b"This week I am excited to bring you a conversation with Emma Johnson. Emma is a business journalist, gender equality activist and a bestselling author of, The Kick-Ass Single Mom. She's also the founder of WealthySingleMommy.com, the world's largest platform for single moms and\\xa0Moms for Shared Parenting, an activist organization aimed at making shared parenting the norm.\\nAnd today, shared parenting is the topic up for discussion. We tackle how equally shared parenting is the ticket to gender equality, the gender pay gap, and empowering men to parent in a 50/50 shared parenting arrangement. Plus, we talk about letting go of your identity of being \\u201cjust\\u201d a mom and embracing every aspect of being a woman. If you take anything away from this episode, I hope it\\u2019s this: anyone can be an activist for gender equality and shared parenting, it all starts by having one honest and open conversation about gender and parenting.\\nShow Highlights\\n\\nShared parenting is the ticket to gender equality (6:17)\\n\\nWhy dependency is not a good look (11:21)\\n\\nThe gender pay gap and why it is not going to be solved unless women are in places of power (12:18)\\n\\nChildren need to have 50% equal time with their parents...period. (17:57)\\n\\nHow shared parenting allows for a mental recharge (22:30)\\n\\nEmpowering men to parent on their own (without the help of a partner or spouse) (25:08)\\n\\nBeing scared to give 50% parenting over to a partner who is narcissistic and abusive (26:48)\\n\\nAuthentically grieving your divorce and the importance of working through it (30:04)\\n\\nEveryone can be an activist for gender equality, challenge people around you or take steps to equalize parenting (30:53)\\n\\nEmma brings up the question, \\u201cDo we really need child support if childcare is split 50/50?\\u201d (33:30)\\n\\nLearn More About Emma:\\nEmma Johnson is a business journalist, gender equality activist, #1 best-selling author of The Kickass Single Mom (Penguin), and founder of Wealthysinglemommy.com, the world's largest platform for single moms.\\nA former Associated Press reporter, Emma has been featured on New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Headline News,\\xa0CNBC, NPR, TIME, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Doctors, and many more. She was named Parents magazine's \\u201cBest of the Web,\\u201d \\u201cTop 15 Personal Finance Podcasts\\u201d by U.S. News, and \\u201c9 Overachieving New Yorkers You Must Date\\u201d by New York Observer.\\nEmma frequently speaks on women's issues, including at the United Nations Summit for Gender Equality. She is the founder of Moms for Shared Parenting, an activist organization aimed at making equally shared parenting the norm.\\nEmma grew up in Sycamore, Ill., and live in Astoria, N.Y., with her kids, Helena and Lucas\\nLinks:Emma\\u2019s websites:http://momsforsharedparenting.org\\nhttps://www.wealthysinglemommy.com\\nEmma on Social Media:\\nhttps://twitter.com/5050moms\\nhttps://www.facebook.com/momsforsharedparenting/\\nhttps://instagram.com/wealthysinglemommy/?hl=en\\nJump on my Email List for Invaluable Divorce Survival Guide Resources:\\xa0https://kateanthonycpcc.activehosted.com/f/17\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"