The Millionaire Mother

Hosted by Cait Scudder

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Can you be a devoted Mother while running a successful business? The answer is yes, with one giant caveat: it's safe for you to dream bigger. Much bigger. The Millionaire Mother Podcast is the one-stop shop for learning how to scale a wildly profitable business while navigating the whirlwind of Motherhood. Because let's be real — nothing is the same after those small humans arrive. If you've been wondering if you can truly have it all as a mama and entrepreneur, tune in to find out how Cait and countless other Mother powerhouse CEOs have built companies that have allowed them to water the seeds of their most abundant realities and achieve their loftiest dreams. From brass tacks business strategy and leadership advice, to skillfully traversing the identity shifts, limited time, and sleepless nights of Motherhood as a CEO, the Millionaire Mother Podcast brings together real world motivation with actionable tools to fuel your expansive growth. Level up your net worth, legacy, and SO much more — one episode at a time. Tune in from where you get your daily dose of podcasts!

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November 10, 202636 min

Why Frustration with the Status Quo Is the Best Catalyst for Innovation With Serenity Carr, Founder of Serenity Kids

What if the thing that makes you mad is exactly what you're meant to build? In this conversation, I sit down with Serenity Carr, co-founder and CEO of Serenity Kids, the company disrupting the baby food industry and the brand behind the #1 best-selling meat pouch. Full disclosure: it's also the only pouch brand my kids are allowed to have. Before she was even a mom, Serenity walked the baby food aisle, saw shelves full of fruit and carbs, and got mad. So she did what mother founders do: she researched, built the spreadsheet, used breast milk as her blueprint, and set out to prove that real, nourishing baby food could also be wildly profitable. And mama, the timing. Serenity launched her products and gave birth to her daughter in the very same hour. Talk about being born for both. We dive into the creative surge of pregnancy and postpartum, why she sees mothers on her team as a business advantage, how she asked for help without apology, and what it really takes to build a company with your husband. In this episode, you'll hear: The spreadsheet that exposed the baby food aisle, and why Serenity used breast milk as her blueprint How she became an entrepreneur and a mom in the same hour Why building Serenity Kids meant asking for help, surrounding herself with people who knew more, and letting go of the myth of being self-made Why pregnancy and postpartum can be your most creative season, and how Serenity Kids makes room for that energy How asking for help, and actually following through on it, built her advisory board and her first pitch deck The real story of co-founding with your spouse, and the coach who's kept them aligned for nine years About Serenity Carr Serenity Carr is the co-founder and CEO of Serenity Kids, the company known for disrupting the baby food industry with nutrient-dense products and creating the #1 best-selling meat pouch. After searching baby food shelves and finding only options heavy in fruit and carbs, she and her husband set out to give parents a real alternative made with quality protein, healthy fats, and organic vegetables. As CEO, Serenity drives the company's mission to elevate children's nutrition and advocates for a healthier, more resilient food system for future generations. Connect with Serenity Website: https://myserenitykids.com Instagram and Facebook: @myserenitykids Connect with me The Millionaire Mother Diaries: https://themillionairemother.com/diaries/ Pre-order Born for Both: https://bornforboth.com/ Instagram: @themillionairemother Love the show? Share this episode to your stories and tag @themillionairemother and @myserenitykids , then leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts. I read every single one.

November 3, 202635 min

We're Moving! The Story Behind Our Biggest Family Change Yet

Something can be really, really great and also have run its course. And sometimes the bravest thing you can do is give yourself permission to let the dream evolve. In this solo episode, I am sharing some big family news: we are leaving our 12-acre Maine farmhouse and moving to a new country, in the final weeks of my fourth pregnancy. I trace how every one of my babies has brought a major change with it, from an LA move that didn't work out, to the dream New England farmhouse, to the birth of The Millionaire Mother. I also share the honest conversation with Toby that started it all three years ago, and the string of green lights that made the decision clear. And yes, I am revealing exactly where we are headed. You'll have to listen to find out! In this episode, you'll hear: Why each of my pregnancies has set off a major shift for the family, including three moves in the third trimester How the arrival of baby number three gave birth to The Millionaire Mother The hard conversation that started this move, and why it took me three years to be ready How a summer abroad, two chance conversations, and a wedding in France pointed the family to our next home Why not making a decision is still a decision, and how to choose your hard Connect with me: Join The Millionaire Mother Diaries for Cait's exclusive insider newsletter on motherhood, money, and business: https://themillionairemother.com/diaries/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themillionairemother/ Love the show? Share this episode to your stories and tag @themillionairemother, or leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Every share and review helps more ambitious mothers find the show and become fully resourced in motherhood, business, and life.

October 27, 202636 min

When the Business You Built No Longer Fits the Life You Want | Taley Hunt

Taley Hunt built the kind of success most entrepreneurs spend years chasing. Then she realized she didn't want the life that came with it. In this episode, Cait is joined by real estate entrepreneur and coach Taley Hunt to talk about what happens when the business you worked so hard to build no longer fits the life you want. Taley shares how she went from starting over in a new state with no network, no childcare, and a baby on the way to selling hundreds of homes and building a seven-figure business, only to realize after her second baby that something had to change. They unpack the courage to walk away from success that no longer feels successful, redefine what winning looks like, and build a business around the season of life you're actually in. In this episode, you'll hear: • The moment Taley realized success was costing too much • Why hitting the goal still wasn't enough • What made her shut down a seven-figure business • The fear that kept her from leaving sooner • How motherhood changed her definition of winning About Taley Hunt Taley Hunt is a real estate entrepreneur and coach helping moms build profitable businesses without sacrificing the role that matters most to them: Mom. After entering real estate in 2020 while pregnant with her daughter, Taley went on to sell more than 600 homes without paying for online leads, build a team that could operate without her, and found a multiple seven-figure coaching company. Today, through Taley Hunt Coaching, MOMward, and The PINK Connection, she helps moms in real estate grow their income, attract clients organically, and build businesses that support the lives they actually want. Connect with Taley Website: taleyhunt.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realestatemomcoach/ Connect with Cait Join The Millionaire Mother Diaries for Cait's exclusive insider newsletter on motherhood, money, and business: https://themillionairemother.com/diaries/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themillionairemother/ Love the show? Share this episode to your stories and tag @themillionairemother , or leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts . Every share and review helps more ambitious mothers find the show and become fully resourced in motherhood, business, and life.

October 20, 202646 min

When the Launch Model Stopped Working, She Built a Spider Web | Melissa Henault

The way people buy has changed. If your sales strategy hasn't, you're already behind. In this episode, Cait is joined by multiple eight-figure entrepreneur Melissa Henault for a straight-up business shop talk on what's actually converting now. They unpack why strategies that generated millions in the old market are losing effectiveness, how the trust recession and AI-generated noise have changed buyer behavior, and what Melissa changed inside her own business when a proven model stopped working the way it used to. In this episode, you'll hear: • Why the old conversion playbook stopped working • The visibility problem hiding behind a big audience • Where entrepreneurs get premium buyers completely wrong • The revenue opportunity already inside your business • How motherhood shaped the company Melissa built About Melissa Henault Melissa Henault is the founder of Burnout to All Out®, where she helps entrepreneurs build category-of-one brands, strategic offer ecosystems, and businesses designed to compound over time. She scaled to her first million in just 19 months with fewer than 600 Instagram followers and has since built a multiple eight-figure business. Before entrepreneurship, Melissa built and scaled business units inside Fortune 500 companies and earned a Doctorate in Pharmacy and a Master's in Clinical Research. She ultimately walked away from her corporate and clinical career to build a business on her own terms while raising three children, proving that sustainable growth does not require constant visibility or a massive audience. Connect with Melissa Offer Flows That Create Millions Checklist: https://burnouttoallout.co/offer-flows-checklist-o/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissa_henault/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-henault Connect with Cait Join The Millionaire Mother Diaries for Cait's exclusive insider newsletter on motherhood, money, and business: https://themillionairemother.com/diaries/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themillionairemother/ Love the show? Share this episode to your stories and tag @themillionairemother , or leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts . Every share and review helps more ambitious mothers find the show and become fully resourced in motherhood, business, and life.

October 13, 202617 min

A Motherhood Stretch That Made Me Rethink Everything

You can be completely overjoyed to welcome another baby and still grieve the version of your family that's about to change. In this solo episode, Cait opens up about the transition that stretched her most as a mother and what she wishes more women knew about growing their families. She shares the unexpected grief she experienced, the small rituals that helped prepare her daughter for a new sibling, and why hitting her perceived capacity forced her family to rethink their rhythms and infrastructure from the ground up. In this episode, you'll hear: • The grief no one warns you about before another baby • Why going from one to two changed everything for Cait • Small ways Cait helped prepare her daughter for a sibling • What overwhelm revealed about their home rhythms • What Cait knows now about love, capacity, and growing again Join The Millionaire Mother Diaries Get Cait's weekly notes from the trenches on motherhood, business, wealth, identity, and building a life that holds all of you: https://themillionairemother.com/diaries/ Love the show? Share this episode to your stories and tag @themillionairemother , or leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts . Every share and review helps more ambitious mothers find the show.

October 6, 202630 min

The Truth Behind Why I Built MotherHub

You can have the strategy, the ambition, and the vision and still be missing something that can dramatically change what feels possible in your business. Cait explores why ambitious mothers can feel caught between mom spaces that don't reflect their ambition and business spaces that don't reflect the realities of motherhood. She shares how changing who she surrounded herself with expanded what she believed was possible, why proximity became a catalyst in her own growth, and what happens when you finally stop compartmentalizing the different parts of who you are. In this episode, you'll hear: • How your environment can shape your ceiling • Why ambitious moms can feel fragmented in community • How proximity changed Cait's business trajectory • The cost of separating motherhood from ambition • What becomes possible when you stop building alone MOTHERHUB is officially open! The #1 community for mothers growing businesses and building wealth while raising little humans. Join now as a founding member: https://themillionairemother.com/motherhub/?utm_source=Podcast&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Motherhub Love the show? Share this episode to your stories and tag @themillionairemother , or leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts . Every share and review helps more ambitious mothers find the show.

September 29, 202623 min

The #1 Business Asset Founders Are Ignoring in the Age of AI

AI can help you move faster, create more, and streamline almost every part of your business. But as everything becomes easier to automate, one advantage may be getting more valuable, not less. In this solo episode, Cait breaks down what AI can accelerate, what it can't build for you, and the overlooked asset she credits with driving the growth of her multimillion-dollar company. She also unpacks the cost of trying to do everything alone and the relationship mistake that can make connection feel transactional instead of expansive. In this episode, you'll hear: • What AI still can't build for you • The hidden cost of hyper-competence • The networking mistake that kills connection • What matters more than speed and optimization • The asset behind Cait's biggest business growth Join Relational Wealth Sign up for Cait's free two-hour workshop designed to help you build a richer, more sustainable ecosystem of relationships around your business, without sacrificing family. You'll learn how to move beyond transactional networking and cultivate the connections that can open doors, deepen your business, and support where you're going next. Register here: https://themillionairemother.com/relational-wealth/

September 24, 202634 min

Grief, Motherhood & Connection with Sarah Wright Olsen

What happens to connection when life changes the shape of a relationship? In this conversation, Cait sits down with author, actress, podcast host, and mother of four Sarah Wright Olsen to explore the support that makes ambition possible, the painful experience that gave deeper meaning to Sarah's newest creation, and the simple family ritual that became something much bigger. They talk about separation, grief, unexpected loss, motherhood-fueled creativity, and why staying connected doesn't always require being physically together. In this episode, you'll hear: • Who Sarah leans on to keep creating while raising four kids • How a hard preschool goodbye planted a story she wouldn't return to for years • How grief during pregnancy changed the story Sarah wanted to tell • How motherhood redirected Sarah's ambition into something bigger than herself • Sarah's take on chasing creativity without waiting for the "perfect balance" About Sarah Wright Olsen Sarah Wright Olsen is an author, actress, podcast host, and mother of four: Wyatt, Esme, Winter, and Ocean. She cohosts The Mother Daze podcast with fellow actress and mother Teresa Palmer. Sarah and Teresa also coauthored The Zen Mama Guide to Finding Your Rhythm in Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond, a holistic and empowering guide to pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenthood. Sarah has starred in TV shows and films including Mad Men, Parks and Recreation, The House Bunny, American Made, and Matlock. She is also the co-owner of plant-based organic mommy and baby skincare line Baeo. Order Sarah's book: When I Am Not With You: How We're Together Even When We're Apart Sarah Wright Olsen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swrightolsen The Mother Daze on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themotherdazepodcast/ Want to go deeper with The Millionaire Mother? Join The Millionaire Mother Diaries for weekly insights on business, motherhood, wealth, leadership, and living a deeply resourced life: https://themillionairemother.com/diaries/ Pre-order Cait's upcoming book, Born for Both: https://bornforboth.com/ Love the show? Share this episode to your stories and tag @themillionairemother , or leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Every share and review helps more ambitious mothers find the show.

September 15, 202628 min

How Motherhood Primes You for Entrepreneurship

Motherhood changes your capacity, priorities, identity, and even the way your brain operates. And some of those changes may strengthen the very qualities entrepreneurship requires: intuition, pattern recognition, creativity, and the ability to sense an opportunity before it becomes obvious. In this solo episode, Cait explores how matrescence rewires the maternal brain and why some of those adaptations overlap with the qualities of powerful founders. She challenges the belief that pregnancy and postpartum should automatically put ambition on hold, shares examples of major businesses born directly from motherhood, and breaks down how to discern between your body genuinely asking you to slow down and fear convincing you not to act. Plus, she explores why surrounding yourself with people who normalize your ambition matters when motherhood sparks something new you're ready to build. Key Takeaways • Why pregnancy and postpartum can intensify creativity and ambition, and why mothers shouldn't feel guilty when they do • How matrescence changes the maternal brain and why some of those adaptations overlap with the qualities of successful founders • Why the usual "mom brain" narrative misses the bigger story about intuition, pattern recognition, open perception, and sensing opportunity • How motherhood itself sparked category-defining business ideas for founders including Jessica Alba, Miki Agrawal, and Sheila Marcelo • How to discern between your body genuinely asking you to rest and fear telling you that now isn't the time to act on what you want to create Resources Mentioned Pre-order Born for Both: https://bornforboth.com/ Miki Agrawal on The Millionaire Mother: On Spotify or Apple Let's Connect Deeper The Millionaire Mother Experience Mastermind: https://themillionairemother.com/mme/ DM "waitlist" on IG for our new upcoming membership community: https://www.instagram.com/themillionairemother Love the show? Share this episode with a friend, and leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Every share and review helps more ambitious mothers find the show.

September 8, 202639 min

Why the Right Room Can Change Your Business with Stephanie Cartin

The right room can change the trajectory of your business in ways you could never plan for. Stephanie Cartin can trace some of the biggest opportunities in her career back to one decision she made before she felt ready, and what followed continued compounding for more than a decade. Cait and Stephanie unpack what most entrepreneurs misunderstand about networking, how to build relationships that open bigger doors, and why visibility matters long before you feel "ready" to be seen. Stephanie also shares the deeply personal motherhood journey that tested everything she thought she knew about control, and how opening up to community became far more powerful than she ever expected. Key Takeaways • The early investment Stephanie made before she felt ready, and how it shaped the next 15 years of her business (4:40) • What most entrepreneurs get wrong about networking and the relationship-building habits that actually create opportunities (9:52) • How to become someone people naturally refer, recommend, and speak about in rooms you are not in (10:55) • The motherhood experience that forced Stephanie to release control and lean on community in an entirely new way (21:33) • Why being the "best-kept secret" can limit your growth, no matter how good your work is (34:25) About Stephanie Cartin Stephanie Cartin is a serial entrepreneur, investor, author, and podcast host who has built multiple seven-figure businesses, including Socialfly and Entreprenista Media. She co-founded Pearl Influential Capital, which was acquired by Cherub, and champions women founders through the Entreprenista League. Stephanie also openly shares her personal journey with MS, infertility, and a complicated pregnancy to support and inspire other women navigating life and business. Join the Entreprenista League: https://www.entreprenista.com/tel-start Entreprenista Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/entreprenistas Stephanie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephjillcartin Resources Mentioned Entreprenista 100 Awards: https://www.entreprenista.com/100 Entreprenista: https://www.entreprenista.com/ Want to go deeper with The Millionaire Mother? Join The Millionaire Mother Diaries for weekly insights on business, motherhood, wealth, leadership, and living a deeply resourced life: https://themillionairemother.com/diaries/ Pre-order Cait's upcoming book, Born for Both: https://bornforboth.com/ Love the show? Share this episode to your stories and tag @themillionairemother , or leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Every share and review helps more ambitious mothers find the show.