<p>Maryben Omollo is the CEO Greenseal Limited, a cleaning and pest control startup in Kenya.
But it’s a business with a difference… only employing and supporting single parents.
Maryben faced harassment and struggled to find work after she got pregnant and the father left her. She faced depression and even attempted suicide.
But her mental health ha ... Show More
Mar 2019
Why U.S. Working Moms Are So Stressed – And What To Do About It
Caitlyn Collins, a sociologist at Washington University in St. Louis, conducted interviews with mothers in four countries -- the United States, Italy, Germany, and Sweden -- who have jobs outside the home to better understand the pressures they felt. She found that American moms ... Show More
25m 26s
Dec 2020
Welcome Back to Remote Work, New Moms
Coming back to work after parental leave, after having a baby during a pandemic, when you and your colleagues are still working remotely — is complicated. Our colleague describes how she’s approaching remote reentry, and we turn to an expert on all things career and motherhood fo ... Show More
41m 5s
Feb 2024
141. Fighting Stigma and Finding Stability in Single Motherhood with Kim Williams (Single Black Motherhood)
“The biggest thing I didn't expect as a single mom would be that I had to learn how to rely on strangers.”
In this episode, host Tori Dunlap sits down with Kim Williams, founder of Single Black Motherhood, to discuss the challenges and triumphs of navigating single motherhood. Ki ... Show More
51m 28s
May 2018
Leaving a Successful Corporate Career to Start Your Own Business – Lily Kandalaft
Lily Kandalaft is the founder of Malaak Mama & Baby Care, the UAE’s first maternity focused childcare agency providing prenatal classes, maternity nurses, babysitters, sleep trainers, breastfeeding support as well as other pre- and postnatal services to support families in the UA ... Show More
39m 52s
Feb 2022
On Being CEO - and Living with Bipolar Disorder
Many leaders succeed and thrive not just in spite of anxiety, depression, or other mental health struggles - but because of them. They make leaders more aware of themselves, and more empathetic to those around them. Gillian Stein is one such leader. She’s the CEO of Henry’s, a fa ... Show More
34 m
Aug 2021
Bethany Mandel On Motherhood: “There’s Nothing That’s Worth Having In Life That Comes Easy”
This week, Martha sits down with mother of five and contributing writer to Deseret Magazine, Bethany Mandel, to discuss her most recent Op-ed “Modern Motherhood Has A PR Problem.” Bethany aims to debunk the stigma around motherhood halting a woman’s life and wants listeners to kn ... Show More
21m 27s