If you could make your own dreams come true, would you do it?
When I was 10 years old, I was given a dream job working for Radio Disney. I hosted a national talk show called Kasey’s Korner interviewing celebrities like Britney Spears, Destiny’s Child, and 98 Degrees. It was this experience that paved the way for me to pursue Journalism School even though I was told by my news professor that my look was “better suited” for behind the camera.
Through out this journey I was weighed down by never-ending criticism and my own insecurities. I wanted to be the girl on the red carpet for Entertainment Tonight or everyone’s favorite afternoon talk show host, but I didn’t see anyone who looked like me doing it, so I set out to be the role model I wish I had.
In 2021, I decided to dig up that dream of hosting my own talk show and make it happen for myself. Thanks to social media and audio streaming, I no longer had the excuses that had held me back for so long. That dream has been re-born as a weekly podcast called “Millennial Mom” where I host as I hold conversations with experts and influencers around parenting, body image, and women's health issues to serve as the ultimate resource for millennial moms so they can overcome the overwhelm of everyday life with confidence, humor and style.
The ultimate resource for millennial moms.
New episodes of “Millennial Mom” premiere each week on multiple podcast platforms including Apple, Google and Spotify.
What is a Millennial Mom?
To me, being a millennial mom means being able to bridge that gap between the traditional parenting that the Boomers instilled in us and set an example for the next generation, allowing them to take different approaches and adapt their own style of parenting.
We also are a generation of moms who are doing this parenting thing with less support than generations before us. Think about it — there are more single moms, uncoupled couples, working parents and a number of other newly defined circumstances. Also, in prior years generations of families often lived in the same town, if not the same house so there was more access to unpaid childcare, guidance and examples of what to do throughout our community.
We are now flying the nest for college in other states, traveling abroad or relocating for job opportunities, so we are being forced to figure this all out without the extended support system our parents had. .
I also believe that since we were the first generation to experience social media, we've developed a dangerous "comparative narrative”. We are so used to seeing everyone's highlight reel or the carefully curated content that our peers put up on social media, we feel the constant need to compete or compare with things that aren't real.
My goal as a Millennial Mom is to shift that mindset and give women permission to be more than "just a mom". I want them to have the audacity to go after any dreams and passions they dare to pursue. I hope to build a community of strong, empowered, supported women who want to see each other succeed and raise kind humans who will hopefully do the same.