Building Confidence in a Male-Dominated Industry with Annie Pratt

05/21/25 • 25 min

If you work in an industry where you feel like the only mom and maybe even the only woman, this week’s episode of the Mama Work It podcast is for you.

Mama Work It podcast guest Annie Pratt, a long-time leader in male-dominated tech companies is sharing her insights on how to build confidence at work, even when it feels like you don’t necessarily fit in with your coworkers. Her advice is helping lower the stats of women leaving tech roles due to lack of support and opportunities during seasons where the juggle of working mom life can feel downright impossible.

Here’s what you’ll get out of today’s episode:

How Annie shows up authentically and confidently as a tech executive while juggling daycare pickups and bedtime snuggles with her two toddlers.
Ways to challenge the norm at work if the environment isn’t family friendly to working parents
The importance of celebrating wins in relation to building confidence and how Annie does this in her own life

Here’s where you can connect with Annie after the show:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/annie-pratt-a6a8177a/

Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review if you loved this episode!
For more resources on juggling mom life, work life, wife life, fill in the blank life, head on over to www.mamaworkit.com and subscribe.

If you work in an industry where you feel like the only mom and maybe even the only woman, this week’s episode of the Mama Work It podcast is for you.

Here’s what you’ll get out of today’s episode:

How Annie shows up authentically and confidently as a tech executive while juggling daycare pickups and bedtime snuggles with her two toddlers.
Ways to challenge the norm at work if the environment isn’t family friendly to working parents
The importance of celebrating wins in relation to building confidence and how Annie does this in her own life

Here’s where you can connect with Annie after the show:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/annie-pratt-a6a8177a/

Previous Episode

Vulnerability in Motherhood

When you hear the word “Mom”, I imagine the word “vulnerable” doesn’t come to mind. No way! You’re glancing from left to right and fishing through your purse for sunscreen or water or a granola bar. There it is—half eaten, but still good.

As a mom, being vulnerable can feel like something we are very uncomfortable with. Plus, who has time for that?

And yet, vulnerability is what connects us the most. Vulnerability can form long lasting friendships. Vulnerability can be the key we need to get into a happier and less lonely mental space. Vulnerability, as taboo as it is, is the secret sauce for moms to thrive, not just survive the season of motherhood. Because doing the impossible shouldn’t be something we do masked in silence.

As a writer being the core of what I love to do, I wrote a vulnerable story I’m sharing with you this week on the podcast (and the blog). Whether you relate to the content of the story or not, I hope you feel empowered to share your vulnerability with the world too, because chances are it will connect you more than you ever imagined.

Different kind of episode this week—hope you enjoy!

Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review if you loved this episode!

For more resources on juggling mom life, work life, wife life, fill in the blank life, head on over to www.mamaworkit.com and subscribe.

To check out Marisa's books mentioned in today's episode:

Time MOMagement: How to Get the Time You Need to Do the Things You Want https://www.mamaworkit.com/timemomagementbook

Word to Your Mother: A Mama's Guide to Journal Today and Slay Tomorrow https://www.mamaworkit.com/wordtoyourmother

Biz MOMagement: The Working Mom's Guide to Go From Employee to Entrepreneur https://www.mamaworkit.com/bizmomagementbook

Boy Moms: Collective Tales of Mothers and Sons https://amzn.to/42tD1mk

Next Episode

Sharing Chores and Responsibilities at Home with Lori Sugarman-Li

Tired from the invisible labor you’re doing day in and day out? Feel like you carry a super heavy mental load around and can’t seem to lighten it, no matter how much you try? This episode of the Mama Work It podcast is for you!

Join the conversation this week with speaker, author and coach, Lori Sugarman-Li, as we talk about sharing chores and responsibilities at home so moms aren’t stressing out and burning out. Lori’s children’s book, Our Home, helps readers understand the way homes function and the meaning behind seemingly simple tasks and how they can take ownership in some of those daily responsibilities, so moms don’t have to feel like they’re doing it all.

Here's what you’ll get out of today’s episode:

· The secret sauce to creating a well-oiled machine at home, despite nearly 50% of parents in the U.S. reporting their stress is overwhelming.

· Different word choices you can use to get more buy in from your family in taking ownership of tasks at home

· Ways to get the help you need as a mom without necessarily having to ask for it

To connect with Lori after the show or purchase her book:

https://www.instagram.com/ourhomeourpride/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-sugarman-li-50592911/

https://ourhomeourpride.com/

Our Home book: https://amzn.to/4jZ2eN1

Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review if you loved this episode!

For more resources on juggling mom life, work life, wife life, fill in the blank life, head on over to www.mamaworkit.com and subscribe.