The Mothers
Podcast Description
Do you ever marvel at women seemingly crushing life – building businesses, leading congress, writing best sellers, dropping hit albums, winning gold medals – then learn they also have children and think Wait, how the f*ck are they doing this? And how are they, really? // Sara Brown and Veronica Wolanin are many things and also mothers – on their own journeys to “do it all” while redefining what it means to “have it all.” Join them in funny, vulnerable, true conversations with The Mothers among us as they reflect on their lives, identity & purpose through the lens of motherhood.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes such as the balance of motherhood with personal ambitions, identity, and purpose, with episode highlights including discussions on the portrayal of mothers in the show Shrinking, personal journeys of women like Seo Yun Yang, and reflections on the musical Peter Pan related to maternal figures.
Sara Brown sits down with the people shaping our world — extraordinary leaders, creators, and thinkers — to explore how their identity, purpose, and ambition evolve alongside career and motherhood.
These conversations invite you to get curious about who you are, what you want, and why you want it — and leave you inspired to build a life that honors those answers.
Raw, smart, and deeply human, The Mothers blends the emotional honesty of We Can Do Hard Things, the practical wisdom of Mel Robbins, and the intellectual depth of Brené Brown.
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Yvonne Wassenaar has led billion-dollar companies, sat on world-class boards, and raised three kids — all while navigating immense personal loss. After losing her partner to cancer, she chose to have their children anyway and built a career that would redefine leadership in Silicon Valley.
In this episode, Yvonne opens up about the traumas that shaped her, how she learned to turn fear into fuel, and why she stopped trying to be perfect — choosing instead to be emotionally present.
In this conversation:
💼 From Accenture to VMware, CIO at New Relic, CEO at Airware & Puppet — now on boards at Rubrik, Arista, JFrog + more
💔 Losing her partner and becoming a single mom of three
🧠 The feedback that changed her life: “You’re fear-driven — and that’s okay.”
🫶 Learning to trade perfection for presence
😏 What high-powered women’s lives really look like on the inside
🎧 Follow The Mothers for more interviews with the extraordinary leaders, creators, and thinkers shaping our world about how their identity, purpose and ambition have evolved alongside career and motherhood. Raw, smart, and deeply human, these conversations help us all get closer to who we really are and what we really want.
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The Mothers is a production of Backline Media.
Theme song “Out of My Head” by Letra is licensed by Artlist. License number FG1oIe.
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