Mom Math

If you've ever felt like you're working twice as hard for half the recognition — this one's for you. In Episode 3, we're doing the math on the mom wage gap: what it is, why it happens, and how to start closing it on your own terms. In This Episode: What the "career pause penalty" is and how it compounds over time Why mothers are offered lower starting salaries than women without kids — with the sa...

The Default Parent Tax - Mom Math – Episode 2 Being the default parent is often treated like “just how things are,” but the reality is that it comes with real costs. Time. Energy. Mental load. And eventually, money. In this episode of Mom Math , MJ breaks down what it truly means to be the default parent, why invisible labor is still labor, and how carrying the mental hard drive of a household imp...

Episode 1 of Mom Math is about the hidden costs of motherhood: the time tax, the mental load, the invisible labor. But before we keep breaking down the numbers, I want to tell you why this series exists in the first place. I created Mom Math because I’m tired. Tired of watching mothers shrink themselves to fit a society that doesn’t nurture, promote, or truly care for them, yet still expects us to...

This week on Let’s Figure This Out, we’re diving into the unexpected parallels between Wicked and today’s political dynamics. From Elphaba’s fight against fear-mongering to the Wizard’s smoke-and-mirrors control, this episode unpacks misinformation, its consequences, and how we can combat it. [0:00 - 1:00] Intro * Why Wicked is more than entertainment—it’s a mirror for our world. [1:01 - 4:00] The...

In this episode, we’re diving into the hard truths about this election—the wins, the losses, and what it all really means for us. We’ll explore how, despite showing up in record numbers, Black women continue to face the same frustrating question: who’s truly fighting for us? We’ll break down the numbers, confront the narratives, and discuss why some voters made contradictory choices. And I’ll get...

It’s a new dawn and a new platform, with a ton of perks. Tune in to hear why I've moved to Substack and what you can expect from this podcast moving forward. Get full access to Mom Math at lifebymj.substack.com/subscribe