In our special mini series Chasing Change, host Samantha Saxby unveils what change looks like from the inside. She interviews women who have instigated meaningful change in their workplaces and communities to get the support they and others needed. 

In this episode, Samantha speaks with Nikki Brooker, who has dedicated her life to supporting mothers in crisis. Nikki is the Founder and CEO of You Are Not Alone (YANA), a nonprofit organization created in the wake of two community tragedies that took the lives of two mothers and their children. YANA offers completely free programs to help support moms in their most difficult and crucial moments, ensuring that all moms feel safe, valued, and accepted. 

In their conversation, Samantha and Nikki discuss:

If you found this conversation impactful, you can learn more about YANA and their work on their website and their podcast, Let’s Be Real. You can also find more information on volunteer opportunities and making donations on the YANA website.

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Moms With Benefits is chasing financial and emotional stability for motherhood. If you resonated with this episode, we’d love it if you would rate and review us to help spread the word. You can also find Moms With Benefits on Instagram @momswithbenefitsorg. 

Melanie Maldonado is a business owner, medical professional, doula, wife, and working mom to four children ages 10 and under. Through her business, Golden Love Birthwork, Melanie provides birthing mothers with prenatal, labor, and postpartum support to create a healthy, positive, empowering birth experience. Each of Melanie’s four pregnancy and birth experiences were different, and in this week’s episode, she shares how each of them impacted her and shaped her into the working mom she is today.

In their inspiring conversation, Melanie and host Samantha Saxby discuss:

If Melanie’s story resonated with you, follow her on Instagram @goldenlovedoula to stay up to date with her doula business. You can also learn more about her business on her website.

If you are currently expecting, or planning ahead, check out perkyleave.com to learn about your leave benefits. 

Moms With Benefits is chasing financial and emotional stability for motherhood. If you resonated with this episode, we’d love it if you would rate and review us to help spread the word. You can also find Moms With Benefits on Instagram @momswithbenefitsorg. 

Dr. Molly Millwood is a clinical psychologist, author, educator, consultant, wife, and mother of two boys. Her 2019 book, To Have and To Hold: Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma, is inspired by her own experiences as a new mother and navigating the changes it brought to her marriage and life. In it, she explores the complexities of new motherhood, and the emotional, physical, mental, and professional impacts it brings to individuals and their partners. She examines the link between women’s well-being as mothers and the well-being of their relationships, while offering guidance to help overcome guilt and reclaim their identities.

In their eye-opening conversation, Molly and host Samantha Saxby discuss:

If this episode resonates with you, you can order Molly’s book on Amazon, in hardcover, Kindle edition, and audiobook. You can also stay up to date with her on Instagram and website.

If you are currently expecting, or planning ahead, check out perkyleave.com to learn about your leave benefits. 

Moms With Benefits is chasing financial and emotional stability for motherhood. If you resonated with this episode, we’d love it if you would rate and review us to help spread the word. You can also find Moms With Benefits on Instagram @momswithbenefitsorg. 

Rosa Castano is a workplace well-being expert and advocate, business owner, yoga teacher, wife, and working mom of a three-year-old daughter. Through her business, Workplace Stress Solutions, Rosa and her team provide trainings and workshops on wellness, well-being, leadership development, and stress management tools for employers and employees of all levels of influence. 

In their inspiring conversation, Rosa and host Samantha Saxby discuss:

If this episode resonated with you, you can connect with Rosa on LinkedIn and follow her on Instagram @wellbeingwithrosa. 

If you are currently expecting, or planning ahead, check out perkyleave.com to learn about your leave benefits. 

Moms With Benefits is chasing financial and emotional stability for motherhood. If you resonated with this episode, we’d love it if you would rate and review us to help spread the word. You can also find Moms With Benefits on Instagram @momswithbenefitsorg. 

Alexis Adams is a full-time business owner, therapist, coach, wife, and mother of three kids five and younger. Her motherhood journey has been anything but conventional, and she joined the Moms With Benefits Podcast to share her experiences and what she’s learned about motherhood and herself and adds a unique layer of seeing it through a therapist’s perspective. 

In their insightful conversation, Alexis and host Samantha Saxby discuss:

If what Alexis shared in this episode resonated with you, you can follow her on Instagram @confidently.therapy. 

If you are currently expecting, or planning ahead, check out perkyleave.com to learn about your leave benefits. 

Moms With Benefits is chasing financial and emotional stability for motherhood. If you resonated with this episode, we’d love it if you would rate and review us to help spread the word. You can also find Moms With Benefits on Instagram @momswithbenefitsorg. 

In our special mini series Chasing Change, host Samantha Saxby unveils what change looks like from the inside. She interviews women who have instigated meaningful change in their workplaces to get the support they and others needed. 

In this episode of Chasing Change, Samantha speaks with Loryn Duke, Communications Director at Steamboat Ski Resort in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Loryn and her colleagues developed and opened the resort’s first-ever employer-based childcare center in 2022, resulting in a 425% return on investment. The opening of Steamboat Child Care Center has had a hugely positive impact not only on fellow resort employees, but the community at large. 

In their moving conversation, Loryn and host Samantha Saxby discuss:

If you found this conversation impactful and want to hear more about the childcare center, connect with Loryn on LinkedIn. She’d love to hear from you! You can also learn more about the center on the resort’s website, this Fortune story, and in this story from KUNC.

Moms With Benefits is chasing financial and emotional stability for motherhood. If you resonated with this episode, we’d love it if you would rate and review us to help spread the word. You can also find Moms With Benefits on Instagram @momswithbenefitsorg. 

Alissa Maizes is a financial advisor, attorney, RIA, wife, and mother of two adult children. She’s the Founder of Amplify My Wealth, where it’s her mission to empower women and families with their finances. She provides her clients with financial advice and custom plans to help simplify their finances and equip them with knowledge, education, and guidance to amplify their wealth. 

In their conversation, Alissa and host Samantha Saxby discuss:

If you enjoyed this conversation, you can connect with Alissa on LinkedIn, follow Amplify My Wealth on Instagram, and learn more on her website.

If you are currently expecting, or planning ahead, check out perkyleave.com to learn about your leave benefits. 

Moms With Benefits is chasing financial and emotional stability for motherhood. If you resonated with this episode, we’d love it if you would rate and review us to help spread the word. You can also find Moms With Benefits on Instagram @momswithbenefitsorg. 

Linda Alunkal is an entrepreneur, strategic business consultant, COO, founder and CEO, wife, and mother to two boys. In childhood, she and her family came to the United States as Chinese immigrants, and it’s those experiences that shaped her work ethic, outlook, and values. After an impressive corporate career with Johnson & Johnson, Linda pivoted to entrepreneurship after realizing her life’s mission—among other entrepreneurial endeavors. She’s now building bitebrave to help families navigate life-threatening food allergies with knowledge and confidence.   

In their inspiring conversation, Linda and host Samantha Saxby discuss:

If you enjoyed this conversation, you can connect with Linda on LinkedIn and follow bitebrave on Instagram.

If you are currently expecting, or planning ahead, check out perkyleave.com to learn about your leave benefits. 

Moms With Benefits is chasing financial and emotional stability for motherhood. If you resonated with this episode, we’d love it if you would rate and review us to help spread the word. You can also find Moms With Benefits on Instagram @momswithbenefitsorg. 

Christa Bright is the founder of the Working Mom Conference, an annual two-day event that honors working moms, acknowledges the challenges they face, and helps them achieve success in their professional and personal lives. This year’s conference is August 3-4, 2024, in Philadelphia, PA. 

Christa’s background in event planning and entrepreneurship, and ambition to create a supportive community for moms like her, led her to launch the Working Mom Conference in 2022. Its second-year speaker lineup is packed with inspiring women and moms from around the country, each with unique experiences and outlooks to share. 

In their inspiring conversation, Christa and host Samantha Saxby discuss:

If you enjoyed this conversation, you can follow the Working Mom Conference on Instagram and learn more on their website. Registration for this year’s conference in Philadelphia is still open here! Your host Samantha Saxby will be speaking on navigating finances in motherhood.

If you are currently expecting, or planning ahead, check out perkyleave.com to learn about your leave benefits. 

Moms With Benefits is chasing financial and emotional stability for motherhood. If you resonated with this episode, we’d love it if you would rate and review us to help spread the word. You can also find Moms With Benefits on Instagram @momswithbenefitsorg. 

This is the first episode of our podcast miniseries, “Chasing Change.” Host Samantha Saxby unveils what change looks like from the inside. She interviews women who have instigated change in their workplace to get the support they needed. Including how employees have utilized Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and affinity groups, to make an impact in the workplace, especially for working parents. 

In this episode, Samantha is joined by Alison Nogueira and Melissa Peikin from Northeastern University. Allison and Melissa co-founded NU Parents, a parent affinity group for working parents at all stages of parenthood. NU Parents provides personal and professional development for working parents and caregivers to create a strong network of fulfilled members. What began as a casual meetup in 2011 to discuss parenthood has now grown into an active community of almost 600 members, and has affected meaningful change across the university.

In their conversation, Samantha, Allison, and Melissa discuss:

To learn more about affinity group NU Parents, visit their website. You can also connect with Melissa and Allison on LinkedIn. 

Moms With Benefits is chasing financial and emotional stability for motherhood. If you resonated with this episode, we’d love it if you would rate and review us to help spread the word. You can also find Moms With Benefits on Instagram @momswithbenefitsorg.