Hosted by Cat Canada, founder of Re:Brand, this is part inspiration, part introduction, and part send-off.

​You'll meet each other not by job title, but by your rebrand: the pivot you want to make, the goal you're chasing, the big dream you're finally ready to say out loud. Then, everyone comes together for one final question — what are you betting on yourself for this year? — and answers it out loud before walking into the fall with real momentum.

The Mental Load at Home is a conversation about the invisible logistics that keep family life moving, and why so much of that work still ends up on one person’s plate. We’re digging into childcare coordination, household systems, summer planning, daily decision-making, and the constant behind-the-scenes tracking that rarely gets counted as work.

​Led by Briana Succop, founder of Cookie Family Management, this interactive Village Session turns the invisible labor of running a household into something you can actually see. Through a series of live sticky-note exercises, you'll name what's weighing on you, map where your mental load really concentrates — across household, kids, relationship, and more — and leave with one concrete thing you're ready to change or hand off.

Becoming a mother doesn't just change your schedule, it rearranges who you are. That shift has a name: matrescence. And yet most of us are never told about it, so we end up confused about why our ambition feels different, why our identity feels up for grabs, and why "just bounce back" advice makes us want to scream.

Motherhood can bring joy, love, and wonder, but it can also bring fear, rage, grief, numbness, and questions that feel hard to say out loud. Maternal Mental Health: Naming What’s Hard is an honest conversation about the emotional realities that can show up during pregnancy, postpartum, and beyond.

​Raising a child with developmental, medical, behavioral, or mental health needs while balancing a career is a version of working motherhood that asks more of you than most people ever see. If you're a complex caregiver, you know the constant appointments, therapies, insurance battles, school meetings, advocacy, paperwork, and invisible mental load can leave you wondering if anyone else truly understands what you're carrying.

​Motherhood changes everything, so why should workplace culture stay the same old thing? Join Mothered Media for an hour of real talk, big ideas, and maybe a little venting (the good kind) about what it actually takes to build workplaces where mothers don't just survive, but thrive. We're talking flexibility, respect, policies that make sense, and cultures that stop treating motherhood like a productivity problem to solve.

The real conversations working mothers need before, during, and after maternity leave or preparing for their next baby to have a better experience. How to navigate leave policies, advocate for yourself before and after, know your pumping rights, and what good employer support actually looks like versus what most organizations offer.

​Panelists:

​Amy Beacom - Center for Parental Leave Leadership

​Christina D'Asaro - Cover My Leave

​Sascha Mayer - Mamava

​Linzay Davis - Hello, Bundle

​Feeling wired, tired, or just plain frazzled? Come hang out with us for a quick and lively nervous system reset session hosted by Mothered Media and Royal Heir Botanicals. In just 15 minutes, we're turning down the chaos and turning up the calm, mixing in some fun, some real talk, and simple tools you can use the second you log off to help your body and mind chill out. ​

Entreprenista presents: ​Networking, reimagined for working mothers. Co-hosted with Entreprenista, attendees will participate in a highly engaging, interactive session practicing elevator pitches, building authentic connections in real time, and more. Come ready to talk, ready to meet other amazing working moms, and learn how to build your network and opportunities for ambitious working mothers.

Paid leave advocate Orli Cotel breaks down why FMLA leaves millions unprotected, which 14 states now offer paid family leave, and exactly how working parents can push their employer or state to be next.

Lara Vu, founder of Mila's Keeper and former UNICEF public health worker, explains the overlooked infrastructure gap in pumping at work, breast milk storage, and how knowing your PUMP Act rights can extend your breastfeeding journey.

Heather Boneparth, author of Money Together, covers how to negotiate a surprise hospital bill, why comparing your salary to daycare costs is the wrong math, and why a quarterly 'money date' with your partner changes everything.

Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs, Army veteran and candidate for U.S. Congress, shares her experience of pregnancy and postpartum in the military and lays out the policy fixes she's fighting for: paid family leave, rural maternal healthcare, and support for foster families.

Sarah Wells, founder of Sarah Wells Bags and author of Go Ask Your Mother, breaks down what managers get wrong about supporting new moms, from return-to-work check-ins to the everyday logistics of pumping at work.

Dr. Anne Walsh, counseling psychologist and author of Ambitious Mother, unpacks the three P's behind working-mom burnout (perfectionism, people-pleasing, pretending) and reframes ambition as a web to climb, not a ladder.

Chelsea and Mike Skaggs, founders of Postpartum Together, unpack the invisible load from a dad's perspective, the male side of matrescence, and how couples can stay on the same team through sleep deprivation and identity shifts after baby.

Whitney Hallman, RPLC, covers the fight for paid family leave, the maternal health gap facing Black mothers, and how her parental leave coaching prepares parents (and their managers) for leave, the return to work, and everything in between.

Michelle Yu, co-founder and CEO of Josie, walks through a 5-step framework for pitching parental leave, flexibility, and other workplace support as a strategic business case, not a personal favor.

Briana Succop, founder of Cookie, shares how she built a family task and calendar app to get the mental load out of her head and turn her whole household, kids included, into a team.

Christine Tangel, LCSW, Senior Director of Post-Adoption Services at Spence-Chapin, breaks down the three paths to adoption, what it really costs, how long it takes, and how matrescence shows up for adoptive moms too.

Product leader and working mom advocate Mary Sheehan explains her ‘Minimum Viable Person’ framework, a tech-inspired way to protect just enough of what makes you feel like yourself, even in the busiest seasons of motherhood.

Wendy Davis, PhD, President & CEO of Postpartum Support International, and Andrea Clark, JD, Deputy CEO, explain the signs of perinatal mood disorders, when to seek help, and how partners can support recovery.

Sami Packard, founder of Coupledom, brings an organizational-change lens to partnership after baby, onboarding your partner into household tasks like a new hire, dividing labor fairly, and rekindling your own identity as your kids grow.