You can love your life and family and feel grateful for what you have - and still want more. In this episode, Emily sits down with life and mindset coach Zahra Premji to talk about what happens when the life you’ve built no longer feels as fulfilling as you thought it would. After experiencing burnout and realizing she had spent years ignoring the voice telling her she wanted something different, Zahra made a major career pivot and began learning what it meant to create a life that didn’t just look good, but actually felt good too.

Together, Emily and Zahra explore why so many women lose touch with what they want while caring for everyone else, the guilt that can surface when you admit you’re dissatisfied, and why wanting more doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful for what you already have.

They also talk about why fulfillment doesn’t necessarily require blowing up your life or making a massive change. Sometimes, reconnecting with yourself starts by creating a little space to listen, questioning the stories that have kept you stuck, and taking one small step toward something you want.

In this conversation, you’ll hear about:

• Why it’s so easy to lose yourself in your roles and responsibilities
• The connection between feeling unfulfilled, resentment, overwhelm, and burnout
• How to start figuring out what you actually want
• Why your brain may try to talk you out of making a change
• The internal shifts that can make external changes easier
• The power of saying yes to yourself more often

If you’ve found yourself wanting more and feeling bad about it, this conversation is an invitation to stop treating that desire like a problem and start getting curious about what it might be telling you.

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Instagram: @zahrapremjicoaching

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If you’re a mom with ADHD, keeping up with work, kids, schedules, household tasks, and your own needs can sometimes feel like pure chaos. In this episode, Emily shares five things that have genuinely made her life easier as a mom with ADHD.

After being diagnosed with ADHD in her late 20s, Emily has spent years learning how to work with her brain instead of constantly fighting against it. That has meant experimenting with planning systems, creating more visible organization at home, finding the right balance between structure and flexibility, talking things through when she feels stuck, and making everyday tasks more enjoyable.

She also gets into one of the biggest shifts of all: self-acceptance. Instead of asking, “What’s wrong with me?” she’s learning to ask, “How can I make this work for me?”

ADHD or not, if you've felt overwhelmed by everything motherhood asks you to juggle, this conversation offers ideas for creating systems that work better for you.

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Does your child’s success ever feel like a reflection of whether you’re doing a “good enough” job as a mom? Motherhood can bring our own childhood experiences, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and need for external validation to the surface, sometimes without us even realizing it.

In this episode, Emily talks with Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Anuja Khadka about self-worth in motherhood, inner child healing, mom guilt, social media comparison, and what can happen when we tie our identity as mothers to our children’s outcomes.

Anuja shares how she recognized this pattern in her own motherhood journey and explains why a child’s milestones, achievements, and struggles aren’t a report card on a mother’s worth. They also dig into how your own childhood wounds can show up in parenting: a toddler’s tantrum, your child’s school experience, or even a seemingly small everyday moment can sometimes trigger an emotional response that feels much bigger than the situation itself. Anuja explains why noticing those reactions can offer an opportunity to get curious about what’s underneath them.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:
• Why moms can tie their self-worth to their children’s achievements
• The difference between responsibility and control in motherhood
• How childhood experiences can shape our need for external validation
• Social media comparison and the pressure of the “perfect mom”
• Moving from external validation toward internal validation
• Reclaiming your identity beyond the role of mom

🔗 Connect with Anuja:

Instagram: @thatbrowngirltherapist
Website: www.therapycocoon.com

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Motherhood can be beautiful, meaningful, exhausting, messy, overwhelming, and funny, sometimes all at once. So why does social media make it look like everyone else has it figured out? Emily Feret, mom, influencer, and author of Normalizing Normal: Motherhood Without the Filter, joins Emily to talk about taking the shame out of the parts of motherhood we’re often afraid to admit out loud.

Emily shares how becoming a mom challenged the version of motherhood she thought she was supposed to live up to, and how showing the messy, imperfect parts of her life online helped millions of other women feel less alone. From messy homes and mom guilt to mental health, identity, and the pressure to get motherhood “right,” this conversation is a reminder that struggling doesn’t mean you’re failing.

Emily also opens up about building confidence through vulnerability, learning to tune out criticism online, pursuing big dreams, and why mothers are allowed to invest time and energy into themselves without guilt.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• What “normalizing normal” really means and how the movement began
• The impact social media’s motherhood highlight reel can have on how we see ourselves
• Why a messy home isn’t a reflection of your worth, work ethic, or ability as a mom
• Using humor to take some of the shame and seriousness out of motherhood
• Mom guilt, mental health, ADHD, and learning to talk openly about the hard things
• Embracing the mom you are instead of chasing the mom you thought you would be
• Giving yourself permission to have hobbies, pursue dreams, and experience joy simply because you enjoy it

This episode is for every mom whose life doesn't look perfect. Tune in, and feel a little less alone in your messiness!

🔗 Connect with Emily Feret:

Instagram: @emilyjeanneferet
TikTok: @emilyjeanne333
Book: Normalizing Normal: Motherhood Without the Filter

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In the aftermath of divorce, there is a lot of newness to navigate. What does life look like as a single parent? How do I parent through grief and rebuilding? And who even am I in this new season of life and parenthood?

In this solo episode, Emily shares how learning to read tarot and establishing a consistent tarot practice has helped her reconnect with herself post-divorce. From becoming a tool for self-reflection to creating opportunities for connection, learning, and fun, Emily explores the potential benefits of tarot for all moms at any stage, but particularly those going through or rebuilding after a divorce.

Whether you've considered creating a tarot practice in your own life before or not, this episode will help you see how tarot can help you reconnect with yourself outside of your role as a mother.

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Divorce is often framed as a failure or loss. But for many, it can be a profound opportunity to intentionally reset and purposefully decide what's next. In this episode of The Sparkle Project, Emily sits down with divorce recovery coach Leah Marie Mazur to explore how divorce and other major life transitions can become opportunities to reconnect with yourself, rebuild self-trust, and create a life that feels more aligned with who you are now.

Drawing from her own experience with divorce and the women she supports through divorce recovery, Leah shares how self-abandonment can quietly show up through people pleasing, ignored boundaries, and constantly looking outside yourself for answers. She and Emily talk about what changes when you begin checking in with yourself again and why rebuilding doesn’t require transforming your entire life overnight.

They also explore the unique experience of navigating divorce as a mom, including how to make room for your own emotions while supporting your children and why kids may benefit more from seeing healthy ways of navigating adversity than from seeing a parent who appears to have everything together.

In this conversation, you’ll hear about:

• How people pleasing can disconnect you from your own wants and needs
• Why keeping small promises to yourself can rebuild self-trust
• Reframing divorce as an opportunity to reflect, reset, and make different choices
• Rediscovering your interests and identity after years of prioritizing everyone else
• How hobbies, new experiences, and community can support your confidence
• Caring for your emotional well-being while parenting through divorce

If you’re navigating divorce, starting over after another major life transition, or simply realizing you’ve lost touch with yourself somewhere along the way, this episode is an invitation to ask a new question: What do I want my life to look like from here?

🔗 Connect with Leah Marie Mazur:

Instagram: @mindfullyready
TikTok: @mindfullyready
Website: www.mindfullyready.com

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Becoming a mom changes more than your daily routine. For many, it changes how you see your relationships, your priorities, your career, and even yourself. In this episode, Emily talks with Yasmin Kaderali, author of Mom Your Way: Judgment-Free Wisdom to Empower New Moms and former CEO of Mommy’s Bliss, about identity changes, career shifts, and the expectations women face both at home and in the workplace after having children.

Yasmin entered motherhood with a unique perspective: she was already the CEO of a baby and mom brand, and her own mom was a doula and lactation consultant. But actually becoming a mother forced her to confront her own expectations about what a “good mom” should look like. Together, Yasmin and Emily talk about letting go of motherhood “shoulds,” trusting your own parenting choices, and accepting that there isn’t one version of yourself you have to become once you’re a mom.

Then the conversation turns to motherhood and career. Yasmin challenges the way we talk about “working moms” while rarely having the same conversations about working dads. She shares what she learned supporting parents as a CEO, why family-friendly workplace policies matter, and why meaningful change has to become part of company culture, not simply another HR policy.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• The identity shift that can happen when you become a mom
• Letting go of the “shoulds” and the idea of the perfect or “good” mom
• Why your version of motherhood doesn’t have to look consistent
• Why working moms are still treated differently than working dads
• How workplaces can better support moms, dads, and families
• How motherhood can bring valuable new perspectives and skills into the workplace

Tune in to hear a candid conversation about what it looks like to navigate working motherhood in a world that expects moms to look and act a certain way.

🔗 Connect with Yasmin:

Instagram: @momyourwayyasmink
Website: www.mommysbliss.com
Yasmin's Book: Mom Your Way: Judgment-Free Wisdom to Empower New Moms

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Mean girl culture doesn’t necessarily end when we grow up. For many women, it just follows us into motherhood. As the kids head back to school, Emily sits down with clinical psychologist Dr. Noëlle Santorelli to unpack mean girl mom culture and the relational aggression that can show up in adult female friendships, mom groups, school communities, youth sports, and even group chats.

The episode explores why modern motherhood can feel so competitive, how social media and intensive mothering contribute to the pressure to perform, and why our need for belonging can sometimes bring out behaviors we don’t recognize in ourselves. Dr. Noëlle also shares practical ways to recognize patterns of relational aggression, decide when a friendship needs stronger boundaries, and protect your peace without automatically walking away from your community.

The episode discusses:

• What mean girl behavior can look like in motherhood
• How competition, scarcity, and belonging influence mom friendships
• The connection between social media and performative motherhood
• Signs that a mom group or friendship may be affecting your mental health
• Strategic distancing versus ending a friendship
• How to avoid contributing to toxic mom group dynamics

This episode is for every mom out there navigating her own sense of belonging while raising kids. Tune in, and don't forget to leave a 5-star rating and review wherever you listen!

🔗 Connect with Dr. Noëlle Santorelli:

Instagram: @drnoellesantorelli
TikTok: @drnoellesantorelli
Website: www.drnoellesantorelli.com

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