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Collaboration over competition: how working with influencers helped one lady boss find success

There isn’t a magic formula that we go by when working with people and it’s a little different every time.

Updated Jan. 13, 2023

Get pumped: How one entrepreneur is making breast pumping better for moms

Founder + CEO of Sarah Wells Bags—gorgeous, high quality & functional breast pump bags for all your pumping needs.

Updated Jan. 13, 2023

Werk is on a mission—to provide flex jobs to mothers where care + career are equally valued

The next phase of the women’s movement is about embracing ambition and care simultaneously, and equally.

Updated Jan. 13, 2023

Balancing it all – how one tech innovator works it as an inventor AND a mother

“I’m one of those people that say, ‘You can have everything, but you can’t have it all at the same time.’ The illusion of balance is not the reality”

Updated Jan. 13, 2023

Belly Armor’s mama CEO talks building a brand and a family

I felt compelled to raise awareness about this emerging health issue, particularly amongst parents and parents-to-be.

Updated Jan. 13, 2023

5 myths about working from home—what mamas really need to know

#4—You won’t need childcare. False! You will. You definitely will.

Updated Nov. 10, 2022

Should you seek funding? How one entrepreneur balanced the books while raising her daughter

“When I am at work, I work hard—and when I am at home I ‘mom’ hard.”

Updated Oct. 12, 2021

Mothers still don’t hold the top jobs in the U.S. It’s time for change.

In the U.S., just 1/10 of the most powerful leaders are women with children. Yet 8/10 top jobs are held by fathers.

Updated Jan. 13, 2023
The 5 mamas you need in your thrive tribe

The 5 mamas you need in your thrive tribe

One of the best ways help work through the emotions of working motherhood is to assemble your “Thrive Tribe.”

Updated Jan. 13, 2023

How to Talk to Your Baby about Working

3 tips for starting the conversation about being a working mom.

Updated Oct. 12, 2021

Stay at home? Go to work? Why it’s my career, my child—and my choice

“The question boils down to this: Which option will help me be the best mama I can be for my baby?”

Updated Jan. 13, 2023

How mom of four Raegan Moya-Jones built aden + anais into a global empire

Motherly means strength. There is something about becoming a mother that brings out strength you never knew you had…because you’re gonna need it. 

Updated Jan. 13, 2023

Want a post-baby career change? Use these 4 steps to get the job of your dreams

Step 1: Identify the times you felt “in the zone” at work. 

Updated Jan. 13, 2023

Baby on a budget? 9 ‘must-have’ baby items you don’t really need

9. Changing table. They take up valuable funds (and space). Opt for an on-the-go changing mat for more flexibility. 

Updated Nov. 10, 2022
Woman sitting in front of window on laptop

4 steps to get the work flexibility you want and deserve

2. Build the business case for yourself.

Updated Nov. 10, 2022

The work-life balance that works for me? Working with family.

This work arrangement is not perfect, but it’s been the greatest opportunity I’ve ever had.

Updated Jan. 13, 2023

A diaper bag to fawn over—how Fawn Design used social media to find success

“Becoming a mom has really inspired everything we’re doing going forward.”

Updated Jan. 13, 2023
man sitting at desk with toddler while on laptop

Family-friendly companies change the game for dads

#1—Flexibility is everything.

Updated Jan. 14, 2022

Meet 4 inspiring moms whose careers blossomed after babies

“I’ve honed a relentless focus on results and a healthy distaste for inefficiency.” ?

Updated Jan. 13, 2023
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