The Care Gap

In this episode of Season 8 of The Mother Honestly Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Hosts Blessing Adesiyan and Andrea Mullan are joined by Dr. Darby Saxbe who is a clinical psychologist and professor of Psychology at the University of Southern California, she researches stress within the context of relationships with a focus on the transition to parenthood as a nexus of neural, hormonal, behavioral and psychological change. Dr Darby directs the USC Center for the Changing Family, a group of affiliated faculty from across the University of Southern California, including faculty from Psychology, Sociology, Economics, Pediatrics, Social Work, Law, and Preventive Medicine who study families from different methodological lenses. In this episode, they discuss the science behind caregiving behaviour and how much of it can be tied to neurology versus experiences and learned behaviour. They also discuss the wonderful work Dr Darby directs at the USC Center for the Changing Family and how much work and research they have been able to do with the help of families and caregivers. This podcast is in partnership with Splendid Spoon. Visit www.splendidspoon.com and join us as we #DropTheGuilt #TakeTheDayOff To become a Mother Honestly Member for only $97/yr, visit www.motherhonestly.com/membership and if you are a Company seeking support for your employees and their families, visit www.motherhonestly.com/atwork to provide real solutions at home and at work. Grab Your Copy of The Modern Workplace Report by Care.com and MH featured in Fortune, Romper, The Bump, and more. You can find Dr Saxbe here

In this episode of Season 8 of The Mother Honestly Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Hosts Blessing Adesiyan is joined by Danielle Weisberg who is co-founder and co-CEO of theSkimm, a digital media company dedicated to succinctly giving women the information they need to make confident decisions and helping them live smarter. Since disrupting the media landscape a decade ago with the launch of theSkimm, Danielle and co-founder Carly Zakin have built a brand that continues to be a trusted source for a community of millions. theSkimm’s first book, How to Skimm Your Life, was released in June 2019 and debuted at #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list. Danielle has been featured on a number of prominent lists including: Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media, Vanity Fair's The Next Establishment, Fortune’s 40 Under 40, Variety’s Power of Women, and Adweek's Young Influentials, and has also been recognized by Goldman Sachs Builders and Innovator Summit as one of the most 100 Intriguing Entrepreneurs. Prior to founding theSkimm, Danielle graduated from Tufts University in 2008 before starting her career in broadcast and digital media at NBC News DC Bureau, Nightly News, Today, and MSNBC. In this episode, they discuss the powerful movement around paid leave theSkimm started with #showusyourleave with over 600 companies joining in and being transparent about their leave policies. They also talk about the very real impact that keeping women in the workforce has on the economy and the practical steps carrer men and women need to take to help them get more flexibility at work and ultimately take more time off. This podcast is in partnership with Splendid Spoon. Visit www.splendidspoon.com and join us as we #DropTheGuilt #TakeTheDayOff To become a Mother Honestly Member for only $97/yr, visit www.motherhonestly.com/membership and if you are a Company seeking support for your employees and their families, visit www.motherhonestly.com/atwork to provide real solutions at home and at work. Grab Your Copy of The Modern Workplace Report by Care.com and MH featured in Fortune, Romper, The Bump, and more. You can find Danielle here

In this episode of Season 8 of The MH Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Hosts Blessing Adesiyan and Andrea Mulan are joined Dr. Sheryl Gonzalez Ziegler who Is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and an author, keynote speaker, digital health advisor, frequent media contributor, founder of a pre-teen puberty course called Start with the Talk, and board member and program chair at The Tennyson Center for Children. She is the author of Mommy Burnout, one of the top Parenting books of 2018 and winner of the Best Parenting/Family Book as awarded by International Latino Book Awards. Dr. Ziegler also wrote a chapter in Advice for Working Moms (Harvard Business Review Press) in May 2021 and was also a contributor to the book, Self-Care for New Moms. Her work is also featured in Find Your Unicorn Space by NYT best selling author, Eve Rodsky. She is on a mission to change the healthcare landscape to thinking of self-care as health-care. She is a frequent keynote speaker on topics related to burnout, chronic stress, mental wellness in the workplace and parenting issues. She speaks to large companies and school districts around the world about how to best support the mental health of employees and their families. In this episode, they discuss burnout, mom guilt and the ways in which we can combat these through meaningful connections with our people and setting boundaries. They also deep dive into female friendships and the very vital role it plays in physical and mental wellbeing. This podcast is in partnership with Splendid Spoon. Visit www.splendidspoon.com and join us as we #DropTheGuilt #TakeTheDayOff MH expands into fintech and hrtech launching its Work-Life Wallet on Techcrunch Disrupt stage to meet individual employee needs and its mission is to unlock care in the workplace through commerce, community, and content. We support companies such as Indeed, Mercury, AMN Healthcare, MMGY Global and more! Read Blessing Adesiyan’s story on Forbes to learn more about what we’ve built, and get your company on the waiting list at www.mhatwork.com to unlock care for your employees by 2023. Grab Your Copy of The Modern Workplace Report by Care.com and MH featured in Fortune, Romper, The Bump, and more.

In this episode of Season 8 of The MH Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Hosts Blessing Adesiyan and Andrea Mulan are joined by Sarah Dorsett who is CEO of Nanit, a high-growth technology start-up improving the sleep and lives of babies and parents. Sarah is also an e-commerce leader with more than two decades of experience scaling retail businesses, she previously served as Vice President of Ecommerce at Bed Bath & Beyond, where her site merchandising and marketing strategy drove double-digit retail revenue growth. From spearheading e-marketing initiatives in the burgeoning digital industry at Coty in 2004, to her executive roles at Bloomingdales.com and Century 21 Department Stores, Sarah has developed a highly effective approach to channel strategies that are reflected in Nanit’s leadership in the competitive baby tech category. Since her time as CEO of Nanit, the company has been named to CNBC’s Upstart 100 list of most promising startups, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and most recently received NPD’s Consumer Electronic Industry Performance Award for the top increase in the North American market share in the smart baby monitor category. Aside from her corporate responsibilities, Sarah loves art, dancing, spending time with friends and family, and lives with her husband and three children in Summit, New Jersey. In this episode, they discuss how Nanit is creating a support system for parents, getting them closer to their child’s development than ever before. They also dive into how with Nanit, dads are getting more interested and are contributing more to caregiving. They touch on how employers can incorporate Nanit as a caregiving solution for employees. They round up with the ways in which Sarah is able to take the day off from her busy life as a CEO and Entrepreneur. This podcast is in partnership with Splendid Spoon. Visit www.splendidspoon.com and join us as we #DropTheGuilt #TakeTheDayOff MH expands into fintech and hrtech launching its Work-Life Wallet on Techcrunch Disrupt stage to meet individual employee needs and its mission is to unlock care in the workplace through commerce, community, and content. We support companies such as Indeed, Mercury, AMN Healthcare, MMGY Global and more! Read Blessing Adesiyan's story on Forbes to learn more about what we've built, and get your company on the waiting list at www.mhatwork.com to unlock care for your employees by 2023. Grab Your Copy of The Modern Workplace Report by Care.com and MH featured in Fortune, Romper, The Bump, and more. You can find Sarah Dorsett here

In this episode of Season 8 of The Mother Honestly Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Hosts Blessing Adesiyan and Andrea Mulan are joined by Dr. Harvey Karp who is a world-renowned pediatrician and child development expert. His celebrated Happiest Baby/Happiest Toddler books and videos have guided millions of parents and are translated into 30 languages. He is also the creator of the SNOO Smart Sleeper, a new class of responsive infant bed that adds 1-2 hours to a baby’s sleep and has a secure swaddle which prevents rolling to an unsafe position during sleep. SNOO has won 33 international honors, including the National Sleep Foundation Innovation of the Year and is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution as an iconic example of 21st Century form and function. The benefits of SNOO to reduce postpartum depression, SIDS, and help drug exposed babies are being studied at top medical centers. Dr. Karp is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the USC School of Medicine and a fellow of the AAP. He is an advocate for children’s environmental health and a board member of EWG, one of the Nation’s premiere environmental protection groups. In this episode, they discuss how parents, especially mothers should be "babied" as much as the new babies when they have a child and how society should go back to the times when there was a "village" of family, friends and neighbours offering support to new mothers. They also discuss the groundbreaking work Dr. Karp leads at Happiest Baby, how SNOO makes the lives of new parents easier and also how employers are providing SNOO as a benefit to their employees and how more employers can come onboard. This podcast is in partnership with Splendid Spoon. Visit www.splendidspoon.com and join us as we #DropTheGuilt #TakeTheDayOff To become a Mother Honestly Member for only $97/yr, visit www.motherhonestly.com/membership and if you are a Company seeking support for your employees and their families, visit www.motherhonestly.com/atwork to provide real solutions at home and at work. Grab Your Copy of The Modern Workplace Report by Care.com and MH featured in Fortune, Romper, The Bump, and more. You can find Dr. Karp here.

In this episode of The Mother Honestly Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Host Blessing Adesiyan is joined by Irina Tsukernik, CEO and Co-Founder, Edify and Bob Pease, CTO, Edify. CEO and Co-FounEDIF Blessing discusses with Irina and Bob about the wonderful work they are leading at Edify and how Edify connects children of employees with caregivers for online sessions in three categories: Tutoring, Music Lessons, and even Young Childcare (ages 3-10) which includes a...

In this episode of The Mother Honestly Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Host Blessing Adesiyan is joined by Irina Tsukernik, CEO and Co-Founder, Edify and Bob Pease, CTO, Edify. Blessing discusses with Irina and Bob about the wonderful work they are leading at Edify and how Edify connects children of employees with caregivers for online sessions in three categories: Tutoring, Music Lessons, and even Young Childcare (ages 3-10) which includes a variety of educational activities like arts and crafts. They deep dive into how employers can step up to support their employees with distraction at home, specifically childcare and how remote work improves the productivity of employees. This podcast is in partnership with Splendid Spoon. Visit www.splendidspoon.com and join us as we #DropTheGuilt #TakeTheDayOff To become a Mother Honestly Member for only $97/yr, visit www.motherhonestly.com/membership and if you are a Company seeking support for your employees and their families, visit www.motherhonestly.com/atwork to provide real solutions at home and at work. Grab Your Copy of The Modern Workplace Report by Care.com and MH featured in Fortune, Romper, The Bump, and more. Visit Edify today

In this episode of Season 8 of The Mother Honestly Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Host Blessing Adesiyan is joined by Meghan Trask who is CEO and Co-Founder of TULA Life Balanced. TULA is the life balance platform connecting busy moms, families, and people with vetted on-demand personal assistants and chefs so they can find more time in their days to prioritize with purpose. TULA leverages technology and humans to help clients find more time in their days in the most...

In this episode of Season 8 of The Mother Honestly Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Host Blessing Adesiyan is joined by Megan Trask who is CEO and Co-Founder of TULA Life Balanced. TULA is the life balance platform connecting busy moms, families, and people with vetted on-demand personal assistants and chefs so they can find more time in their days to prioritize with purpose. TULA leverages technology and humans to help clients find more time in their days in the most accessible and efficient way… leaving them to feel empowered rather than guilty as they ask for help. They are on fire for this idea of shifting the second shift in a more equitable and efficient way! In this value packed episode, Blessing and Megan discuss the wonderful work she is leading at Tula and how employers can be part of the journey of their employees to find work life integration and take time off to be present in the moments that truly matter to them. This podcast is in partnership with Splendid Spoon. Visit www.splendidspoon.com and join us as we #DropTheGuilt #TakeTheDayOff To become a Mother Honestly Member for only $97/yr, visit www.motherhonestly.com/membership and if you are a Company seeking support for your employees and their families, visit www.motherhonestly.com/atwork to provide real solutions at home and at work. Our upcoming Start To Flourish Summit is on November 4th. Visit www.flourish.motherhonestly.com to reserve your seat and learn more about how to get involved. You can find our Megan Trask here

In this episode of Season 8 of The Mother Honestly Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Hosts Blessing Adesiyan and Andrea Mullan are joined by Elizabeth Pearson, Executive Coach for C-Suite and ELTs. She is a nationally recognized professional coach, published author, and podcast host who works with clients to help them get unstuck and overcome plateaus in their professional and personal lives. In this deeply insightful episode, Elizabeth tells the inspiring story of how she quit her successful sales career to pivot into coaching C-suite career women in a male dominated workforce. Blessing and Andrea also discuss with her, how women can get back into the workforce and thrive while pregnant or post pregnancy. and how women can take the day off from all the burdens society places on them as birthing women who want full lives and successful careers. This podcast is in partnership with Splendid Spoon. Visit www.splendidspoon.com and join us as we #DropTheGuilt #TakeTheDayOff To become a Mother Honestly Member for only $97/yr, visit www.motherhonestly.com/membership and if you are a Company seeking support for your employees and their families, visit www.motherhonestly.com/atwork to provide real solutions at home and at work. Our upcoming Start To Flourish Summit is on November 4th. Visit www.flourish.motherhonestly.com to reserve your seat and learn more about how to get involved. You can find Elizabeth Pearson here

In this episode of Season 8 of The Mother Honestly Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Host Blessing Adesiyan is joined by Simmone Taitt who is the CEO and Founder of Poppy Seed Health, a telehealth app transforming the way we care for pregnant and postpartum people with 24/7 text access to doulas, midwives and nurses. On a mission to democratize accessibility, emotional support and well-being for all birthing people, Simmone comes to this work through the highly personal experience of navigating her own pregnancy loss in an inequitable medical system. Prior to Poppy Seed Health, Simmone spent thirteen years working on go-to-market strategies with early-stage startups Gilt Groupe, SpaFinder, and KidPass. She is a deep believer that technology can and should leverage its power to connect us all with radical empathy. Her work has been covered by The New York Times, CBS Mornings with Gayle King, Vogue and many more.ring them to be active agents in their wellness. In this value packed episode, Blessing and Simmone discuss the path to parenthood and the wonderful work that Poppy Seed Health does to support the multiplicity of that journey. They discuss the importance of taking the day off as it relates to the birthing journey and how nobody needs to give you permission to take the day off. They also talk about how the culture behind Poppy is rooted in radical empathy to destigmatize the often shameful, unseen and unheard experiences of birthing people. This podcast is in partnership with Splendid Spoon. Visit www.splendidspoon.com and join us as we #DropTheGuilt #TakeTheDayOff To become a Mother Honestly Member for only $97/yr, visit www.motherhonestly.com/membership and if you are a Company seeking support for your employees and their families, visit www.motherhonestly.com/atwork to provide real solutions at home and at work. Our upcoming Start To Flourish Summit is on November 4th. Visit www.flourish.motherhonestly.com to reserve your seat and learn more about how to get involved.

In this power packed episode of Season 8 of The Mother Honestly Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Hosts, Blessing Adesiyan and Andrea Mullan are joined by Sheela Subramanian who is the vice president, Future Forum, Slack. They deep dive into the future of work and what that looks like for women and caregivers. They discuss redesigning the workforce to be more inclusive of the many different needs of various employees, How managers can be more intentional about setting up...

In this power packed episode of Season 8 of The Mother Honestly Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Hosts, Blessing Adesiyan and Andrea Mullan are joined by Sheela Subramanian who is the vice president, Future Forum, Slack. They deep dive into the future of work and what that looks like for women and caregivers. They discuss redesigning the workforce to be more inclusive of the many different needs of various employees, How managers can be more intentional about setting up policies that aid employees to do their best work whilst living their best lives and how the workplace can be set up so employees are comfortable taking time to find the things that bring them joy outside of work. Sheela Subramanian is co-founder of Future Forum and Vice President at Slack. She is also the author of How The Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams to Do the Best Work of Their Lives. Sheela holds 20 years of experience building high-growth global teams across Google, Slack, and startup organizations. As a champion for workplace equity, her work is cited in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and other publications. Sheela earned her BA from Stanford University and MBA from Harvard Business School and is the mother to two magical daughters. This podcast is in partnership with Splendid Spoon. Visit www.splendidspoon.com and join us as we #DropTheGuilt #TakeTheDayOff To become a Mother Honestly Member for only $97/yr, visit www.motherhonestly.com/membership and if you are a Company seeking support for your employees and their families, visit www.motherhonestly.com/atwork to provide real solutions at home and at work. Our upcoming Start To Flourish Summit is on November 4th. Visit www.flourish.motherhonestly.com to reserve your seat and learn more about how to get involved. You can find our guest here

In the second episode of Season 8 of The Mother Honestly Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Host Blessing Adesiyan is joined by Adonica Shaw who is an Integrative health coach, doula, midwife’s apprentice, and patient advocate. As the founder and CEO of Wingwomen, she's a powerful voice for women who are navigating their reproductive health. She built the international peer support platform after experiencing a catastrophic health event. The experience was the catalyst to...

In the second episode of Season 8 of The Mother Honestly Podcast, Take The Day Off, Powered by Splendid Spoon, Host Blessing Adesiyan is joined by Adonica Shaw who is an Integrative health coach, doula, midwife’s apprentice, and patient advocate. As the founder and CEO of Wingwomen, she's a powerful voice for women who are navigating their reproductive health. She built the international peer support platform after experiencing a catastrophic health event. The experience was the catalyst to creating the network which also provides access to health coaching to women with Endometriosis and PCOS. Named as one of the top 136 Black Innovators in STEM + Arts by Wonder Women Tech, Adonica believes women, in particular, need a unique support system to break through the glass ceilings in their lives. She’s committed to providing access to valuable health and wellness information to women and empowering them to be active agents in their wellness. In this very inspiring episode, Blessing and Adonica discuss in interesting details the powerful work she is doing at Wingwomen; helping women who battle with reproductive health issues like PCOS and endometriosis to find the help they need and most importantly find a community where they are believed, feel seen and are heard. They also discuss how Adonica navigates co parenting and re introducing herself to her children after a divorce. They also talk about the steps Adonica takes in her personal life to take the day off from the many roles she takes on as mother, coparent, founder and CEO. This podcast is in partnership with Splendid Spoon. Visit www.splendidspoon.com and join us as we #DropTheGuilt #TakeTheDayOff To become a Mother Honestly Member for only $97/yr, visit www.motherhonestly.com/membership and if you are a Company seeking support for your employees and their families, visit www.motherhonestly.com/atwork to provide real solutions at home and at work. Our upcoming Start To Flourish Summit is on November 4th. Visit www.flourish.motherhonestly.com to reserve your seat and learn more about how to get involved.

We are so thrilled to welcome you to Take The Day Off, Season 8 of the Mother Honestly Podcast powered by Splendid Spoon. Women have always taken on the larger share of the domestic and caregiving responsibilities at home - cooking, cleaning, laundry, childcare, and more. While these are absolutely important in keeping our households running smoothly and efficiently, we also know that women as a result of the uneven, repetitive and usually unrelenting household chores endure stress,...

We are so thrilled to welcome you to Take The Day Off, Season 8 of the Mother Honestly Podcast powered by Splendid Spoon. Women have always taken on the larger share of the domestic and caregiving responsibilities at home - cooking, cleaning, laundry, childcare, and more. While these are absolutely important in keeping our households running smoothly and efficiently, we also know that women as a result of the uneven, repetitive and usually unrelenting household chores endure stress, anxiety, burnout, and depression. This podcast is about taking the day off from your personal or professional to-dos, and bringing the focus back to you, and on what matters most to your personal well-being, indulging in a creative pursuit, or simply getting some sleep. Weekly we’ll check in with you to learn more about what you are doing to take the day off. In turn, we will arm you with the resources and know-how to take the day off, rejuvenate, and even better unplug and get the rest you deserve. We can only do this if we all do it — we must band together to show our young children and society at large that care matters. In our first episode, we sit down with Nicole Centeno, Founder & CEO of Splendid Spoon to learn more about how she started the company, and the role nutrition, mental, and maternal wellbeing plays in how we show up for ourselves, our family, loved ones, and work. This is a must-listen as Nicole shares key steps to achieving success at home and in the workplace, and multiple take-the-day-off moments that have led to the improved wellbeing of her family and her business. This podcast episode is available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, and wherever you listen to your podcast.

In this episode Blessing and Andrea are joined by Christy MacGregor who is co - founder and chief parent officer at Colugo. They discuss at length what it means to be a working parent in today's workplace, how to find flexibility as a working parent, how employers can make parental leave work for both employee and employer and how Colugo is helping parents find confidence in their parenthood journey. Christy MacGregor is co-founder & Chief Parent Officer at Colugo, a fast-growing baby gear start-up for a new generation of parents. She started her career in marketing before heading to law school and working as a litigator at a top global law firm. As a mom of 4, she’s now living the Colugo brand with her co-founder and husband Ted. She spends her days helping Colugo’s community and the parents on Team Colugo feel more confident taking on the adventure of parenthood. This podcast is in partnership with Indeed, the world’s number one job site, a company committed to helping women find better work. Visit www.indeed.com/betterwork and join us as we #LevelUpWithIndeed. Become a member of the Mother Honestly Private Network by visiting www.motherhonestly.com/membership and if you are a Company seeking support for your employees and their families, visit www.motherhonestly.com/atwork to provide real solutions at home and at work. The Motherboard has launched! Get feedback, coaching, and advice on big decisions with the nation's leading thought-leaders on the homefront and workfront, visit www.motherhonestly.com/motherboard to get personalized guidance tailored to you. You can also expense this cost as a stipend, Learning and Development, and or Professional Development. You can visit our guest today at Christy MacGregor

In this episode, Blessing Adesiyan and Andrea Mullan are joined by Yoky Matsuoka who is the Founder and CEO of Yohana. They discuss how delegating and letting go of some control can help you create time for the things that truly matter to you. They deep dive into putting yourself first and how this practice makes for a more fulfilled life at home and at work. Yohana was founded by Yoky Matsuoka, a leading technologist, mother of four, and McArthur 'Genius' fellow who made it her mission to create technology to enhance well-being for families. It’s this guiding idea that’s taken her from building brain-powered robotic hands to creating intuitive home technologies for Nest and Google. Juggling career, family, friends, aging parents and a never-ending to-do list, she understood all too well the immense load families carry. She looked for solutions, but nothing actually moved things off her plate or helped her well-being. So she did what she does best - started with a problem and created a solution: the only membership program designed to get modern families back in control of their wildly busy lives. View Yoky’s bio HERE. This podcast is in partnership with Indeed, the world’s number one job site, a company committed to helping women find better work. Visit www.indeed.com/betterwork and join us as we #LevelUpWithIndeed. Become a member of the Mother Honestly Private Network by visiting www.motherhonestly.com/membership and if you are a Company seeking support for your employees and their families, visit www.motherhonestly.com/atwork to provide real solutions at home and at work. The Motherboard has launched! Get feedback, coaching, and advice on big decisions with the nation's leading thought-leaders on the Homefront and Workfront, visit www.motherhonestly.com/motherboard to get personalized guidance tailored to you. You can also expense this cost as a stipend, Learning and Development, and or Professional Development You can visit today's guest here Yoky Matsuoka

In this episode, Blessing Adesiyan and Andrea Mullan are joined by Carolina Bermudez: A Television host, Radio Personality, Pop Culture Expert and Actress. They deep dive into the difficulties that the Post Pandemic Reality of the Workforce poses for Working Mothers. They talk about Employers having conversations with their Employees to build a Culture of Flexibility in the Workforce that serves employers and employees. Carolina also gives very helpful tips for Mom's struggling with finding...