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Work Hard Mom Harder
by Erica Walter
Can I chase my dreams while also being present for my partner and kids? Does work-life balance exist? Can I really have it all?I'm Erica Walter, and I believe in my freakin' soul that yes, you CAN. After years of running businesses for other people, I decided to start my own business... when I was pregnant with our fourth kid. I've learned a few of my entrepreneur lessons the hard way. I'm learning even more about business (and life) from my kids. Every week, tune in for high-impact business strategies and marketing tips, pee-your-pants funny anecdotes and misadventures, and inspirational interviews with other kick ass parents who are bringing their best self to work without giving their families the shaft. If you're a working parent who wants to live your best life both on and off the clock, the Work Hard Mom Harder podcast is for you.
Episodes
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God loves an underdog
This episode takes a little break from our Hudson Month "Meet Baby Dub" book reading to bring something that's been on my heart since summer 2026 into focus. I actually started writing this one back in June and never finished it... which, as it turns out, is kind of perfect, because I had no idea...
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Hudson Month Day 25
'Cuz I'm almost out of hosting space on my account this is going to be the last podcast for July. But that doesn't mean you can't support our Hudson's Heroes fundraising efforts! Buy the book on Amazon! Run a 5K and use the #hudsonsheroesrunners + tag me @workhardmomharder! You can also donate...
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Hudson Month Day 24
A quick fun one! Can you believe I was talking about iPhone 5 in this episode? Sheesh. This was recorded on my 2 year old iPhone 16 LOL. Buy the book on Amazon if you want to see pictures of Hudson! Run a 5K this weekend use the #hudsonsheroesrunners + tag me @workhardmomharder! I'm donating the...
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Hudson Month Day 23
One entry and a longer ramble about the book of Esther and how even when God isn't mentioned, He's working. I meant to say this when I recorded it (I thought it while on a walk) - God doesn't need credit. More links I made sure to include: Buy the book on Amazon One final weekend left to run a 5K...
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Hudson Month Day 22
We finally had the birthday cake for Hudson with family today. I had high expectations of myself and my ability to communicate very deep and loving things to the people who carried us through those tough weeks after Hudson died. But I was basically a shell of a human. And sometimes you just have...
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Hudson Month Day 21
How am I having LESS time on non-play days to get to this than on play days? This one recorded in my car waiting for groceries + on the drive home... safety first. Buy the book on Amazon if you want to see pictures of Hudson! Run a 5K ANY TIME in July and use the #hudsonsheroesrunners + tag me...
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Hudson Month Day 20
...complete with random closet-floor musings, I present to you the 20th day in a row of publishing a podcast episode! I don't have to come up with new content, but I do have to read content I wrote in some of the saddest days of my life. And you're listening to it, you brave souls! Buy the book…
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Hudson Month Day 19
Another day of Disney's Newsies means this is another shortie episode, just ONE little snippet from the Meet Baby Dub book for you. Suspense killin' ya? Wish you could get your hands on the whole shebang, plus pics? Buy the book on Amazon and you can read the whole thing in one sitting (or just...
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Hudson Month Day 18
Can you believe we are still doing this? Haven't missed day. Buy the book on Amazon if you want to see pictures of Hudson! Run a 5K ANY TIME in July and use the #hudsonsheroesrunners + tag me @workhardmomharder! I'm running one every weekend and donating the 'race fees' to the Forget-Me-Not...
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Hudson Month Day 17
Hudson Month continues with a few quick memories that I had forgotten... and some musings on how, even when we face the worst things and think we're going to have a totally reframed perspective, life still lifes. A little grace for you if you're in a season where life is lifin' you. Buy the book…
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Hudson Month Day 16
Our Hudson Month read-through of the Meet Baby Dub book continues, this time with a short detour into the heavy world of 'what if.' What if I hadn't gotten the epidural? What if I had accepted the suggestion of a C-section sooner? What if I hadn't let people in the labor room while I was having...
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Hudson Month Day 15
Today I finish reading the descriptions I captured of Hudson and the memories that were just a few slivers of her 3 short days on earth. I also share where I am today, 14 years later... reading the Book of Job on the anniversary of the worst day of my life, and finding it anything but a...
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Hudson Month Day 14
I wrote a better description but alas. Libsyn ate it. And I'm not going back. Here's what you should know. Hudson dying is the worst thing that has happened in my life. And yet even in this devastating loss, there is beauty. And in this short episode I'm reminded of so many things that I had...
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Hudson Month Day 13
Choking up a little closing today, so I'm keeping this bad boy short. More amazing memories, ones I'd forgotten... ones you'll love to hear.
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Hudson Month Day 12
Hudson's feet. Her hands. The Red Sox socks. This episode captures some of my favorite little parts of our sweet girl, first impressions, first texts from my husband during the agonizing wait to get to her in the NICU. As Hudson Month continues, grab your hankies and prepare to contribute in...
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Hudson's 14th Birthday
Oh friends. It has been a day. I'm not overdoing the production value here, it's just going to be real. The words I spoke at Hudson's memorial. And a very real, raw, long pause, choked up voice riff on miracles, the ones we ask for, the ones we get, the ones we ask for and don't get, the ones we...
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Hudson Month Day 10
Hey friends, it's Day 10 of Hudson Month, and we're wrapping up the last of the lighter entries from the Meet Baby Dub book; the pregnancy waiting game, the failed labor induction attempts, and all the very relatable impatience of those final overdue days. Tomorrow is Hudson's fourteenth…
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Hudson Month Day 9 (The Final Days of our Pregnancy)
It's Day 9 of my read-through of Meet Baby Dub, the book I wrote fourteen years ago, a compilation of blog posts from before and after our daughter Hudson's birth and death. In today's episode, I'm reading the final lighthearted chapters from the "Before" section — the ones I wrote in those...
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Hudson Month Day 8
It's Day 8 of my read-aloud of Meet Baby Dub, the book I wrote 14 years ago while I was pregnant with my daughter, Hudson. These vignettes are a window into who I was before I knew what was coming, and I love getting to share them with you. In today's episode: On Groping Yourself in a Room Full…
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Hudson Month Day 7
We're back for Day 7 of Hudson Month. It's a quickie, cuz life. Support the Forget Me Not Program: A portion of every book sale goes directly to the Forget Me Not Foundation. You can also make a tax-deductible donation directly here: 👉 Donate to the Forget Me Not Program Buy the Meet Baby Dub...
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Hudson Month, Day 6: Baby Party Tricks, Snooze Button Nightmares & Getting Too Pregnant for This Sh*t
In this episode, I'm recording from the amphitheater, with birds and construction sounds as my backdrop, because this is just how life is going right now. These are honestly some of my favorite memories to revisit from before Hudson was born... birthing class adventures, some super vivid dream...
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Hudson Month Day 5
I'm recording today from a picnic table at the Fort Walla Walla Amphitheater — birds and all — and reading you more from the Meet Baby Dub book as part of Hudson Month. In today's episode, I share several vignettes from the book: Baby Genius Six Months Pregnant The Pregnant Card Kicking…
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Hudson Month Day 4: Our Future Patriot
Happy 4th of July! It's Day 4 of Hudson Month, and I'm squeezing in a recording between neighborhood barbecue festivities. This episode covers some of the most memorable moments of the pregnancy, but first Running the first Hudson Month 5K of July (35 minutes — slow and steady wins the race) A…
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Hudson Month Day 3: Bumps, Magic Jeans & Babies Getting Less Scary
Welcome back to Day 3 of Hudson Month! In this episode, you'll hear about: The moment a gut officially becomes a bump, and fancy pants get retired for the foreseeable future. Pregnancy exhaustion hitting hard Baby showers getting a whole new level of competitive energy when you're also pregnant…
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Hudson Month, Day 2: The Secret We Couldn't Keep
In Day 2 of Hudson Month, we pick up where yesterday's episode left off — this time with a proper send-off. This episode is a handful of fan-favorite blog posts from early in our pregnancy with Hudson — including: The Two-Month Secret — the agony of keeping a pregnancy under wraps during the…
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Hudson Month, Day 1: Meet Baby Dub
July is Hudson Month... a celebration of what would be our firstborn daughter Hudson's 14th birthday. For the next 31 days, I'll be reading aloud from Meet Baby Dub, the book I compiled of blog post greatest hits to share her story with the world. Today we kick things off with Day 1. If this book...
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Choosing Hard: Why I Started 75 Hard in the Middle of Maycember
May is basically summer's December — and yet I decided to start 75 Hard right in the thick of it. In this episode, I'm getting real about why I'm voluntarily choosing hard things during an already hard season, and what God's been teaching me about mental toughness, perseverance, and preparation....
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Acting on What You Know — Alignment, Obedience, and Answered Prayers
I'm kicking off today's episode with Psalms 119:100 — "I have more understanding than my elders, for I obey your precepts" — and unpacking why the flex isn't age or experience, it's alignment with divine instruction. With a little help from ChatGPT (and the Holy Spirit), I dig into the Hebrew…
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Miracles, Surrender, and Rebuilding Faith
After a long break, I'm back behind the mic... but this episode isn't business as usual. In this riff sesh, I share what's been happening behind the scenes: returning to church after 20 years, feeling called to make changes in my life and business, and learning what it actually means to surrender...
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Surprising Parallels Between Potty Training and Running a Business
The diaper fairy has come to the Walter household and absconded with all of our youngest's daytime diapers. The past few weeks have been dedicated to cleaning up messes and making slow progress towards potty independence. Naturally, the business analogy wheels are still turning and today's…
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The Latest Hire at My Business
This week, I created a new position in my company and hired a candidate for the role. They're on a 90 day probation, and if they don't perform, I'll have to fire myself. The position is the Chief Hype Officer at Email Mavens. The candidate is me. Learn how I'm basically creating an alter ego in...
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Six Lessons from Six Years in Business
This week's episode is the audio portion of the Email Mavens YouTube episode celebrating the sixth anniversary of starting my own business. Listen to the end for best and perhaps most surprising lesson.
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Your Mother's Day Pep Talk
This episode is a pep talk, a series of journaling prompts, and a rallying cry for love. We won't give it away in the description, we'll let you listen and get into it.
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Money Thoughts from my Kids
Palm trees = Money Apparently because I got palm trees for my birthday, our five year old thinks we are wealthy. It has me thinking what kind of money thought seeds I'm planting in my kids' heads and what money thoughts I want to believe. Enjoy the hilarity and then, take some time to consider…
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What to do with all your extra time
A quick update post on how my boundary-enforcement is going: Discoveries from enforcing my own rules about time spent in my business How I'm spending all this extra time What you can do to turn any of this inspiration into action It's a quick one so you can take that extra time and do a little...
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Erica Riffs: Words Matter
It has been far too long since you got an Erica Riff's episode, so here's the first of Season 2 and the first of 2024. These are uncut, unedited, no holds barred and no outline created. They're usually inspired by something that has me fired up, so you get a ton of motivation and the occasional...
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Living My Best Life Right Now
Learn the sneaky, disempowering thoughts that I'm replacing with a new and more powerful one. Accept the challenge to try this thought for yourself for the rest of the month. It literally can change your reality in an instant.
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Vacation Lessons
Traveling across 6 states gives a girl some time to think. We just returned from a week-long vacation and you better believe I'm back with lots of inspiration and lessons from the trip. These lessons are about to be applied in my business in a big way, and you're welcome to borrow any of them…
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Consistency is Queen
You want to know what's boring? Consistency. But the results that consistency can bring you? That's sexy AF. Today's episode celebrates the unglamorous appeal of just showing up.
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Making it fun is hard
I'm working very hard at my goal. And that's the problem. In today's episode we are exploring the importance on focusing on creating and taking actions from a different perspective. It's not a grind. It's an adventure.
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Obstacles As Excuses, or Obstacles as To-Dos
When you set out to achieve the impossible, the first thing that happens is your brain goes nuts with objections and obstacles. There are three general categories of obstacles, and I break them down in this episode and provide some useful prompts to help you decide if you're okay using these...
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School of Maddox: Be a Hero
School of Maddox is BACK, and you're going to want to listen to the end because this one is powerful. You'll hear about my near-perfect day ...you'll learn what a jukebox musical is And, you'll be regaled with a heroic tale and poignant, powerful reminders to live more authentically and to take...
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Impossible Goals
In this episode, I'm sharing the why behind bringing back the Work Hard Mom Harder podcast. I'm giving you a peek at the process I'm trying this year to help me systemize my goal achievement. And, I'm sharing the IMPOSSIBLE GOAL I'm working towards, along with an invitation for you to join me in…
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A dream FIVE YEARS in the making just came true
This weekend, a dream I've had since 2019 came to life and inspired me to finally do the work, get off the fence, and revive this podcast. Listen to discover the miracles that can happen when a few people come together to make something happen, the miracles I'm excited to see happen this year…
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A different way to do the mid-year check-in
Any business leader you listen to will encourage you to take a look at your yearly goals at the halfway point. And I will tell you to do so as well. But in this episode I'm getting REAL honest about how the year has gone so far, and how I'm choosing to tackle the last half of 2022. If you're...
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Hudson Month and a Reminder to Feel the Feels
This year, Hudson would have been 10. July is the month we celebrate her life and give back to an important organization, and today's episode outlines some of the ways you can get involved if you'd like to. But if you're new to the podcast, or new to our story, perhaps today's most important…
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Three Lessons from Four Years in Business
We're celebrating my FOUR YEAR Business-versary today and on this episode of the podcast, I'm sharing some of the most important lessons I've learned so far. There are surprising parallels between parenting and being a business owner. But in all the day to day hustle, it's easy to lose sight of…
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Marketing Insights from Preschool Drop-off
Today's episode shares a parenting lesson AND a marketing lesson and it's the same lesson. Curious? Listen to learn how my diva Three-nager reminded me of one of the most important lessons in marketing, and get challenged to apply this lesson in your own business as well.
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Erica Riffs on International Women's Day
Today's episode is inspired by my daughter, Maddox, and dedicated to all the humans out there trying to dig for a deeper level of effort and impact.
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Erica Riffs on International Women's Day
Today's episode is inspired by my daughter, Maddox, and dedicated to all the humans out there trying to dig for a deeper level of effort and impact.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Can I chase my dreams while also being present for my partner and kids? Does work-life balance exist? Can I really have it all?I'm Erica Walter, and I believe in my freakin' soul that yes, you CAN. After years of running businesses for other people, I decided to start my own business... when I was pregnant with our fourth kid. I've learned a few of my entrepreneur lessons the hard way. I'm learning even more about business (and life) from my kids. Every week, tune in for high-impact business strategies and marketing tips, pee-your-pants funny anecdotes and misadventures, and inspirational interviews with other kick ass parents who are bringing their best self to work without giving their families the shaft. If you're a working parent who wants to live your best life both on and off the clock, the Work Hard Mom Harder podcast is for you.
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