What if the real key to balancing leadership, motherhood, and personal fulfillment isn’t doing more, but showing up consistently for what matters most?

In this rerun episode of The New Modern Mom Podcast, host Barbara Mighdoll revisits a powerful conversation from 2024 with Jeanelle Teves, Chief Commercial Officer of Bugaboo, on how she integrates corporate leadership frameworks into everyday family life. Jeanelle offers a rare look at what it actually takes to lead at a high level while raising young children, without chasing perfection or burning out in the process.

This episode stands out for its practicality. Jeanelle shares the exact systems, routines, and mental models she uses to manage her energy, prioritize effectively, and stay present both at work and at home. From early-morning rituals to quarterly family planning, she demonstrates how small, intentional actions, done consistently, compound into meaningful progress. Her approach reframes balance as something you build through structure, communication, and support, not something you stumble into.

For ambitious moms who are capable, driven, and often stretched thin, this conversation offers grounded guidance and immediately usable tools. Jeanelle’s insights bridge the gap between corporate success and modern motherhood, proving that clarity, consistency, and community can coexist with growth.

In this episode, listeners will hear:

🌅 How Jeanelle structures her mornings to protect personal time, build resilience, and start each day grounded before her kids wake up

📅 Why quarterly planning works for family life, and how business tools like goal-setting and weekly reviews reduce household friction

🎯 A practical decision-making framework for prioritizing what matters most and staying present during family time

🤝 How to build a real support system, from dividing household labor to creating a trusted community of parents in similar stages

🔄 Why consistency is the real superpower, and how small, repeatable actions drive long-term success in both career and motherhood

Jeanelle’s journey is a reminder that fulfillment doesn’t come from doing everything, it comes from doing the right things, over and over again, with intention. This episode is packed with moments worth pausing, rewinding, and taking notes on.

This episode is perfect for moms searching for:

→ Practical ways to lead a demanding career while raising young children

→ A realistic approach to work-life integration (beyond the myth of balance)

→ Insight and perspective from a C-suite executive navigating motherhood

→ Systems and routines that reduce mental load at home and at work

→ Reassurance that consistency matters more than perfection

→ Thoughtful guidance on making career decisions as a parent

→ A path to sustained ambition without burnout or self-sacrifice

If you’ve ever felt like you’re constantly switching roles, executive, caregiver, partner, human, this conversation will remind you that your ability to adapt isn’t a weakness. It’s a skill. And when harnessed intentionally, it can become your greatest strength.

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About New Modern Mom: You know the dream of having it all – a thriving career, an active social life, present time with your kids, and adventures in travel. But how the F can we actually do it all? Host Barbara Mighdoll chats with other working mom executives on the raw truth behind their support systems, self-identity shifts, productivity, infertility and pregnancy loss, mom guilt, partner dynamics, childcare and even imposter syndrome. We’re exploring how these incredible women are translating their professional superpowers into their personal lives. Because we believe you can have it all, you just cannot do it all. Together, we’re building the playbook for the new modern mom.