The Motherly Podcast
The Motherly Podcast features honest conversations about modern motherhood with inspiring leaders—who also happen to be mothers. These incredible women, like Kristen Bell, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, and Gabrielle Union, are helping to redefine motherhood, using their voices to uplift women with practical ideas and expert insights. The Webby Award winning podcast is hosted each week by Liz Tenety, an award-winning journalist and co-founder of Motherly.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 219
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Heng Ou on Why Moms Need Postpartum Healing
In this first episode of Season 8 of The Motherly Podcast, Liz speaks with Heng Ou, the author of the book The First 40 Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother and the founder of Motherb…
00:30:22 |
Thu 05 Aug 2021
Kelly and Callie of Slumberkins on Talking to Kids About Difficult Emotions
In this episode, Liz talks to best friends, moms, and co-founders, Callie Christensen and Kelly Oriard. Callie, a special education teacher, and Kelly, a former family therapist, started their wildly…
00:39:08 |
Thu 24 Jun 2021
Simone Davies and Junnifa Uzodike on Raising Montessori Babies
In this episode, Liz speaks with Montessori educators and authors, Simone Davies and Junnifa Uzodike. They discuss their latest book, Montessori Baby and explain the Montessori philosophy and how to …
00:37:50 |
Thu 17 Jun 2021
Wow in the World’s Mindy Thomas on staying young at heart
Mindy Thomas, co-host of the popular kids podcast Wow in the World, talks to Liz about her new book for kids, The Wow and How of the Human Body, why every day in her house is a “yes” day, and how she…
00:37:15 |
Wed 09 Jun 2021
Dawn Fable educates us on CBD and the importance of laughter
Dawn Fable started her CBD brand, Press Pause, to help other mothers, like herself, find a more natural way to combat anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder. In this conversation with Liz, she educ…
00:32:37 |
Thu 03 Jun 2021
Jewel on breaking negative cycles and bringing out the best in our kids
Liz talks to musician and author, Jewel, about the importance of both nature and nurture, her difficult childhood, and why breaking negative patterns and cycles was so important to her before having …
00:42:17 |
Thu 27 May 2021
Bestselling author Katherine May on the power of rest and retreat in difficult times
Katherine May’s bestselling memoir, Wintering, which was released in January 2021, at the height of our pandemic winter, couldn’t have been more timely. The book chronicles her year of retreat from t…
00:32:50 |
Thu 20 May 2021
Emma Brown on Raising Emotionally Healthy Boys
After the birth of her son, Washington Post investigative reporter, Emma Brown, made the decision that she wanted to raise her boy to be different than many of the men she reported on in the wake of …
00:32:26 |
Thu 13 May 2021
Melissa Bernstein of Melissa & Doug wants you to know that you aren’t alone
Melissa Bernstein is one-half of the incredibly successful global toy company Melissa & Doug. However, the mother of six and creator behind the joyful toys has also secretly battled depression for mo…
00:34:58 |
Thu 06 May 2021
Floral Designer Sarah Winward on the power of observation and bringing nature inside
Celebrated floral designer Sarah Winward explains why we shouldn’t feel intimidated by flowers, how she learned to balance her career and kids, and why she wants us all to take a deeper look at the n…
00:33:39 |
Thu 29 Apr 2021
HGTV Design Star Next Gen Winner Carmeon Hamilton on making beautiful environments accessible to all
Liz checks in with HGTV’s Design Star Next Gen Winner, Cameon Hamilton, to discuss her life-changing win, how her background in healthcare design shaped her unique interior design approach, why she b…
00:33:43 |
Thu 22 Apr 2021
Shea McGee on Recalibration, Balance, and the Beauty in Everyday
Liz checks in with Shea McGee, one half of Studio McGee, author, star of the Netflix show “Dream Home Makeover,” and co-creator of a sold-out Target Line. Shea talks about her upcoming pregnancy, how…
00:40:09 |
Thu 15 Apr 2021
DIY Queen Angela Rose Wants You to Stop Pinning and Start Doing
DIY design queen Angela Rose has amassed a huge following for helping to make her home and others’ look like the ones we all love to pin on Pinterest but think we can never pull off or afford. In thi…
00:34:26 |
Thu 08 Apr 2021
Cortney Novogratz on designing the life that works for you
In this inspiring first episode of Season 7 of the podcast, Cortney Novogratz, one half the home design duo, The Novogratz, and mother to seven kids, talks about how starting her company with her hus…
00:33:48 |
Thu 01 Apr 2021
The Lily’s Neema Roshania Patel on feminism and showing up for moms
Liz checks in with the editor and founding member of The Lily, The Washington Post’s publication that puts women at the center. Neema explains why we need publications like The Lily to tell these sto…
00:27:00 |
Thu 11 Mar 2021
Celebrating Trailblazing Mothers: An Interview with Senator Tammy Duckworth
In honor of Women's History Month, we are celebrating trailblazing mothers all month. First, with an interview with Senator Tammy Duckworth (Illinois), one of the most prominent mothers in American g…
00:13:13 |
Thu 04 Mar 2021
Black Women's Health Imperative President & CEO Linda Goler Blount on the Black maternal mortality crisis
Black Women’s Health Imperative President & CEO, Linda Goler Blount, talks to Liz about her accomplished career, why the health of Black women is at a crisis-point, how her grandchild motivates her, …
00:40:39 |
Thu 25 Feb 2021
Refinery29’s Global Editor-in-Chief Simone Oliver on sisterhood, style as self-expression, and raising kind kids
Liz speaks with Refinery29’s Global Editor-in-Chief, Simone Oliver, about her new role, why she always gives people the benefit of the doubt, and how going to an all-girls school and then attending H…
00:35:07 |
Thu 18 Feb 2021
Raquel Roxanne Nowak on navigating the process of becoming a mother
Liz speaks with Raquel Roxanne Nowak, the founder and creative director of Matrescence, the first clean skincare line developed especially for motherhood. Raquel tells Liz about the shock she experie…
00:32:14 |
Thu 11 Feb 2021
Black Mothers on working to change the narrative, hope, and allyship
In this special episode, Liz talks with Gabrielle Union, Valerie Jarrett, Nic Stone, Harmonia Rosales, Jurnee Smollett, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, Meena Harris, and LaTonya Yvette about the state of bl…
00:19:28 |
Thu 04 Feb 2021
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