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The Balance Dilemma — 101 episodes

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Episode 102 Reading Belle Burden’s Strangers with a Divorce Attorney: The Legal Wake-Up Call Belle Burden Needed with Lisa Zeiderman, Esq., CFL, CFDA

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Episode 101 The Woman Behind 80+ Events a Year Talks Career Pivots, Connection, and Having It All with Amanda DePalma of the Business Council of Westchester

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Episode 100 The Women Who Hold Everything Together with New York Times Bestselling Author Annabel Monaghan

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Episode 99 Not Dead Yet: Life Lessons, Dating After Divorce, & Aging Without Apology with Barbara Ballinger and Margaret Crane

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Episode 98 Moving to Europe: Real Advice from an American Expat with Angela Hanyak

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Episode 97 Drop-Off, Pick-Up, Paris, Vogue: A Fashion Journey with Andrea Moore Beaulieu

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Episode 96 From Campus to Career: Why Your Grad's First Job Search Isn't What You Remember with Nadine Varca Bilotta

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Episode 95 Show Me the Money: How One Mom Negotiated Her Stay-at-Home Salary with Catherine O'Toole

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Episode 94 Wedding Adventures with Maura & Christie: A Mother’s Perspective

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Episode 93 Blended Family Success: Career Pivots, Modern Parenting, and Finding Balance with Dave Marcus and Susannah Ludwig

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Episode 92 Writing Thriller Novels and Must-Read Summer Book Recommendations with Author Andrea Bartz

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Episode 91 From Spelling Bee Rivals to Kitchen Revolution: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Skura Style Founders with Alison Matz and Linda Sawyer

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Episode 90 From “The Nanny Diaries” to Solo Success - Writing Partnerships, Early Fame, and Work-Life Balance with Nicola Kraus

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Episode 89 Cracking the College Code: Real Talk on Testing Changes, Application Hacks, and Keeping Your Sanity in 2025 with Kerry Roberts

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Episode 88 "Get Yourself a Snack": How a Mother's Resilience Transformed Unexpected Challenges into the Million-Follower Brand Big Time Adulting with Caitlin Murray

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Episode 87 Surrogacy Explained: Legal Rights, Costs & Modern Family Building with Expert Lisa Schuman, LCSW

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Episode 86 From the C-Suite to Barefaced Living: Life Choices, Career Success, and Finding Love at 70 with former Estée Lauder Global Group President Lynne Greene

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Episode 85 From Stage to Page: Career Pivots, Parkinson's, and Historical Fiction with New York Times Bestseller Fiona Davis

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Episode 84 From Corporate Climb to Creative Calling: A Journey of Self-Discovery and Balance with Sarah Gormley

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Episode 83 Redefining Marriage, Money, and Parenting in Today's Relationships with Brian Page

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Episode 82 Family Building Through Donor Conception and Egg Freezing with Fertility Journey Expert Lisa Schuman, LCSW

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Episode 81 Episode 81 How Humor, Faith, and Medicine Were Key to Surviving Breast Cancer with Gila Pfeffer

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Episode 80 Co-Hosts Maura Carlin & Christie Derrico Catchup

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Episode 79 Hurdles of a Military Wife and Mother with Major Lauren Perone Jones

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Episode 78 Enter Talking And Don’t Stop with Debbie Nigro

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Episode 77 Put Away That Phone! How a Digital Detox Will Improve Your Life with Dr. Gwenyth Jackaway

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Episode 76 The American Childcare Dilemma with Tiffany S.W. Hamilton

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Episode 75 The Power and Predicament of Saying Yes to a Pivot with Melissa Andrieux, Esq.

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Episode 74 Lessons Learned From Not So Joyful Life Moments with Lori Pine, The Joy CEO

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Episode 73 How to Write and Publish Your Book: “Women and the Power of the Written Word” featuring Lauren Marino, Bethany Saltman & Loren Stephens

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Episode 72 How Millennial Moms Are Faring at Home and in the Workforce with Lauren Tetenbaum

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Episode 71 College Admissions - How to work the system [legally] with Kerry Roberts

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Episode 70 How to Start and Sustain Your Fashion Business When it Burns Down with Ellie Zieminski

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Episode 69 Curating a Gem of a Life with Alexia Connellan

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Episode 68 Art in Progress, an Event at Melinda Episode 68 - Art in Progress, an Event at Melinda Buie's Art Studio, with Melinda Buie, Talking Motherhood and the Working Artist

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Episode 67 The Conscious Parenting Revolution with Katherine Sellery, 3x TedX Speaker and Author

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Episode 66 Why Women Cheat and Lie with Susan Shapiro Barash

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Episode 65 Military Mom Rises And Leads with Col. (Ret.) Mary Westmoreland

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Episode 64 Never Quite Right: How Glass Walls Are Holding Women Back at Work with Dr. Amy Diehl and Dr. Leanne Dzubinski

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Episode 63 Back on the Mic

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Episode 62 “You Look Great For Your Age” Is Not a Compliment: Aging and Acceptance with Dermatologist Dr. Ellen Gendler

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Episode 61 Why “Eat Less, Exercise More” Just Doesn’t Work As Women Age with Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Founder of The Galveston Diet

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Episode 60 Why Women and Alcohol Just Don’t Mix with Jen Dorf and Jean Marie Stein of See Ya Sugar

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Episode 59 Motherhood and The Empty Nest with “Miserable Mom” Sharon Brecher

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Episode 58: Starting Over Again with Jen Graziano

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Episode 57: What We Are Reading with Local Public Librarians Rosemary Farrell and Jack Weiss

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Episode 56: Why You Need a Personal Brand and Yes It's Part of the Balance Equation with Janna Meyrowitz Turner

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Episode 55: Career Shifting From Real Estate to Olive Oil with Marie-Charlotte Piro

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Episode 54: Finding Balance When Death and Grief Tip the Scales with Beth Robbins

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Episode 53: Poison Ivy and College Admissions with Evan Mandery

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Episode 52: Pivot, Pivot, Pivot, But Don’t Give Up with Loren Stephens

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Episode 51: Talking About Lead Dads with Paul Sullivan, Founder of The Company of Dads

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Episode 50: A Burnout Coach Talks About the Power of the Pause with Rachael O'Meara

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Episode 49: Is the Husband Going to Be a Problem? with Dr. Caroline Bicks

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Episode 48: The Kids Are Not Alright with Dr. Risa Ryger

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Episode 47: The Myth of Maternal Instinct with Chelsea Conaboy

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Episode 46: An "Accidental Entrepreneur" Shares Lessons From Being Raised By Two Moms with Dori Acampora

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Episode 45: Mid-Life Sex in the City: Dating Apps and All with Ginny Poleman

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Episode 44: Fair Play in Real Life with Emily A. Hay

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Episode 42: Ambitious Like a Mother with Lara Bazelon

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Episode 41: Pivoting From Corporate Executive to Farmer Is Her Recipe For Life with Adrienne Evatt

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Episode 40: The Mistress of Reinvention with Nina Sadowsky

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Episode 39: Leveling the Playing Field with Tools for the Future: Creating the STEM Alliance with Meg Kaüfer

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Episode 38: A German Grandmother's Recipe Brewed To Success with Ute Londrigan

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Episode 37: Nice Doesn't Always Mean Saying Yes with Fran Hauser

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Episode 36: Just a girl from Texas, with a writer’s pen and a Harvard law degree with Ginger McKnight-Chavers

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Episode 35: Change is Not a Dirty Word with Dr. Risa Ryger

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Episode 34: Employ ‘Fair Play’ So You Can Reclaim Your Right to Be Interesting with Eve Rodsky

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Episode 33: Women and Building Financial Wealth with Elana Milianta

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Episode 32: We All Have More Power Than We Know with Gloria Feldt

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Episode 31: Creating a Business in a Place You Love with Susanna Herlitz-Ferguson

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Episode 30: Making a Banking Career Work with Joanne Jensen

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Episode 29: Rethinking Myths About Women in Business with Dr. Andi Simon

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Episode 28: Real Life Can Be Stranger Than Fiction with Author Patricia Dunn

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Episode 27: After Recalibrating Priorities This Man Wants to Be Mother with Frank Schaeffer

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Episode 26: Sex, Drugs, Babies, and Breast Cancer with T. J. Hills

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Episode 25: From American Dream to Mentoring Others with Carol Villegas

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Episode 24: Painting the Life She Wants with Melinda Buie

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Episode 23: Back in the Studio

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Episode 22: Juggling Foreign Service and Family Life with Carlotta Ferraro

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Episode 21: Funding Your New Women-Led Business Or Someone Else's with Loretta McCarthy

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Episode 20: Mother of Reinvention - Tech Gave Her a Career and Future, Now She’s Giving Back with Pat Sigmon

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Episode 19: Where Are We Going and How Shall We Get There - Advice on Travel, Life and Career with Audrey Hendley, President of American Express Travel

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Episode 18: Navigating the corporate career lattice and using those "mom skills" with help from virtual coach hellocareerguru.com

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Episode 17: Advice on Finding Balance in the College Admissions Process and Fatherhood, with Admissions Coach and Divorced Dad Dave Marcus

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Episode 16: Two Young Millennials on Broadway Ambitions & Balance With Daniel Carlin and Wednesday Derrico

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Episode 15: Hitting the Refresh Button

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Episode 14: Not afraid to "Go to Grow" for Continued Motivation and Success with Dr. Tahira Dupree Chase

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Episode 13: From Disney Princess to Star Maker

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Episode 12: What happens when a woman takes over the restaurant kitchen and becomes the chief, cook and bottlewasher? with Anna Maria Santorelli

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Episode 11: Do Equal Careers Equal Balance? Plus the benefits of paternity leave . . . from a dad’s perspective.

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Episode 10: For One Australian Woman, Life is Either a Daring Adventure or it’s Nothing with Katherine Frankel

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Episode 9: Daughter of a Superwoman with Dr. Christine Whelan

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Episode 8: Mompreneur Turns Family Need into Global Company with Leslie Josel

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Episode 7: Taming the Wolves of Wall Street with Toni Cortese

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Episode 6: Balanced Body — Can you eat and “drink” what you want all the time? with Bruce Bloom

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Episode 5: A Day in the Life of a Mompreneur/Momager with Michelle Gross

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Episode 4: When Dad Takes Charge of the Home Front with John Brisson

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Episode 3: Turning Curveballs into Pivots with Eileen Moskowitz-Palma

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Episode 2: How Far Have We Come, Or Not? with Guest Rita J. Tino

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Episode 1: Introducing The Balance Dilemma with Christie Derrico & Maura Carlin