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The Science of Working Motherhood - discussing ELIXR’s Research

Jess Ringgenberg, PCC, is a former Fortune 500 leader, executive coach, and pioneering researcher redefining modern motherhood in the workplace. Her groundbreaking research, The Science of Modern Motherhood, has established matrescence as a critical framework for leadership, talent retention, and workforce well-being.

Through science-backed strategies in neuroscience, coaching, and workplace culture, Jess equips organizations with the tools to retain top talent, strengthen leadership pipelines, and build care-conscious workplaces that drive business success. A trusted advisor to global companies like Microsoft, Hilti, and Amgen, Jess delivers data-driven solutions that transform workplace culture—ensuring that working mothers and the businesses that employ them thrive.

Join the conversation featuring Jess Ringgenberg, Founder of ELIXR Coaching & Consulting to dive into ELIXR’s newly released research study.

  • Address the dynamic, lifelong shifts in maternal identity.

  • Discuss the gaps in support systems for mothers.

  • Explore the unmet and evolving needs of mothers as they navigate career demands.

Build you Budget to Overcome Burnout

When you're burnt out, it can feel like you only have two options: Keep pushing through or quit your job (which may not even be a financial option).

Thankfully, there are lots of options in between!

Dr. Annie Cole, Money Coach will share practical tips on how to create a financial plan that can support you during a time of career transition.

In this session we covered:

  • Building out multiple transition scenarios

  • How you can financially prepare for each of them. 

  • Q&A with Annie & Alison to dig in further

Dr. Annie Cole, Ed.D. is an expert money coach and financial educator who teaches women how to master all areas of their finances, from budgeting and paying off debt to investing, building wealth, and retiring early.

In her 20s, Annie was a burnt-out social worker struggling on a $26,000 salary. By her 30s, she had climbed the ladder to a Vice President role, invested over $350k, owned $1 million in real estate, and cut 20 years off her retirement date.

She now runs her own coaching business, Money Essentials for Women, and inspires women to step into new levels of money mastery and confidence.

The Neuroscience of Burnout, featuring Dr. Veldsman

Dr Veldsman has a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Cambridge and two decades of academic research experience, working in some of the world’s top universities and FTSE 100 companies.

Her experience and expertise cover neuro-technology, brain imaging, neurology, neuroscience, psychology and mental health.

She is also the Founder of Playroom - a brain-based parenting ap designed to provide neuroscientific-backed parenting guidance and reduce parental loneliness.

In this session we covered:

  • Defining Burnout, and how to spot the early signs

  • A deep-dive into the neuroscience

  • Actionable ways to protect yourself from overwhelm & chronic-stress

Core Values workshop, Featuring Jessica Berg

A 60-Minute workshop to assessing your happiness in key areas of your life. You'll explore your core values and discover healing pillars that can help you align with your true self and live life in unapologetic alignment to what matters most to you.

This workshop covered:

  • A Life Assessment Worksheet and Exercise

  • Clarity on your Core Values

  • Healing Modalities to Overcome Fears and Barriers to Unlock Your Highest Potential

It’s time to take back your life and THRIVE.

The Mental Load, featuring Kelly Hubbell

Kelly built Sage Haus based on personal, lived experience as a busy working mom of three kids. Now, she’s helping others find relief from the mental load through Home Systems & Outsourcing.

In our conversation we learned more about Kelly’s journey going from overwhelm and "surviving" to setting up systems and the right support, to thriving in her household and career.

In this session we covered:

  • Practical solutions to reduce the mental load

  • Overview of the Home Systems Kelly created and now teaches

  • How to delegate and ask for what you need

Have it all without doing it all.

Rethinking Parental Leave to reduce stress.

Taking leave is stressful. Whether the birth of a child or having to take sick leave, preparing for and returning from leave creates very real workplace pressures. If you even have leave coverage.

Join this conversation with Beth Wanner, Founder & CEO of Mother Cover as we dive into the impact of parental leave on careers and why it's time to rethink how we support both parents and companies through these critical periods

In this session we covered:

  • The problems - and stresses - of taking leave from work

  • Temporary Leave without Permanent setbacks - the Mother Cover approach

Beth is the founder and CEO of Mother Cover, an agency offering interim and fractional coverage for parental and other forms of leave. Beth founded Mother Cover to enable individuals the ability to comfortably pause work when they need to, while providing companies with experienced support until their team member returns. Mother Cover offers the long overdue solution to a common challenge that’s been in desperate need of a new approach.

Featured Podcasts

Why High Achievers hit the burnout wall (and how to bounce back)

In this raw and honest episode, Alison shares her journey from a thriving 20-year corporate career to hitting burnout – and how that led her to create Unburnt, a community for professionals to navigate burnout through stress management and mindfulness.

We dive deep into why ambitious people often struggle with burnout, the grief that comes with career transitions, and the critical signs of burnout you shouldn't ignore.

Whether you're questioning your career path or feeling the weight of chronic stress, this episode offers practical insights on recognizing burnout before it becomes a crisis and reminds you that needing a change doesn't diminish your success.

Success stories in tech and business often sound the same. Hustle harder, sleep less, squeeze more into every minute.

Listen in to the conversation with unBurnt Founder, Alison Campbell and NeoWork Founder, Joshua Eidelman

  • What led to Alison building unBurnt.

  • How the playbook that launches careers often ends up breaking the people running them.

  • Approaches to mindset to build longevity, alongside an ambitious career.