The only global magazine of powerful working mothers, redefining how power, ambition, and leadership operate after motherhood.
The October 2026 issueFour women, on the record: a nonprofit founder who has spent more than a decade making sure mothers in crisis have someone in their corner, a doula turned app co-founder who nearly lost her life after birth, a therapist healing her own inner child while raising two of her own, and a ghostwriter of New York Times bestsellers finally publishing a story of her own. Plus two essays and a poem.
Family is worth fighting for.
Charlee Tchividjian is the founder and CEO of Every Mother’s Advocate (ĒMA), a national nonprofit working to prevent family separation by surrounding mothers in crisis with the support, relationships, and tools they need to keep their families together.
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Healing two generations, at once.
Cheryl Przezdziecki is the Founder and Clinical Director of The Women’s Center for Healing, where she leads clinical operations and mentors clinicians in trauma-informed care.
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She couldn’t unsee it, so she changed it.
Brooke Orloff is the co-founder of Mone Wellness, a perinatal app she launched alongside an Integrative OB/GYN and a Registered Dietitian to give mothers and families real, evidence-informed guidance from women’s health professionals.
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Written in the chaos, unapologetically.
Marissa Matteo began her career as a celebrity ghostwriter, authoring nine books, three of them New York Times bestsellers.
Read her feature →“Programs can help people survive a crisis, but relationships are often what help people imagine a different future.”Charlee Tchividjian, Founder & CEO, ĒMA
Nearly 500 working mothers were asked what it would actually take to keep them. The answer wasn't complicated.
Every month. On the record. In their own words.
of working mothers believe they are better leaders because they are a mother.
Future of Working Motherhood 2026 reportmore likely to take on invisible labor than women without children.
Harvard Business Reviewmore capable at managing time, as mothers reported after becoming mothers. More than twice the capacity.
Maternal Strengths Report 2026The world underestimates working mothers. Mothered exists to correct the record. Read the research →
Applications are open to be in the next issue. We’re looking for working mothers who are building something: a business, a practice, a creative body of work. If that’s you, we want to hear from you.
Apply to be featuredReflecting on motherhood and the tug of war between mom guilt and ambition turned out to be more cathartic than I expected. What I walked away with was a gift for my own kiddos.
So honored to be included with these amazing women! So grateful that you have Mothered Magazine for all of us!
Alexa Starks is a TEDx speaker, author, and award-winning workplace culture innovator, working to redesign working motherhood globally. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Inc, Business Insider, AP News, and Newsweek.
But most importantly, she’s a mom of two toddlers.
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