Mom School

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/

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 that changed her perspective on just about everything, marriage and not caring what anyone thinks about how you do you.

Check Meredith out on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and go get her book, hide from your kids, pour a glass of whatever you want and laugh your ass off.

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 a must-listen. Liz is grounded, honest and unapologetic about her journey. She is the mentor mama we all need as she is living proof that a woman can be an incredible mother and wife while being a badass career woman.

'The Medicated Mommy' aka Jen Schwartz is the CEO and Founder of Motherhood Understood, a community organization dedicated to shining light on the darkest areas of motherhood and providing women with the education and support needed to heal from Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs). In this episode, Jen shares her first hand account of crippling PPD and the steps she took to become whole again. If you are a PMAD sufferer, survivor or expecting and looking to put guardrails in place to protect your mental health postpartum, her story is one of hope, strength and the remarkable good that can come on the other side of depression.

Motherhood Understood: https://www.motherhood-understood.com

Maternal Mental Health Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3RhSxNGKnJmQ-VtHcfK7Lg?view_as=subscriber

Become a Patreon of Motherhood Understood: https://www.patreon.com/motherhoodunderstood

The Motherhood Understood Postpartum Planning Guide: https://www.motherhood-understood.com/postpartum-planning/p/the-motherhood-understood-postpartum-planning-guide

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motherhoodunderstood/

Jen Schwartz Bio:

Jen Schwartz, also known as “the medicated mommy,” is the founder and CEO of Motherhood Understood, a platform, community, and story-sharing hub for women affected by pregnancy and postpartum mental health issues that she created after surviving postpartum depression and anxiety with the birth of her son, and realizing just how many mothers suffer in silence like she did. She built Motherhood Understood to provide women and their families with education, resources, connection, and support so that no mother has to experience a mental health illness in isolation and all mothers get the help they need to feel well and thrive in motherhood. Jen is a professional speaker, writer, moderator, consultant, spokesperson, and thought-leader committed to shining the light on the darkest of places, where maternal mental health taboos have been hiding out, trying to make mothers believe they are not enough and all alone. In addition to running Motherhood Understood, a highly-engaged community of over 85,000 women, Jen recently launched Maternal Mental Health in Minutes, an educational video library breaking down pregnancy and postpartum mental health illnesses and their treatments, and her work and expert commentary can be found all over the mommy blogosphere and on popular websites such as Forbes, Healthline, The Mighty, Romper, Motherly, The Bump, Happiest Baby, and 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 motherhood, guilt, privilege, emotional labor and needing more than what's under your roof to fulfill you as a woman. Rachel is honest, blunt, fiercely ambitious and unapologetically herself. Thank you @rachelpally - Listen with link in bio:

Rachel Pally Collection SHOP: Ethical & Feminine. Made in LA,

(recorded in late 2020.)