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The Breadwinners Podcast | Pilot Episode | Nobody Is Doing It All, with Kim Chappell (Chief Brand Officer, Bobbie)

“You’re not hitting your skincare routine, being a great mom, crushing it at your job, putting dinner on the table, and having sex with your husband in 24 hours every day,” says Kim Chappell, the chief brand officer at Bobbie. “Nobody is. That’s not happening.”

On our first episode of The Breadwinners Podcast, Alexis Contos talks with Kim about the inaugural “breadwinner dinner” at SXSW, returning to work and navigating guilt after maternity leave, and what’s next after “girlboss” culture.

In the third era of working families, where success isn’t about perfection but about defining your own boundaries, what does it mean to be a breadwinner? Kim explains why the future belongs to women who refuse to choose between career and family.

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Alexis Contos is a multi-hyphenate Breadwinner mother herself who created that first SXSW dinner that sparked a movement.

As someone living the reality of financially leading her family while being deeply present for them - and wearing multiple other hyphens in the process - Alexis recognized the need for a platform that celebrates rather than apologizes for women's multi-dimensional ambition.

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