Irene Cofone is the US Director of HR at Group SJR where she helps leaders navigate complex decisions that impact people’s careers and livelihoods — and then returns home to the equally demanding work of raising two young boys.

In this conversation with Mothered, she reflects on responsibility, patience, and the quiet strength required to lead both at work and at home.

Morgane Besins spent years building global strategy at Netflix and Universal before confronting a problem no corporate framework could solve: becoming a mother in a system that had quietly forgotten the mother herself.

In this conversation with Mothered, she reflects on identity, entrepreneurship, and why rebuilding maternal care requires more than support, it requires redesign.

Crystina Hughes is a nurse, birth doula, and founder of Diamonds for Doulas, who survived HELLP syndrome, a life-threatening pregnancy complication, and began building community-rooted maternal support that centers advocacy, education, and reproductive justice.

Erin Schlozman, a maternal mental health therapist and author of “The Myth of the Perfect Mom,” has built her career helping mothers understand that complexity.

In this conversation with MOTHERED, she reflects on postpartum transformation, perfectionism, and the quiet strength that emerges when mothers stop trying to be perfect.