The Breadwinners Podcast

EP. 09 | Ali Tate Cutler on How Moms Actually Build Businesses

The Breadwinners Podcast

Show Notes

Ali Tate Cutler gets brutally honest about what nobody tells you: how to build a business while grieving the version of yourself you once were.

Less than 1% of guests on major business podcasts are mothers. The rest? Childless men teaching strategies that don't work when you're building while celebrating your own transformation as a working mom.

"Mothers don't grind, we create. We don't hustle, we flow."

Ali (former supermodel turned social media strategist) created a new framework: Mothers don't grind, we create. We don't hustle, we flow.

She shares the grieving process of losing her pre-mother self, what she misses, the paradox of freedom, how to create when your time is fractured, and what small business owners get wrong about social media.

What You'll Learn:

- How moms actually build businesses versus the traditional playbook

- The grief of losing your pre-mother self and why it's okay

- The paradox of choice after kids

- Creating (not grinding) with constant interruptions

- What's wrong with "hustle" advice for working parents

- Building visibility without burnout

- Honoring who you were while becoming who you are

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