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10/21/2026

You are not alone Mama. đź’›

So many moms are carrying more than anyone can see, and wondering if what they’re feeling is “just part of motherhood.”

In our upcoming episode, therapist Stephanie Arrington, LCSW, joins us to talk about maternal mental health, postpartum recovery, and why you don’t have to wait until things feel unbearable to ask for support.

A reminder from this conversation: you deserve care, too. Our new episode is coming soon. Stay tuned, and send this to a mom who might need to hear it.

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10/15/2026

“There’s nothing a pi**ed off mother can’t accomplish.”

Elaine Welteroth () said this at yesterday’s Female Quotient Women’s Wellness Summit, and the whole room felt it. Dismissed by her doctors during pregnancy, she chose a home birth with a midwife, then founded birthFUND so more mothers could have that choice.

“Becoming a mom, makes you an expert in the brokenness of our healthcare system”, she said.

We hear stories like Elaine’s all the time in our Birth Stories circles. Too many moms here know how bad perinatal and postnatal care can be. The US has the highest maternal death rate of any wealthy nation, and for Black mothers it’s more than twice as high.

As Elaine put it: “There’s nothing more radicalizing than becoming a mother in this country.”

So moms pick up the slack. They support each other, share what they’ve learned, and build the movements, nonprofits, and care they never got, so the moms behind them don’t have to suffer. It’s powerful to see. It’s powerful to see. It’s also proof of a healthcare system that keeps failing mothers, and that has to change. 💛

Moms need care, not a countdown. Yet some are back at work two weeks after giving birth. Too often, the support doesn’t ...
10/13/2026

Moms need care, not a countdown. Yet some are back at work two weeks after giving birth. Too often, the support doesn’t change when our lives do. 👉 Swipe through.

Building on the conversation around No Country for Mothers and our panel discussion, which included a matrescence expert, these slides look at the wider realities mothers face: a major shift in identity, recovery that doesn’t fit a leave deadline, mental health needs that go unmet, and what it costs all of us when moms are unheard, underpaid and pushed out of the workforce.

Mothers don’t need to try harder. We need a society that’s built for us, with paid leave, affordable childcare, fair pay and mental health support.

If this resonates with you or fires you up, and you want to be part of a movement doing something about it, visit our Take Action page through the link in our bio. You’ll find tips on how to get involved and demand change.

Www.mamasgotmojo.com/take-action

Moms need community as much as they need sleep, food, and exercise. This is what it looks like )Swipe)đź’›Recently we scree...
10/10/2026

Moms need community as much as they need sleep, food, and exercise. This is what it looks like )Swipe)đź’›

Recently we screened “No Country for Mothers”, and the film started something bigger than a movie night. We talked about paid leave and affordable childcare. We also talked about how motherhood can seem impossible to juggle: the exhaustion, the guilt, the feeling that everyone else has it figured out. Some of the stories moms shared were very personal, and the whole room listened.

When you’re in a room with other moms, you stop feeling like you’re the only one who can’t manage this. You stop feeling crazy. You realize so many of us deal with the same things, and that makes you feel less alone.

Most moms don’t get enough of this, and we need more of it. Here at MammasGotMojo, you can! Join us, follow, listen to our podcast, come to our next event, and feel less alone.

Thank you to Raeshem Nijhon Nijhon & Reshma Saujani for making this film and letting us share it. Thank you to Gabriel Ramos Solomon, Tami Weaver-Henry, Victoria Trinko, and Amie Salom for giving your time and sharing your stories and expertise. Thank you to Tere Fox jcmoms for the food, and the team DVORA for housing us.

A heartfelt THANK YOU to the amazing women of the Jersey City Women’s Advisory Board Jersey City Women's Advisory Board,...
10/05/2026

A heartfelt THANK YOU to the amazing women of the Jersey City Women’s Advisory Board Jersey City Women's Advisory Board, who didn’t hesitate for a second when we asked them to partner with us in bringing the documentary No Country For Mothers to our moms community.

đź’« Rev. Tami Weaver-Henry, Chair
đź’« Chelsea Duffy
đź’« Tere Fox
đź’« Sherry Singh*

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Their passion, dedication and relentless drive to make the lives of all women in JC better is what makes this city a place where moms feel seen and supported.

We couldn’t have done it without you! Thank you for showing up for us. 👏👏👏

*There are more incredible women on the board than the four pictured here.

10/05/2026

“It feels like we’re failing. And we’re not.” In the second part of her keynote at our No Country for Mothers screening, First Lady of Jersey City Gaby Ramos Solomon reminded us that moms are actually succeeding. We’re finding every resource we can, every single day, in a system designed to make us fail.

That’s why this film matters now. Shame is what keeps us quiet, and quiet keeps things the way they are. When we name the problem out loud, together, a private burden becomes a public issue. And public issues we can change.

She closed with a message for every mom who feels unseen: leaders in Jersey City know what you’re carrying. Your stories aren’t just a nice sentiment. They’re information. Every policy she’s ever seen change for the better started with someone telling the truth.

So her ask was simple: tell the mom next to you one true thing about how hard this is. Then keep telling it, to each other, to her, and to the Jersey City Women’s Advisory Board. They’re listening.

Thank you, Gaby. You tied everything together so beautifully and you made every mom in that audience feel seen by sharing your own experiences đź’›

10/04/2026

First Lady of Jersey City - Gaby Ramos Solomon opened our No Country for Mothers screening by thanking her own mom village, because that’s how so many of us get through our days. We rely on each other.

Then she said what every mom in the room needed to hear: if motherhood feels impossible right now, it’s not because you are failing. It’s because we live in a country that was never built for us.

After almost 20 years of working for kids and families, she’s seen that when the same struggle shows up in millions of homes, it isn’t a personal problem. It’s a design problem. Where a child starts in life too often depends on whether their mom had any support at all. And the US is the only developed nation without national paid parental leave.

We don’t give moms the support they need, and then we tell them they aren’t organized enough, strong enough, good enough. Gaby says it’s time to retire that story.

More from Gaby’s keynote coming soon. 💛

10/03/2026

Most moms never even thought to ask for universal free childcare. Until one mom said it out loud.

Thank you, Raeshem Nijhon Culture House for joining us as our special guest at our screening of No Country for Mothers at DVORA.

As director of the film, she shared what she saw again and again while making it. When we don’t talk about how hard this is, we stay in our silos. But when moms start talking, they realize they’re not alone. Then one mom names what she actually needs, and suddenly every mom in the room dares to say it too.

That’s the moment things start to move. And that’s why a community like ours matters so much. We create the space for these conversations to happen, so no mom has to figure this out alone.

The film shows how culture has been used to divide us for decades, working mom vs. stay-at-home mom, while paid leave and affordable childcare never arrived. As Raeshem explained, “Culture really sits at the center of making change downstream in terms of legislation.” When we use culture to help us imagine what’s possible, we can start the conversations that lead to change.

We are more alike than we are different, and that’s where it begins. 💞

Thank you to everyone who showed up and said it out loud with us. đź’›

More clips from the night are coming soon. Follow Mama's Got Mojo so you don’t miss them, and come be part of the next conversation. This community is yours too.

We’re still feeling the energy from last night! 💞💞💞Thank you to everyone who filled that room, you showed up, brought yo...
10/02/2026

We’re still feeling the energy from last night! 💞💞💞

Thank you to everyone who filled that room, you showed up, brought your friends, and made it a night we won’t forget.

To our incredible speakers and panelists, thank you for showing up with such depth and care. You didn’t just share information, you created real connection for every mom in the room.

We’re so grateful to each of you for being part of it, and for helping Mama’s Got Mojo continue to build something meaningful. More to come soon. 🙌

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