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All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
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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- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
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 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…
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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…
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159. The real reason dinner feels so hard for working moms - Tori Wesszer
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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 →…
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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…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
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…
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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…
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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…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
153. She left law to become a naturopath and had 4 kids! — Dr. Sarah Harbottle
🛍️ USE CODE ALLFIGUREDOUT20 TO GET 20% OFF AT marisdae.com Dr. Sarah Harbottle has one of those resumes that seems impossible on paper: naturopathic doctor…
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152. She pitched investors 38 weeks pregnant — Sam Rayner
🛍️ USE CODE ALLFIGUREDOUT20 TO GET 20% OFF AT marisdae.com Sam Rayner spent over a decade climbing the corporate marketing ladder — AG Hair, Lululemon, an MBA…
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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…
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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…
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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…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
148. FOMO part 2: the yeses you can't say anymore
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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…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
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…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
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…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
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…
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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…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
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…
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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…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
140. She froze her eggs at 37 to give herself a choice — Kristin Constable
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
135. 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…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
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…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
133. The working mom's guide to networking events (from someone who's built hundreds) — Heather Odendaal
🎉 USE CODE AFO TO GET $150 OFF YOUR WNORTH CONFERENCE PASS! — conference runs May 6–8, 2026 at the Four Seasons Whistler. Heather Odendaal, entrepreneur, event…
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132. What your money anxiety is actually about — Jessica Moorehouse
Some episodes age like fine wine and this is one of them. Jessica Moorhouse (Accredited Financial Counsellor, bestselling author of Everything But Money, and…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
131. How a former teacher built two businesses from scratch, and what she'd do differently - Shannon Pruitt
Shannon Pruitt built not one but two businesses from scratch — the first while teaching full-time, the second with a six-month-old in her lap. After nearly…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
130. Why working parents need to stop managing days and start managing months
I’m not afraid to say that I have a complicated relationship with time, from when I was working in corporate, to mat leave, to running my own business. Time is…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
129. The 15-minute method that carried one mom through the unthinkable - Michelle Hooey
Have you ever wondered what it would take to go from burned-out corporate climber to grounded, present mom — not because life got easier, but because you…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
128. What a holistic nurse wants every parent dealing with pain to know - Julia Bitter
In this episode with Julia Bitter, a registered nurse and holistic nurse coach, talks about career resilience, how she used every setback to build a career she…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
127. The veteran and burnout survivor who rebuilt her life on her own terms - Erika Latta
Is it possible to survive trauma, burnout, and relentless transitions, and emerge more grounded, more powerful, and more truly yourself? Internal leadership…
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126. Why your "random" life choices are secretly connected — Tasneem Damji
What if the "wrong" turns, the detours, and the jobs that made zero sense were actually building something extraordinary all along? Tasneem Damji — educator…
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125. She planned her whole career but becoming a mom changed everything with Tianna Mamalick
Digital strategist and soon-to-be author, Tianna Mamalick built her business in the wake of unimaginable grief. In this episode, Andrea and Tianna share about…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
124. 4 vacation myths that are keeping working parents burned out - Jennica Day
GET JENNICA DAY’S BOOK → You Need a (Better) Vacation https://amzn.to/3ZMe6cG How many times have you caught yourself saying "I need a vacation from my…
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123. What happens when you refuse to take "wait and see" for an answer - Nikki Holekamp
Nikki Holekamp is a testament to resilience, creativity and advocacy. She is a trained pediatric occupational therapist, who had to use her skills, her voice…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
122. Rest isn't just a nap – The Rest Revolution with Heather Boersma
The REST Revolution thesis is that rest is not an activity, it's an approach to life that's rooted in worthiness. So rest isn't about doing less, it's about…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
121. 2 years into her human rights fight: What no one tells you - Beth Wanner
Beth Warner returns to share what the past year has looked like fighting pregnancy discrimination, building Mother Cover, and refusing to stay silent. She…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
120. How a teacher built wealth without leaving her day job with Sarah Coombes
Sarah Coombes is a parent who cracked the code when it comes to building wealth with multiple incomes! A strategist who discovered that keeping her 9-5 was the…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
119. Your body knows what your brain keeps ignoring with somatic coach Fiona Walsh
If you feel like you’re lost in a life that looks amazing from the outside, crushing it on paper, but inside, it still feels… off? Andrea sits down with Fiona…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
118. Stop waiting for the perfect moment: how to create your own luck with Emily Shimwell
Emily wakes up her kids by asking them, "Who's going to have the best day EVER?!", and that's how you stay ready for magic, every single day. In this episode…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
117. Meet your needs as a working parent without burning out - Lieke ten Brummelhuis
Work-life balance is all about getting your psychological needs met, not just about time management. Professor, researcher, and expert in employee well-being…
- All Figured Out with Andrea Barr: Figuring Out Work, Life and Parenting
116. Longevity doctor: Why busy moms are under-fueling & how to fix it - Dr. Valerie Hertzog
Move over Peter Attia. I know you’re eating sandwich crusts for breakfast and calling it a meal, because I’m a busy parent and I’ve done that! You’re probably…
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115. My 2-year-old says "Mama stay" (The truth about running a podcast)
Ever wondered what it's really like behind the mic? In this special behind-the-scenes episode, Sarah Chapman-Funston turns the tables and interviews Andrea…
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114. Stop wasting your life on the wrong things: the 3-step calendar reset
📆Download your Ideal Schedule Template → https://andreabarr.myflodesk.com/idealschedule Ever looked at your calendar and realized it's telling a story you…
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113. TBT: Loving work, losing yourself, and launching a business as a TWIN mom with Mackenzie Forge
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112. TBT: Raising resilient children and breaking trauma cycles with Kathleen Sullivan
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111. TBT: Meredith MacKenzie on figuring out how to reconcile being a high achiever and also new mom
🎁 ENTER THE HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY → https://www.andreabarr.com/giveaway [HOLIDAY BEST OF SERIES] This week's Throwback Thursday features one of your most-loved…
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110. 4 Kids by 27, Broadway by 50: Life is Long Enough to Reinvent with Jennifer Manocherian
What happens when you have four kids by age 27, right as the women's movement is taking off? Jennifer Manocherian's story reads like several lifetimes woven…
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109. From Federal Leadership to Starting Over: Career Pivot at 40 with Yaa-Hemaa Obiri-Yeboah
What does it take to walk away from 19 years of federal leadership to start completely over? Yaa-Hemaa Obiri-Yeboah shares her remarkable journey from…
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108. Figuring out your legal rights at work (before you need them) with Erin Brandt
108. Figuring out your legal rights at work (before you need them) with Erin Brandt Sometimes you get a sinking feeling when you’re handed a new job offer…
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107. Nonprofit work, co-parenting, and career pivots with Amanda Sayfy
Ep. 107: How to navigate work-life transitions with grace Join the 2025 Success Luncheon in Vancouver on Nov. 25, 2025 This one’s for the parents at a…
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106. Looking to reinvent yourself as a working mom?!
Ep. 106: Figuring out how to shake things up for the last quarter and into 2026 ALL FIGURED OUT EVENTS: Online & IRL This week, I'm on a solo dive into what it…
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105. How one mom turned heartbreak into healing for others with Angel Leung of Baby Bean Consulting
Ep. 105: Figuring out how to harness your story and loss to build a business Today’s episode is a special, off-schedule release in honour of Pregnancy and…
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104. Simplify your kid-friendly weeknight dinners with Madison Wetherill
Ep. 104: Figuring out how to feed your family without losing your sanity If the fridge is empty (again) and you’re spiralling about being a “real” adult - this…
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103. How to stop spiralling and take action when you’re overwhelmed with Joanna Brewster
Ep. 103: Figuring out how to get un-triggered What happens when your career is thriving, your life looks good on paper… and then everything changes? In this…
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102. Simple hosting tricks, human connection, and starting before you’re “ready” with Emily Shimwell
Ep. 102: Figuring out the WILDER and family-friendly way to host & start something from scratch FULL SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS Watch this conversation on YouTube…