Mother of Fact: the podcast

Burnout isn’t just about working too much. It’s about losing the ability to recognize yourself in the work you once loved. This week on Mother of Fact: The Podcast, Emily sits down with resilience coach and healthcare leadership expert Deb Shannon for an honest conversation about what clinician wellbeing really looks like, especially for women working in healthcare. Drawing from years of coaching...

In this episode, Emily sits down with Dr. Olamide Sobowale to talk about what it really takes to improve women’s healthcare from the inside of the system. From frontline clinical care to leadership across women and children’s programs, Dr. Sobowale shares how innovation, technology, and better system design can help clinicians do their best work while meeting patients where they are. You’ll hear:...

In this episode, Emily sits down with Dr. Bilikis Oladimeji to talk about what it really means to build digital health tools that improve women’s healthcare. From her early interest in coding in Nigeria to leading clinical programs at Progyny and founding SheriBell Global, Dr. Bilikis shares how data, technology, and systems thinking can strengthen care while keeping real patients and clinicians a...

In honor of National Nutrition Month, Emily sits down with Dr. Loneke Blackman Carr to explore why nutrition advice alone rarely changes health outcomes. As a behavioral scientist, professor, and registered dietitian, with Dr. Loneke shares how caregiving demands, structural barriers, and lived environments shape the way women eat, move, and care for their health. Dr. Loneke is currently Assistant...

In this episode, Emily sits down with Kristin McGregor, PhD — clinical psychologist and National Clinical Director of Integrated Behavioral Health at LifeStance Health — to unpack what integrated care really looks like when it centers women and families. From fertility to postpartum to menopause, they explore what happens when we stop treating mental health as separate and start embedding it where...

When is the right time for employers to take women’s health seriously? According to Jim Hettenbach , VP and Head of Business Ventures at Unum, that time was yesterday — and the smartest companies are already catching up. In this energizing and insight-packed episode, Emily sits down with Jim to explore how employer benefits are evolving beyond check-the-box wellness to whole-person care — includin...

AI is changing healthcare — but Modality is proving that the most powerful innovations start with people. Emily Sylvester sits down with Laura Vitale , Founder & CEO of Modality , for an honest conversation about how we train, support, and retain the frontline workers who form the backbone of our care systems. Laura shares how Modality uses AI-powered “practice conversations” to help staff bui...

What does real postpartum support look like when you’re running a startup, healing from birth, and parenting a NICU baby — all at once? In this powerful, raw, and heart-hitting episode, Emily sits down with Sam Gardner , founder of Continuity Co. and Happy Pillar ), to talk about building mental health infrastructure for working moms — while barely surviving her own postpartum experience. This con...

In this episode of Mother of Fact: the podcast—conversations with leaders transforming women’s health —host Emily Sylvester , Founder & CEO of Mother of Fact , sits down with Amy VanHaren , founder of Pumpspotting . Amy has spent the past decade redefining how mothers connect and find support through technology, storytelling, and community. From her journey across the country in the Breast Exp...