What to do when maternity leave ends... There’s a moment that we don’t think about critically enough when we prepare working women to become parents. We do a good job of discussing labor pain management and throwing advice for sleep training & baby feeding. We have also begun to start having conversations about their pelvic floor (which is huge progress, btw). But we don’t talk enough about the moment they leave their baby and return to work. For some women, this transition feels manageable,...

Grief doesn’t always arrive in black clothing and condolences. Sometimes it shows up as irritability. As numbness. As distraction. As that strange ache you can’t quite locate in your body but feel everywhere at once.

This proverb, often evoked when raising children, holds a wisdom that extends far beyond the nursery. The truth is, it takes a village to live well, to heal, to grow, and to thrive — in motherhood, partnerships, careers, and every life stage...