Hosted by Purvi Vyas and Karen Desai · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 28 episodes
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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.
Purvi Vyas and Karen Desai hosts The Hardest Job Ever, a kids show with 28 episodes published.
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 o
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"? In this episode, we sit down with Avani Modi Sarkar, co-founder of Modi Toys, to talk
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 showe
Season 5, Episode 3: Working Mom Guilt, Childcare Attachment & When Your Child Prefers the Nanny What happens when your childcare setup works, but emotionally, it feels harder than expected? In this episode, we unpack wo
Season 5, Episode 2: Looking through old photos can make you pause. Not because you regret motherhood, but because you start wondering: Who am I now? In this episode, we unpack a question one of our listeners asked: Do y
Season 5, Episode 1: We keep hearing about an “ambition gap.” That women don’t want the promotion anymore. That we’re opting out. But what if it’s not a lack of ambition? What if it’s a lack of support? To kick off Seaso
Season 4, Episode 9: We grew up believing ambition was linear - get the title, get the promotion, get the praise. But motherhood has a way of cracking that open. Suddenly the things we were taught to chase don’t fit the
Season 4, Episode 8: The first eight weeks after birth are supposed to be a blur of baby snuggles and sleepy smiles, but for most of us, it’s survival mode. Between recovery, round-the-clock feeding, and the loneliness t
Season 4, Episode 6: POV: You’re a mom raising boys in 2025, and unlearning everything you were taught about what it means to be a “good man.” In this episode, we sit down with @payalforstyle to talk about what it really
Season 4, Episode 5: What does it really mean to raise kids between two cultures? In this episode of The Hardest Job Ever, we unpack the mental load of being first-gen South Asian moms in America, the guilt, pressure, an
Diwali as kids meant different things for each of us: Karen had choreographed dances, Bollywood karaoke, and back-to-back parties. Purvi had home pujas, temple visits, and learning family recipes. Fast forward to now, an
Season 4, Episode 4: Before our babies can even talk, the world decides who they are. In this episode, we unpack all the sneaky (and not-so-sneaky) ways gender stereotypes creep in, from pink unicorn onesies and bow pres
Motherhood has a way of making you feel like you’ve lost yourself; your time, your style, even your identity. But what if embracing fashion, confidence, and joy could actually help you feel more like you again? In this e
Season 4, Episode 2: Finding out your baby’s gender is supposed to be a joyful, magical moment. But what if it isn’t? What if instead of excitement, you feel a wave of disappointment, guilt, or even anger? You’re not alo
Season 4, Episode 1: We’re back! And with life updates that range from total poopsicles to sweet popsicles. From potty training fails to toddler birthday chaos, we’re catching you up on what motherhood has really looked
Season 3, Episode 4: Baby food allergies, eczema, and starting solids can feel overwhelming, especially when mom guilt and family opinions get added to the mix. In this episode, we sit down with allergist Dr. Farah Khan
Season 3, Episode 6: In South Asian families, “healthy” usually meant “chubby," and strength or movement were barely part of the conversation. Now as moms, we’re unlearning those generational myths and figuring out how t
Season 3, Episode 5: Is my baby behind? Should they be rolling, crawling, walking by now? Or are they just taking their sweet time? The comparison game can feel endless and Instagram doesn’t help. In this episode, we sit
Season 3, Episode 3: Sleep training feels like one of the most guilt-filled, opinion-loaded parts of parenting, especially in South Asian families where “just feed them more” is everyone’s go-to solution. Between night f
Season 3, Episode 2: You think you cracked the sleep code. Then the regression hits. And the daycare germs. And the teething. And suddenly you’re rocking a baby to Timber at 2am wondering how it all fell apart. In this e
Dr. Mona Amin
Board-Certified Pediatrician, IBCLC · Hospital-based healthcare professional
1 appearance on this show
Karen
tour guide · Company of Artisans
1 appearance on this show
Payal
author · Kansas City University
1 appearance on this show
Farah Khan
board certified allergist · Farmington Hills City Council
1 appearance on this show
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The Hardest Job Ever is hosted by Purvi Vyas and Karen Desai. The show is categorised under kids (family) and has published 28 episodes.
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