Growing careers while raising babies is as challenging as it is beautiful. Every working mom has a unique story to tell. Balancing work, life, and everything in between is a little easier with the power of connection. My dream at Freshly Brewed Mama is to connect with working moms in all phases of their journey to embrace this season, and support the incredible work that moms do every day. It is a privilege to hear your story and share it with this community with a working mom interview. This week I was able to connect with a phenomenal working mom that I met through the world of social media ..read more

Growing careers while raising babies is as challenging as it is beautiful. Every working mom has a unique story to tell. Balancing work, life, and everything in between is a little easier with the power of connection. My dream at Freshly Brewed Mama is to connect with working moms in all phases of their journey to embrace this season, and support the incredible work that moms do every day. It is a privilege to hear your story and share it with this community with a working mom interview. This week I was able to connect with one of my favorite bloggers in the working mom space! On top of her ro ..read more

Growing careers while raising babies is as challenging as it is beautiful. Every working mom has a unique story to tell. Balancing work, life, and everything in between is a little easier with the power of connection. My dream at Freshly Brewed Mama is to connect with working moms in all phases of their journey to embrace this season, and support the incredible work that moms do every day. It is a privilege to hear your story and share it with this community with a working mom interview.  I was blown away that I was able to connect with one of my writing idols! I’ve been following Becca’s ..read more

First things first, I do not consider myself a food blogger. I do not design many recipes and I would consider myself an average cook. We all have different strengths, and anything kitchen related is not mine! However, I am a working mom. I am a superhero working mom that wants to feed her family delicious and healthy-ish meals. I am a working mom with virtually zero time during the week to focus on dinner preparation.  In this season of life with three under three and two full time working parents, it often proves to be challenging to consistently prepare and cook family dinners. I am al ..read more

Growing up, I vividly remember football Sundays with the smell of chili simmering on the stove. Chili in our house was an all day affair with a family recipe from Cincinnati that was served over spaghetti.  The spice of this particular chili was my favorite part, until I married a man that dislikes all things spice! Now with toddlers and jam packed evenings, traditional chili is a rare occurrence. I am so glad a friend shared a recipe for sweet maple chili with me a few years ago! This recipe is sweet, protein packed, and only takes 30 minutes to cook. We regularly add this sweet maple ch ..read more

Growing careers while raising babies is as challenging as it is beautiful. Every working mom has a unique story to tell, and balancing work, life, and everything in between is a little easier with the power of connection. My dream at Freshly Brewed Mama is to connect with working moms in all phases of their journey to embrace this season, and support the incredible work that moms do every day. It is a privilege to hear your story and share it with this community with a working mom interview.  I am beyond grateful for the fellow working moms in my life that motivate me every day and I love ..read more

Growing careers while raising babies is as challenging as it is beautiful. Every working mom has a unique story to tell, and balancing work, life, and everything in between is a little easier with the power of connection. My dream at Freshly Brewed Mama is to connect with working moms in all phases of their journey to embrace this season, and support the incredible work that moms do every day. It is a privilege to hear your story and share it with this community.  The first working mom interview in this series is my own! As a full time working mom in the corporate world, the feeling ..read more

Motherhood is a challenging journey. Many moms are raising a family while also growing a career. Before my first baby,  I was unprepared for the overwhelm that comes with working motherhood. Being pulled in so many directions and struggling to figure out how to balance everything felt (and still feels) impossible. As hard as it is to be a working mom, each day is another step forward. Another chance at having a great day and living out all your dreams. I firmly believe you can have the family and the career of your dreams simultaneously, and without compromise. If you are a new working mo ..read more

Photo via Unsplash Guest piece by Emily Graham from MightyMoms.net Receiving the news that you’re going to have a baby is a moment you will likely never forget. For many mothers and fathers alike, it’s both exhilarating and sobering. After all, having a baby will completely change your life in pretty much every way — including your budget. And the costs won’t wait until the baby is born; being pregnant costs money, too. Fortunately, you can prepare for your baby and mitigate the financial changes coming your way. Freshly Brewed Mama is dedicated to providing information that will help you pr ..read more

I always wanted to be a teacher as a kid. With visions of a big family and a work life balance better than my corporate parents, I felt like teaching was the perfect career for having it all. Being a teacher mom would mean a job I loved that gave me a similar schedule to my own kids. A job that was stable (as a child in a union state) and that I was passionate about.  What I quickly realized after my early years in the teaching profession, was the teacher lifestyle was far from what I imagined as a kid. I knew if I wanted to have the family dynamic that I envisioned, teaching was not the ..read more