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Mama Making Podcast
The Mama Making Podcast is a space for moms making impact - in their communities, in their work, and in the everyday spaces that shape the world.
Hosted by Jessica Lamb, this show features honest conversations with women building, leading, creating, and mothering in ways that ripple outward. Each week brings a mix of solo reflections, expert interviews, and real stories from moms navigating growth in every season — from pregnancy and postpartum to leadership, entrepreneurship, advocacy, and beyond.
Because motherhood doesn’t pause growth. It often reshapes it.
Mama Making Podcast
Jessica Lamb | I Never Meant To Start A Business: The Real Behind the Scenes of Building a Business in Motherhood
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Sometimes the universe pushes you before you're ready.
In this solo episode, Jessica gets honest about her business ownership journey — from a career she loved in nonprofit fundraising, to a corporate pivot, to an unexpected layoff that became the unlikely catalyst for everything. She talks about the messy middle of entrepreneurial growth, the imposter syndrome that comes with it, the therapy session that reframed everything, and what it really feels like to be a mom, a business owner, and a podcaster all at once — when none of it was exactly the plan. This one is for every woman who's figuring it out in real time.
MAIN TOPICS COVERED
- Jessica's background in nonprofit fundraising and why she walked away
- The pivot to project management and how it created space for the podcast
- Getting laid off — and why it was the push she didn't know she needed
- Starting Collabs Creative with her collaborator Maria
- Going from freelance side projects to full-on entrepreneurship
- The overwhelming reality of an unexpected growth phase
- Imposter syndrome, identity shifts, and the feeling of failing at everything
- What her therapist said that reframed it all
- Comparing the entrepreneurial growth phase to the first year of motherhood
- Trusting your gut, choosing alignment, and leading by example
- What's coming next: a new podcast season focused on women making impact
RESOURCES MENTIONED
- Collabs Creative (Jessica's business) — collabscreative.com
- The Mama Making Podcast — themamamakingpodcast.com
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- Podcast website: themamamakingpodcast.com
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- Join the newsletter: themamamakingpodcast.com
This episode is sponsored by Collabs Creative - a boutique digital marketing company helping small business owners and creatives tell their story.
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