On this week's episode, teen mom turned Ivy League grad Jessica Rockowitz not only shares her motherhood journey with us, but covers a wide range of topics including: talking to your children about sex starting as young as five, teaching our children about self-respect, feelings about postpartum bodies, the dreaded social media comparison, postpartum anxiety, and finding what makes you happy.

Andra Liemandt is a visionary and brings her energy to all her passions, particularly The Kindness Campaign. When her friend's 12-year-old daughter, a bullying victim, committed suicide, Liemandt discovered a shocking dearth of educational resources. Motivated to make a difference, she founded The Kindness Campaign, which now proactively addresses bullying via powerful curriculum, meaningful activations and events at schools and organizations, teaching the foundational message "I am enough."...

Alex here! When I heard Marti Bledsoe Post on the stage at Mother: The Summit talking about the history of motherhood, I immediately knew we needed to bring this conversation to our community. This episode is quickly becoming one of my favorites. I found myself often speechless as Marti discusses the "intensive parenting" era we are experiencing today, the fact that the U.S. is ranked 41st out of 41 developed countries in terms of family-friendly policies by UNICEF, and how the gender gap...

Celebrated therapist, professor, author, and mom-expert Molly Millwood examines the link between women’s well-being as new mothers and the well-being of their relationships. In our longest podcast episode ever, Molly explains the "whys" behind our most common marital struggles, and offers guidance to help us reclaim our identities, overcome our guilt and shame, and repair our relationships. If you haven't read her book To Have and To Hold yet, this is an excellent...

"I'm so thrilled with how beautiful our progress has come, but it has been painstaking and everything amazing in life is tough and you have to fight for it. It's not handed to us. Building this brand and connecting with people has been really an uphill battle. There's no other way to get here and we haven't even really begun in my eyes. I'm ready for the challenge ahead." Ariane Goldman, founder of Hatch, opens up about the decade she has poured into building the leading maternity (and...

Growing up on both sides of the border in Tijuana and San Diego, Elsa Collins has an important and unique perspective. Elsa shares what life was like on the border during her childhood and the misconceptions today about the area and how media plays a part into the humanitarian crisis. As co-founder of This is About Humanity, Elsa is an advocate for refugees seeking asylum in the U.S. who are stuck in Tijuana. For these individuals fleeing and now in shelters in Tijuana, it's a choice between...

On this week's episode, Ashley Melone joins Alex to share the idea behind Madri Collection and what it's like launching this business as a side hustle and with her childhood best friend Danielle Walish. Madri Collection is a ready-to-mother line that empowers women to breastfeed everywhere. This week's episode is an inspiring one that shares a different side to launching a business than we often hear.

Megan Harper joins Alex for a candid conversation, chatting about motherhood and career, and taking the summer off through her maternity leave to adventure around New York City with all three of her children. "I enjoy work. As much as I love my kids, its not beneficial for anyone in this family for me to be a mom 100% of the time. I'm not great at it 100% of the time. And I think I'm a better mom to them when I can take a step back for a minute." Megan is known for her humorous take on...

At 32 years old and with young twins at home, Hillary Peterson was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. This experience led Hillary to find her purpose, educating people on the impacts of toxins in skincare and providing superior skincare products without sacrificing efficacy. Hillary shares with Alex the moment she connected that what goes on your skin goes into your body and about her eight years studying botanicals and their healing powers that eventually led to the launch of her skincare...

Karalyn Holden’s bio used to proudly read that she is a Los Angeles-based model and Yoga teacher, however those careers seem in the distant past, as she has been navigating her role as mother for the last 3.5 years to her daughter, Kennady, all while being a college student on a long pursuit of a degree. This week, Alex and Karalyn chat about identity shifts, relationships, sacrifice, postpartum depletion, societal pressure to have more than one child, and action steps to reclaiming our lives.

Ashlee Piper, author of "Give a Sh*t," chats with Alex this week about how climate change impacts us as women and mothers, and all the things we care about. How would our lives look differently with more of a minimalist lifestyle? We would have more time and more energy, big things women desire. Did you know we spend 55 minutes a day just looking for things? Ashlee talks with us about how climate change influences global security and terrorism, the Marie Kondo movement versus ethical...

"It was a fight to get out of bed and a fight to try and get better. You feel like it's going to be like this forever." Jen Schwartz joins us to talk about her journey with postpartum depression. We discuss her process from realization, to going to the doctor, to trying different medications, to finding the right therapist. We discuss shame around medication and the decision to have only one child. Jen also shares with us the work she is doing to support the 1 in 5 women who experience...

After a decade at her dream job, Lauren Petrowski made the decision to leave her role as a news anchor a few years after becoming a mother. "I don't think this is working for my life anymore." Alex and Lauren discuss Lauren's daily wake up at 2:30am, maternity leave, losing a piece of your identity when leaving a job, questioning what you're good at now, finding a sense of self-worth post career, and figuring out what to do next. "You will never know the possibilities until you take the leap."

Have a dream? Trying to achieve a goal? What's stopping you from going for it? Fear of failure is the number one reason stopping people from making goals in first place. Goals put us in a vulnerable spot light as we have a 50/50 chance: success or failure. Jacki Carr, goal coach, writer, motivational speaker, yogi, and mother of two daughters, joins guides us to help set and achieve goals. And according to Jacki, failure is an important part of the process. “Failure is slowly becoming a great...

Jen Pinkston shares her journey of being a full-time content creator and mom of two, all while working from home and prioritizing her kids over career. Alex and Jen chat weekly planning, daily schedules, blogging, self-care, and bed-time routines. In 2011, with the belief that effortless, every day style should be accessible to all, Jen channeled her love of fashion and enthusiasm for design into the lifestyle site, TheEffortlessChic.com. Jen's work has been featured on The Today Show, Real...

On this week's episode, Lauren Cunningham, mother of two boys, opens up about her experience with infertility, IVF, and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. Lauren shares her healing and self-care journey with us, including the use of both medication and alternative medicine to address prenatal depression and postpartum anxiety. And for the first time, we hear from a woman about the ethical dilemma of what to do with unused embryos.

Anxiety, debilitating depression, thoughts of suicide, and hallucinations led Jill Birt to follow her intuition, using yoga to connect deep to her inner-self to begin the healing process. As a mom of three, Jill has been caring for expectant mothers since 2001, first as Labor and Delivery nurse and now as a prenatal yoga instructor. This career transition came after Jill’s journey with postpartum psychosis after the birth of her third child. Originally published on 9/12/18.

Kate Westervelt is Founder and CEO of MOMBOX, and is on a mission to take better care of new moms during the postpartum recovery period. Kate and her MOMBOX team ship postpartum care kits, direct-to-consumer, filled with the healing products new moms need. She talks with us about her own surprising postpartum experience, and shares her advice for a better postpartum experience. References: MOMBOX: https://www.mom-box.com/ Kate's article You might not like motherhood, and that's ok:...

In case you missed this episode back in August of 2018, we are sharing it again! First stop for Babyation, reinventing the outdated breast pump. Sam Rudolph, the woman behind the start-up, chats breast pumps and motherhood with us.

Cristina Bocanegra is an Austin-based wardrobe stylist who has worked with clients like Brooklyn Decker, Norah Jones, and Whitney Wolfe Herd. Inspired by new motherhood and the birth of her two sons, Bowie and Grey, Cristina founded Love Child, a digital publication for the modern parent who seeks relevant lifestyle content and daily inspiration. Never content to stay still, Cristina also recently founded Mini Market, an event featuring goods for mamas and their minis, as well as the Current...

Amy is the founder and CEO of The Riveter, a network of community and work spaces built by women, for everyone. Amy launched The Riveter in 2017 while pregnant with her third daughter in three years and welcomed daughter number four in June 2019. She spoke with us about what drives her to topple male-centric startup culture. From designing a fast growing woman-first business to bringing her baby to board meetings, she's showing Corporate America what's possible when women are at the...

Celebrated therapist, professor, author, and mom-expert Molly Millwood examines the link between women’s well-being as new mothers and the well-being of their relationships. In our longest podcast episode ever, Molly explains the "whys" behind our most common marital struggles, and offers guidance to help us reclaim our identities, overcome our guilt and shame, and repair our relationships. If you haven't read her book To Have and To Hold yet, this is an excellent...

After a long struggle with chronic skin conditions & migraines, Danielle Sobel set out on a personal wellness journey. She began experimenting with different diets, incorporated juicing into her daily routine and found exercise she finally enjoyed doing. The power of plant-based food, herbs & superfoods completely changed the way Danielle thought and more importantly, felt. Danielle went on to become a certified health coach and launch Juice Society. She joins us in the studio to...

Heather Gallagher is on a mission to eliminate stigma around birth and death. Through her work as a full spectrum photographer and doula, she holds space for families experiencing the most intimate of life moments. And to Heather, it's all beautiful. Hear how growing up "other" as the child of a deaf immigrant mom drew her to photography, and how witnessing births with her camera evolved into training as a doula. References: Heather's Family Photography:...