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I Thought Becoming an Executive Was the Goal. Then I Became a Mom
Returning to work after having a baby forced one working mother to reconsider everything she thought she knew about ambition, career success and what it means to build a meaningful life.

As A Doula, I Always Get Asked If I Want Kids—Here’s Why That’s a Complex Question
A doula shares how supporting women through hundreds of births has made family planning a more complicated discussion.

9 Actually Helpful Time Management Tips From a Mompreneur
Always running on late on fumes? We’ve been there. Here, some ways to give yourself back some precious minutes.

9 Lessons I Learned in My Journey as a Mompreneur
Growing a business and raising a family all at the same time—whew!

Everyone Told Me My Body Would Change but No One Told Me My Identity Would
Stretch marks? Extra weight? All par for course. But feeling differently about your career? The biggest surprise of all.

Can Being a Working Mom Cost You Your Role as the “Default Parent?”
One mom gets candid about the cost she feels she had to pay for being a working mom—one she worries lost her the role of her son’s favorite parent.

Working Mothers Have the Chance to Make a Generational Change in the Workplace
One mom’s transitional shift from working woman to stay-at-home mom motivated her to fight for more recognition and appreciation for mothers’ multitasking abilities to be great at all things—work, home and beyond.

15 Moms Get *Real* On How to Balance Work and Life
Mompreneurs share how they manage to maintain the right balance between their work and home life while maintaining their sanity to boot.

How We Can All Better Advocate For Black Maternal Health
The maternal mortality rate for Black women in America is startling, but there are ways we can better advocate for our own health and the health of our sisters.

From Workaholic to Mom: How a Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis Redefined My Priorities
One mom shares how her battle with chronic illness paved an unexpected path to motherhood.