Only rarely do you find a woman who is so open and honest about their struggles in an effort to make it easier for the next woman. Jana and her husband Mike have been through their fair share of ups and downs, and unlike those of us who want to suffocate their husband with a pillow while they sleep but then post a gushy lovey #husbandgoals! Instagram the next morning - Jana and Mike keep it real. I read Jana and Mike’s book The Good Fight and felt like I had been on a cleansing couple’s therapy retreat. In one of the first pages Jana mentions that when she first met Mike she wondered what in ..read more

Chelsea Bodie is one half of the wildly popular @MamaPsychologists. She and her best friend Caitlin started sharing resources with moms after they each experienced their own struggles in early motherhood. The two registered psychologists now work to help mothers everywhere transform from "exhausted and angry to calm and empowered" by sharing their wisdom and encouragement with nearly half a million fellow moms on social media. Kristen and Chelsea discuss the most common issues moms are facing today and how to combat them. They dive deep into burnout, anxiety, anger, rage, values, boundaries an ..read more

This episode of Mom School, originally recorded in 2021, is dedicated to Black Maternal Mental Health Week featuring guest Kay Matthews. Kay delivered her daughter stillborn in 2013 after being rushed to the hospital at 9 months pregnant. She was given no answers and no resources to cope with her trauma post delivery. She candidly shares her personal birth story with the hope of continuing to break down cultural barriers in maternal mental health. Kay has spent the years since advocating for women through The Shades of Blue Project. Learn more at: https://blackmamasmatter.org/2023-black-matern ..read more

Parenting is both the most rewarding and difficult work we will ever do. Myla Leinweber, M. Ed, B. Ed, PCI Certified Parent Coach, Founder of The Joyful Parenting Collective and mother of two is passionately dedicated to teaching parents how to extract more joy from our experience. From gentling our expectations, living in the "both/and" space, concepts and frameworks like 'needs boxes' and 'marble jars' for emotional & nervous system regulation to the exact move to take when all hell is breaking loose. Kristen and Myla discuss the beauty and importance of co-regulation, 'spicy kids' and h ..read more

Rachel Pally: Fashion Designer and Mother. If you've ever dreamt of starting your own fashion label, Mom School's chat with Rachel Pally is a must listen. Right out of college Rachel founded her namesake brand @rachelpally and soon found her designs splashed all over the 'Best Dressed' lists of the most noted style magazines. While managing her skyrocketing business she and her husband also welcomed their two sons Tao and Luca. Our chat is a candid exploration of new motherhood as a passionate designer and entrepreneur - we talk in depth about her entrepreneur journey, balancing new mothe ..read more

Only rarely do you find a woman who is so open and honest about their struggles in an effort to make it easier for the next woman. Jana and her husband Mike have been through their fair share of ups and downs, and unlike those of us who want to suffocate their husband with a pillow while they sleep but then post a gushy lovey #husbandgoals! Instagram the next morning - Jana and Mike keep it real. I read Jana and Mike’s book The Good Fight and felt like I had been on a cleansing couple’s therapy retreat. In one of the first pages Jana mentions that when she first met Mike she wondered what in ..read more

Meredith Masony is the founder of the wildly popular mommy blog "That's Inappropriate". The Mom of 3 is an unfiltered, ridiculously hilarious YouTube/social media star who just released a new book, "Ask Me What's for Dinner One More Time." I NEVER read comedy books - I am strictly a self-help, murder-mystery person, but I flew through this book so fast. Meredith had me in stitches laughing (and then I cried towards the end and woke my son up from his nap just to hug him - so, clearly this book is powerful). During our chat we talk about mommy martyrdom, pandemic parenting, the cancer scare tha ..read more

Liz Vaccariello is the current Editor in Chief of Real Simple and former EiC of Parents Magazine. I met Liz while shooting an episode of People Magazine's show People Now and quickly realized this woman was a force to be reckoned with. During our episode she shares how she climbed the ranks in her career eventually landing in the top seat all while raising identical twin girls. She opens up about her struggles, the trade-offs and the mindset/mental shifts she needed to make in order to succeed. Liz's stance on government mandated childcare and her prophecy for working families post-pandemic is ..read more

Molly Sims is a supermodel, actress, wife and mother to 3. During this episode of Mom School she chronicles her unconventional route to motherhood: IVF, egg freezing, thyroid cancer scare, severe postpartum anxiety, struggles breastfeeding and the recent loss of her beloved mother. Molly is candid, open, honest, real and says the things many of us think but are hesitant to share. Molly is relaunching her website https://www.mollysims.com/ and has a new show and podcast releasing soon. She is also our very favorite Instagram follow @ https://www.instagram.com/mollybsims ..read more

“I’m surprised you didn’t get blueberries" - The text @everodsky received from her husband that left her on the side of the road in tears. Rodsky is a Harvard trained attorney who after welcoming her first baby was (like many of us) struggling to juggle it all. After taking "time off" to focus on motherhood, she began feeling like a shell of her former self. She had also become the “she-fault” parent for nearly everything in her household. Exhausted and overwhelmed, she put her organizational management expertise to use and crafted a solution - Fair Play. If you have ever found yourself annoye ..read more