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How to Build a Business and Raise a Family Without Burning Out
In this episode, I sit down in my home studio with Cait Scudder, founder of The Millionaire Mother movement and the brilliant author of her brand new book Born for Both. By the time this episode airs, Cait will be a mother of four and her book will be out in the world, and I could not think of a more timely, grounding, and necessary conversation to share with you. We dig into what it really means to steward both a legacy inside the home and inside the world, and why so many of us have been operating on default programming that keeps us burnt out, bottlenecked, and quietly collapsing behind the scenes.
Cait breaks down the Matriarch Operating System, the four archetypes most women unknowingly embody (the maiden, the martyr, the girl boss, and the man), and the 4H framework (head, heart, hands, home) she lays out in her book to help mother CEOs stop white-knuckling and start building a village that actually holds them. We get into the heartbreaking story of her grandmother that opens the book, the research on cortisol and children’s stress response, why mom wine culture and mommy group trauma bonding is doing more damage than women realize, and the critical difference between falling into victimhood and using motherhood as fuel to rise. If you’ve ever felt the pull between being present at bath time and showing up for your business, this episode will meet you exactly where you are and shift the way you think about both.
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KEY POINTS:
00:00 Meet Cait Scudder
01:48 Born for Both Meaning
04:19 Motherhood to Movement
08:15 Matriarch OS Village
13:41 Archetypes and Presence
18:02 Martyr Story and Legacy
23:33 Social Media Trauma Bonding
QUOTABLES:
“True influence is being a conduit, and being a channel for something greater to move through.”
— Cait Scudder
“The fuel to rise does not have to then go into workaholism and insanity.”
— Julie Solomon
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Connect with Cait on Instagram @themillionairemother for behind-the-scenes insights from her life as a mother of four, author, and movement builder.
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