939: A Conversation With My Mom About Time, Motherhood, and What Gets Passed Down

About this episode

Jenna Kutcher converses with her mother, Sue Shelerud, about motherhood, identity, and the lessons passed down through generations of women.

Every time my mom comes on the show, you ask me to bring her back. You want her wisdom and her perspective, the way she sees straight through to what actually matters… and today, we’re giving the people what they want! My mom, Sue Shelerud, is intelligent, fierce, persuasive, empathetic, and deeply respected. Over the years, she built her impact face to face in classrooms and living rooms and hospital hallways. She shaped people and held space and asked the hard questions that made them think differently. I realized that as I've gotten older, we need collectively to learn from women like her, the ones who led in different ways than we do, the ones whose platform looked different, but whose influence was undeniable. The ones who remind us that impact isn't about how loud you are, it's about how deeply you show up. So today we're talking about motherhood and identity, about the differences between her generation and mine, about what it means to be a safe space for people, about what gets passed down when you lead with presence and not performance. This powerful conversation is for me, it's for my daughters, it's for anyone trying to learn from the women who came before us, the ones…

People in this episode

Host: Jenna Kutcher

Guest: Sue Shelerud

Topics covered

• motherhood
• identity
• generational differences
• women's influence
• personal impact

Keywords

• motherhood
• identity
• women's influence
• generational wisdom
• personal impact

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