchen, founder of Press for Success and mom to a seven-year-old in Portland, Maine. Sabina shares what it's like to wake by 5am for a solo walk that doubles as her idea generator, run a PR company with her husband (who she hired away from his own media career), and touch an actual tree before she can stop being "PR Sabina" for the day. In this honest conversation, Sabina opens up about pivoting from a planned law career to ...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Barbara Mighdoll, owner and CEO of MNT Studio — the first wellness social club combining Pilates, co-working, sauna, and childcare — who also runs the marketing agency behind her brand New Modern Mom and just co-founded Roam Collective, a family sabbatical company. Barbara shares what it's like to grow one Pilates studio into seven locations in two years. In this week’s conversation, Barbara opens up about leaving a job after panic ...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Lydia Fenet, the world's leading charity auctioneer who has raised over a billion dollars for nonprofits, founder of a talent agency for auctioneers, two-time author (her first book optioned by Hulu), and mom of three living in Tribeca. Lydia shares what it's like to spend 90 nights a year on stage, run a household where her day "starts at 7pm," and red-eye home from California just to make the morning school drop-off. In this week’...

Tell us what you think!!! Rachel Hochhauser was killing time on her phone in a hospital waiting room — her husband recovering from emergency brain surgery, her 18-month-old at home — when a meme of Cinderella's evil stepmother stopped her cold. "This isn't a villain. She's just trying to take care of her two daughters." That spark became "Lady Tremaine," her debut novel, a Reese's Book Club pick and instant New York Times bestseller. And that's only one of her jobs. In this week's conversatio...

Tell us what you think!!! Emilie Dayan Hill got her start in finance by pure luck — a phone call that came as she was literally climbing into a moving truck, leaving Mississippi for Atlanta with no job and no connections. A decade later, she's a partner and high net worth investment advisor at a major investment firm, and the writer behind Finance That Feels, where she's reshaping the way women relate to money. In this week’s conversation, Emilie traces a wildly non-linear path — a violin sch...

Tell us what you think!!! Melissa Hines never planned to own a business. She just refused to compromise on care — and that single non-negotiable turned a one-woman practice into Wellest Integrative Health, a Back Bay pelvic floor PT clinic with seven practitioners and an expansion already underway. In this episode, Melissa pulls back the curtain on building what she calls her "third baby" while raising two actual ones just outside Boston. In this week’s conversation, Melissa shares the hard t...

Tell us what you think!!! Francesca Cervero has been a full-time yoga teacher for 21 years — and she will tell you, this is her passion. Francesca has evolved her teaching from 40-50hr weeks in person in New York, to now teaching exactly when her son is in school virtually. In this week’s conversation, Francesca shares how a serious hip injury at 23 (she was walking with a cane while teaching full-time in New York City) redirected her from dance to yoga permanently, why she deliberately compr...

Tell us what you think!!! Jennifer Cook wakes up at five every morning — not because she has to, but because she's wired that way. A fashion buyer for a multi-brand store in Soho, a hot yoga teacher, and the writer behind the Mom Friend Substack, she's built a life in Brooklyn that holds a two-and-a-half-year-old, three jobs, a musician husband, and a self-imposed 8:45pm bedtime. The key, she'll tell you, is knowing which balls you're allowed to let drop. In this week’s conversation, Jennifer...

Tell us what you think!!! Alison Hall doesn't know where her day will take her — and that's the point. As a correspondent for Inside Edition, she might get a call at 7am sending her to Long Island for a court hearing, spend the afternoon at the FaceTime set doing virtual interviews with sources in California, or hop on a flight to London. Her workday ends with show tape between 3 and 5pm, then she bikes home in the same blazer she wore on camera. In this week’s conversation, Alison shares how...

Tell us what you think!!! Kathryn Humphries turned down a buying position at Bergdorf Goodman to bet on a one-woman PR agency run by someone she'd just met — and that gut instinct shaped everything. From interning in Ralph Lauren's celebrity dressing department to running social media at Gap, she built a career across New York's fashion world before moving home to Houston, meeting her husband, and co-founding All You Need Method with her former boss Carla — a PR membership that teaches small ...

Tell us what you think!!! Chassity Evans woke up one morning with a fully formed novel in her head. She hadn’t taken a single writing class, had never planned to write a book, and was about to board a flight to the Bahamas — but by January 6th she was writing chapter one, and a little over a year later, her debut rom-com Pink Sand Summer was finished. Now the Charleston-based content creator (formerly behind Look Linger Love) is balancing a 16-year career in blogging with a brand-new identity...

Tell us what you think!!! Rebecca Matchett co-founded Alice and Olivia at 23 with zero fashion experience, now she's building Synchrony, a social platform for neurodivergent adults, and navigating life as a mom of three in downtown Manhattan — including sending her oldest to college in California this fall. In this honest conversation, Rebecca opens up about the pattern that's defined her career: jumping into industries she knows little about and figuring it out as she goes. She talks about w...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Hannah Pitner, a professor of Spanish Linguistics in Memphis and co-founder of Lingua Viva, an online language collective she launched with her business partner while juggling a full-time teaching load and a one-and-a-half-year-old son. Hannah shares what it's like to get in movement in between pour over coffee pours at 6am, teach four to five college classes a semester, and build a language curriculum that started on a construction...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Kate Strickler, the creator behind Naptime Kitchen, author of "I Just Wish I Had a Bigger Kitchen," and mom of four kids ages 10, 9, 7, and 4 in Charleston, South Carolina. Kate shares what it's like to squeeze an entire content business into a four-hour window while her youngest is in preschool, work on a walking pad because sitting makes her brain "bounce all around," and have anywhere from five to fifteen neighborhood kids cyclin...

Tell us what you think!!! From Googling to Building Skills, Markdown Files, and Scheduled Workflows I uploaded my son's entire baseball schedule into Google Calendar in under two minutes this morning. No manual entry, no typos, no cross-referencing dates. I pasted a link into Claude, hit enter, and 18 games appeared on my calendar. Then I did the same thing with soccer. This is the kind of stuff AI can do for you right now, and in this episode, I'm breaking down exactly how I got here. In thi...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Rachel Dillon, co-founder of Mary and Jane (a hemp-derived edibles company) and mom of two boys who splits her time between Minneapolis and Costa Rica as a "millennial snowbird." Rachel shares what it's like to train for the Boston Marathon in Costa Rican heat, run a startup with just two full-time employees, and simplify life by living without Amazon deliveries for months at a time. In this honest conversation, Rachel opens up abou...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Adriana Mastronardi, a high school math teacher, mom of three teenagers, and online fitness and nutrition coach for midlife women. Adriana shares what it's like to wake up at 4:50am every single morning (no snooze button allowed), front-load two liters of water before work, and record podcast episodes while driving to the gym in the dark. In this honest conversation, Adriana opens up about her journey from engineer to teacher to fit...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Kaylee Brown, an associate attorney in toxic tort litigation who's navigating the unique experience of having two kids as an associate rather than waiting until partnership. Kaylee shares what it's like to bill your time in six-minute increments, work from home while managing depositions and drafting motions, and squeeze in ChatGPT-designed workouts in her basement gym before the emails start rolling in at 8am. In this honest conver...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Megan Henken, co-founder of My UTI and healthcare consultant, who's juggling multiple businesses, a 14-year-old daughter, and learning to unwind a decade-long hustle mindset. Megan shares what it's like to leave the corporate ladder at Quest Diagnostics to build a consulting business in Colorado, how COVID created the perfect moment to launch a direct-to-consumer UTI testing company, and why she spent her entire career in "the same ...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we’re sitting down with Ashley Kang, a former fashion executive who made the intentional decision to pause her career almost a year ago to invest in herself and her family. Ashley shares what it’s like to leave a job she loved at a fashion company after five years, move to New Jersey to live near her family (yes, literally in the same building complex), and build an entirely new structure around being present for her two boys, ages 2 and 4, and the structu...

Tell us what you think!!! Welcome to my first solo episode of 2025! After 140 episodes of talking with incredible women about their days, I'm turning the mic on myself to share what my life looks like right now as a working mom of two in the Boston area. In this quick check-in episode, I'm opening up about how my days have shifted over the past year, what's working, and what I'm still figuring out. From waking up at 6:45 (or 6:00 on workout days) to bedtime snuggles at 7:30, I'm walking you t...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we’re sitting down with Afoma Umesi, a writer and content creator who left a career in medicine to build a life centered around books, creativity, and human connection. Afoma runs Reading Middle Grade, a website and newsletter that helps parents find the perfect books for kids ages 8-14, and she’s doing it all while navigating profound grief, three moves in three months, and building a new life in Toronto, Canada. In this deeply honest conversation, Afoma ...

Tell us what you think!!! This week, we're sitting down with Sofi Madison, a former shop owner turned independent consultant who's redefining what work-life balance looks like in the North Shore. Sofi shares her journey from running Olives and Grace—a beloved retail destination—to consulting for independent retailers and hospitality teams, all while raising two boys (ages 3 and 5) in Manchester by the Sea. In this honest conversation, Sofi opens up about the intentional decision to become a "...

Tell us what you think!!! A Day In Her Life with Layla Shaikley – Efficient, Full, Emotionally Regulated Days as a Founder and Mom of Three What does it look like to build a venture-backed tech company, raise three young kids, recover from a major injury, and stay emotionally steady through it all? In this episode of A Day In Her Life, Ellie sits down with Layla Shaikley, co-founder of Wise Systems, writer, and mom of three (ages 3, 5, and 7). Layla shares how predictability, emotional regula...

Tell us what you think!!! A Day In Her Life with Dahlia Stroud – Crazy, Stressed, Well-Dressed Days as a Founder and Mom of Two What does it really look like when you’re building something new, parenting school-aged kids, and trying to keep yourself intact in the process? In this episode of A Day In Her Life, Ellie chats with Dahlia Stroud, a UK-based consultant and host of Stressed But Well-Dressed, about the beautifully messy reality of her days. From “Jekyll and Hyde” mornings to late-nigh...

Tell us what you think!!! On today’s episode of A Day In Her Life, Ellie sits down with Mary James, who leads an analytics group at Real Chemistry (a pharmaceutical marketing and communications company) and is raising two little ones, a 9-month-old and a 2.5-year-old. Mary is the primary earner in her household, while her husband is a stay-at-home parent, and she gives an honest look at what it actually takes to keep work, kids, and sanity moving forward in a season that feels nonstop. Mary d...

Tell us what you think!!! A Day In Her Life with Kelsey Smith – Adaptable, Intentional, Caffeinated Days as a Working Mom of Two and Email Accessibility Consultant On today’s episode of A Day In Her Life, Ellie sits down with Kelsey Smith, a working mom of two toddlers living just outside Denver. Kelsey works in marketing, technology, and digital communications for a large public university and also runs her freelance consulting business, The Email Edit, where she helps nonprofits, small busi...

Tell us what you think!!! A Day In Her Life with Lucie Corkery – Chaotic, Messy, Joyful Days as a Mom of Three On today’s episode of A Day In Her Life, Ellie chats with Lucie Corkery, a mom of three under five, writer, and creator behind What Lucie Says and the Substack series Between Friends. Lucie lives in Massachusetts with her husband Kevin, their three kids, and their corgi Beverly, and shares a refreshingly honest look at full-time motherhood in a deeply busy season. If you are in the t...

Tell us what you think!!! A Day In Her Life with Kyla Hanaway-Quinlan – Chaotic, Peopley, High Energy Days as a COO and Single Mom of Two On today’s episode of A Day In Her Life, Ellie sits down with Kyla Hanaway-Quinlan, Chief Operating Officer and Head of People at Feast & Fettle, and single mom of two girls, ages 5 and 13. Kyla splits her life between Rhode Island and Washington DC and gets real about what it takes to lead a fast growing company while solo parenting in a high energy se...

Tell us what you think!!! A Day In Her Life with Cameron Oaks Rogers — Routine, Chaos, and Joy in the Thick of MotherhoodIn today’s episode, Ellie sits down with Cameron Oaks Rogers — full-time content creator, podcast host, mental health advocate, and creator of Quiet Your Mind and Busier Hands. Cameron opens up about raising two young boys, building a multi-layered career, and navigating the beautiful mess of this season with honesty, structure, and humor. If you love real routines, candid ...

Tell us what you think!!! A Day In Her Life with Emily Doyle — Founder, Mom, and Creative Building a Colorful Life in Vermont Join Ellie for this week’s episode of A Day In Her Life with Emily Doyle—co-founder of Ursa Major Skincare, mom to eight-year-old, and longtime Vermonter balancing entrepreneurship, parenting, partnership, and creativity. Emily’s days are exactly how she describes them: lively, colorful, and crazy. In this episode, we cover: Morning Rhythms: Cozy family wake-ups, coffe...

Tell us what you think!!! A Day In Her Life with Tory Stroker — Chaotic, Fulfilling, and Busy Days as a Dietitian & Mom of Two Join Ellie for this week’s episode of A Day In Her Life with Tory Stroker, a registered dietitian, content creator, and mom of two living in New Jersey. Tory runs a thriving weight-inclusive nutrition counseling practice supporting women in eating disorder recovery, all while parenting a four-year-old and a baby, running her Substack, and navigating the beautiful ...

Tell us what you think!!! Join Ellie for this week’s episode of A Day In Her Life with Andrea Wightwick—entrepreneur, Substack writer, and mom of two living in Atlanta. Andrea shares what her integrated, bold, and fun days look like as she juggles family life with building her non-alcoholic cocktail brand Hapsy, after years of experience in CPG. From mindful mornings and carpool spreadsheets to Friday “tacos and tequila” dates and middle-school bedtime check-ins, Andrea offers an honest look ...

Tell us what you think!!! Join Ellie for this week’s episode of A Day In Her Life with Virginia Frischkorn, founder of Partytrick, mom of two, and multi-city entrepreneur splitting her time between Colorado and New York. Virginia shares what her full, structured, and chaotic days look like as she builds a tech startup, parents solo half the time, and still finds space for joy, movement, and community. In this episode, we cover: Early Riser Energy: How Virginia wakes up at 3:30 AM for deep wor...

Tell us what you think!!! Join Ellie for this week’s episode of A Day In Her Life with Laura Krenek —Head of Brand Marketing at Esri, wife, mom of two, and creative spirit living in Redlands, California. Laura shares how she’s built a meaningful career in tech while raising young kids, creating daily rituals for connection, and making space for joy and creativity in her full, intentional life. In this episode, we cover: Morning Routines That Work: How Laura starts her day at 5:30 AM, handles ...

Tell us what you think!!! In this episode, Ellie sits down with Stephanie McCulley, founder of the nonprofit WillPowered Autism, to talk about her unpredictable, fun and chaotic days, and her mission to empower families navigating autism. Stephanie opens up about her son’s journey with spelling to communicate, how her identity is shifting after seven years as a stay-at-home mom, and the daily routines that keep her grounded. In this episode, we cover: How to become a morning person: How Steph...