7 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 11: The Architect of a New Life, Mallory Hagedorn on Rebuilding One Day at a Time
Five years ago, Mallory Hagedorn was a stay-at-home mother of two living in Beverly Hills. Then the FBI knocked on her door. Her husband of almost twelve years, her college sweetheart, was arrested for running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme. Her life as she knew it was over. Overnight she had two babies under four, no career, no home, and $100 to her name. In this conversation, Mallory walks Caroline through exactly how she rebuilt, step by step: the move back to her tiny hometown of Santa Claus, Indiana, the three-month custody battle that cost six figures, the declaration she made…






