Will The Moms Be Alright?

Brown Ambition

iHeartPodcasts

Careers, Education, Self-improvement, Investing, Business

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Hey BA fam — this week, Mandi is back at the Brown Table with two of her favorite mama podcasters: Jessica Norwood from The Sugar Daddy Podcast and Rana Campbell, from Dreams and Drive.

We’re getting real about what it means to be a mom, a creative, and a corporate baddie in 2025 all at the same time. From burnout and baby wipes to balancing big dreams and meal prep, this is a love letter to every woman out here trying to do it all (and keep her edges intact).

No fluff, no filters — just honest convo about grief, ambition, community, and redefining what success looks like when you're raising humans and chasing goals.

We talk about:

-Why balance is a myth and why lowering the bar might just be the key to peace

-Making peace with slow growth and shifting timelines as a mama and entrepreneur

-Outsourcing, setting boundaries, and why folding kid laundry should be a group sport

-The grief of losing support and the power of building your own village

-Raising emotionally intelligent boys in a chaotic world

-Saying “I’m a mom” with your whole chest even in the workplace

Takeaway Quotes:

“You can outsource everything but love.” – Jessica

“I’m not scared to say I’m a mom — and I need to leave early because my kid has a talent show.” – Rana

Links + Resources:

📲 Follow on Rana Instagram -

http://instagram.com/rainshineluv

🔉 Listen to Dreams in Drive →

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dreams-in-drive/id1076971560

📲 Follow on Jessica Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesugardaddypodcast/

🔉 Listen to Sugar Daddy Podcast →

https://www.instagram.com/thesugardaddypodcast?igsh=Y2R0dGF0OTFtdmNo

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Website: https://www.brownambitionpodcast.com

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What is it like being a mom in 2025?
0:02.2	I feel like I have multiple full-time jobs.
0:05.5	I mean, it's super fun, but it's a lot.
0:08.0	And there are days where I'm like, why did I do this to myself?
0:10.7	Because, you know, one kid is one thing, but then two kids is another thing.
0:13.8	And I think I'm at this stage now where I just don't have the time.
0:17.5	Being intentional about building a village for myself, adopting other moms in the
0:23.1	parking lot at daycare and at school has worked for me. I'm just like, want to be my friend.
0:29.1	I need to do that.
0:35.3	Hey, VA fam. Welcome to Brown Ambition. I could not be more excited to introduce you to my guests at the brown table today. My mama's in crime, as I call them. Listen, y'all kind of are like in a secret club. You're in my like secret mom podcasters club. There's no benefits to being in this club other than that when I am really
0:54.7	struggling, I think about y'all, but I may not like, you know, email or text or like let you know
1:01.0	that I'm thinking about y'all. But I'm like, somewhere out there, Jessica and Rina are doing the
1:06.0	same thing. And they also probably like would have something really encouraging to say to me right now. So I'll
1:12.6	just like say it to myself. So thanks for being the mama's friends in my head that I need.
1:19.0	I want to introduce BA fam to Jessica Norwood. She is one half of the podcast Sugar Daddy with her
1:25.7	husband. And then also Raina.
1:27.9	Raina has a podcast.
1:29.4	It's been going almost as long as Brown Ambition.
1:31.5	We're like geriatric podcasters together.
1:34.5	Dreams and Drive the podcast.
1:37.1	Welcome to Brown Ambition, y'all.
1:39.1	Hey, Mandy.
	...

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