Leadership & Motherhood

Leadership & Motherhood

Women, Balance, Success

Leadership and Motherhood reframes motherhood as a powerful leadership development experience. Featuring candid conversations and practical insight, the show challenges outdated workplace norms and equips women to lead with confidence, clarity, and impact. Hosted by Leanna Laskey McGrath, former tech exec turned full-time mom, recovering perfectionist and workaholic, and certified executive coach.

Creating More Balance in Motherhood: The Power of Values-Aligned Boundaries and Intentional Career Decisions - with Lauren Cannata
Leadership & MotherhoodMay 14, 2026x
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Creating More Balance in Motherhood: The Power of Values-Aligned Boundaries and Intentional Career Decisions - with Lauren Cannata

In this episode, Leanna Laskey McGrath sits down with Lauren Cannata, a leader in the influencer marketing industry and mother of two, for a conversation about motherhood, career growth, work-life balance, and the intentional decisions that help high-achieving women create more sustainable and fulfi...

High Achieving Women and Mental Health: The Hidden Cost of Holding It All Together - with Dr. Kelly Dries
Leadership & MotherhoodMay 07, 2026x
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00:48:13

High Achieving Women and Mental Health: The Hidden Cost of Holding It All Together - with Dr. Kelly Dries

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, this episode creates space for a conversation that often goes unseen, especially among high achieving women. Leanna sits down with Dr. Kelly Dries, a strengths-based leadership coach, to explore the complex and often hidden relationship between ambition, su...

What a Nail in My Tire Taught Me About Resilience, Gratitude, and Empowerment
Leadership & MotherhoodMay 02, 2026x
146
00:10:56

What a Nail in My Tire Taught Me About Resilience, Gratitude, and Empowerment

What do you do when something goes wrong at the worst possible moment? In this episode, I'm sharing a story from earlier this week — a flat tire, pouring rain, and a coaching mastermind I didn’t want to be late to — and the one sentence that kept me from completely spiraling. That sentence: "This is...

From Overwhelmed to Empowered: Why High Achieving Women Feel Stuck and How to Take Back Control
Leadership & MotherhoodApril 30, 2026x
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From Overwhelmed to Empowered: Why High Achieving Women Feel Stuck and How to Take Back Control

What if the reason you feel overwhelmed isn’t just about your circumstances, but also how you’re thinking about them? In this episode, Leanna Laskey McGrath explores the shift from feeling stuck and out of control to becoming truly empowered in your life and leadership. Drawing from her own experien...

Three High Achieving Women on Choosing Themselves in Motherhood and Leadership - with Annemieke Rice and Andrea Palmer
Leadership & MotherhoodApril 23, 2026x
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Three High Achieving Women on Choosing Themselves in Motherhood and Leadership - with Annemieke Rice and Andrea Palmer

This episode is a candid, thought-provoking conversation with three executive mom friends: Leanna Laskey McGrath, Annemieke Rice, and Andrea Palmer, on what happens when high-achieving women can no longer rely on the same habits, identities, and definitions of success that once drove them. Together,...

Designing a Life You Actually Enjoy While Pursuing Big Goals: How High Achieving Mothers Can Work Hard and Still Love Their Lives - with Camille Jaramis
Leadership & MotherhoodApril 16, 2026x
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00:39:20

Designing a Life You Actually Enjoy While Pursuing Big Goals: How High Achieving Mothers Can Work Hard and Still Love Their Lives - with Camille Jaramis

What if enjoying your life wasn’t about changing your circumstances, but changing how you think about them? In this episode, Executive Coach Leanna Laskey McGrath sits down with Camille Jaramis, an Australian entrepreneur, full-time professional, and mom, who is intentionally building a life that re...

The Missing Piece in Women’s Health: Why Information Alone Doesn’t Drive Change - with MD + Life Coach Dr. Meghan Garcia-Webb
Leadership & MotherhoodApril 09, 2026x
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The Missing Piece in Women’s Health: Why Information Alone Doesn’t Drive Change - with MD + Life Coach Dr. Meghan Garcia-Webb

We’ve all heard plenty of advice when it comes to our health: what to eat, how to move, how to take care of ourselves. And for many high-achieving women, the challenge isn’t a lack of information… it’s actually following through. In this episode, Leanna is joined by Dr. Meghan Garcia-Webb, a triple ...

Why High Achieving Women Never Feel Like They’re Doing Enough (And How to Change It)
Leadership & MotherhoodApril 02, 2026x
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00:11:56

Why High Achieving Women Never Feel Like They’re Doing Enough (And How to Change It)

If you’ve ever ended a full, productive day and still thought “it’s not enough” or “I should’ve done more,” this episode is for you. In this solo episode, Executive Coach Leanna Laskey McGrath unpacks one of the most common (and invisible) patterns she sees in high-achieving women: the constant feel...

Endometriosis Awareness Month: My Journey to Answers – and the Doctor Who Changed Everything – with Dr. Nicole Donnellan
Leadership & MotherhoodMarch 26, 2026x
140
00:54:49

Endometriosis Awareness Month: My Journey to Answers – and the Doctor Who Changed Everything – with Dr. Nicole Donnellan

So many women live with debilitating pain that no test can explain. This is Leanna’s story and her journey to finding answers and solutions. Despite multiple ER visits, specialist referrals, scans, and procedures, everything continued to come back “normal.” With no clear answers, she began to questi...

Choosing Alignment Over External Expectations: The Health Crisis & Quiet Whisper That Changed Everything – with Nemisha Patel Owen
Leadership & MotherhoodMarch 19, 2026x
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00:43:48

Choosing Alignment Over External Expectations: The Health Crisis & Quiet Whisper That Changed Everything – with Nemisha Patel Owen

In this episode, executive coach Leanna Laskey McGrath sits down with mindset and meditation coach Nemisha Patel Owen to explore what it really means to live an aligned life. After 18 years climbing the corporate ladder in a highly male-dominated engineering environment at NATS, the UK’s air traffic...