The Millionaire Mother

Feeling exhausted, anxious, depleted, or simply not like yourself isn't something you have to accept as the price of motherhood or getting older. Dr. Corina Dunlap has spent more than a decade helping women understand what's actually happening inside their bodies and why "this is just my new normal" deserves to be questioned.
Cait and Dr. Dunlap unpack the hormones every woman should understand and how they shift through the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, and beyond. They explore why support is a physiological need, not a luxury, the simple foundations that can make a meaningful difference in how women feel, and the three hormone personality types Dr. Dunlap sees repeatedly in her work: the Caretaker, Achiever, and Survivor.
Key Takeaways
• Why feeling worse after motherhood or as you age doesn't automatically have to become your "new normal" (10:57)
• The five key hormones every woman should understand and how they influence energy, mood, sleep, strength, and more (19:35)
• What actually happens to estrogen and progesterone throughout your cycle, pregnancy, and postpartum (28:20)
• Why postpartum support, nourishment, sleep, and replenishment are physiological needs and not indulgences (32:36)
• The Caretaker, Achiever, and Survivor hormone types and how each pattern can either support or deplete your health (42:48)
About Dr. Corina Dunlap
Dr. Corina Dunlap is a licensed naturopathic doctor, medical researcher, and leading expert in women's hormonal health. She is the founder of Naturopathic by Design®, a women's health clinic serving thousands of patients nationwide, and Aligned by Design®, her supplement line supporting women's hormonal health. Her work bridges evidence-based research with root-cause, whole-body care.
Website: https://drcorinadunlap.com/
Naturopathic by Design®: https://www.naturopathicbydesign.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drcorinadunlap/
Resources Mentioned
Hormone Powered: https://drcorinadunlap.com/hormonepowered/
Hormone Type Assessment: https://drcorinadunlap.com/assessment/
Top Lab Guide: https://www.naturopathicbydesign.com/newsletter-signup
Aligned by Design® Supplements: https://shopalignedbydesign.com/
The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson: https://kimberlyannjohnson.com/the-fourth-trimester/
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What if your most powerful business growth strategy isn't another funnel, ad campaign, or complicated social media plan but the relationships you're building along the way?
In this episode of The Millionaire Mother Podcast, Cait sits down with Kristina Bartold-Sartoga, co-founder and CEO of The Social Snippet and High Vibe Women, for an honest conversation about building a seven-figure business through community, organic marketing, in-person events, and genuine connection.
Cait and Kristina also explore the reality of playing the long game in business. Kristina opens up about navigating slower seasons, celebrating every win, continuing to show up when it would be easier to withdraw, and planting relational seeds without gripping tightly to an immediate return.
Tune in to hear:
How Kristina built a seven-figure business without paid ads

Why community building is a powerful organic marketing strategy

How to choose networking events based on potential ROI and personal strengths

Why smaller, more intimate rooms often create deeper business connections

How to network with generosity instead of immediately trying to sell

Why consistent follow-up matters more than collecting contacts

How to stay visible during difficult or uncertain business seasons

Why celebrating small wins can change what you notice and pursue

How motherhood helped Kristina become more discerning with her capacity

The questions she now asks before saying yes to an opportunity

Why wanting to work after having a baby does not make a woman less devoted to motherhood

How Kristina is building a business and family life that allow her to want both

What makes an in-person event feel thoughtful, valuable, and worth returning to

Connect with Kristina:
Grab Your Ticket to the October 2026 High Vide Women Conference: https://www.highvibewomen.ca/october-2026-event 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristina.bartold/
The Social Snippet: https://www.instagram.com/thesocialsnippet/
High Vibe Women: https://www.instagram.com/highvibe.women/ 
 
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What if you stopped waiting to have the energy you need and learned how to create it on demand?
In this episode, Cait explores the practices, rituals, and inputs that influence the energy you bring into your life and business. Just as different foods fuel different bodies differently, the practices that make one person feel energized, clear, and powerful might do absolutely nothing for someone else.
Cait shares why your "energy diet" is deeply personal, how to experiment with practices that shift your energetic state, and why consistently returning to what works for you can ultimately change your behaviors and your outcomes.
In this episode, you'll hear:
Why your physical energy and energetic inputs are more connected than you might realize

What it means to create energy on demand

Why there is no one-size-fits-all morning routine or energy practice

How to identify the practices that genuinely light you up and create momentum

Why copying someone else's routine can actually disconnect you from what works for you

The power of creating your own "pre-game ritual" for life and business

How turning an energy-generating practice into a habit can begin to shift your behavior and results

 
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What happens when your relationship looks connected from the outside… but doesn't actually feel connected anymore?
In this episode, Cait sits down with elite relationship specialist Jessica Waclawski for a powerful conversation about intimacy, emotional connection, resentment, motherhood, and what really causes high-performing couples to drift apart.
Jessica challenges the idea that struggling relationships simply need better communication. In her experience, many high-achieving couples are actually incredibly good at communicating, but they've learned how to perform connection rather than truly experience it.
If your relationship has quietly slipped to the bottom of the priority list while you build the business, raise the kids, manage the calendar, and hold everything together, this conversation will give you a completely different way to think about connection.
In this episode, you'll hear:
Why communication may not actually be the problem in your relationship

What it means to "perform connection" versus genuinely experiencing intimacy

Why high-performing women can struggle to identify what they actually feel and need

How achievement and productivity can become forms of emotional protection

Why both partners can be trying to connect while unintentionally pushing each other further apart

Why curiosity can be one of the simplest doorways back into connection

How small moments of presence, touch, and genuine attention can create more intimacy

Why emotional presence can be incredibly powerful for attraction and sex

The hidden emotional longing Jessica sees in many men

How childhood experiences influence the way we give and receive connection as adults

What resentment, anger, and defensiveness may actually be pointing toward

The question Jessica recommends asking more often to create deeper connection with your partner and yourself

 
Connect with Jessica:
Website: https://www.jessicawaclawski.com/ 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessica.waclawski 
Substack: https://jessicawaclawski.substack.com/ 
 
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What if the fastest way to change what you're creating isn't to obsess over the goal, but to change the decisions you're making right now?
We spend so much time thinking about the revenue number, the clients, the visibility, the recognition, or the external result we want to call in. But in this Golden Nugget, Cait invites you to look underneath the goal and ask a more powerful question: Are the decisions you're making today congruent with the woman you say you're becoming?
In this episode, you'll hear:
Why your goals and external metrics aren't actually the starting point

The difference between claiming what you want and embodying it now

How your everyday decisions reveal what you truly believe is possible

Why thought leadership is rooted in becoming the living expression of what you teach

Where indecision may be showing up in the clients, opportunities, or growth you're attracting

What changes when you stop waiting for perfect conditions and decide to go first

Why bold decisions impact not only your business, but your clients, community, children, and lineage

How self-trust can become the internal rubric you use to make your next move

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