The Executive Coach for Moms Podcast

The Executive Coach for Moms podcast supports women who are attempting to find balance and joy while simultaneously leading people at work and at home.

Hosted by Leanna Laskey McGrath, former tech exec turned full time mom, recovering perfectionist and workaholic, and certified executive coach.

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Oct. 23, 2025

The 5 Journaling Prompts Every Executive Woman Needs to Live and Lead…

In this episode, Leanna shares one of the simplest yet most transformative practices she recommends to every client: journaling. If your mind feels constantly full and your days seem to blur together, this episode will help y...

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Oct. 16, 2025

How to Overcome Resistance to Change and Finally Start Putting Yourse…

In this sixth episode of the Taking Care of Yourself series, Leanna gets personal about the resistance so many working and executive moms feel when it comes to making positive changes in their lives. Even when we know what we...

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Oct. 9, 2025

Reclaiming Your Energy and Connection Through Science-Based Nervous S…

In this episode, Leanna sits down with licensed social worker and integrative somatic therapist Melissa Romano, author of the Vagus Nerve Deck, and creator of Connected Healing. Together they explore how high-achieving women ...

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Oct. 2, 2025

Advocating for Your Needs at Work and at Home (Taking Care of Yoursel…

In the fourth episode of the Taking Care of Yourself series, Leanna continues with a focus on how executive moms can confidently advocate for their own needs, both at work and at home. High-achieving leaders often excel at ch...

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Sept. 25, 2025

Burnout as Betrayal: Breaking Free from People Pleasing and Perfectio…

What if burnout isn’t just exhaustion, but a form of betrayal? In this episode, attorney-turned-coach and TEDx speaker, Lora Cheadle, shares how years of people pleasing, perfectionism, and prioritizing everyone else’s needs ...

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Sept. 18, 2025

Empowering Executive Moms to Recognize Your Own Needs Without Guilt (…

High-achieving working mothers are so attuned to recognizing everyone else’s needs at work, at home, and everywhere in between, that we often overlook our own. In this episode of the Taking Care of Yourself series, Leanna exp...

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Sept. 11, 2025

The Mindset Shifts Every Executive Mom Needs to Balance Ambition and …

In this episode, Leanna kicks off the fall series with the theme Taking Care of Yourself, a deeper, more practical alternative to what’s often labeled as “self-care.” She explores why so many high-achieving women and busy mom...

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Sept. 4, 2025

Leadership, Motherhood, Resilience & Redefining Success: Key Takeaway…

We’re closing out the 2025 Summer Series by weaving together the most powerful lessons from the six remarkable women who shared their journeys of leadership, resilience, and motherhood. Their stories highlight that success ha...

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Aug. 28, 2025

Grounded in Resilience: Growing Through Adversity and Change in Relat…

In the final episode of the summer series, Leanna continues her conversation with Kiran Reddy, entrepreneur, attorney, mom, and founder of Reddy Consulting, as she reflects on four transformative years marked by motherhood, t...

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Aug. 26, 2025

Navigating the Transition to Preschool - Back to School BONUS

If you're navigating the transition to preschool with a little one, this is the episode to listen to! In it, I interview my daughter about why it was hard for her and what helped the most, and I share our process for making t...

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Aug. 22, 2025

Grounded in Purpose: Aligning Career, Service, and Becoming a Mother …

In part one of this inspiring two part episode, Leanna is joined by Kiran Reddy, attorney, mom, volunteer, and founder of Reddy Consulting. Kiran shares how she built a thriving consulting business, found meaning through volu...

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Aug. 14, 2025

You Don't Have to Do It All: Delegation Strategies and Support System…

In Part 2 of Leanna’s conversation with Ashley Chang, CEO of Sundays, Ashley shares how she channeled what she learned about women in the workplace into action by founding Sundays, a company designed to meet the needs of high...

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