Elizabeth Tenety

Liz is the co-founder of Motherly and the award-winning host of The Motherly Podcast. A former Washington Post editor, Liz is an expert in digital content, growth and partnership strategy. Liz resides outside NYC with her husband and five children.

Getting Pregnant

The top 10 toxins & chemicals to avoid while trying to get pregnant

We checked with some of our most trusted experts on mom and baby wellness.

Miscarriage & Loss

What to say when your friend has a miscarriage

"Remember you are not alone. Be gentle with yourself."

Motherly Stories

‘Failure to thrive’ is a harmful and unhelpful term for my child

“Failure to thrive” kids aren’t failing at anything.

Parenting

What age should a kid get a phone? It may be later than you think

The debate over when to give kids smartphones is on.

Motherly Stories

Moms to Instagram: We want our friends and family back

"The news that Instagram (and, to a lesser extent, Facebook) is shifting away from a friends and family model to a content creator model had a lot of moms wondering, where in the world is my social network?"

Celebrity News

Kristen Bell says her daughters finally sleep in their own beds—and we are cheering for her 👏

"You can congratulate me—we did it, they now sleep in their room on beds right next to each other and they cuddle with each other instead of us."

Motherly Stories

Mama, it’s time to prioritize your needs—even over your kids’

“It doesn’t have to be like this. I’m tired of being so tired. We can take our power back.”

Community & Friendship

A love letter to the mom friends I always text—but rarely see

"I don't know how I'd endure motherhood without the hopeful, sarcastic, I-get-you, in-the-trenches of mom life texts."

Motherly Stories

‘Follow the child’: How a Montessori mantra changed my motherhood

“It is the child’s way of learning. This is the path he follows. He learned everything without knowing he is learning it...treading always in the paths of joy and love.” — Maria Montessori

Motherly Stories

To the husbands who step up as equal parents, thank you

Given this backdrop of such unequal parenting for so many women, it’s easy to overlook the men in our midst who are actually doing the work and stepping up as equal partners. And I am lucky enough to be married to one of them.

Motherly Stories

To the fierce mamas raising fierce daughters

"As moms raising fierce girls into the next generation of women leaders—leaders our world desperately needs—let’s celebrate the loudness and demands of our daughters that have so often been shunned."

Motherly Stories

Mom Guilt is a symptom of a much deeper problem

"Mom guilt is the symptom of a disease plaguing motherhood. It is overwhelmingly an indictment of our society’s failures, not moms’ behavior."