A community built to inspire women in all stages of motherhood.
Changing the Face of Beauty Changing the Face of Beauty is a social movement that encourages companies to use models with disabilities in their advertising. Back in November, the nonprofit created a campaign to get 15 companies in 2015 on-board with their mission. Now only three months into the year, they already outshined their goal […] Read more…
Laura Wilkinson took on platform diving and made history as the first woman to win all 3 world titles—the 2000 Olympic gold medal, the 2004 World Cup and 2005 World Championship. Now, she’s diving into her next challenge: motherhood. With the true heart of an athlete, Laura went all in as she hung up her […] Read more…
Back in college, Esther Anderson started recording videos with one of her best friends as a joke. Then she got married, had a baby, moved about 18 times and decided to make some of her videos public via YouTube channel. Now with almost 25,000 subscribers and her most viral video reaching nearing 15 million […] Read more…
Two years ago, Rebecca Melskey and Eva St. Clair looked at children’s clothing and asked why. Why does no one make little girls clothes in pink with dinosaurs? Or sparkly with pirates? Or awesome with ninjas, robots and monsters? In April of 2013, they set out to change that. From their vision came Princess Awesome: […] Read more…
Meet Carrie Cariello, blogger and author of What Color is Monday? and Someone I’m with has Autism. By sharing her family’s story, Carrie is opening eyes to the colorful world of autism. With five kids and one on the spectrum, she knows a thing or two about the long and beautiful days of motherhood. She also […] Read more…
With the push for more women to step into leadership roles, a unique subset of leaders is emerging in family business: daughters that are taking charge. After mentoring a group of these women through a local center at University of Cincinnati’s business school, Social Psychologist Amy Katz noticed something fascinating. “They are not like other […] Read more…
After teaching in Chicago Public Schools for 10 years, Eileen O’Connor lost her job. She faced unemployment with four young children and instead of sulking in her woes, she shook off her sorrows and headed over to Second City. Though her life as a counselor in CPS ended without warning, her career as a comedy […] Read more…
If you follow any Insta-famous moms, chances are you’ve seen a bottle of this product make a cameo in a bath time scene or two: Safe, 100% natural and made in the USA, the Tubby Todd bath line is filling tubs from sea to shining sea. With fresh scents, kid-friendly bubbles, adorable marketing and thoughtful […] Read more…
One year ago, as yoga teacher Amelia Kathryn prepared for the birth of her first child, she shared still shots of calm moments from her pregnancy on Instagram. Smiling and strong, Amelia radiated with joy—in awe of the little soul growing inside her, beaming with excitement about his upcoming arrival to the world. For this […] Read more…
On Instagram, people adore mothers with seemingly perfect lives – the ones with curled hair and calm smiles, holding babies dressed like models in houses that look like magazines. Thousands of strangers follow these women, idolizing their trendy sophistication and motherhood glamour. Then a mother posts a picture like this, and it starts a social […] Read more…
Some kids make homemade cards and buy thoughtful trinkets for their Mom on her birthday, while others choose a more innovative approach to gift giving. Take for instance the Hamer boys, who threw together a birthday presentation and pitched their Mother, Lisa, on why she should start an online business. Nothing says, “Happy Birthday, Mom!” […] Read more…
Motherhood changes women in unexpected ways. Some find their hearts grow with their bellies as they become more selfless and amazed by just how much love they have to give. And for others, a child completely changes the direction of their lives—which is precisely what happened to Catherine Figler when she jumped from being a […] Read more…