Catherine Reitman, Creator and Star of Workin’ Moms

Big Time Adulting

Caitlin Murray

Personal Journals, Comedy, Society & Culture, Momlife, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Join in with Catherine Reitman, creator and star of the wildly popular and hilarious Netflix series Workin’ Moms. Catherine, a creative powerhouse and mom of two, just dropped the 7th and final season of her hit show. Catherine shares how her own complicated experience of motherhood led her to write the show, how it evolved through the years and became a cathartic process, and why it resonates with millions of women. Catherine opens up about her late father, the famed Hollywood director of iconic movies like Ghostbusters and Kindergarten Cop and also discusses her youngest son’s recent diagnosis of a rare and mysterious condition called PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Strep Throat). Catherine Reitman is a force of grit, generosity, warmth, and wit and we couldn't be more excited to share this special conversation with you.

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Learn more about PANDAS disease at www.pandasnetwork.org

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0:00.0	I think there are parents that are born naturally maternal or paternal, that they feel a connection right away with their child, that they feel, I'm sure everyone feels fear to a certain degree, but I certainly met a lot of women specifically in this mommy and me group that I was in that were sort of like, I don't know, I don't feel very scared. I feel really
0:21.4	connected to the kid and I'm just taking it one day at a time and I was like, what?
0:25.9	What the fuck? I am terrified. I don't want to drive anywhere with him because I will accidentally kill him.
0:34.6	I thought that I was going to ruin him and in the process ruin myself,
0:40.9	which I felt really selfish about.
0:47.0	Welcome to big time adulting the podcast. I'm your host, Caitlin Murray.
0:51.9	Buckle up and get ready to take it deep on life, relationships, parenthood, and everything in
0:57.2	between.
0:58.2	Join in with me to feel deeply, provoke your inner spirit, and laugh or cry because we all
1:05.0	know it's a pretty fine line.
1:10.6	Hi, everybody. Welcome back to the big time adulting podcast. I have an amazing guest here today. I'm so excited to introduce you all to Catherine Reitman, the executive producer, creator, writer of the hit show on Netflix working moms. You've seen her there playing Kate Foster. She's also the star of the hit show on Netflix, Working Moms.
1:27.6	You've seen her there playing Kate Foster.
1:29.8	She's also the star of the show.
1:32.3	And Catherine is here with us today to just break it down.
1:36.2	Break it down about the show.
1:37.4	Break it down about motherhood and more because, honestly, it's all very intertwined.
1:42.8	So, Catherine, welcome to the podcast.
1:47.0	Thank you, Caitlin. Hello.
1:49.4	Thank you so much for being here. So you're out in California. Is that right?
1:53.5	I am. I am. Yes. Where are you located? I'm in New York. But like in the suburbs now.
1:59.0	Opposite sides of the coast, just saying hello.
2:01.9	But you're originally a Canuck, huh? You're a Canadian.
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