Issues
Where ambition meets motherhood.
Every issue documents the women leading and building something while raising the next generation. Read every issue online, or order a print copy for your shelf.
October 2026 Issue
Family Is Worth Fighting For
Four 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.
Charlee Tchividjian
Founder & CEO, ĒMAFamily is worth fighting for.
Brooke Orloff
Co-founder, Mone WellnessShe couldn’t unsee it, so she changed it.
Cheryl Przezdziecki
Founder, The Women’s Center for HealingHealing two generations, at once.
Marissa Matteo
Author & Television WriterWritten in the chaos, unapologetically.Between issues · Power
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What Motherhood Builds
Nearly 500 working mothers were asked what it would actually take to keep them. The answer wasn't complicated.
The Boardroom Doesn't Know What It's Missing
The skills built at 2am with a sick toddler are the same ones companies pay consultants six figures to teach in a workshop.
Why “Having It All” Was Always the Wrong Question
The phrase was never about ambition. It was a tidy way of making the structural problem sound like a personal failing.
The Negotiation You Never Got Taught
Salary negotiation gets a workshop. Negotiating your worth after a maternity leave gets nothing, and costs more.
September 2026 Issue
Not a Failure. A Rebrand.
Six women, on the record: a brand strategist who quit every job she's ever had to build one on her own terms, a nurse who built the village she couldn't find, a therapist who was missed by the system that was supposed to catch her, an HR leader who refuses to switch selves, an artist-researcher staging the stories mothers only say in private, and a life coach who turned grief into a mission.
Cat Canada
Founder, Re:BrandNot a failure. A rebrand.
Gabriela Gerhart
Founder, Motherhood CenterThere was no village. So she built one.
Alexandra Nataloni
Licensed Mental Health CounselorShe looked fine. She wasn't.
Sarah Alaimo
Founder, Elevate Consulting CollectiveNo switching selves. One person, whole.
Dr. Lauren Gorelov
Creator, MatraSpeakThe stories that needed a stage.
Stacy Casson
Life Coach, Things To Think AboutReal strength means not giving up.Between issues · Culture
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Hot Moms
On a slogan on a stranger’s shirt, and everything it leaves out. In verse, by Janis Vogel, Relationship Coach.
self-talk
On her daughter's eyes, and the healing that followed. In verse, by Julia Ghobrial, BSN, RN.
No One Was Worried About Me
What if the people who seem the strongest are just the ones who got really good at carrying heavy things?
The Myth of Resilience: Why Working Moms Shouldn't Have to Be This Strong
Somewhere along the way, resilience became the compliment working mothers are handed instead of real support.
August 2026 Issue
Presence Over Pace
Four features on what it costs, and what it builds, to choose depth over speed. From a marriage and a company forged in a NICU room, to the mothers building slower, more honest businesses in its wake.
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The Version of Me I Hope My Daughters Remember
On reinvention, and the legacy you can’t put in a will.
The Rest of Me
A mother on her son’s offhand question, and the parts of herself she’s making louder again.
The Woman I Was Before Is Gone, and I'm Finally Okay With That
A mother on postpartum depression, anxiety, and psychosis, and what counted as progress instead.
I Became a Mother, But I Refuse to Disappear
On motherhood, ambition, identity, and showing daughters that love does not require self erasure.
July 2026 Issue
Break the Silence
Four women who built forward instead of bouncing back. This issue documents leadership as it is actually built: inside the mess, on deadline, without a name for it, until now.
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Found in the Grocery Bag
What if the answer to a better financial plan was already sitting in your cart?
Rich Is Whatever It Is to You
Financial freedom isn't a number on a screen. It's the ability to make a hard decision without it making you.
The Real Cost of “Just Staying Home for a While”
The phrase undersells what's actually being given up, and what it takes, later, to get any of it back.
Financial Independence Isn't a Luxury. It's Leverage.
Money doesn't buy happiness. It buys the option to leave a job, a city, or a situation that no longer serves you.
June 2026 Issue
Built with Both Hands
Six working mothers who refused to choose between ambition and family. This issue documents what it actually looks like to build something meaningful while raising someone who matters most.
Mariah Stockman
Founder, Made for MothersBuilt with both hands
Dr. Alexandra Pensiero
Co-Founder, Wellspring CoachingGrowth through imperfection
Kathryn Hatcher
Founder, CamplyThe village wasn't coming
Ashley Chang Dawson
Co-Founder & CEO, SundaysChanging the future
Danielle Sissons
Founder, Ivey Financial PlanningWealth on her terms
Anna McMaster
Co-Founder, AmieYour body deserves betterBetween issues · Power
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What Power Looks Like After 40
Authority stops being about being the loudest person in the room and starts being about who the room actually listens to.
The Invisible Promotion: Motherhood Builds Leaders the Workplace Can't See
There is a promotion many women receive the moment they become mothers. Most workplaces never acknowledge it.
How to Negotiate Flexible Work Arrangements: A Working Mother's Complete Guide
A practical, step-by-step framework for asking for the flexible schedule you need, without apologizing for needing it.
The Return-to-Office Mandate: What It Really Means for Working Mothers
Return-to-office policies aren't gender-neutral in their impact. Here's what the data shows, and how to respond strategically.
March 2026 Issue
The Quiet Discipline of Showing Up
Four working mothers reshaping how we think about maternal mental health, maternal care, and what leadership looks like when it's built around the people it's meant to serve. This issue gets quiet, specific, and honest about what strength actually requires.
Erin Schlozman
Maternal Mental Health Therapist & AuthorVoices of matrescence
Crystina Hughes
Founder, Diamonds for DoulasFrom crisis to calling
Morgane Besins
Former Strategy Lead, Netflix & UniversalFrom corporate strategy to maternal revolution
Irene Cofone
US Director of HR, Group SJRThe quiet discipline of showing upEvery issue, in print.
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