Moms with Benefits

Nov 28 2024 43 ep. 32 mins 4
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Real stories from real moms navigating motherhood and their relationship with paid work. The host is a new mom seeking raw honesty on the impact motherhood has on mom careers, priorities, emotions, and finances.

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Chasing Change: Building Inclusive Workplaces: Lessons from a Parent ERG Founder

Nov 28 2024 35 mins  
In our special mini-series Chasing Change, host Samantha Saxby unveils what change looks like from the inside. She interviews women who have instigated meaningful change in their workplaces to get the support they and others needed. In this episode, Samantha Saxby is joined by Kristen Posso, mom of 2 and founder and leader of Informatica’s Parent and Caregivers Connection EIG.

Ambitious Identity Paradox for Working Moms with Dr. Anne Welsh

Nov 12 2024 30 mins  
In this episode, Samantha Saxby is joined by Dr. Anne Welsh, mom of 4, a clinical psychologist and executive coach specializing in supporting women through the transition to parenthood, particularly in STEM, law, and healthcare. They dive deep into the Ambitious Identity Paradox, a concept developed by Dr. Welsh to explore the inner conflict faced by many ambitious moms who struggl

Chasing Change: How UPS, a Fortune 50 Company, Supports its Parents

Oct 31 2024 35 mins  
In our special mini series Chasing Change, host Samantha Saxby unveils what change looks like from the inside. She interviews women who have instigated meaningful change in their workplaces to get the support they and others needed. In this episode, Samantha is joined by Lucy Boyd, working mom of an amazing two-year-old boy and Sales Technology Manager and leader of the Parents an

The Science of Motherhood: Breaking Stigmas & Embracing Postpartum Realities

Oct 15 2024 33 mins  
Dr. Nikki Pensak is a working mom of 2 and after dedicating her work to supporting the medical field, she turned her interest and research to understanding how to support the caregivers in the room best. To her, mothers are the ultimate caregivers, and this has inspired her most recent book Rattled which breaks down the science of motherhood and matrescence. Dr. Nikki Pensak is a c

Chasing Change: How to Advocate for Family-Friendly Policies at Work

Sep 26 2024 35 mins  
In our special mini series Chasing Change, host Samantha Saxby unveils what change looks like from the inside. She interviews women who have instigated meaningful change in their workplaces to get the support they and others needed. In this episode, Samantha is joined by Allison Ward, working mom of two and Chief People Officer at marketing agency Walker Sands. In her 10+ years w

How Mother Forward is Tackling Childcare Reform

Sep 10 2024 28 mins  
Rachel Rangel is a working mom to a two-year-old son. Through Mother Forward (formerly Campaign for Childcare), she and hundreds of other women, moms, and caregivers advocate for large-scale meaningful change in the childcare system around the country, at all levels. Rachel is passionate about childcare reform, after a particularly heartbreaking experience at their own center motiv

Chasing Change: How this Mom is Transforming Maternal Mental Health

Aug 29 2024 24 mins  
In our special mini series Chasing Change, host Samantha Saxby unveils what change looks like from the inside. She interviews women who have instigated meaningful change in their workplaces and communities to get the support they and others needed. In this episode, Samantha speaks with Nikki Brooker, who has dedicated her life to supporting mothers in crisis. Nikki is the Founder

Mom of 4 Shares Journey Including Covid Baby and Parent Death

Aug 13 2024 27 mins  
Melanie Maldonado is a business owner, medical professional, doula, wife, and working mom to four children ages 10 and under. Through her business, Golden Love Birthwork, Melanie provides birthing mothers with prenatal, labor, and postpartum support to create a healthy, positive, empowering birth experience. Each of Melanie’s four pregnancy and birth experiences were different, a

Modern Motherhood: Research and Stories from Psychologist Molly Millwood

Aug 06 2024 40 mins  
Dr. Molly Millwood is a clinical psychologist, author, educator, consultant, wife, and mother of two boys. Her 2019 book, To Have and To Hold: Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma, is inspired by her own experiences as a new mother and navigating the changes it brought to her marriage and life. In it, she explores the complexities of new motherhood, and the emotional, physi

Evolving HR and Manager Support for Moms

Jul 30 2024 37 mins  
Rosa Castano is a workplace well-being expert and advocate, business owner, yoga teacher, wife, and working mom of a three-year-old daughter. Through her business, Workplace Stress Solutions, Rosa and her team provide trainings and workshops on wellness, well-being, leadership development, and stress management tools for employers and employees of all levels of influence. In thei