💌 SOWM Digest 044

Hi All!

Kelly here, taking the pen with a guest post to shout out the launch of the Expectant & New Moms Small Group Coaching Cohort, right here within the Society of Working Moms!

TL;DR - Pregnant or newly postpartum and ready to own your transformation with confidence alongside community and expert support? Then the cohort is for you! Key Dates: Thursday 10/16, Tuesday 10/28, Tuesday 11/11; all at 9:30AM PT / 12:30PM ET. Register here!

More Context - Hi! For those I haven’t met - I’m Kelly Ling, mom of 2 littles, and resident coach here at SOWM. My core expertise is in supporting ambitious expectant and new moms navigate career and identity evolution in their transition to parenthood. I am an ICF-certified executive coach, and have worked with hundreds of new moms through coaching, workshops, and partnerships with companies investing in their parent talent!

I’ve been working with Jess (SOWM’s Head of Coaching), Kate (SOWM’s fearless founder), and many of our community members, to design a new coaching & development experience, specifically for those currently pregnant or within a year(ish) postpartum. We are excited to launch this as a beta program this fall, with hopefully more small-group cohorts to follow!

Learn more here and stay tuned for future coaching cohort opportunities!

Member Recs

The good stuff, as touted inside the Slack community!

GOODS — this booger sucker that’s miles ahead of the Frida, these shoes and these boots for toddlers with chubby feet, this flip up & away air fryer to conserve counter space, and this mini chainsaw for under $25 (use code XDKEC2DZ at checkout)

RESOURCES — this 10-minute fix to ensure your ChatGPT history does not become searchable on Google.

RECIPE — this bright pasta salad and this ridiculously good air fryer chicken breast.

READ — The Shortcut to Getting Chosen (Without Outperforming Anyone) (5 min)

Upcoming Events

* = member-led session
🤗 = free & open to the public
🔒️ = members only

Monday, 9/22 @ 12PM PT / 3PM ET
September Business Owners' Huddle 🔒️

Wednesday, 9/24 @ 10AM PT / 1PM ET
Coaching Call: The Unspoken Ambition (w Coach Kelly) 🔒️

Thursday, 9/25 @ 11AM PT / 2PM ET
How to Discuss the Mental Load (w Brian Page of Modern Husbands) 🤗

Friday, 9/26 @ 9:30AM PT / 1:30PM ET
Working Moms 3x30 Networking 🤗

Monday, 9/29 @ 12PM PT / 3PM ET
New & Prospective Member Orientation 🤗

Wednesday, 10/1 @ 10AM PT / 1PM ET
Coaching Call: The Courage to Be Seen (w Coach Kelly) 🔒️

Tuesday, 10/7 @ 10AM PT / 1PM ET
Estate Planning 101 (w Steward) 🤗

Wednesday, 10/8 @ 10AM PT / 1PM ET
Coaching Call: Setting Boundaries that Stick (w Coach Jess) 🔒️

Thursday, 10/9 @ 12PM PT / 3PM ET
Working Moms 3x30 Networking 🤗

Open Roles & Opportunities

Share your leads for parent-friendly roles by replying to this email and I’ll include in our #job-board channel! Good karma for warm leads (♨️) and extra good karma for roles of which you’re the hiring manager!

• ♨️ SMB, Customer Success Manager @ DeleteMe (remote) (JD / Slack thread)

• ♨️ Social Media & Reels Producer for [mom and kiddo brands] (NYC and Atlanta) (Slack thread)

• Director of Social Media @ Flock Safety (remote) (JD / Slack thread)

• Customer Advocate @ Buffer (remote — PST, MST, or HST timezone) (JD / Slack thread)

• Sales Lead (PT) @ Maple (remote) (JD / Slack thread)

• Content Creation Specialist @ Assistantly (LI Post / Slack thread)

• Director of Growth Marketing (and many others!) @ Pomelo Care (remote) (Jobs board / Slack thread)

• Director, Brand Creative Strategy @ hims & hers (remote) (JD / Slack thread)

Slack Sampler

🧀 Just a taste of the 100+ conversations that have happened inside SOWM over the last few weeks!

• Advocating medically for a child

• Advocating medically for a parent

• Best chocolate snacks for period week?

• K-Pop Demon Hunters is taking over my life

• OOO for maternity leave — timing, content, etc.

• Minor disappointment in learning the sex of baby

• 1st grader is excluding the neighbor girl — wwyd?

• Finding out your spouse was laid off from the news

• Cringey parent Facebook groups for college-aged kids

• Violence begetting violence in these “unprecedented” times

• How to ask for support in a mid-year check-in with your boss?

• A quick way to go deeper with your kiddos at the end of the day

ISO…

If you can help, simply reply to this email and I’ll connect you to the OP!

• … parenting books that are for LGBTQ+ parents

• … info for becoming PCI compliant as a Quickbooks user

• … beta testers for this mother-centered (and SOWMie-built!) AI tool

• … tips from seasoned twin moms for this soon-to-be twin mom (and current toddler mom)

SOWM Community News

• Welcome to our newest members! 👋 Rosanna L., Mia H., Alyssa S., Tami E., Michelle C., Lacey K., Krislyn P., Beth W., Emily O., Candice B., Megan M.!

  • And welcome to our newest SOWM baby, Graham! 🐣 

• Our Q4 pick for the No-Stakes Book Club is Having It All by Corinne Low, PhD —you can still pre-order for just $5 through Monday, September 22!

• The 2026 book club slate is in the works, this time with more of a mix of fiction/non-fiction. 🤓 In the meantime, tell us what you’re reading in #c_no-stakes-book-club🔒️!

• Our coaching slate is set through the end of the year! See Luma for the latest and register so it’s on your calendar. (As Coach Jess always says, “make sure you’re on your own to-do list!”)

• We are coming out of a somewhat sleepy summer (community-wise, that is... nothing about summer is “sleepy,” as we all know)!! On that note, we are excited about beefing up our programming again now that the kids are in school! 💪 

  • Ask The Experts:

    • 9/25: How to Discuss The Mental Load (with Brian Page)

    • 10/7: Estate Planning 101 (with Steward)

  • Member-Led Programming:

    • TBD October: Demystifying Your Employer’s Annual Benefits Enrollment (with Heather, Senior Consultant at Gallagher)

    • 11/18: Let’s Talk Trademarks: Protecting Your Brand the Smart Way (with Colynn, founder of Iluma Law)

• New & expectant moms — DYK coaching can have upwards of a 7x ROI on every dollar spent? So you should feel empowered to ask your manager if your company can cover the cost of SOWM membership and our new cohort experience. Use this template as a starting point. (You can do this!! 🙌)

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XO, Kate