The Hardest Job Ever
Purvi Vyas and Karen Desai
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S5E7 Did Motherhood Change My Ambition or My Boundaries?
Season 5, Episode 7: It's the Season 5 finale of The Hardest Job Ever, and we're together in San Francisco taking an honest look at everything this season taught us about ambition, "balance," and…
S5E6 Ambition Didn’t Get Smaller After Kids, featuring Sahana Carlsen
Season 5, Ep 6: We sit down IRL in San Francisco with Sahana Carlsen, an engineering manager at a fast-growing AI company, content creator, and mom to an 18-month-old, for one of the most honest…
S5E5 Who Am I Outside of My Career? And as a Mom? with Avani Modi Sarkar of Modi Toys
Season 5, Episode 5: What happens to your identity when your job, your title, or your career disappears, and all that's left is "mom"?In this episode, we sit down with Avani Modi Sarkar, co-founder…
S5E4 Why Does It Feel Like I Carry Everything for Our Family?
Season 5, Episode 4: He saved her postpartum. Now she's carrying the mental load alone. An anonymous listener wrote in with a question we couldn't stop thinking about: how do you hold both truths,…
S5E3 Why Does It Hurt When My Child Prefers the Nanny?
Season 5, Episode 3: Working Mom Guilt, Childcare Attachment & When Your Child Prefers the NannyWhat happens when your childcare setup works, but emotionally, it feels harder than expected?In…
S5E2 Who Am I Now? Motherhood, Identity & the Era of Becoming
Season 5, Episode 2: Looking through old photos can make you pause.Not because you regret motherhood, but because you start wondering: Who am I now?In this episode, we unpack a question one of our…
S5E1 Redefining Ambition: Dr. Mona on Work, Motherhood, and Identity
Season 5, Episode 1: We keep hearing about an “ambition gap.” That women don’t want the promotion anymore. That we’re opting out.But what if it’s not a lack of ambition? What if it’s a lack of…
S4E9 The System Is Failing Working Moms (And We’re Done Pretending It’s Fine)
Season 4, Episode 9: We grew up believing ambition was linear - get the title, get the promotion, get the praise. But motherhood has a way of cracking that open. Suddenly the things we were taught to…
S4E8 Postpartum Care in the U.S. Is Broken. Let’s Talk About It
Season 4, Episode 8: The first eight weeks after birth are supposed to be a blur of baby snuggles and sleepy smiles, but for most of us, it’s survival mode. Between recovery, round-the-clock feeding,…
S4E7 Raising Boys Without the Box: Gender, Identity & the New Masculinity with @Payalforstyle
Season 4, Episode 6: POV: You’re a mom raising boys in 2025, and unlearning everything you were taught about what it means to be a “good man.”In this episode, we sit down with @payalforstyle to talk…
S4E7 Keeping Culture Alive (When You’re Exhausted and Living in Two Worlds)
Season 4, Episode 5: What does it really mean to raise kids between two cultures? In this episode of The Hardest Job Ever, we unpack the mental load of being first-gen South Asian moms in America,…
S4E5 Modern Diwali: Rewriting Traditions for Our Kids (and Ourselves)
Diwali as kids meant different things for each of us: Karen had choreographed dances, Bollywood karaoke, and back-to-back parties. Purvi had home pujas, temple visits, and learning family recipes.…
S4E4 Why Can’t Our Girls Be Loud and Our Boys Be Soft?
Season 4, Episode 4: Before our babies can even talk, the world decides who they are. In this episode, we unpack all the sneaky (and not-so-sneaky) ways gender stereotypes creep in, from pink unicorn…
S4E3 Style, Confidence & Gender: Redefining Motherhood with Tika (@tikabobika)
Motherhood has a way of making you feel like you’ve lost yourself; your time, your style, even your identity. But what if embracing fashion, confidence, and joy could actually help you feel more like…
S4E2 But I Wanted a Girl: Talking Gender Disappointment
Season 4, Episode 2: Finding out your baby’s gender is supposed to be a joyful, magical moment. But what if it isn’t? What if instead of excitement, you feel a wave of disappointment, guilt, or even…
S4E1 One-Year-Olds, Two-Year-Olds, and Too Much Going On
Season 4, Episode 1: We’re back! And with life updates that range from total poopsicles to sweet popsicles. From potty training fails to toddler birthday chaos, we’re catching you up on what…
S3E4 Food Allergies & Mom Guilt: Real Talk with Dr. Farah Khan (@farah.khan.md)
Season 3, Episode 4: Baby food allergies, eczema, and starting solids can feel overwhelming, especially when mom guilt and family opinions get added to the mix. In this episode, we sit down with…
S3E6 Cultural & Generational Beliefs around Movement
Season 3, Episode 6: In South Asian families, “healthy” usually meant “chubby," and strength or movement were barely part of the conversation. Now as moms, we’re unlearning those generational myths…
S3E5 Tiny Bodies, Big Moves: Baby Development & Movement Myths with Shivani Rami
Season 3, Episode 5: Is my baby behind? Should they be rolling, crawling, walking by now? Or are they just taking their sweet time? The comparison game can feel endless and Instagram doesn’t help.In…
S3E3 Let Them Sleep (and You Too): Rinie Gupta on Baby Sleep, Culture & Sanity
Season 3, Episode 3: Sleep training feels like one of the most guilt-filled, opinion-loaded parts of parenting, especially in South Asian families where “just feed them more” is everyone’s go-to…
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