The Hardest Job Ever

Welcome to The Hardest Job Ever! If you’re a mom trying to juggle literally everything—your career, your baby, your sanity—you’ve come to the right place. We’re here to have the real conversations—about the mom guilt, the mental load, and why our marriages now feel like business meetings. We’ll share the highs, the lows, and the WTF are we even doing? moments with a little humor (bc if we don’t laugh, we’ll definitely cry).This is your space, where you’re seen, supported, and reminded that you’re not in this alone. Let’s figure this motherhood thing out together.

The Hardest Job Ever is a kids podcast hosted by Purvi Vyas and Karen Desai, with 28 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Purvi Vyas and Karen Desai hosts The Hardest Job Ever, a kids show with 28 episodes published.

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  Episode #6

  Ambition Didn’t Get Smaller After Kids, featuring Sahana Carlsen

  May 27, 202639 minS5

  <p>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 conversations we've had on the show. Sahana just started a high-intensity new job six weeks ago. She's in the office more, traveling more, and figuring it all out in real time.</p><p>We get into all of it: the "default parent" negotiation, setting boundaries without guilt, managing resentment in your marriage, and why your definition of success, not your ambition, is what actually changes after...

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  Episode #5

  Who Am I Outside of My Career? And as a Mom? with Avani Modi Sarkar of Modi Toys

  May 13, 202641 minS5

  <p>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"?</p><p>In this episode, we sit down with Avani Modi Sarkar, co-founder of Modi Toys, to talk about her journey, going from corporate marketing to wife, mom, and entrepreneur in the span of a year, building Modi Toys into a beloved South Asian children's brand, and now stepping back to sit in the in-between and figure out what's next.</p><p>We get into:</p>Avani's path from corporate America to founding Modi ToysLosing yourself after...

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  Episode #4

  Why Does It Feel Like I Carry Everything for Our Family?

  Apr 29, 202643 minS5

  <p>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, that your partner showed up in your darkest moment after the baby, and isn't showing up the way you need now?</p><p>This week we sit inside the default parent trap. The version where you're keeping score in your head at 9pm, where "he'll help if I ask" still leaves you carrying everything, and where the partner who pulled you out of postpartum depression two years...

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  Episode #3

  Why Does It Hurt When My Child Prefers the Nanny?

  Apr 1, 202634 minS5

  <p>Season 5, Episode 3: Working Mom Guilt, Childcare Attachment & When Your Child Prefers the Nanny</p><p>What happens when your childcare setup works, but emotionally, it feels harder than expected?</p><p>In this episode, we unpack working mom guilt, childcare attachment, and the complex emotions that come with raising kids while relying on a nanny, daycare, or caregiver. Why does it feel like rejection when your child prefers someone else, even when you know they’re safe and loved?</p><p>We break down the psychology behind toddler attachment vs. preference, and why this is a common experience for wo...

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  Episode #2

  Who Am I Now? Motherhood, Identity & the Era of Becoming

  Mar 11, 202636 minS5

  <p>Season 5, Episode 2: Looking through old photos can make you pause.<br>Not because you regret motherhood, but because you start wondering: Who am I now?</p><p>In this episode, we unpack a question one of our listeners asked: Do you miss the version of yourself before kids? The answer isn’t as simple as yes or no.</p><p>In this episode, we talk about:</p><p>• Why motherhood can trigger an unexpected identity shift<br>• Losing spontaneity and autonomy, and why that feels so strange<br>• Karen’s journey navigating ambition, layoffs, and returning to work as a mom<br>•...

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