EPISODE · Jul 6, 2026 · 52 MIN
How to Find the Support You Need as a Working Mom with Abbey Bigi-Prow of Le Village
from The Mami Collective · host Paulina Roe
In this episode of The Mami Collective Podcast, Paulina sits down with Abbey, owner and director of Le Village Cowork Old Route 66, aka the woman who gave Paulina her time, sanity, and working-mom brain back.Abbey is a mom of twin boys, a photographer, a business owner, and a literal village-builder. After experiencing firsthand how hard it is to work, parent, create, and not completely spiral while doing it all, Abbey went from being a Le Village member to opening her own location for other families who needed the same kind of support.Paulina and Abbey talk about what working moms actually need, why flexible childcare matters, how community changes the motherhood experience, and why needing help does not make you less of a mom. They also get into boundaries, business ownership, mom guilt, raising confident kids, same-sex parenting, and building a life where your child is cared for and you get to be a whole person too. Imagine that. Revolutionary.This conversation is for the mom trying to answer emails while someone is asking for a snack, the mom who loves her kid deeply but also needs to use her brain, and the mom who is realizing she was never meant to do all of this alone.Because motherhood is not a solo sport. And honestly? It never should have been.Follow Le Village Old Co-Work Route 66 here: https://www.instagram.com/levillagecowork_oldroute66/Check them out here: https://www.levillagecowork.com/oldroute66
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In this episode of The Mami Collective Podcast, Paulina sits down with Abbey, owner and director of Le Village Cowork Old Route 66, aka the woman who gave Paulina her time, sanity, and working-mom brain back.Abbey is a mom of twin boys, a photographer, a business owner, and a literal village-builder. After experiencing firsthand how hard it is to work, parent, create, and not completely spiral while doing it all, Abbey went from being a Le Village member to opening her own location for other families who needed the same kind of support.Paulina and Abbey talk about what working moms actually need, why flexible childcare matters, how community changes the motherhood experience, and why needing help does not make you less of a mom. They also get into boundaries, business ownership, mom guilt, raising confident kids, same-sex parenting, and building a life where your child is cared for and you get to be a whole person too. Imagine that. Revolutionary.This conversation is for the mom trying to answer emails while someone is asking for a snack, the mom who loves her kid deeply but also needs to use her brain, and the mom who is realizing she was never meant to do all of this alone.Because motherhood is not a solo sport. And honestly? It never should have been.Follow Le Village Old Co-Work Route 66 here: https://www.instagram.com/levillagecowork_oldroute66/Check them out here: https://www.levillagecowork.com/oldroute66
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