Pregnancy requires approximately 80,000 extra calories and significantly more protein, yet "eating enough" is rarely discussed compassionately. This post breaks down the science of calorie adequacy, protein needs, and why focusing on foundational nourishment supports better outcomes than chasing a "perfect" diet.

Maternal nutrition is one of the most powerful factors shaping a child’s lifelong health—not just their birth weight. From brain development to epigenetic programming, what a mother eats can influence her child’s health trajectory for decades. This blog explores the science of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) and how to move beyond confusing diet labels.

Postpartum nourishment is biological infrastructure, not just self-care. Discover why food is essential for tissue repair, hormone regulation, and nervous system recovery, and how research gaps leave mothers without clear nutritional guidelines for healing.

Postpartum is not just a phase—it's a continuum starting long before birth. Explore why perinatal care must be connected and how the historical exclusion of women from clinical research created a critical gap in postpartum guidelines and maternal nutrition. Learn how a continuum-based approach supports recovery and reintegration.

Motherhood is a powerful form of leadership development that expands your emotional intelligence, resilience, and strategic clarity. Learn how the postpartum period strengthens your professional skills and why these abilities make you a more effective, empathetic, and valuable leader in the modern workplace.

Move beyond rigid schedules with a flexible, systems-based approach to motherhood. Learn how to implement time-stacking, backup strategies, nutrition systems, and partner onboarding to build a routine that supports your career, your baby, and your wellbeing. Mommerz provides the framework to create structure without strain.

Most mothers struggle after birth not due to capability, but from lack of support. Without systems for nutrition, nervous system regulation, planning, and emotional intelligence, postpartum and the return-to-work transition become overwhelming. Mommerz provides a holistic framework to help mothers thrive, not just survive, with education, tools, and community.

Returning to work after baby is more than logistics. It’s a profound transition. Learn how the four systems of nourishment, nervous system regulation, strategic planning, and emotional intelligence can help you rebuild sustainably. Mommerz offers an integrated framework so you don’t have to “figure it out” alone. Thrive, not just survive, this chapter.

Every year, companies lose talented women during the unsupported return-to-work transition. Mommerz helps organizations reduce turnover and boost retention by providing integrated coaching, emotional intelligence training, and perinatal support. Partner with us to build a more resilient, inclusive, and high-performing workplace.

Returning to work after having a baby is a monumental, yet profoundly undersupported, transition. Mommerz redefines support by integrating leadership strategy, emotional intelligence, perinatal nutrition, and yoga into a cohesive system. We provide 1:1 coaching, strategic planning, and evidence-based education to help mothers reintegrate with confidence and purpose. Because motherhood is leadership, and you deserve a comeback built on clarity, not chaos.

Understand the perinatal time period from pregnancy through the first year postpartum and why it is crucial for moms returning to work. Learn how your changing body, brain, and nervous system impact your energy, focus, and emotions. Discover practical support for nutrition, yoga, birth planning, and emotional intelligence to replace the "bounce back" pressure with a sustainable path forward. Navigate your return to work with evidence-based guidance and confidence.

Motherhood is a powerful form of leadership that develops emotional intelligence, resilience, and the ability to guide others through change. Discover how to move beyond the narrative of exhaustion and depletion. Learn to apply proven leadership frameworks from the boardroom to navigate pregnancy, postpartum, and your return to work with clarity and confidence. Embrace motherhood as a story of expansion, not shrinking.

Motherhood changes you, but that change is a powerful transformation, not a loss. Learn how to shift from the harmful "bounce back" narrative to embracing growth. Discover tools for birth, postpartum, and return-to-work transitions that combine emotional intelligence, leadership coaching, yoga, and perinatal nutrition. Build a sustainable, joyful life as you become the mother and leader you are meant to be.

Discover why emotional intelligence is the essential leadership skill for modern motherhood. Learn how developing self-awareness, self-management, empathy, and relationship management helps mothers regulate stress, communicate with compassion, and lead their families and themselves with more grace. Explore practical steps to build daily EQ habits and strengthen emotional resilience through pregnancy, postpartum, and working motherhood.

Founders have coaches to navigate business growth, but mothers are expected to simply "figure it out." Here’s how I combine consulting tools and compassionate care to help women rebuild themselves with confidence.

Any amount of breast milk offers protection and connection. Here’s how to reframe the pressure to “do it perfectly” and find a rhythm that nourishes both body and mind.

Most mothers value breastfeeding but face real-world obstacles: returning to work early, lack of support, cultural loss of knowledge, and medical inequities. Here’s what needs to change—and how consistent, compassionate care can help.

The moments right after birth set lifelong foundations for bonding and health. Here’s why that first hour of skin-to-skin and early breastfeeding can make such a difference—for both mother and baby.

Healing after birth is physical and emotional. Here’s a six-step framework I share with clients to rest, reflect, and return to work with clarity and confidence.

Thinking about a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC)? Learn what to ask your doctor or midwife and how collaborative support builds confidence for your next birth.