Moms, Feeling Left Out of Economic Growth? Let’s Build and Hype Our Own “After becoming a mother, I didn't have the energy for stuff I would make excuses about before. So, I began to whittle away all of the b.s. in my life. That included people but it was also places and the programming. Turning…

You Can Care for Yourself and Find Resources for Your Neurodiverse Child “If your child has unique needs, and you don't understand some of those needs, it takes a whole other level of effort and time to do your research and keep up with appointments to figure out what's going on. It can be a…

Develop Strategies to Care for Yourself When Caring for Adults “I noticed we did a lot to support the patients but there's not a whole lot of specific support in place for family caregivers. When someone is discharged from a facility they can meet with up to 6 people. Like physical therapy,…

Learn to Put Your Body Image Into Perspective to Bring Down Stress “I remember moving from Nigeria to the US in 9th grade and this guy at the airport talked to my parents about modeling as an option for me. It was such a brain twist and cultural awakening around how people thought about body…

Debunk the Confusing Motherhood Myths and Reset your Self-Care All the positive self-talk and affirmations you can find will not fix a broken schedule. If you are trying to fit too many things into limited hours without pausing to reset and restore yourself, for yourself, it's temporary. Sadly,…

Ready to Ease your Workload? Shift, Trim, Eliminate and Repeat “Laura, it’s so great to see you!” I gave a warm hug to a friend that I hadn’t seen in quite a while. At the time, she was in the midst of a career transition so we met up at one of my favorite local bakeries, Flour in the South End of…

Escape and Repair from the Emotional Labor in the Workforce "...I rushed home from the office and flew through the door. As usual, I was in a panic about relieving our nanny on time. But I was late anyway. This was almost five years ago, and my commute from that job was always complicated by…

Seven Ways to Improve Professional Conferences for Mothers It doesn’t matter if you are about to give a keynote, meet Beyoncé or network your way to a better job. Childcare often fails and when it does, moms are more likely to pick up the professional pieces. Weeks or months of planning can…

Plan to Get the Most Benefit for Your Mental Health from Therapy “I am so glad I ended my marriage. I'm so glad I started therapy.” “(I need) enough money in my savings account, more work hours, more pay, a better and more positive maternal mental health work environment, emotional support and…

Experiment With a Mix of Modalities to Support your Mental Health “When it comes to managing your mental health be open and curious about what could become a sustainable menu of options. Whether it’s picking up something you may have tried in the past like yoga, meditation, or experimenting with…

Make Space on Your Calendar for Smooth Childcare and School Transitions We can’t escape childcare transitions. It doesn’t matter if your kids are teething, toddling, riding bikes or driving. Onboarding a new caregiver, teacher, sport, school or arts program, will have an impact on your family…

How to Make a Working Vacation Still Work For You You may be thinking, ‘wait, why are we talking about working on vacation?’ of course it’s not ideal. But the reality is, sometimes you may have to consider it, especially when a 'working vacation' is better than no vacation at all. If you need to…

Simple Health Habits that Help Your Skin Through Life’s Transitions  “In pregnancy, your baby draws from your natural resources including your protein and iron intake. In menopause and beyond, especially if you limit your diet in any way, you still want to make sure you're getting enough protein.…

New Ways to Measure Your Growth While Developing Your Big Idea “There were three elements that allowed it to work. My confidence that this was the right choice for right now, combined with having a partner who really bought in to stepping in to provide more support. Along with having a babysitter…

How Can Moms be Free to Care for Themselves? “(I need) a better mindset because unfortunately I’m in a constant state of mental exhaustion.” “I have a preschooler who would climb back into my uterus if she thought it meant more time together and a newborn. So, I don’t have much if any free time to…

Managing Logistics When your Aging Parents Need Sudden Care “Older adults don't want to have this conversation because they're afraid if they say to their adult child, ‘can you help me bring in the groceries?’ that there's no gray area. It's black or white. They think once they ask that question…

How to Protect your Skin Health as you Age “As I age with my patients, I understand how normal changes over time on the outside can impact how you feel about yourself. A lot of prevention, especially for skin cancer, actually helps your skin’s overall appearance as well,” said Dr. Jennifer…

Yes, you Can Create New Rules in Your Relationship After Kids “I've heard from a lot of couples that ‘equal partnership’ is really easy until you have kids. Or even if it's imbalanced, you don't notice it because the person who's doing a little bit more still has plenty of free time to go to the…

How Nutrition can Help you Relax and Get Better Sleep “I never paid much attention to sleep until I had children. I was that person who stayed up all night in college and kept crazy hours but not sleeping well for so many years affected my health later. After having children, my blood pressure…

How Managers Can Ease the Strain of Summer Childcare on Parents You’re probably hearing a lot about “Maycember” especially if you or your colleagues have school aged children. Performances, year-end parties, classroom visits and of course, those bring-a-stuffie-wear-pajamas-and-sports-memorabilia…

Trust yourself to Make Career Pauses and Shifts More Powerful “I think self-trust is the foundation of ambition. It's the ability to make decisions that are truly in line with what you value and trust your ability to see them through. A lot of the work I did to launch Motherhood Untitled came with…

Use Play to Manage your Stress Through Shifts in Systems “We have a great sound system and when I felt very stressed during Covid, I cranked it up as loud as I could and danced it out. That was my play time. One, it’s understanding ‘yes, I'm stressed’ and two, deciding to do something about it.…

Make Self-Care the Legacy you Teach and Honor this Mother’s Day I wasn’t sure if what I heard was knocking, until it got louder. I was on a call with my sister and put down the phone to open our back door. My neighbor said, “Hey Leslie, we’re seeing a lot of water down here. Is anything leaking in…

Prepare your Mind and Body for a Lasting Mental Health Reset “The struggles we have as moms were there before for many of us, but we didn’t feel them to the extreme that we do as moms. The reason is, being a mom puts the perfectionism expectations on steroids. So, we experience dependencies we had…

Yes, Your Professional Network Can be a Source of Connection and Self-Care “Sometimes just jumping onto a Zoom call with other practitioners in the middle of the day or meeting for breakfast or a lunch is another way to practice self-care because you're connecting. And we know how important…

Escape the Burden of Emotional Labor and Get What you Really Want “It really is just honoring your needs and acknowledging that you have needs to begin with. As mothers, we forget that. You can go to all the empowerment meetings where everybody's like, ‘self-care this’ and ‘do that’ but a lot of…

How to Choose Action Over Angst to Change Work/Life for Women Moms are the ‘Chief Household Officers’ in most families. And the fraught global economy impacts everything from our financial wellbeing and careers to our healthcare, school districts and communities. Typically, ‘big picture’ problems…

Entrepreneurs, it’s Time to Stay Focused and Sell Your Way to Financial Security “It’s good to have others advocating for you but for that to happen, they have to see the vision. In the beginning I tried to convince investors and that was just painful because I wasted a lot of time,” said Allison…

Want to Accelerate Your Growth? Decide When you Need Help Versus Advice Whatever questions you have about how to grow, especially in your career, the answer involves finding more support. Whether you’re seeking a better job, fellowship, speaking gig or business growth, the right people will…

How to Create and Honor New Rules for Female Leadership “You can’t just decide to have a movement. You have to have a voice, speak that voice and hope that people come on the journey with you. …Leading is willing to be vulnerable, honest and hopefully that encourages a conversation about something…

How to Use Play as a Leader to Create More Fulfillment at Work “When I introduced play as a facilitator, it neutralized the power dynamics. And it created a sense of psychological safety so everybody could participate in a more holistic and honest way. And that was when the light bulb went off for…

When Self-Care is Boldly Claiming Space for What you Really Need “If you have the expectation for yourself that, ‘this is my role I can't ask for help’ that's a problem. It's okay to ask for help and sometimes that's from your partner, your family or a friend and sometimes, that's about paying for…

How to Reconnect With Your Spirituality and Build New Capacity “When I had my son, one of the things that changed was that I no longer had the space to dedicate to my spiritual practice. Suddenly, it felt like so many things that were helping to anchor me and calm my mind, were taken away. At the…

How to Set Clear Boundaries With Direct, Yet Fun, Communication at Work “When navigating the workspace, I had to tell myself being as direct and clear as possible is not rude. It’s the polite thing and we've been conditioned to believe otherwise, it's actually rude to not tell people what you're…

More Confident And Still More Stressed About Work and Parenting? “…Caring for a small child without the presence/balance of the other biological parent. Being an only child and being a caregiver to an aging father… and the work I do is purely client-driven--my "office" hours often spill over into…

How to Make Eating Healthier Your New Way of Life “I really want you to see food as something that you love and to eat and something that calls to your culture. You don’t want what you eat to make you angry or emotional about the foods you can't have, because then you can develop disordered eating…