All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
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All Figured Out with Andrea Barr is the podcast for working moms who want more clarity, flexibility, and joy in their careers and family lives. Andrea Barr—a Certified Career Coach for Parents, mom of two, and former corporate leader—shares honest conversations and practical strategies on work-life balance, parenting, self-care, and career growth so you can thrive at work and at home.
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163. The truth about having a regulated nervous system - Hana Hein
🌟 Join The Embodied Entrepreneur™Are you grateful for your life and still secretly whispering, "I don't think this is it"?Andrea sits down in person with Hana Hein, a nervous system coach, yoga teacher, mom of …
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🌟 Join The Embodied Entrepreneur™
Are you grateful for your life and still secretly whispering, "I don't think this is it"?
Andrea sits down in person with Hana Hein, a nervous system coach, yoga teacher, mom of two and part of the medical team behind Canada's bronze medal in women's soccer at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
They talk about the diary entry that took her to the Olympics, what being regulated actually looks like, and how to know when you're safe enough to make a leap.
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (03:05) How we met: don't sit with the people you came with
- (06:41) The illusion of the always-calm, grounded person
- (08:06) How do you repair with yourself?
- (12:08) What Hana does now
- (13:21) Sport as her safe space
- (16:16) "I'm gonna be an Olympian" and the diary entry
- (19:52) The mind-body connection on the national team
- (22:34) Becoming a mom and walking away from the team
- (27:33) Who am I now? Worth beyond what you do
- (33:44) "I don't think this is it"
- (37:28) What is the nervous system, anyway?
- (41:13) What regulated actually means
- (44:38) Grateful and still "this is not enough"
- **(46:47) ****The lung analogy and the air mattress pump
- (51:34) What disembodied looks like
- (56:58) Don't try to win nervous system regulation
- (58:30) The boldest version of yourself
- (01:02:00) Inside The Embodied Entrepreneur
- (01:06:21) Why we forgot how to lean on each other
KEY TAKEAWAY
You can be grateful for your life and still want more from it. Go when you feel safe enough, expect to still be scared, and give yourself the time and the grace to grow into it.
About Hana Hein
Hana Hein is a Master Certified Life & Success Coach, nervous system coach, registered yoga teacher and former registered massage therapist with more than 15 years of experience. She has worked with international athletes, including the Canadian Women's National Soccer Team, and was part of the bronze medal-winning medical team at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Today Hana coaches ambitious, heart-centred entrepreneurs and leaders on nervous system regulation, money blocks and self-trust, drawing on Applied Polyvagal Theory and pain care neuroscience, through 1:1 coaching, retreats and her somatic group program, The Embodied Entrepreneur™. She also hosts the Root To Rise podcast and lives in Williams Lake, BC, with her husband and their two boys.
Connect with Hana
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Instagram | @allfiguredoutandrea | @allfiguredout.podcast
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162. Why you keep trying to be just one thing — Mindy Crawford
Mindy Crawford is a human design coach, a mom and the founder of The Embodied Entrepreneur, and she’s back on All Figured Out for the third time. Andrea sat down with her in person in the Kelowna area to catch …
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Mindy Crawford is a human design coach, a mom and the founder of The Embodied Entrepreneur, and she’s back on All Figured Out for the third time. Andrea sat down with her in person in the Kelowna area to catch up on everything that’s changed since episodes 76 and 77, including a total pivot in Mindy’s business. They get into a human design refresher (energy types and all), why Mindy thought her business only counted if it was human design, why so many of us feel like we have to be just one thing, and the one part of her program where she won’t let AI anywhere near it.
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (01:14) Where are they now? Mindy's total business pivot
- (06:18) "Don't pick a niche, pick a soapbox"
- (06:51) Human design 101 and the five energy types
- (13:15) The download behind human design
- (15:20) Feeling skeptical? Treat it like an experiment
- (19:39) "Am I Mindy human design?" When success only counts one way
- (23:10) The Instagram post three people saw
- (24:52) The Era of the Individual is coming in 2027
- (30:40) Human design + AI, and where it doesn't belong
- (35:49) Nurse coach meets dopamine dressing
- (38:03) Why do we feel like we have to be one thing?
- (41:48) The identity funeral and changing one thing at a time
- (44:06) Human design cycles and the midlife washing machine
- (45:19) Can anyone be an entrepreneur?
- (50:26) Living your design in a house full of other humans
- (53:15) Inside The Embodied Entrepreneur
KEY TAKEAWAY
You get to be more than one thing. Follow what lights you up, let more than one thing support you while you build, and change one thing at a time so you're not grieving every part of yourself at once.
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About Mindy Crawford
Mindy Crawford is a human design coach and the founder of The Embodied Entrepreneur, a 12-week program that helps women in business use their human design to make aligned decisions and build a business that fits how they're wired. A former digital marketing director, Mindy found human design during her own identity shift on maternity leave, and now helps women reconnect with their truth, trust their intuition and rediscover who they are beyond titles and roles. She also writes on Substack about building a business, navigating AI and using human design to stay anchored along the way.
Connect with Mindy Crawford
Website | https://www.mindycrawford.ca/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/mindyacrawford
Substack | https://mindycrawford.substack.com
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
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🖤YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@allfiguredoutandrea
161. Why you feel unfulfilled at work when it all looks good on paper — Dr. Helen Krug von Nidda
🌟 Book a 90-minute Strategy Session with AndreaDr. Helen Krug von Nidda went back to school for her doctorate at "the ripe old age of 5-0," and her resume is so stacked that Andrea was out of breath just …
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🌟 Book a 90-minute Strategy Session with Andrea
Dr. Helen Krug von Nidda went back to school for her doctorate at "the ripe old age of 5-0," and her resume is so stacked that Andrea was out of breath just reading it.
Helen is an executive coach, an instructor at Stanford and the USA TODAY bestselling author of Closing the Fulfillment Gap, and she spent 20 years in global HR at the United Nations and Fortune 500 companies.
In this episode, Andrea and Helen get into the day she was sitting at the big desk with all the bells and whistles and realized it no longer fit, why women finally have a seat at the table and still don't feel fulfilled, and her MOVE framework for working out your next step. Plus, what to do when you're deep in survival mode and can't picture five years from now.
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (01:09) "Are you not 85?" The bio that left Andrea out of breath
- (03:34) A doctorate at 50
- (08:04) The job interview she's never forgotten
- (12:11) Shaping your life vs. just floating along
- (14:43) Paycheque, passion or a bit of both, and the comparison trap
- (16:15) Authenticity, balance and challenge: the seasons of a woman's career
- (19:37) What about the men?
- (21:22) From an opportunity gap to a fulfillment gap
- (24:42) Point zero: "most people don't even know where they are"
- (26:40) MOVE: what gets you out of bed in the morning
- (28:36) "Should, could, can't, too late, too old" and the power of your network
- (30:44) Vision, and why your barista counts as community
- (33:30) Survival mode? Forget the five-year plan
- (35:14) The 27 experiences exercise
- (37:14) Why not feel fulfilled in the work towards fulfillment?
- (38:05) Family vs. ambition: "one of them has to drop"
- (40:00) What Helen's exploring now
- (41:36) Where to find Helen
KEY TAKEAWAY
Start with where you are right now: what's going on in your life and what you value in this season. Then, instead of mapping out five years, ask yourself how you want to feel six months from now, and make one move toward it, teeny or large.
About Dr. Helen Krug von Nidda
Dr. Helen Krug von Nidda is the USA TODAY bestselling author of Closing the Fulfillment Gap, an executive coach, international speaker and educator specialising in leadership transformation and career empowerment, with a focus on professional women. Drawing on more than twenty years of global HR experience, she has worked with Morgan Stanley, Sony Music, L'Oréal, Dell and the United Nations, served as an executive coach at IMD Business School and INSEAD, and is an instructor at Stanford. She holds a Doctorate in Education and her work has been featured in Katie Couric Media and Forbes. She lives in Manhattan with her husband.
Connect with Dr. Helen Krug von Nidda
Book | Closing the Fulfillment Gap
Website | https://www.with-helen.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/with.dr.helen/
LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenkrugvonnidda/
Substack (Career Joy with Helen) | https://withhelen.substack.com/
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
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🖤YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@allfiguredoutandrea
160. A visibility coach on how to decide what you want to be known for — Steph Wharton
Steph Wharton is a leadership and visibility coach, a public speaker and the founder of the Speaker Movement, and she'll be the first to tell you she was painfully shy growing up.Andrea sat down with her in …
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Steph Wharton is a leadership and visibility coach, a public speaker and the founder of the Speaker Movement, and she'll be the first to tell you she was painfully shy growing up.
Andrea sat down with her in person to talk about what visibility looks like for working moms, whether that's on a stage, on LinkedIn or at the playground. They get into the many hats we wear and the question of whether we're "enough" in any of them, how to decide what you actually want to be visible for, why you don't need a rags-to-riches story to have something worth sharing, and beginner-friendly public speaking tips for easing your nerves the next time you have to speak in front of people.
And, we leave you with a little visibility challenge.
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (02:50) From painfully shy to public speaking
- (05:40) The panel that changed how she marketed herself
- (07:42) Speaking as a seat of authority
- (09:09) "Am I Latina enough?" and the many hats we wear
- (11:58) Reclaiming her Latinidad
- (13:11) Am I enough of a mother?
- (15:04) Moms, visibility and "visible for what?"
- (17:33) Your internal and external reasons for showing up
- (19:55) Where to start when you don't have a big breakthrough story
- (22:32) "Tell me about yourself" and visibility in everyday moments
- (25:37) Public speaking nerves and sounding like yourself
- (28:18) Authenticity, trial and error and practising without posting
- (30:55) Treating showing up like a campaign
- (33:51) A one-thing visibility challenge
- (36:14) What Steph's still working on
- (37:39) Where to find Steph
KEY TAKEAWAY
Before you worry about how to be more visible, decide what you want to be visible for: what you value, what brings you joy, and what you want to be known for next. Then pick one thing you love that you wish more people knew about you, share it, and show up as much like yourself as you possibly can.
About Steph Wharton
Steph (she/her/ella) is a Latina Speaker, Coach, and Founder of Speaker Movement. She helps folks build a personal speaker brand that opens doors to speaking gigs, collaborations, and new clients—so their ideas can make an impact beyond the stage.
Outside of work, she’s raising a bilingual toddler with her wife, dancing bachata whenever she gets the chance, and making new memories along the way.
Connect with Steph Wharton
Website | https://stephwharton.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/stephwharton_/ | https://www.instagram.com/speakermovement/
YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@stephwharton
Threads | https://www.threads.com/@stephwharton_
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
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159. The real reason dinner feels so hard for working moms - Tori Wesszer
📣 EXCLUSIVE for AFO listeners: Get 20% off your annual Fraîche Table subscription with code ALLFIGUREDOUT20 → https://fraichetable.com/Tori Wesszer is a registered dietitian, a bestselling cookbook author, a …
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📣 EXCLUSIVE for AFO listeners: Get 20% off your annual Fraîche Table subscription with code ALLFIGUREDOUT20 → https://fraichetable.com/
Tori Wesszer is a registered dietitian, a bestselling cookbook author, a mom of two boys and, somewhat by accident, the founder of a software company. Andrea sat down with her in Kelowna right at the end of the tour for her new cookbook, Fraiche and Simple, to talk about the question every busy parent hears around 5:30 PM: what's for dinner? They get into why that question feels so heavy, what a dietitian really thinks about packaged snacks and takeout pizza night, whether AI belongs in your kitchen, and how Tori went from 16 years in a "really good job" to building something of her own.
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In this episode, we cover:- (00:00) Intro
- (04:23) From dietitian to "what am I doing with my life?"
- (06:03) A business that folded, and the start of the blog
- (10:10) Cookbooks and legacy
- (13:59) How 100+ recipes get developed and tested
- (16:01) AI recipes and what we shouldn't outsource
- (19:05) Taking the friction out of "what's for dinner?"
- (28:49) The 15-minute weekly habit, and feeding yourself too
- (30:55) Food ruts, variety and "the poison is in the dose"
- (32:23) Mom guilt, packaged snacks and pattern over plate
- (34:53) Fed is best
- (35:52) Extra kids at the table and no short-order cooking
- (38:19) Hosting when your house isn't perfect
- (41:11) A digital kitchen assistant for holiday hosting
- (42:40) Accidentally owning a software company
- (45:31) What's next
- (49:37) Letting go of all-or-nothing thinking
KEY TAKEAWAY
Simplify everything that comes before the cooking: decide what's for dinner once a week, get the grocery list sorted, and share it. And go easy on yourself, because no single meal makes or breaks your family's nutrition. Pattern over plate.
About Tori Wesszer
Tori Wesszer is a registered dietitian, entrepreneur and the founder of Fraîche, which includes the Fraîche Living lifestyle platform and the Fraîche Table meal-planning service. She co-authored the #1 bestselling cookbooks Fraiche Food, Full Hearts and Fraiche Food, Fuller Hearts with her cousin Jillian Harris, and her new cookbook, Fraiche and Simple: Easy Prep and Make-Ahead Recipes for Real Life, includes over 100 recipes and eight weeks of dietitian-designed meal plans. She is passionate about helping women bring more joy and ease into their kitchens, and lives in Kelowna, BC, with her husband and their two sons.
Connect with Tori
Website | https://fraicheliving.com/
Fraiche and Simple Cookbook | https://link.amazon/B0dzLlLoy
Fraîche Table Subscription | https://fraichetable.com/ | Get 20% OFF Annual Subscription with code: ALLFIGUREDOUT20
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/fraicheliving/
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/fraicheliving/
TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@fraicheliving
YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@fraicheliving9780
Pinterest | https://www.pinterest.com/fraichefood/
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
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158. Why you stopped having fun as a mom (and how to get it back) — Laura Haver
Free for AFO listeners: grab Laura's Playlist Planner to find your own unique play activities and plan them into a busy schedule → https://laurahaver.com/playlist/Reclaiming fun has been coming up everywhere …
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Free for AFO listeners: grab Laura's Playlist Planner to find your own unique play activities and plan them into a busy schedule → https://laurahaver.com/playlist/
Reclaiming fun has been coming up everywhere lately, at Andrea's breakfast club, in her strategy sessions with working parents and over dinner with friends, so she's bringing back one of the most joyful conversations in the All Figured Out archive. Laura Haver is a play advocate, author, life coach, mom and former pro beach tennis player, and she makes the case that play belongs to grown-ups too. Andrea and Laura get into what play actually is (spoiler, your colour-coded spreadsheet might count), why it slowly disappears as we get older, what happened when Laura said yes to competing again with two little kids at home, and simple ways to bring fun back into busy days, for you and with your kids.
Originally aired as Episode 64.
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (03:06) Podcasts in the shower and making the mundane fun
- (06:30) Seasons of taking in and pouring out
- (09:07) How Laura became an expert in play
- (12:04) When play turns into pressure
- (15:24) Kids can tell when you're really playing
- (17:43) What the research says about play
- (19:10) So what is play, anyway?
- (20:47) Colouring books, spreadsheets and giving yourself permission
- (22:25) The Playlist Planner and more energy with two little kids
- (26:42) Quality playtime when you're short on time
- (28:38) Time blocking play (and the guilt it takes away)
- (31:35) Saying yes more and letting kids lead
- (33:51) The mud kitchen
- (35:31) Bringing play into your own day
- (37:02) Social media as a playground
- (42:20) Play and your next career move
- (44:54) Fun at work and the power of connection
- (47:16) Daily delight and Gratitude Detectives
- (50:03) How Laura found her through line
- (54:49) Try it on, one small step at a time
- (56:11) What Laura's still figuring out
- (57:05) Where to find Laura
KEY TAKEAWAY
Look at what you already enjoy, give yourself credit for it, and put a few phone-free minutes of play on the calendar. A little fun on purpose gives you more energy for everything else.
About Laura Haver
Laura Haver is a play advocate, author, speaker, life coach, mom and former pro athlete. She is an expert in play, communication and happiness, and has helped thousands of people experience more fun, fulfillment and joy in their lives. She has been featured on the Today Show, CBS, Fox, Parents, Shape and more, and is the author of Play Together: Games & Activities for the Whole Family to Boost Creativity, Connection & Mindfulness.
Connect with Laura
Website | https://laurahaver.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/lauramhaver/ | https://www.instagram.com/authormoms/
LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurahaver
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/laurahaverauthor
YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@lauramhaver
Book: Play Together | https://link.amazon/B09bZqsvq
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
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🖤YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@allfiguredoutandrea
157. 8 surgeries in 18 months, and where he is 5 years later — Scotty Barr
Three years ago, Scotty Barr (Andrea's husband) came on the show to share the story of eight heart surgeries in eighteen months, more than 100 days in the hospital, and becoming a dad in the middle of it …
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Three years ago, Scotty Barr (Andrea's husband) came on the show to share the story of eight heart surgeries in eighteen months, more than 100 days in the hospital, and becoming a dad in the middle of it all.
And at one point, it became one of our most-listened-to episodes ever, and now Scotty is back to take back the first place!
In this episode, Andrea and Scotty get into how he's rebuilt a rhythm across work, health and family, what it's really like being married to your total opposite, why a cardiac patient on blood thinners ended up in a boxing gym, and what each of them is still trying to figure out.
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (02:15) Catching up: eight surgeries in eighteen months
- (05:36) Where he is now, five years later
- (07:49) Building a rhythm, and the 95/5 rule from Unreasonable Hospitality
- (10:44) Married to your opposite: routine vs. chaos
- (12:49) Work: the 3-month contract that turned into almost 5 years
- (16:05) No work email on his phone, and the 4-day week he kept
- (18:21) Ego, ambition, and "does this meeting really make sense?"
- (22:27) Where a "hired gun" fits in the job market
- (23:47) Health: life after the hospital, and getting into strength training
- (28:15) A Beautiful Constraint: how limits lead to creativity
- (30:46) Parenthood as a constraint, and why we love a recalibration
- (33:08) Finding the right coach, and why a cardiac patient took up boxing
- (39:53) Sharing boxing with our daughter
- (47:37) Martial arts, and the mind-body connection
- (49:20) Why it's good to have your own thing
- (51:46) Building a care team that actually talks to each other
- (55:54) What Andrea's figuring out
- (59:09) What Scotty's figuring out
KEY TAKEAWAY
Put a few solid rhythms in place for the things that matter most, let everything else stay flexible, and when something stops working, say so and recalibrate together. The limits you're living with (time, energy, little kids) can make the next choice a whole lot clearer.
RELATED EPISODES
- Ep. 21: Scotty Barr on figuring out how to navigate medical challenges, work and a baby on the way – Spotify or Apple
About Scott Barr
Scotty is a marketer with over 20 years experience working at Canada’s top ranked creative agencies. His health journey, which included 11 cardiac related surgeries, was the subject of All Figured Out’s previous number 1 most listened to episode. He’s a father of two, husband to a top 3% global podcaster, and an aspiring fitness influencer, with the emphasis on aspiring.
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
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156. Global News anchor on spiritual awakening without quitting the job she loves — Sonia Sunger
For the last ten years, Sonia Sunger has been waking up at 3 a.m. to bring BC its morning news, and she's built her whole life around that schedule.She's a veteran journalist, a mom of two, a certified Reiki …
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For the last ten years, Sonia Sunger has been waking up at 3 a.m. to bring BC its morning news, and she's built her whole life around that schedule.
She's a veteran journalist, a mom of two, a certified Reiki practitioner and the host of Sacred Space with Sonia.
In this episode, Andrea and Sonia get into how she protects her energy in a world built for the 9-to-5, the season that led her to asking "who am I really?", and what came after she decided to stop hiding her spiritual side. They also talk about whether you actually have to blow up your whole life to live more like yourself.
In this episode, we cover:- (00:00) Intro
- (00:22) Life on a 3 a.m. morning show schedule
- (02:37) Surviving in a world built for the 9-to-5, and the power of "no"
- (05:47) When friendships fizzle, and why a smaller circle is okay
- (07:59) Why the modern model was never made for women
- (10:17) From journalism dreams to starting a family
- (13:51) Pregnancy loss, grief, and learning you can't rush through things
- (17:55) Gratitude, and getting out of "chasing" mode
- (21:06) A spiritual awakening vs. going back to the same job
- (23:36) The spiritual kid who became a reporter
- (25:52) Reiki, intention, and beaming love through the camera
- (28:43) Interviewing people you don't agree with
- (30:46) Why moms' voices matter in local elections
- (33:53) Your attention is currency
- (38:19) Following your curiosity: tarot, Reiki, and Wellness Wednesdays
- (42:44) You don't have to blow up your whole life
- (44:28) Coming out of the spiritual closet, and Sacred Space with Sonia
- (47:04) The inner narrator, ghost DNA, and staying curious
KEY TAKEAWAY
You don’t have to blow up your whole life to change it. Follow the one thing you’re curious about, and take one small step toward it, and then another one, and another one…one step at a time.
About Sonia Sunger
Sonia Sunger is a veteran Canadian journalist and anchor/reporter with Global BC, where she has spent roughly the last decade on the morning news, after starting her on-camera career at CTV. She created Global's Wellness Wednesdays segment to share mindset shifts and nervous system tools with viewers, and hosts the interview podcast Sacred Space with Sonia, dedicated to spiritual development, consciousness and intentional living. A certified Reiki practitioner and mom of two, she believes that when you expand your own consciousness, life changes.
Connect with Sonia Sunger
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/soniasunger/
LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonia-sunger-a3a0152a/
YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@sacredspacewithsonia
Sacred Space with Sonia | https://linktr.ee/sacredspacewithsonia
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
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155. How to raise body neutral kids in a diet-culture world — Penny Greening
DISCLAIMER: this episode discusses disordered eating, eating disorders, and body image in depth. If that's not what you need today, we'll see you on the next one — and if you or someone you love is struggling …
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DISCLAIMER: this episode discusses disordered eating, eating disorders, and body image in depth. If that's not what you need today, we'll see you on the next one — and if you or someone you love is struggling, Reframe Voices Society (reframevoices.ca) and NEDIC, the National Eating Disorder Information Centre (nedic.ca), are great places to start.
Penny Greening is the founder and executive director of Reframe Voices Society — a creative brand strategist, former communications agency director, and community mental health advocate whose own life has moved through corporate marketing, bodybuilding, motherhood, and, eventually, building a nonprofit from scratch.
Andrea and Penny chat about what an eating disorder is (guess what? 2 definitions!), why the word "fat" needs to be defused instead of avoided, and what body neutral parenting actually looks like in a house that isn't getting it perfect at every meal.
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In this episode, we cover:- (00:00) Intro
- (01:12) Who is Penny Greening today?
- (05:14) Andrea visiting a friend in the hospital with anorexia
- (05:32) Two definitions of an eating disorder, and "the monster"
- (08:19) Atypical anorexia, and a new word: "cachectic"
- (13:25) Healthism, and the culture that rewards it
- (15:09) The postpartum relapse, and the line a doc said after delivery
- (18:47) The four C's of eating disorders
- (22:29) Weight stigma and the word "fat"
- (33:51) Is it ok to praised a finished plate?
- (39:57) Adolescence — what to watch for between ages 8 and 14
- (44:14) A message to parents managing their own eating disorder while raising kids
- (46:36) Why "she's getting thinner" isn't a diagnosis
- (50:47) Eating disorders don't discriminate — and it happens to men too
- (52:07) Should this be proactive, or do you wait for your kid to bring it up?
KEY TAKEAWAY
There's no moral value attached to fat, skinny, big, small — it just is. Body neutral parenting comes down to the words already happening in your kitchen, and whether they let food and bodies stay that neutral, or start turning them into something to be earned or ashamed of.
About Penny Greening
Penny Greening is a creative brand strategist, former communications agency director, community mental health advocate and nonprofit founder whose work sits at the intersection of education and social impact. Once the Director of Marketing for Innovative Fitness, she helped shape a whole-person approach to selling healthy habits for life, while raising her daughter.
A fifth-term board member with Variety - The Children’s Charity of BC, Penny founded BC-nonprofit Reframe Voices Society in 2025, after recognizing a critical gap in the public awareness of how and when eating disorders truly begin.
Today, she leads a multidisciplinary team of volunteers equipping parents and guardians of school-aged children and teens, with the language and practical tools they need to protect their child against eating disorders when it comes to food, feelings and body talk.
Connect with Penny
Website | https://www.reframevoices.ca | http://www.beyondbodytalk.ca/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/reframevoices/
LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-voices-society/
YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@ReframeVoices
TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@reframevoices
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
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154. Why "how was your day?" is the wrong question to ask after school
Sandy Ewert spent a decade in the classroom before she became a school counsellor and, eventually, a private-practice family and child therapist. She's coached hundreds of kids through the exact thing every …
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Sandy Ewert spent a decade in the classroom before she became a school counsellor and, eventually, a private-practice family and child therapist. She's coached hundreds of kids through the exact thing every family is living through right now — and this September, for the first time, she's doing it as a parent herself, with a son about to start kindergarten and a six-month-old at home. In this episode, we get into what actually helps a kid get through a hard transition, what a school counsellor really does all day, and the honest answer to whether "knowing too much" makes the back-to-school season any easier.
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (01:52) Sandy's path: a decade as a teacher, now a school counsellor and private-practice family therapist
- (03:37) Coming at back-to-school as a parent, not just a professional, for the first time
- (08:10) What a school counsellor actually does (and why the job is "on fire on roller skates")
- (12:35) When "good enough" isn't good enough — advocating for kids who look fine on paper
- (16:14) "Tell me more": a phrase that actually gets a kid talking
- (25:44) Building a family toolkit that's dependent on your specific kid
- (27:02) The "yellow zone" — catching dysregulation before the meltdown
- (27:40) The "dress rehearsal": practicing for the first day, and why preparation is the antidote to anxiety
- (35:14) After-school reconnection, and why "how was your day?" is the wrong opener
- (37:29) The blood sugar rule every parent needs before pickup
- (38:29) Movement and reading what a kid actually needs
- (47:48) Letting kids struggle enough to feel capable, without over-parenting
- (54:56) The signs it's time to bring in a family counsellor
- (01:04:53) What is Sandy trying to figure out
KEY TAKEAWAY
Preparation is the antidote to anxiety — rehearse the hard transition before it happens instead of hoping you survive it. When the big feelings show up anyway, meet them with connection, not another question.
About Sandy Ewert
Sandy has spent nearly two decades supporting children and families first as a teacher and now as a counsellor both in private practice and within the school system. During her time in education, she has spent time in a variety of roles including specialized behaviour support program teacher, special education teacher and currently school counsellor. Sandy is most passionate and ignited by walking along side children in finding their voice and living life as their most authentic and best lives. She describes her work in private practice as a “Children’s life coach.” Sandy believes that her purpose is to be a conduit between adults and children, helping adults to better understand each individual child for who they truly are without the desire to change them.
💌 email Sandy: [email protected]
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
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153. She left law to become a naturopath and had 4 kids! — Dr. Sarah Harbottle
🛍️ USE CODE ALLFIGUREDOUT20 TO GET 20% OFF AT marisdae.comDr. Sarah Harbottle has one of those resumes that seems impossible on paper: naturopathic doctor, lawyer, mom of four, clinic owner, and head of product …
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Dr. Sarah Harbottle has one of those resumes that seems impossible on paper: naturopathic doctor, lawyer, mom of four, clinic owner, and head of product at Maris Dae.
She didn't plan any of it — she once thought she'd become a conventional doctor, then spent seven years as a lawyer instead, before a decision at 32 sent her back to school to become a naturopathic doctor. What she didn't plan for was how much life would happen in the middle of that degree.
In this episode, we get into the identity crisis of a total career pivot, what actually kept her going through the hardest years of school, her naturopathic take on skin health, and whether your workout might be doing more harm than good.
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (01:18) Lawyer, naturopathic doctor, mom of 4, clinic owner, head of product at Maris Dae, founder of Parave
- (02:56) Back to the beginning — why she almost became a conventional doctor
- (03:02) Discovering naturopathic medicine in the early 2000s
- (05:04) Choosing law instead, and finding her way into health law
- (07:14) Going back to school at 32
- (08:11) The long nights: studying until 1am and nursing all night
- (08:42) The identity crisis of the career pivot — "who am I now?"
- (10:32) Was there ever a moment it felt too hard?
- (11:45) "I'm on the other side of the mountain" — what kept her going
- (12:22) Life now: running her own practice and practicing law, simultaneously
- (14:55) Advice for anyone sitting on a decision they haven't made yet
- (16:44) How joining Maris Dae actually happened
- (18:41) Skin is the largest organ — what that actually means for your health
- (19:35) Sarah's approach to skin: internal first, external second
- (20:54) Why skin is having such a cultural moment right now
- (24:07) Redefining self-care in 2- and 5-minute increments
- (26:06) Can a workout be too intense?
- (28:38) The "bubbling pot" — and the one question to ask before saying yes to anything
- (31:12) Who wearable data actually helps — and who it doesn't
- (35:50) What Sarah is still figuring out: ambition vs. being present for her kids
- (36:41) Self-care as the non-negotiable foundation everything else depends on
- (38:36) Where to find Dr. Sarah Harbottle
KEY TAKEAWAY
When the question in front of you is "can I do this right now?" — make the decision. Do that enough times in a row, and you end up somewhere no five-year plan could have mapped out for you.
About Dr. Sarah Harbottle
Dr. Sarah Harbottle is a naturopathic doctor and lawyer based in Vancouver. She practices at her clinic, Life Integrative, provides legal counsel to naturopathic doctors and other healthcare providers, and runs Parave, a corporate health education company focused on the perimenopausal space. She's also head of product at Maris Dae, the Vancouver-based marine-hydration skincare brand. She's a mom of four.
Connect with Dr. Sarah Harbottle
Instagram | @dr.sarah.harbottle.nd | @maris.dae
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
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152. She pitched investors 38 weeks pregnant — Sam Rayner
🛍️ USE CODE ALLFIGUREDOUT20 TO GET 20% OFF AT marisdae.comSam Rayner spent over a decade climbing the corporate marketing ladder — AG Hair, Lululemon, an MBA, a job offer from a massive global conglomerate she …
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Sam Rayner spent over a decade climbing the corporate marketing ladder — AG Hair, Lululemon, an MBA, a job offer from a massive global conglomerate she turned down on gut instinct alone.
Then life did what life does: both her parents died of cancer within a short window of each other and she went through multiple failed rounds of IVF.
Somewhere along the way, her mom’s words became her mantra — “you need to live life harder”, which led Sam to build Better Basics and now her new brand, Maris Dae, a marine-hydration skincare line built around a proprietary seaweed extract sourced and processed entirely in BC.
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (03:48) Corporate girly Sam — her marketing career
- (05:44) Turning down a massive global job offer on gut instinct alone
- (09:37) "My break will be maternity leave" — and when that plan didn't pan out
- (13:53) Her mom's dying words: "you need to live life harder"
- (15:50) How she was able to have her two kids
- (20:03) Losing both parents to cancer — and what that taught her about control
- (20:55) Where the idea for Better Basics came from
- (25:14) Growing Better Basics for three years
- (25:53) "We were basically bleeding cash"
- (26:44) Investor pitches, and doing it all in her third trimester
- (30:13) Calling it a pause — and selling out in 30 days
- (31:54) Teaching product design and brand strategy at SFU
- (36:26) The 35 customer interviews that led to Maris Dae
- (38:27) Finding a seaweed farmer and building the Maris Element
- (44:57) Inside the body wash + body serum
- (50:57) What's next: gut-health supplements and a gentler kids' formula
- (54:04) Competitors, community, and why she's not trying to own the whole shelf
- (58:00) Her advice for living life harder
- (1:01:05) Where to find Maris Dae
KEY TAKEAWAY
Closing something isn't the same as failing at it. Sam built Better Basics with everything she had, and when it stopped making sense, she shared with her community, gave herself a deadline and called it a pause instead of an ending. And her fertility journey took some extra love as well. A failure means the book is closed, but a pause means the door stays cracked open ready for a different path life will take.
About Sam Rayner
Samantha Rayner is the Founder and CEO of Maris Dae, a science-backed skin and gut health brand powered by BC sea algae.
After two decades in beauty and wellness brand leadership, she partnered with a biochemist and naturopathic doctor to develop the Maris Element, an exclusive extract of Mazzaella Japonica and bull kelp sourced from Vancouver Island. Maris Dae's debut body care line launched in May 2026 and sold out twice. Rayner is a second-time founder, Business in Vancouver 40 Under 40 honoree, and Techstars alum who previously founded Better Basics and led teams at Saje, lululemon, and AG Care.
Connect with Sam
Website | https://marisdae.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/maris.dae/
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
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151. The full body yes: how to actually know when your gut is right — Courtney Thomas
Courtney Thomas, founder of the Bodhi Effect sits down with Andrea for a vulnerable conversation — the kind we love here at All Figured Out!Courtney tells the full, unfiltered origin story of The Bodhi Effect …
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Courtney Thomas, founder of the Bodhi Effect sits down with Andrea for a vulnerable conversation — the kind we love here at All Figured Out!
Courtney tells the full, unfiltered origin story of The Bodhi Effect: miscarriages, a yoga studio built and run on almost no sleep alongside a full-time corporate job, and a name that came from a goosebump-inducing story.
From there, she and Andrea get into what intuition actually is, how to tell it apart from anxiety and intrusive thoughts, why "I'm just not an intuitive person" doesn't hold up, and why Courtney’s own Oura Ring ended up in the garbage.
Courtney also introduces her new Flow Writing Collection — a journal and oracle card deck built from a practice she's been leading in her community since 2021.
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (03:45) Vulnerability vs. trauma dumping — how Courtney tells the difference
- (06:21) Who Courtney was before The Bodhi Effect
- (07:44) Five miscarriages, a busy schedule, and the studio that came out of grief
- (09:46) Where the name "Bodhi" actually came from
- (12:22) How she knew it was time to close the studio
- (20:31) What intuition actually is, in Courtney's own definition
- (22:00) Intuition vs. intrusive thoughts and anxiety — how to tell them apart
- (24:05) Andrea's own "full body yes" — the moment she decided to start this podcast
- (27:34) "How's that working out for you?" — for the people who say they're not intuitive
- (29:21) Andrea's Aritzia story: the shame of not having "the data"
- (33:28) Why hyper-measurement and hyper-optimization are quietly breaking us
- (45:21) Choosing a candle over ice cream — sitting with hard feelings instead of numbing out
- (53:26) What flow writing actually is, and the new Flow Writing Collection
- (59:43) Making wellness accessible
- (1:02:31) Rapid fire questions
- (1:06:55) What Courtney is still trying to figure out
KEY TAKEAWAY
Your intuition and your anxiety can feel like the same volume, but they're not the same voice. Intuition comes in fast, calm, and unforced — anxiety negotiates. The more you measure, track, and optimize, the harder that signal gets to hear.
About Courtney Thomas
Based in British Columbia, Courtney Thomas is an intuitive Mindfulness Coach with over ten years of experience. She specializes in guiding individuals back to their highest selves through personalized coaching, transformative workshops, courses, and retreats. Courtney skillfully combines diverse practices to unlock human potential and inspire a renewed sense of purpose. Her mission is for everyone to experience the full, authentic expression of themselves, lighting up the world with their unique presence.
Connect with Courtney Thomas
Get the Flow Deck | https://www.thebodhieffect.com/flowdeck
Website | https://www.thebodhieffect.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thebodhieffect/
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
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150 episodes in: why I stopped trying to sound "polished"
Ten years ago, while working in leadership development at Aritzia, she hired a speaking coach because — despite getting great feedback — she wrote in her journal that she felt like she'd "lost her voice." That …
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Ten years ago, while working in leadership development at Aritzia, she hired a speaking coach because — despite getting great feedback — she wrote in her journal that she felt like she'd "lost her voice." That coaching relationship ended without ever quite clicking. It took almost a decade, and 150 episode of doing the actual thing, for the lesson to actually land: the ums, ahs, and pauses she wanted to fix, are the actual things that make her sound human, specially in 2026, when we’re second-guessing every audio, and video is AI-made or human-made. Andrea gets into the full speaking coach story, why paying for something is what really cements the intention, her client’s pottery goal as a case study in “doing the thing”, and the podcast’s own milestone numbers after four years!
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (01:51) The story starts at Aritzia in front of a room of 100 people
- (03:54) Losing confidence and losing my own voice
- (04:53) Hiring a speaking coach
- (07:14) The TED Talk lessons and why people like to hear humans
- (09:17) 150 episodes of practice and finally getting compliments on vocabulary
- (10:53) The real lesson: Pay the money, do the thing
- (11:35) The strawberry bowl case study
- (13:42) Podcast’s milestones: Four years, two kids, top 3% podcast
- (16:01) A love letter to my listeners 💜
KEY TAKEAWAY
The investment is what makes the intention real, anyone can write a goal on a piece of paper, but not everyone is willing to put money behind it. You don’t need to have “all figured out” (pun intended), just keep showing up for it, on purpose, every week.
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
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149. Millennial moms yap about Keds, a shopping app scandal, and quitting mom guilt
This is YAP number two — Andrea's back with her YAP co-host (and childhood pal) Lauren Naderi for round two of the unstructured, “whatever's-actually-on-our-mind” format. This time they gave it some shape: four …
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This is YAP number two — Andrea's back with her YAP co-host (and childhood pal) Lauren Naderi for round two of the unstructured, “whatever's-actually-on-our-mind” format. This time they gave it some shape: four categories, all starting with F — fun, fashion, feel good, and forensics.
Inside: a TikTok dance so hard Andrea can't get through it in her garage, a Keds mystery nobody will take credit for, the exact line that might change how you get dressed tomorrow, frictionless home organization systems, and the shopping-app scandal they can't stop talking about.
In this episode, we cover:- (00:00) Intro
- (02:21) The four categories: fun, fashion, feeling good, forensics
- (04:58) For fun: the Puerto Rico dance trend that's harder than it looks
- (08:27) For fun: bringing back magazine subscriptions
- (13:59) For fashion: the pull-on pants midsummer check-in (and how to manage the wrinkles)
- (17:40) For fashion: the great Keds mystery — and are Keds actually making a comeback?
- (24:11) Dolce Vita sale sandals, personal style, and why saving your "good" clothes for later doesn't work
- (31:26) Dress for the day you wanna have
- (32:14) For feeling good: frictionless home organization and direct storage
- (41:06) For forensics: the TikToker who quit breastfeeding — and why neither host thinks she needs to apologize
- (48:37) For forensics: the Phia scandal — cookie stuffing, and affiliate fraud
- (55:27) What Lauren and Andrea are each figuring out this week
KEY TAKEAWAY
Not everything comes down to having a five-year plan, sometimes all it takes is a frictionless junk drawer, letting go of that “should” that never really made sense, or even wearing the good underwear on a random Tuesday! Dress, organize and show up for the day you actually want to have — not the one you think you're supposed to have.
ABOUT LAUREN NADERI
Lauren Naderi is the All Figured Out resident taste maker! She’s also an interior designer, brand strategist, and multi-passionate entrepreneur based in Toronto. She has a background in advertising and holistic nutrition, went back to corporate after having her daughter, left again, and eventually went all in on interior design. She works with clients on spaces that feel intentional — not just beautiful. She is also, as of this episode, the co-host of our yap format. Mom to an almost-four-year-old. Recently moved her family into a 900 sq ft condo and has zero regrets. Will take five pairs of pants to the tailor in a single trip, and shopping is her true hobby!
CONNECT WITH LAUREN
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/laurennaderi
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
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148. FOMO part 2: the yeses you can't say anymore
📣 BOOK A STRATEGY SESSION → https://calendly.com/andreabarrcoaching/strategy-session and step into your power of leadership. 🚨 $50 OFF when you use code: AFO at checkout!This episode is a follow-up on the FOMO …
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📣 BOOK A STRATEGY SESSION → https://calendly.com/andreabarrcoaching/strategy-session and step into your power of leadership.
🚨 $50 OFF when you use code: AFO at checkout!
This episode is a follow-up on the FOMO you feel once you become a parent. In this episode Andrea talks about what happens to your visibility once you’re a parent, and what’s in your control when it comes to still being seen, still growing, and not getting passed over.
In this episode, we cover:- (00:00) Intro
- (02:15) Why working parents lose visibility at work
- (03:41) The "yeses" you used to say without thinking — and why they disappear once you're a parent
- (04:49) The gendered layer: invisible work, and who gets credit for it
- (06:56) Andrea's own example: in the flow, then "back on the clock as mom"
- (08:21) Handing over the reins at work — does it need 120%, or is 100% okay?
- (09:46) The reframe: stepping into a new era of leadership
- (11:17) You're a better professional because you're a parent now
- (12:12) Why the best leaders are the least hands-on
KEY TAKEAWAY
Once you became a parent, you became more efficient, more experienced, and better equipped to lead. Step into the leadership you're already living at home, and let it show up at work too.
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
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147. A calculated risk, a maternity leave, and a business that grew anyway with Georgina Wysiecki
This week's guest has been on the podcast twice before, once for infant sleep and once for toddler sleep, and this time the conversation just went wherever it wanted to go.We get into the calculated risk that …
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This week's guest has been on the podcast twice before, once for infant sleep and once for toddler sleep, and this time the conversation just went wherever it wanted to go.
We get into the calculated risk that let her build a private sleep-consulting practice instead of going back to a full-time job, the extended-health-benefits detail that changed the trajectory of her business, and what she wants every parent to know about sleep myths — like: there's no universal amount of sleep any kid "should" get, and there's no moral failing in a later bedtime.
We also chat about her child’s recent autism diagnosis, what the private assessment process looked like, and how she processed it as a mom before she processed it as a professional. From there it's the Fair Play method revisited, a garbage-bag story that changed how one household splits invisible labor, a whiteboard life-planning session, and a long, honest conversation about friendship, hobbies, and what's next.
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (03:37) Georgina’s story
- (04:36) Who she is today, and who she was before kids
- (07:03) The moment she knew her priorities had shifted
- (08:25) The 6-month runway: a calculated risk
- (11:01) Navigating people who chalk your success up to luck
- (14:39) Finding your niche: people pay for transformation, not a skill list
- (18:37) The biggest myth: not every kid needs the same amount of sleep
- (22:05) Trial and error, and giving yourself permission to experiment
- (24:02) The level 1 autism diagnosis
- (26:33) Building the right supports, at school and at home
- (29:18) Processing the diagnosis as a mom, not a professional
- (30:47) "You don't get a medal for doing it alone"
- (33:22) The first generation figuring out two working parents
- (35:39) The Fair Play method, revisited
- (40:38) Andrea and Scotty's whiteboard life-planning day
- (44:19) "It never works, but it's the backbone"
- (46:19) On friendship, low effort, and staying close from afar
- (47:11) What she's figuring out in this season
- (49:26) Redefining hobbies vs. self-care vs. running a business
KEY TAKEAWAY
Nothing here happened in one clean leap — not the business, not the parenting decisions, not the marriage. It's calculated risk and a lot of trial and error. Whether it's a business, a diagnosis, or a chore chart: you don't get a medal for doing it alone. Ask for the help. Make the invisible stuff visible. Let the plan change.
ABOUT GEORGINA WYSIECKI
Mum of 2, wife, Founder of Woodlands Collective, registered social worker, registered clinical counsellor & supports families with sleep. She lives in North Vancouver with her husband, children and 3 dogs. Originally from Australia and has lived in Canada for 14 years. She truly believes everyone can have a happy and well rested household. She is living proof that you can do this and a big believer in there’s no such thing as one way to parent. Georgina supports families to reach their sleep goals, improve mental health and relationships.
CONNECT WITH GEORGINA
Website | https://www.woodlandscollective.ca/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/woodlands.collective.sleep
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
💚 Spotify | https://tinyurl.com/afo-spotify
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146. Why FOMO hits so much harder once you have kids
This episode was inspired by and Instagram story I shared about skipping a dinner party I really wanted to go to and how I KNEW before the photos came out, that I’d made the right call.So many of you reached …
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This episode was inspired by and Instagram story I shared about skipping a dinner party I really wanted to go to and how I KNEW before the photos came out, that I’d made the right call.
So many of you reached out wanting more about this topic that I had to record an episode as fast as I could.
We're talking about FOMO: what it actually is, why it gets so much heavier and more layered once you become a parent, and the three questions I ask myself — and my clients — before deciding if something's a hell yeah or a "not right now."
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (04:10) What we actually mean when we say "FOMO"
- (06:41) FOMO as a career coach: the career you might've had before kids
- (09:10) Why FOMO and time are inextricably connected
- (10:10) FOMO before kids vs. FOMO after kids
- (15:20) Your time away from kids "quota" — actual, and the psychological one you invent
- (16:54) FOMO and finances: what you're really risking
- (17:34) "If you say yes to this, what are you saying no to?"
- (19:42) What actually triggers FOMO
- (22:09) How to work with FOMO: creating a rhythm
- (31:21) Checking your ego vs. your soul
- (32:37) Commit and don't look back — why regret isn't allowed here
- (34:53) How to prevent it: choosing wisely
- (37:56) The 3 questions: factors, focus, and options
KEY TAKEAWAY
Before you say yes or no to anything, ask: what are the factors surrounding this? What am I focusing on right now? And what are my options beyond just "go or don't go"? Then commit, and don't look back — you're allowed to learn from a decision, you're never required to regret it.
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
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💜 Apple Podcasts | https://tinyurl.com/afo-apple
🖤YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@allfiguredoutandrea
145. Food noise, hormones, and what moms are secretly talking about with Dr. Ally Power and Liz Dornian
A note on this episode → weight loss is a topic that can be triggering, and that's not lost on us. If today's episode isn't for you right now, it’s more than okay to skip this one. If you're in a season where …
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A note on this episode → weight loss is a topic that can be triggering, and that's not lost on us. If today's episode isn't for you right now, it’s more than okay to skip this one. If you're in a season where food, body image, or weight feels like more than you can carry alone, visit nedic.ca for a free national helpline, and a directory of local providers.
Weight loss has become a taboo topic, something that we almost whisper and talk about in secret, but it’s a topic that keeps showing up in nearly every conversation Dr. Ally Power and Liz Dornian have with the moms they work with.
We get into what's actually driving the desire to lose weight, why "the middle ground" between restrictive dieting and total food freedom barely exists in the culture we're swimming in, what GLP-1s are actually doing for the right person, why biohacking makes two health professionals roll their eyes, and the specific, deep-seated shame of already knowing exactly what you're "supposed" to do — and still not doing it.
This one is about feeling better in the one body you get.
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (01:01) The topic we've never covered before: weight loss
- (02:58) Meet Dr. Ally Power: naturopathic medicine for moms
- (07:01) Meet Liz Dornian: from "nobody wants to hear about nourishment" to weight management
- (10:16) The real reason moms want to lose weight
- (15:17) What's actually in "the middle" between diet culture's two extremes
- (20:56) Moving through weight loss after a history of disordered eating
- (27:00) What too much restriction actually does to your hormones
- (33:30) GLP-1s: what they do, and who they're for
- (38:53) Are GLP-1s putting nutritionists out of business?
- (44:11) The problem with biohacking, and the unsexy advice that works
- (54:14) The shame of knowing exactly what to do — and still not doing it
- (59:33) Detective work, not diet rules: how Liz helps clients find the real problem
- (01:03:28) Andrea's career-coaching parallel: it's never really about the job (or the weight)
KEY TAKEAWAY Weight loss isn't a moral failing or a finish line — it's hormones, behaviour change, and a lot of self-compassion. Most of us already know what to do. The real work is figuring out why we're not doing it, and getting curious about that instead of ashamed of it.
About Dr. Ally Power
Dr. Ally Power is a naturopathic doctor and motherhood coach who helps moms move from burnout and overwhelm to more balance, energy, and confidence in their bodies. She blends naturopathic medicine, lifestyle coaching, and compassionate accountability to help mothers reclaim their energy, understand what their hormones are really doing, and feel like themselves again, without adding more pressure.
Connect with Dr. Ally Power, ND
Website | https://www.drallypower.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/drallypower
About Liz Dornian
Liz Dornian is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, health coach, and co-host of The 80% Club podcast. She specializes in helping women lose weight in a sustainable way while improving their relationship with food, supporting their health, and building habits that fit real life. Liz is passionate about making nutrition feel simple, approachable, and realistic — so women can feel strong, energized, and confident in their bodies.
Together, Ally and Liz co-host The 80% Club, a podcast on moms' health, habits, and hormones.
Connect with Liz Dornian
Website | https://www.lizdornian.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/lizdornian/
The Nourished Mom Program | https://www.lizdornian.com/coaching
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
144. What nobody tells you about going back to work after maternity leave — Andrea Giacomelli
There's a phase of working motherhood that is underrepresented, everyone talks about the birth announcement, the first day back, but no one talks about all the messy stuff in between.We're talking about finding …
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There's a phase of working motherhood that is underrepresented, everyone talks about the birth announcement, the first day back, but no one talks about all the messy stuff in between.
We're talking about finding out you're pregnant three months into a new job. Being diagnosed with HELLP syndrome at 38 weeks and having your baby under general anesthesia in the span of 12 hours. Going off your ADHD medication during pregnancy. Taking nine months of mat leave. And returning to work while simultaneously moving cities, starting daycare, doing a renovation, and your husband switching jobs.
It's a lot. We get into all of it — and the joy and complexities that threads through every single part.
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (01:21) The working mom phase nobody's talking about
- (03:35) Career, Australia, and falling for an Australian
- (05:18) Getting pregnant 3 months into a new job
- (12:45) Going off ADHD meds and working through pregnancy
- (14:09) Miles comes early
- (14:48) HELLP syndrome: what it is and why nobody warns you
- (19:33) "He just appeared"
- (20:35) The guilt of no handover — and did it actually matter?
- (25:09) ADHD and new motherhood
- (27:36) The 9-month mat leave decision
- (33:45) The September of everything
- (38:08) Leaving at 4pm and the guilt that follows
- (39:48) What would actually fix this
- (46:43) Baby number two?
- (51:35) "I thank my ADHD for that" — and the EI plot twist nobody told her about
- (53:12) ADHD meds in pregnancy: what to know
- (54:25) The HELLP syndrome PSA + closing thoughts
KEY TAKEAWAYThe guilt is almost never warranted. The plan almost never goes as planned. And somehow, you figure it out anyway.
ABOUT ANDREA GIACOMELLI
Andrea Giacomelli is a communications professional whose career has taken her from tech to infrastructure to financial services across Toronto and Sydney.
Currently working in corporate communications for a major institutional investor, she's built her expertise helping organizations communicate clearly during moments that matter.
Andrea is a self-described chaos-embracer with ADHD. She brings the same storytelling instincts she's honed professionally to every corner of her life, including motherhood—which began with an unexpected plot twist: a HELLP syndrome diagnosis, an emergency delivery at 38 weeks, and zero time for a proper handover at work.
She's also a natural light photographer on the side, with a talent for capturing the candid, in-between moments that make up a life.
Andrea lives in Mississauga with her husband Curtis, their son Miles, and a deep appreciation for having grandparents just 300 metres down the road.
CONNECT WITH ANDREA
Website | https://www.andreareneephoto.com/Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/andreareneephoto
LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/giacomelliandrea/
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
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🖤YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@allfiguredoutandrea
143. Pull-on pants and other musings
Okay, genuinely one of my favourite recordings. Lauren Naderi is one of my oldest friends — we’ve known each other since grade five, all-girls school in Ontario, class of 35. This is her first time on the show …
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Okay, genuinely one of my favourite recordings. Lauren Naderi is one of my oldest friends — we’ve known each other since grade five, all-girls school in Ontario, class of 35. This is her first time on the show, and we are officially launching what I’m calling the “yap” format: no agenda, no lesson plan, just two millennial moms talking about the stuff that’s actually on our minds. Lauren is a designer and tastemaker with incredible range — she has thoughts on your wardrobe, your floor plan, and the emotional weight of having too many rooms you never use.
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro + how Lauren and I know each other (grade five, all-girls school, class of 35)
- (04:00) Lauren’s non-linear career — advertising → holistic nutrition → interior design and why it all makes sense in retrospect
- (11:00) Postpartum anxiety, identity shifts, and what it actually feels like to lose yourself after having a baby
- (22:00) The “want less house” trend and where it’s coming from
- (24:00) Lauren’s move from a nearly 3,000 sq ft suburban house to a 900 sq ft city condo — with a toddler, on purpose
- (32:00) Why smart storage beats square footage every time (and what to actually spend money on in a reno)
- (41:00) Pull-on pants and the case for effortless mom dressing
- (50:00) What Substack is and why we’re both obsessed with long-form content right now
- (58:00) The yap format — what it is, why we’re doing more of it, and how to send us topics
KEY TAKEAWAYThe square footage you were told to want and the life you actually want to live are often two different things. Same goes for the career path that looks right on paper vs. the one that actually fits. You can absolutely question both!
ABOUT LAUREN NADERILauren Naderi is an interior designer, brand strategist, and multi-passionate entrepreneur based in Toronto. She has a background in advertising and holistic nutrition, went back to corporate after having her daughter, left again, and eventually went all in on interior design. She works with clients on spaces that feel intentional — not just beautiful. She is also, as of this episode, the co-host of our yap format. Mom to an almost-four-year-old. Recently moved her family into a 900 sq ft condo and has zero regrets. Will take five pairs of pants to the tailor in a single trip.
CONNECT WITH LAURENInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/laurennaderi
LINKS MENTIONED
- Gap pull-on pants
- Quince pull-on pants
- Aritzia linen pull-on pants
- Dolce Vita little heels
- Frosso’s Substack (musings from Paris)
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
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🖤YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@allfiguredoutandrea
142. The simple exercise that helped 22 working moms believe in their goals
🥞🥂JOIN THE BREAKFAST CLUB MEMBERSHIP: https://luma.com/allfiguredout Andrea takes you behind the scenes of her birthday Breakfast Club event in West Vancouver — 22 women, a DJ, mimosas, and a surprisingly …
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🥞🥂JOIN THE BREAKFAST CLUB MEMBERSHIP: https://luma.com/allfiguredout
Andrea takes you behind the scenes of her birthday Breakfast Club event in West Vancouver — 22 women, a DJ, mimosas, and a surprisingly powerful exercise. She walks you through the timeline + vision board activity she's been using with 1:1 coaching clients for years, and now finally brought to a group setting. It’s a way to make your big dreams feel real, grounded, actually achievable…and pretty.
In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Intro
(02:12) What I'm pondering: Substack — is it replacing social media?
(09:50) What I'm loving: Chicken Caesar wraps - a reinvention (something like this)
(12:25) What I'm wearing: The H&M cotton tank that is NOT a racerback
(14:32) The Breakfast Club May 28th recap — 22 women, DJ, mimosas, and birthday vibes in West Van
(17:18) Why working moms need to zoom out and plan with a bigger timeline in mind
(22:17) The origin story: how the timeline exercise was born in a VIP coaching day
(26:38) How to do the timeline exercise yourself — step by step
(28:04) Adding the vision board layer and why the combo is the magic
(30:08) Why a vision without context won't work (and what the research says)
(32:00) Why summer is the BEST time of year to do this exercise
KEY TAKEAWAY
A vision board without context is just wishful thinking. When you marry your big dreams with a concrete timeline — your kids' milestones, your age, your partner's retirement — your brain actually believes it's possible. And that belief is exactly what makes it happen.
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Vision board / Craft Supplies from Amazon
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
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141. The confidence nobody talks about: what year 35 taught me
The day before her 36th birthday, Andrea hits record alone and gets honest about the year that quietly changed everything. She made less money in coaching than she has in years — and has never felt more sure of …
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The day before her 36th birthday, Andrea hits record alone and gets honest about the year that quietly changed everything. She made less money in coaching than she has in years — and has never felt more sure of herself. In this episode, she reflects on the four questions she was unknowingly working through all year, what happened in a somatic therapy session the day before turning 36, and why she's done keeping her confidence private. This one is for anyone who's been building something that doesn't make sense on paper yet, and doing it in that quiet, certain way that nobody talks about enough.
In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Intro
(00:30) Back on the mic after a travel season
(01:43) The Breakfast Club: what it is and why it exists
(03:15) Making less money and feeling the most certain she ever has
(04:33) Why confidence has been sold to us all wrong
(07:25) The four questions she was unknowingly asking herself all year
(14:41) Meeting her therapist in person for the first time
(15:40) The realization: confidence doesn't have to be private
(17:37) Following the breadcrumbs
(23:44) Celebrating 140 episodes, top 3% worldwide, and 50+ experts
(25:26) The hard stuff: the financial trade-off, the doubt, and reconnecting with Scotty
(26:07) What she'd tell herself a year ago
(28:31) Birthday intention for 36
KEY TAKEAWAY
Stop downplaying yourself!
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
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🖤YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@allfiguredoutandrea
140. She froze her eggs at 37 to give herself a choice — Kristin Constable
1:1 STRATEGY SESSIONS ARE NOW OPEN. Book yours → https://calendly.com/andreabarrcoaching/strategy-sessionThe life you’ve already lived is the most valuable thing you’ll bring to it. Kristin Constable is a …
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1:1 STRATEGY SESSIONS ARE NOW OPEN.
Book yours → https://calendly.com/andreabarrcoaching/strategy-session
The life you’ve already lived is the most valuable thing you’ll bring to it. Kristin Constable is a business strategist, certified leadership coach, and founder of Soulful CEO®. She has been in Andrea's corner for over a decade, and was the one who opened the door to coaching, entrepreneurship, and thinking bigger.
Kristin gets radically honest about building something that’s actually yours, a “category of one” as she calls it. Two divorces, a pandemic, freezing her eggs at 37… are just some of the experiences she’s lived through, and she shares on today’s episode.
In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Intro
(04:50) From bartender to L&D director — Kristin's full origin story
(10:34) Just because you can doesn't mean you should
(13:48) Two divorces, a pandemic, and the fertility clock
(19:07) Freezing her eggs at 37 – one round, no regrets
(24:17) Cleaning up her side of the street
(27:58) From buttoned-up to full woo (and back) — the Soulful CEO origin story
(32:05) The midlife pivot — why your second act starts now
(36:20) Blue ocean vs. red ocean — category of one, explained
(43:10) Why specializing feels like losing (and why it's actually the move)
(53:49) What Kristin is still figuring out — and the client who showed up anyway
(57:30) Codify Your Brilliance — how to work with Kristin
KEY TAKEAWAY
Think of your life experiences as your “category of one”. The messy stuff, the seasons where you felt like starting over, it all counts towards what you’re building.
About Kristin Constable
Kristin Constable is a business strategist, certified leadership coach, and founder of Soulful CEO®. With over a decade of experience helping coaches, consultants, and entrepreneurs codify their expertise into scalable businesses, Kristin bridges high-level strategy with the soul work it takes to build something that actually fits your life.
Connect with Kristin Constable
Website | https://www.kristinconstable.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/kristinconstable/
Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-constable/
Soulful CEO Podcast | https://pod.link/1745775644
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
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💜 Apple Podcasts | https://tinyurl.com/afo-apple
🖤 YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@allfiguredoutandrea
139. The personal brand mistake most working moms make — Jenn Wint
🚨 1:1 STRATEGY SESSIONS ARE NOW OPEN. Book yours!Jenn Wint built her PR business 13 years before working from home was cool, and when she had her son, she had no access to mat leave, no childcare plan, and a …
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🚨 1:1 STRATEGY SESSIONS ARE NOW OPEN. Book yours!
Jenn Wint built her PR business 13 years before working from home was cool, and when she had her son, she had no access to mat leave, no childcare plan, and a newborn who needed open heart surgery. In this episode, Jenn shares her experience of entrepreneurship through pregnancy, a NICU stay, postpartum anxiety, and the slow, surprising arrival of genuinely loving motherhood. Plus: why Googling yourself is the first step you need to take, if you’re a working mom who’s working on her personal brand
In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Intro
(01:46) Jenn's origin story — from Australia to accidental PR pro
(04:00) What PR actually is and why people find it so confusing
(07:01) How influencers completely changed the media landscape
(11:39) Becoming an accidental entrepreneur, 13 years before it was cool
(13:28) How the entrepreneurship community has evolved
(16:40) No mat leave, no plan: working through her newborn's heart surgery
(18:01) The client meeting she took hours after giving birth
(20:08) Why keeping her business alive during the NICU stay saved her
(24:47) Second baby and postpartum anxiety
(28:34) Why she didn't recognize postpartum anxiety
(33:17) How motherhood transformed her business and her clients
(37:28) Personal branding 101 for working moms
(39:18) Step one: Google yourself
(41:14) Do you need a position or stance? And standing by your likes
(45:56) What Jenn is still trying to figure out?
(47:57) Where to find Jenn
KEY TAKEAWAY
Sometimes working is how you cope with the situation in front of you, that thing that keeps you tethered to yourself when everything else feels out of control.
About Jenn Wint
Jenn Wint (she/her) is a PR strategist, writer, speaker, and founder of WINT Communications — a Vancouver-based PR firm dedicated to helping small businesses and solopreneurs tell their stories and get noticed. With over 13 years of experience building her business from the ground up, Jenn specializes in making PR feel accessible and genuinely doable for founders who don't have a Times Square billboard budget. She is also a published author and contributor to the anthology Beyond Blue. When she's not crafting PR strategies, she's chasing her two kids around Vancouver alongside her Irish husband and two very opinionated cats.
Connect with Jenn Wint
Website | https://wintcommunications.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/jenn_wint/
Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenn-wint/
YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@jenn_wint
PR Power HOUR | https://wintcommunications.com/pr-power-hour
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
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🖤YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@allfiguredoutandrea
138. You're not a bad mom, you're just a people pleaser — Libby Ward
🚨 1:1 STRATEGY SESSIONS ARE NOW OPEN. Book yours → https://calendly.com/andreabarrcoaching/strategy-session Libby Ward has been known as "The Honest Mom" since 2020, when she joined TikTok on a whim and started …
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🚨 1:1 STRATEGY SESSIONS ARE NOW OPEN.
Book yours → https://calendly.com/andreabarrcoaching/strategy-session
Libby Ward has been known as "The Honest Mom" since 2020, when she joined TikTok on a whim and started sharing about the realities of motherhood thinking no one would find her. To her surprise, over two million women were waiting for exactly that. Now she's a writer, speaker, mental health advocate, and the author of Honest Motherhood: On Losing My Mind and Finding Myself. In this episode, you’ll hear Andrea and Libby – two Canadian women who connected at the Mom 2.0 Summit in Austin, TX – having a very honest conversation about what’s not said enough about motherhood.
In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Intro
(01:43) Inside "the writing pit" — why the book took two years instead of one
(04:05) How the title Honest Motherhood came together
(06:26) Signing the book deal in 2023 with imposter syndrome on her shoulder
(11:43) What Libby would change about early motherhood
(13:32) The cost of people-pleasing
(15:47) Urgent vs. important: the corporate prioritization framework that applies to motherhood
(17:03) "You are the expert of your own life"
(19:53) Radical honesty and shame
(21:09) How to work with shame
(23:39) Mom guilt vs. grief for parents
(27:58) Feelings are just information
(29:13) "The second arrow" — the double-hit of feeling a feeling and then beating yourself up for having it
(33:30) What it's like to be a public safe space — DMs, in-person meet-and-greets, and learning not to fix everyone
(35:40) The book launch party
(37:18) Guilt around joy — why Libby spent years stopping herself from feeling proud or excited
(40:55) Rapid fire questions
(42:10) What Libby is still trying figuring out.
KEY TAKEAWAY
Guilt is just information. The only way out of the shame and guilt spiral is to feel them fully and do the thing anyway. Every time you do, the feeling shrinks just a little. And eventually, you realize you could have started saying no a long time ago.
About Libby Ward
Libby Ward is a creator, speaker, and fierce advocate for women and mothers. Her work has been featured on the BBC and Globe and Mail, Good Morning America, and she is a member of Reese Witherspoon’s inaugural Hello Sunshine Collective. Known for her honesty and humour, Libby connects with millions of women through her social media platforms and creates spaces where moms feel seen and empowered to reclaim their time and well-being. Her book Honest Motherhood: On Losing My Mind and Finding Myself explores the realities of modern motherhood and her healing journey to becoming a more present parent and whole person.
Connect with Libby Ward
Website | https://libbyward.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/libbyward/
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/libbywardofficial
TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@libbywardofficial
The Book: Honest Motherhood | https://amzn.to/4u2XM4e
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
💚 Spotify | https://tinyurl.com/afo-spotify
💜 Apple Podcasts | https://tinyurl.com/afo-apple
🖤YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@allfiguredoutandrea
137. What medicine couldn't fix: one MD's path to mystic healing — Dr. Alexandra Perel-Winkler
Alexandra Perel-Winkler is very proud of her MD title, she went to Columbia and worked hard for it, but she still decided to walk away from her prestigious research career to become a soul-centered coach and …
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Alexandra Perel-Winkler is very proud of her MD title, she went to Columbia and worked hard for it, but she still decided to walk away from her prestigious research career to become a soul-centered coach and medicine woman. She’s the founder of The Mystic Medicine, where she explores what it looks like to bridge the gap between science and spirit. In this episode, Alexandra shares about her journey from rheumatology fellow to healer, her father's miraculous recovery from pancreatic cancer, and what happened when Andrea experienced a Mystic Medicine ceremony herself just 24 hours before recording this episode.
In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Intro
(03:15) The childhood yearning to be a healer
(05:05) Growing up without language for healing outside of medicine
(06:09) A mystical childhood: the stars, the moon, and subtle energies she couldn't explain yet
(09:43) Finding Kabbalah
(11:31) Why people of deep faith are actually some of her favourite clients to work with
(16:33) Nutrition, yoga philosophy, and the microbiome: what she was studying that most MDs weren't
(18:04) How her meditation practice and crystal collection both started in New York
(22:42) Exploring functional medicine — and why it still wasn't quite it
(25:57) Her father's inner knowing, Reiki and visualization
(29:38) Why elite athletes use visualization — bridging woo and practical
(30:32) Fighting for surgery and her father's unexpectedly strong response to chemo
(36:06) What it means to be a "medicine woman"
(39:32) The tools Alexandra weaves together
(42:05) Andrea's SSRI journey and Alexandra’s take
(45:24) The real question underneath: do I have the tools now to sit with discomfort?
(50:14) What the ceremony actually looked like — and how Alexandra grounds someone before going deep
(52:22) Andrea's throat chakra history and the complexity of using her own voice
(58:37) "I think I'm tripping out" — the out-of-body moment, and what was actually happening
(01:01:43) How vulnerability and voice emerged as the real theme of the ceremony
(01:04:39) "We are nature. People don't remember that."
(01:09:11) Alexandra's reckoning with entrepreneurship and motherhood
(01:11:00) Redefining what success looks like
KEY TAKEAWAY
Before you seek to heal anyone else, you really need to do your own healing first. Whether you're a working mom feeling disconnected from yourself, a high achiever whose body keeps sending signals you keep ignoring, or someone standing at an inflection point wondering who you are without the version of success you've built — the path back isn't through more logic. It's through reconnecting to the essential self you already know is there.
About Alexandra Perel-Winkler, MD
Alexandra Perel-Winkler is a soul-centered coach and medical doctor who blends science, spirit, and embodiment to help people reconnect with their body, heart, and soul. With 15+ years in Western Medicine and advanced training in Integrative and Functional Medicine, Applied Quantum Biology, neuroplastic coaching, somatic practices, energy work, and intuitive guidance, Alexandra makes the mystical tangible and the abstract approachable. She works with clients in person in Vancouver and virtually through The Mystic Medicine.
Connect with Alexandra Perel-Winkler, MD
Website | https://www.themysticmedicine.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/themysticmedicine
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
💚 Spotify | https://tinyurl.com/afo-spotify
💜 Apple Podcasts | https://tinyurl.com/afo-apple
🖤YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@allfiguredoutandrea
136. Why the woman who triggers you is the one you need most
What happens when the woman who triggers you becomes your person? Christine Coughlin and Emily Shimwell get radically honest about jealousy, competition, and the late-night voice note that not only started a …
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What happens when the woman who triggers you becomes your person? Christine Coughlin and Emily Shimwell get radically honest about jealousy, competition, and the late-night voice note that not only started a friendship, but changed how both of them think about collaboration.
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) Intro
- (00:01:13) “The Women Who Trigger Us” and who inspired it
- (00:03:10) Collaboration over competition should be more than just a catchphrase
- (00:08:51) What your jealousy is actually trying to tell you
- (00:13:19) What real collaboration looks like
- (00:16:11) The hidden cost of saying yes, and learning to ask what you're gaining
- (00:24:19) Money guilt, boundaries, and why women feel awkward charging for their time
- (00:30:18) Two perspectives for anyone who's feeling the gap between the women who trigger you and where you want to be
- (00:43:06) How to handle unsolicited opinions
- (00:51:17) The trigger is a reflection, and those who are doing more, aren't the ones critiquing
- (00:53:31) Competition: the word women aren't allowed to say out loud
- (00:56:18) Being attached to a perfect outcome might be costing you
- (01:13:45) What Emily is still trying to figure out
- (01:15:28) What Christine is still trying to figure out?
KEY TAKEAWAY
The woman who triggers you isn't your competition. She's a mirror, and she’s showing you exactly where you're being invited to grow.
This episode was inspired by “The Women Who Trigger Us” by Christine Coughlin – read the article → https://yvrcreatives.ca/2026/03/15/collaboration-over-competition-women-in-business/
Related episodes:
101. What to do when life looks great on paper but still feels off with Christine Coughlin – Spotify, Apple or YouTube
102. The Wilder way to gather: human connection, simple hosting, and starting before you’re “ready” (with Emily Shimwell) – Spotify, Apple or YouTube
118. Stop waiting for the perfect moment: how to create your own luck with Emily Shimwell – Spotify, Apple + YouTube
Connect with Christine Coughlin
Website | https://yvrcreatives.ca/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/yvr.creatives/ | https://www.instagram.com/iamchristinecoughlin/
Connect with Emily Shimwell
Website | https://dinewilderevents.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/_emily_wilder_/ | https://www.instagram.com/dine.wilder/
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
💚 Spotify | https://tinyurl.com/afo-spotify
💜 Apple Podcasts | https://tinyurl.com/afo-apple
🖤YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@allfiguredoutandrea135. The 1 dinner table mistake that makes picky eating worse — with Soleina Karamali
TRIGGER WARNING: Eating disorders mentioned in the episode. Picture this: dinner time and you’re already dreading sitting at the dinner table, because you know you’re going to be stressed about your kid not …
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TRIGGER WARNING: Eating disorders mentioned in the episode.
Picture this: dinner time and you’re already dreading sitting at the dinner table, because you know you’re going to be stressed about your kid not eating enough protein, or being picky about what they want, even though they probably ate that chicken nugget 2 days ago, and loved it, but today is another struggle. Today, I’m sitting down with Soleina Karamali, a registered dietician, founder of Every Eater, and a mom of two, and she is here to completely reframe how we think about feeding our kids.
In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Intro
(01:47) What it was like working in pediatric feeding before and after becoming a parent
(05:14) Soleina's path to becoming a dietician: food, healthcare, and a mom who owned a café
(06:48) Soleina’s relationship with food
(07:38) Feeding your kids holds up a mirror to your own relationship with food
(08:54) Starting solids with her first son: the humbling reality vs. the expert expectations
(10:53) Why toddlers reject vegetables: the science of taste buds, neophobia, and independence
(14:03) The Canadian Food Guide: what it's actually for (and why it's not a kids' tool)
(15:17) Why your child biologically needs carbs as their main fuel source
(19:48) Diet culture at the kids' table: protein pressure, macronutrient fads, and what to stop worrying about
(23:54) Snacks as mini meals: how grazing is sabotaging dinner and what to do instead
(27:42) Hemp seeds, iron, and the little shaker trick that gets more nutrients in without the battle
(30:10) The dinner table as connection
(31:34) Why "remaining unbothered" is your superpower
(37:12) Baby-led weaning vs. purées: what Soleina actually recommends
(39:05) Responsive feeding and Soleina’s son taught her
(41:27) The milk conversation: cow's milk, plant-based options
(46:46) The peak bone-building years
(47:49) TW: Eating disorders mentioned
(48:38) The Division of Responsibility framework: how to raise kids with a healthy relationship with food for life
(51:00) Good vs. bad food: food doesn’t have a moral value
(52:51) Where to find Soleina
KEY TAKEAWAY
Sitting at the dinner table should be about connection, not intake. Your job as a parent is to decide what, when, and where food is served. Your child's job is to decide if and how much they eat. By trusting that division, you preserve the one thing that matters most: their lifelong relationship with food.
About Soleina Karamali
Soleina Karamali is a registered dietician and the founder of Every Eater, a feeding therapy practice serving families across British Columbia. With nearly a decade as a pediatric dietician at BC Children's Hospital — most of it in complex feeding care — Soleina brings serious clinical expertise to the work. She's also a published researcher and a mom of two (one adventurous eater, one very particular one), which means she gets it from both sides of the table. Her approach is science-backed, humor-forward, and built around the belief that feeding your child shouldn't feel overwhelming.
Connect with Soleina Karamali
Website | https://everyeater.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/everyeater
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
💚 Spotify | https://tinyurl.com/afo-spotify
💜 Apple Podcasts | https://tinyurl.com/afo-apple
🖤YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@allfiguredoutandrea
134. 7 things that finally made family vacation feel like actual rest
We just got back from two and a half weeks in Florida, and I'm recording this while it's still fresh — cold from the plane and all. This episode is a behind-the-scenes look at what actually made this family …
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We just got back from two and a half weeks in Florida, and I'm recording this while it's still fresh — cold from the plane and all. This episode is a behind-the-scenes look at what actually made this family vacation feel like rest: the prep hacks that kept Scotty and me from arriving at the airport annoyed at each other, the Instacart move that meant zero store runs for 10 days, and the alternating mornings method that gave us each seven solo mornings over the trip. Tune in, and have a family vacation that you don’t need a vacation from.
In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Intro
(01:09) The two ways people listen to podcasts right now
(03:08) The backstory of our two and a half week vacation
(05:37) What pre-vacation prep looked like before kids vs. after
(07:38) The staging area hack that eliminates pre-trip chaos
(09:48) Meal prepping the week before so your fridge isn't a disaster when you leave
(10:41) The kids-sleeping-in-their-clothes trick
(11:28) Scotty's role: laundry deadlines and division of labour
(11:53) The work prep: Why Andrea didn't pressure herself to unplug — and why that worked
(12:39) How to not set foot in a store in 10 days
(14:14) The alternating mornings and mini-vacations
(16:16) What my mini-vacations looked like
(18:15) Planning dinner nights out vs. cooking in
(19:00) The self-care day back home and why it changes everything
KEY TAKEAWAY
Family vacation doesn't have to feel like a second job. With a bit of intentional prep before you go and a simple alternating rhythm with your partner while you're there, you can actually come back feeling restored — not like you need another vacation to recover from your vacation.
Related episodes → Episode 124. 4 vacation myths that are keeping working parents burned out - Jennica Day – Spotify, Apple + YouTube
About Andrea Barr, host of All Figured Out:
Andrea is a certified career and life coach for parents. Through her coaching, she supports parents in finding better work-life rhythms so they can continue to grow personally and professionally without sacrificing family time.
Connect with Andrea
Website | https://www.andreabarr.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredoutandrea | https://www.instagram.com/allfiguredout.podcast
Listen to All Figured Out
💚 Spotify | https://tinyurl.com/afo-spotify
💜 Apple Podcasts | https://tinyurl.com/afo-apple
🖤YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@allfiguredoutandrea
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