About Fran.

Creator Francheska Stone is the founder and host of 9 to 5 Mom with a Pod, a fast-growing media platform built for working moms and ambitious women navigating career growth, modern motherhood, financial confidence, and personal identity.

Before launching one of today’s most relatable working mom podcast platforms, Francheska spent over a decade as a litigation paralegal working inside major law firms. From the outside, she had built a stable and respected career. Inside, she was balancing long hours, rising professional pressure, motherhood, burnout, and the growing realization that stability alone was no longer enough. Like millions of working mothers, she felt torn between responsibility and reinvention.

That internal tension led to a powerful question that would ultimately shape her platform:

Can a woman honor stability and still want more from her life?

Francheska chose to build something different, a media-first brand rooted in reflection, and real-life growth. That decision gave birth to 9 to 5 Mom with a Pod, a working mom podcast and lifestyle media brand designed to spotlight the real stories behind career ambition, motherhood, money, and identity.

What 9 to 5 Mom with a Pod Creates

The heart of this working mom podcast is honest conversation. Francheska hosts weekly podcast episodes featuring:

• Solo diary-style episodes rooted in her real experiences as a working mom, entrepreneur, wife, and evolving woman

• Authentic stories from women navigating career pivots, burnout, financial shifts, identity transitions, and reinvention

• Strategic conversations with experts in productivity, money, wellness, and life systems

Beyond the podcast, Francheska also publishes a biweekly newsletter read by thousands of women seeking realistic hacks for the mental load of modern life. In addition, 9 to 5 Mom with a Pod hosts free monthly live community events where women gather in real time for honest conversations around life, work, and identity. These events serve as an extension of the working mom podcast, creating true connection beyond the screen.

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