Motherhood Advantage
Claim This Podcastby Dr. Laura Marie Rivera
Podcast Overview
<p>Explore how the concepts of Motherhood and Leadership intersect with Dr. Laura Marie Rivera.</p><p></p><p>What if Motherhood is one of the most powerful leadership trainings in the world? We’ve heard about the Motherhood penalty, but what about the <b>Motherhood Advantage</b>? </p><p></p><p>This podcast explores the powerful connection between Motherhood and leadership. Hosted by Dr. Laura Marie Rivera, the podcast grew out of <b>Intuitionship</b>, a groundbreaking research study with nearly 1,000 Mothers examining how the lived experience of Motherhood shapes the way women lead, solve problems, and navigate complexity. </p><p>Each episode features thoughtful conversations with remarkable Mothers—from bestselling authors and public leaders to entrepreneurs, creators, and Mothers just beginning their journeys. Together, they explore how Motherhood cultivates skills like adaptability, empathy, resilience, strategic thinking, and the ability to lead through uncertainty. </p><p></p><p>Part research, part storytelling, and part collective exploration, <b>Motherhood Advantage</b> invites us to reconsider a powerful idea: the experiences that prepare Mothers to nurture, guide, and protect the next generation also prepare them to lead in policy decisions and the paid workplace. </p><p></p><p>For more information or to recommend an amazing Mother-leader, please join us <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/motherhoodadvantage/" target="_blank">@motherhoodadvantage</a>. </p>
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Recent Episodes
July 27, 2026
Motherhood and the Art of Divorce with Olivia Howell
<p>What if divorce support looked less like crisis management — and more like community, strategy, and care?</p><p>In this episode of <b>Motherhood Advantage</b>, Dr. Laura Marie Rivera talks with <b>Olivia Howell</b>, divorce coach and founder of a first-of-its-kind divorce registry platform, about what women really need when they are moving through one of life’s most destabilizing transitions.</p><p>Olivia shares how her own experience with divorce, Motherhood, and raising two boys shaped her work supporting women through separation, co-parenting, rebuilding, and starting over. She explains how divorce coaching can serve as a crucial bridge between therapy and legal counsel — helping women save time, money, and emotional energy while making clearer decisions during a high-stress chapter.</p><p>This conversation explores the support gap around divorce, the importance of asking for help, and why rebuilding your life is not a failure of leadership — it <i>is</i> leadership. Olivia also shares how women can create stronger support systems, communicate honestly at home and at work, set boundaries, and invest in their own healing without apology.</p><p>At its heart, this episode is about more than divorce. It is about reinvention, resilience, and the leadership required to begin again.</p><p>For any Mother navigating transition — or supporting someone who is — Olivia’s story is a reminder that starting over can be an act of courage, clarity, and power.</p><p><b>Starting over is not a failure. Sometimes, it is the bravest form of leadership.</b></p><p></p><p>Connect with Olivia Howell on LinkedIn:</p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliviadreizenhowell" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliviadreizenhowell</a></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/" target="_blank">Fresh Starts Registry</a></p><p></p><p>Learn more about <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.motherhoodadvantage.com/" target="_blank">Motherhood Advantage </a><br /><br />Follow along on Instagram: <i>@motherhoodadvantage</i><br /><br />For the complete Intuitionship research results and a free copy of the report, visit <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://intuitionship.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank">https://intuitionship.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com</a><br /><br />Connect with Dr. Laura Marie on LinkedIn for research updates, podcast conversations, and reflections on Motherhood and leadership. <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-marie-rivera-intuitionship/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-marie-rivera-intuitionship/</a></p><p></p>
July 20, 2026
Season Two Recap: Motherhood, Ambition, Care, and Power
<p>In Season Two of <i>Motherhood Advantage</i>, Dr. Laura Marie Rivera continues the conversation at the heart of her research and her book, <i>Beyond the Pipeline</i>: what changes when we recognize Motherhood not as an obstacle to leadership, but as one of the places leadership is formed?</p><p>This season brings together an extraordinary group of Mother-leaders, researchers, advocates, authors, executives, educators, and changemakers to explore ambition, caregiving, identity, maternal health, storytelling, justice, support, and the systems that shape women’s lives.</p><p>The season opens with researcher <b>Dr. Carolyn Burroughs</b>, whose partnership in the original Motherhood-and-leadership research helps ground the conversation in evidence: Mothers develop many of the skills organizations say they value most, from strategic thinking and crisis management to advocacy, communication, and adaptability.</p><p>From there, <b>Stefanie O’Connell</b>, author of <i>The Ambition Penalty</i>, challenges the myth that women lack ambition, naming how systems too often punish women — especially Mothers — for wanting and pursuing power. <b>Rebecca Hogan</b> and <b>Dr. Anne Welsh</b> bring coaching and leadership insight to the emotional complexity of ambition, identity, guilt, purpose, and building a life that honors both meaningful work and family reality.</p><p>This season also deepens the storytelling lens. <b>Laura Nespoli</b> explores the power of narrative, voice, and embodied truth, while <b>Catherine Temkin</b> reflects on the foundational, often invisible work of caregiving and how the quiet lessons of Motherhood transfer into leadership, mentoring, and professional life.</p><p>The maternal health and caregiving conversations are especially powerful. <b>Ana Rodney</b>, doula and maternal health advocate, speaks to postpartum care, birth justice, and the need to surround Mothers with real support. <b>Rayna Tabanera-Geras</b> brings an early childhood and advocacy lens, reminding us that care, education, and community systems are inseparable from the lives of Mothers and children.</p><p>Season Two also highlights Mothers leading in business, law, and public life. <b>Ambika Singh</b>, founder of Armoire, talks about entrepreneurship, identity, and what it means to build differently as a Mother. <b>Judge Sharonda Amamilo</b> reflects on justice, trauma-informed leadership, and the ways Motherhood can deepen empathy, accountability, and public service. And <b>Tiffany Dufu</b>, president of the Tory Burch Foundation and author of <i>Drop the Ball</i>, offers a powerful conversation about support, failure, repair, rhythm, and why women cannot — and should not — lead or Mother alone.</p><p>Together, these conversations ask us to move beyond the Motherhood penalty as the only story. Yes, Mothers face bias, exclusion, impossible expectations, and structural barriers. But Mothers also develop profound leadership capacities through caregiving — capacities that workplaces, institutions, and public narratives too often fail to recognize because they were honed outside the paid workforce.</p><p>Season Two is a reminder that Motherhood and leadership are not separate identities. They are deeply connected — in the home, at work, in communities, in courtrooms, in classrooms, in companies, and in movements.</p><p></p><p>Featured guests include:</p><p><br />Dr. Carolyn Burroughs<br />Stefanie O’Connell<br />Rebecca Hogan<br />Laura Nespoli<br />Ana Rodney<br />Ambika Singh<br />Rayna Tabanera-Geras<br />Catherine Temkin<br />Judge Sharonda Amamilo<br />Dr. Anne Welsh<br />Tiffany Dufu</p><p></p><p>Logo Art by Erin Swanson McGoldrick</p><p></p><p>Learn more about the research behind the podcast in <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.elmmcoaching.com/beyond-the-pipeline" target="_blank"><i>Beyond the Pipeline</i></a>.</p>
July 13, 2026
Drop the Ball, Find Your Power with Tiffany Dufu
<p>In this episode of <i>Motherhood Advantage</i>, Dr. Laura Marie Rivera sits down with <b>Tiffany Dufu</b> — president of the Tory Burch Foundation, author, speaker, Mother of two, and longtime advocate for women’s leadership — for a deeply thoughtful conversation about Motherhood, purpose, failure, and the power of support.</p><p>Tiffany reflects on the profound influence of her Mother, Brenda, and how becoming a Mother herself reshaped her self-awareness, leadership style, and sense of purpose. Together, she and Laura Marie explore the difference between parenting and professional leadership, the importance of asking for help, and why solidarity among Mothers is essential for women navigating work, ambition, caregiving, and identity.</p><p>From the lessons of failure to the daily practice of repair, rhythm, and intentional living, Tiffany offers a powerful reminder that Motherhood and leadership are not separate lives we are forced to balance — they are deeply connected callings that can strengthen one another.</p><ul><li><b>Support is not a luxury — it is essential.</b><br />Tiffany reminds us that women cannot and should not have to lead, Mother, work, and care alone.</li><li><b>Motherhood can deepen leadership.</b><br />Becoming a Mother sharpened Tiffany’s self-awareness, clarified her purpose, and shaped how she leads.</li><li><b>Asking for help is a leadership skill.</b><br />Letting go of perfection and inviting support creates more space for purpose, presence, and impact.</li><li><b>Failure can be formative.</b><br />Tiffany speaks honestly about failure as a source of wisdom, humility, and growth.</li><li><b>Motherhood and leadership are connected callings.</b></li><li>The episode challenges the idea that Motherhood and professional ambition are separate identities, showing how each can inform and strengthen the other.<p></p></li></ul><p><b>LINKS </b></p><ul><li>Learn more about Tiffany at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.tiffanydufu.com/" target="_blank">https://www.tiffanydufu.com/</a></li><li>More about the Tory Burch Foundation and Fellows Program <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.toryburchfoundation.org/" target="_blank">https://www.toryburchfoundation.org/</a></li><li>Purchase a copy of DROP THE BALL at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250071767/droptheball/" target="_blank">https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250071767/droptheball/</a></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Continue the conversation: </b></p><p>Learn more about Motherhood Advantage, recommend a future Mother-leader guest, or explore the podcast at <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.motherhoodadvantage.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank"><b>Motherhood Advantage</b></a></p><p>Follow along on Instagram: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/motherhoodadvantage/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank"><b>@motherhoodadvantage</b></a></p><p>For the complete Intuitionship research results and a free copy of the report, visit <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://intuitionship.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank"><b>Intuitionship Research</b></a></p><p>You can also connect with Dr. Laura Marie on LinkedIn for research updates, podcast conversations, and reflections on Motherhood and leadership. <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-marie-rivera-intuitionship/" target="_blank"><b>https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-marie-rivera-intuitionship/</b></a></p><p></p><p></p>
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- What is Motherhood Advantage?
<p>Explore how the concepts of Motherhood and Leadership intersect with Dr. Laura Marie Rivera.</p><p></p><p>What if Motherhood is one of the most powerful leadership trainings in the world? We’ve heard about the Motherhood penalty, but what about the <b>Motherhood Advantage</b>? </p><p></p><p>This podcast explores the powerful connection between Motherhood and leadership. Hosted by Dr. Laura Marie Rivera, the podcast grew out of <b>Intuitionship</b>, a groundbreaking research study with nearly 1,000 Mothers examining how the lived experience of Motherhood shapes the way women lead, solve problems, and navigate complexity. </p><p>Each episode features thoughtful conversations with remarkable Mothers—from bestselling authors and public leaders to entrepreneurs, creators, and Mothers just beginning their journeys. Together, they explore how Motherhood cultivates skills like adaptability, empathy, resilience, strategic thinking, and the ability to lead through uncertainty. </p><p></p><p>Part research, part storytelling, and part collective exploration, <b>Motherhood Advantage</b> invites us to reconsider a powerful idea: the experiences that prepare Mothers to nurture, guide, and protect the next generation also prepare them to lead in policy decisions and the paid workplace. </p><p></p><p>For more information or to recommend an amazing Mother-leader, please join us <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/motherhoodadvantage/" target="_blank">@motherhoodadvantage</a>. </p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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