Mother Honestly Podcast

In this episode, Blessing and Andrea are joined by Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers! Together they’re the hosts of Pantsuit Politics podcast and co-authors of Now What? How to Move Forward When We’re Divided (About Basically Everything), which was just published on May 3, 2022 and I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m Listening): A Guide to Grace Filled Political Conversations. They met in college before going their separate ways for law school. They both live in Kentucky with their spouses and children. Pantsuit Politics Podcast has been featured in the New York Times, the Atlantic, and named by Apple Podcasts as one of the Best Shows of 2021.    Sarah and Beth speak frequently to universities, businesses, and civic organizations about improving political dialogue. Both Sarah and Beth attended Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, and then received their Juris Doctors (Sarah from American University and Beth from the University of Kentucky).    Sarah began her career as a congressional staffer, campaign aide, and blogger and social media consultant. She lives in Paducah, Kentucky, where she served a term as a city commissioner and volunteers as a Court-Appointed Special Advocate for children.  Beth has practiced law and served as an human resources executive and business coach. Beth lives in Union, Kentucky, and serves on several local boards of directors. Sarah shares life with her spouse, Nicholas, and children Griffin, Amos, and Felix; Beth with her spouse, Chad, and children Jane and Ellen. Sarah’s dog, Cookie, and Beth’s dog, Lucy, are beloved (and involuntary) contributors to their work. 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 guests at Pantsuit Politics Podcast 

We are midway through season 7 of the MH Podcast! We are super excited about how this season is going and all the amazing guests and conversations that we have had so far.   In this episode, Blessing and Andrea do a check in on how far the season has come, how fulfilling this season's partnership with Indeed has been and all the great work MH continues to do to ensure that women flourish and level up at work and at home.   Blessing Adesiyan is the Founder of Mother Honestly, a platform reshaping the future of women and families at home and in the workplace. Prior to founding MH and Villo, she spent 15+ years in Fortune 100 companies such as Microsoft, HP, PepsiCo, DuPont, and BASF where she built an operational excellence framework across the United States, Europe, Middle East, and Asia. She has been featured on Fast Company, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, Crains Business, Parents, Fortune Magazine and more.   Blessing is also an international speaker who has spoken across multiple media / enterprises such as Facebook, Pinterest, NBC, ABC, Fox, NASA, Fortune, SAP, Favor, and more. Blessing obtained her BSc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Florida, an MSc. in Energy Management from the New York Institute of Technology and an MBA from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. Connect with her on Instagram @blessing.adesiyan   Andrea is a passionate communicator and entrepreneur who in 2009 founded Victory Public Relations as an effective PR solution for health, wellness, and beauty brands and the experts who power them. Her understanding of the media, attention to relationships, and ability to identify trends has powered countless exciting campaigns for her clients. She continues to oversee strategy for some of the most innovative beauty brands and medical experts in New York City and beyond, as well as the growth of Victory Public Relations. A graduate of Saint Joseph’s University, Andrea lives in Summit, NJ with her husband and two sons. Connect with her on Instagram @andreamullan   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 launched last week! 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 find Blessing and Andrea on Linkedin; Blessing Adesiyan and Andrea Samacicia Mullan 

Blessing Adesiyan and Andrea Mullan are joined on this episode by Miriam Williams and Tara Henning, Co-Founders Of Superkin. They talk with Blessing and Andrea about the great work that they both do at Superkin. They expand on how they started out, What inspired the birth of Superkin and how Superkin is helping companies attract and retain the most dynamic talent in today's workplace - Parents   Miriam built a career in New York retail leading operations and strategy for global brands like Coach, Louis Vuitton and J.Crew. For 11 years she worked with three awesome women that shaped her view of leadership... and inspired her to build a workplace that worked for everyone. While earning her MBA from The Wharton School, Miriam caught the startup bug and later left NY for San Francisco and Narvar. As a new mom, she spent 2 years running logistics partnerships and advocating for better lactation support in the office and for traveling employees.     Tara spent the first part of her career in New York and San Francisco, working at world-class brands like Louis Vuitton and Walmart, where she thrived in the art and science of retail. She joined Narvar, a SaaS technology platform, as its #4 employee where she saw the company scale globally in just under 5 years. Tara wrote the maternity leave policy as the first employee to have a baby at the company. It was this experience that really planted the seed of becoming an advocate for working parents. She co-led the Women at Narvar ERG and Life @ team, to further develop programming and culture at Narvar.  She is energized by the power of connection — whether it’s brands, people or aligned missions. When working with a high-growth start-up or a large conglomerate, Tara brings an innovative thought process to projects and partnerships. She understands the complexities of teams, fast growing, best in class brands and that hiring the best people means nothing without culture.  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 Superkin.com

In what is one of our most insightful episodes yet, Blessing Adesiyan and Andrea Mullan focus their discussion on the challenges women face in trying to reach for their next big career move. They highlight how women are less likely to put themselves out there for opportunities unless they feel completely qualified. Women usually want to tick all the boxes before we raise our hand for that exciting new job or a stretch role in our current company.   Blessing and Andrea are joined on this episode by Maggie Hulce who is Senior Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise at Indeed. She talks with them on the identity crisis women experience post motherhood and how that affects our ability to climb up the corporate ladder and how women can reclaim their confidence in the workplace.   Maggie Hulce is Senior Vice President and General Manager for Enterprise at Indeed. In her role, she focuses on shaping product and go-to-market priorities for Indeed’s largest global customers.Before joining Indeed, Maggie was the Director of Sales Strategy & Operations at Google, focused on Google’s largest advertising customers in the Americas. Prior to Google, Maggie spent years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, serving clients in the retail and CPG industries.Maggie graduated cum laude from Harvard with a BA in Economics and received her MBA with distinction from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.   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 launched last week! 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 Maggie Hulce

On this episode Blessing and Andrea deep dive into the effects of a terrible work environment on the mental health of employees, how important it is for the workplace to be inclusive and how beneficial it is for employers to create a workforce that is intentional about retaining working mothers and caters to the needs of parents. They are joined by Sherrie Nguyen - Senior Manager, Product Marketing at Indeed & Stacy Peters - Manager of Learning Operations at Indeed who chat with them about the programmes and policies that indeed has in place to make sure that they create a workplace that promotes mental health, reduces burnout and absenteeism, increases productivity and provides adequate benefits for Indeedians and the global workforce Indeed caters to.   Sherrie Nguyen is a long-time Austinite, wife to her high school sweetheart Andy, and mother to 5-year-old Amaya. Originally from Houston, TX, Sherrie is the proud daughter of Vietnamese immigrants and first in her family to graduate college. She is an activist for working parents and caregivers, and she’s on a mission to re-imagine a world of work centered on care. Sherrie has worked in tech for over a decade and is currently employed with Indeed as a Product Marketer and also Founder and Co-Chair of the Parents & Caregivers Inclusion Resource Group. She is the recipient of the 2021 Austin Under 40 Award for Technology. Sherrie mentors with the Young Women’s Alliance and Breakthrough of Central Texas. Her happy place is swimming at Barton Springs or skateboarding. In her downtime, you can find her devouring a book or sharing deep belly laughs with her family. Stacy Peters is a Manager of Learning Operations at Indeed. Her role leads a Learning Operations group that drives effective learning experiences. They partner with Learning and Development teams to deliver learner-centered communication, innovative technology solutions and processes to help Indeedians learn and grow.  Additionally, Stacy is the Co-Chair of Indeed’s Black Inclusion Group (BIG), Americas Region. Their mission is to foster an environment of growth and belonging for members of the African Diaspora and allies to promote a diverse and inclusive work culture and support business objectives. Stacy is also doing the single-mom life with her brave, intelligent and beautiful 13-year old. They both enjoy roller skating, good music, and tasty Trinidadian dishes! Sometimes, you can find Stacy on stage sharing one of her life-long passions - singing.   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 launched last month! 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 https://www.linkedin.com/company/indeed-com/  

Blessing Adesiyan and Andrea Mullan recognize how important the conversation around the unpaid labour of women/mothers is and how dire it is for actionable solutions to be found. Women are buckling under the immense physical and mental load of it all, especially mothers and not enough is being said or done to help lessen this burden on women. We spoke about this with Reshma Saujani, C.E.O and Founder, Girls Who Code. Reshma began her career as an attorney and activist. In 2010, she surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress. During the race, Reshma visited local schools and saw the gender gap in computing classes firsthand, which led her to start Girls Who Code. Reshma is also the author of Brave, Not Perfect–a movement rooted in her experience, TedTalk, book, and podcast encouraging women to live their bravest, fullest lives.    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 launched last week! 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 https://girlswhocode.com/

Blessing Adesiyan and Andrea Mullan recognize the importance of women's health on their careers. So many women suffer from silent diseases, especially women of color. We spoke with Nehal Farouky MD, co-founder, and president of NYC-based VIVA EVE, a fibroid treatment and women's health center. Nehal is a mom of two boys, she ran a private psychology practice in Egypt for more than a decade and is herself a fibroid survivor. Her mission is to reinvent how women's health is managed. Their focus on fibroids was what caught Blessing's attention. The statistics are staggering, demonstrating just how deeply Black and Brown women are affected by fibroids, who are 2-3 times more likely to have fibroids than white women.    Doctors believe it’s due to the following There may be some genetic element that increases this tendency among African-American women. One study suggested that greater overall lifetime stress might help trigger fibroids Some evidence suggests environmental factors, such as diet or a history of abuse, increase the risk. Another study pointed to a Vitamin D deficiency due to darker skin.  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 launched last week! 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 https://go.vivaeve.com

On this episode Blessing and Andrea discussed the act of multitasking at home and how these tasks are s Today’s guest Mary Beth Ferrante talks about her viral Out-of-Office note after she dropped off her two girls and got a call three hours later to pick them up due to a covid exposure. The Out-Of-Office was an authentic and transparent approach to what Mary Beth calls "parenting out loud" at work.   Mary Beth is the founder and Managing Director of WRK/360. She is a mom of two and and an advocate for creating inclusive workplaces for parents. Wrk/360 is a platform designed to create workplace cultures that promote flexible work, empathetic leadership, and that help dismantle parental bias. As a former SVP in the finance industry, she has always valued growing her career and like so many other career-driven women was surprised when she hit the Maternal Wal. Her own experience propelled her to dive deeper into maternal bias, to influence changes to workplace culture and to advocate for paid national leave policy. She has been featured in FORBES, TOday, CNBC, Working Mother, Fairy God Boss and more.   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. To become a Mother Honestly Member for only $95/yr (prices go up to $295/yr on April 1st), 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.   The Motherboard launched last week! Get 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.  

On this episode Blessing and Andrea discussed why Blessing’s Instagram blew up over the weekend over a controversial Netflix show, why she took the post down, and why men need to show up for women at home and in the workplace. Today’s guest Charles Bonello is the Co-Founder & CEO of Vivvi, overnight he went from being a father of one to three, and continues to navigate childcare challenges not only for himself, but for his employees, companies and families in New York and across the country.    Vivvi provides exceptional child care and early education. With programs across the country, including on-campus, in-home, in-office, care cash and virtual tutoring, Vivvi partners with employers of all sizes to make child care more accessible and affordable. By helping companies cater to working parents and providing a comprehensive vision for today’s families, Vivvi offers the most powerful tool for recruiting, retention and productivity. For more information, go to www.vivvi.com.   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. To become a Mother Honestly Member for only $95/yr (prices go up to $295/yr on April 1st), 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 Caregiving and Work Summit is on March 25. Visit www.motherhonestly.com to register and learn more about how to get involved.

In this first episode of Season 7 of The Mother Honestly Podcast, Level-Up, Powered by Indeed, Host Blessing Adesiyan, CEO of Mother Honestly is joined by Andrea Mullan, CEO of Victory Public Relations as they begin to unpack Blessing’s career in various Fortune 100 companies, and her life as a mother of Four, and how she started Mother Honestly to transform the lives of women and families at home and in the workplace. This episode is about how women have gone through the most stressful period in the modern era and the tangible steps it will take to not only bounce back but level-up personally and professionally. 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.   To become a Mother Honestly Member for only $95/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 Caregiving and Work Summit is on March 25. Visit www.motherhonestly.com to register and learn more about how to get involved.   This podcast is a production of the Motor City Woman Studio.