When you’re becoming a mother, everyone tells you how to prepare for birth — but no one tells you how to prepare for after. In this episode, Alexa sits down with doula and Share the Drop founder Kelly Cox to talk about postpartum realities, building real systems of support, and the power of community among moms. Plus, Kelly steps into The Confession Chair for an honest moment every mom will relate to.
Learn more about Kelly’s work at sharethedrop.com
or on IG: https://www.instagram.com/sharethedrop/
Ready for more support in your own reentry after maternity leave?
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You’re back at work, doing all the right things — but something feels off. Everyone around you says, “It’ll feel normal again soon,” and yet deep down, you’re realizing… maybe you don’t want normal.
In this episode, Alexa Starks unpacks the quiet, uncomfortable truth that many moms face after maternity leave: the life you worked so hard for doesn’t fit anymore. She explores what that ache really means, why it’s not confusion but clarity, and how to start designing a life and career that align with who you are now — not who you were before baby.
Ready to figure out what’s next?
Book a free clarity call with Alexa to explore 1:1 coaching for moms navigating the transition from career to entrepreneurship, or explore additional ways to work with Alexa:
In this episode, Alexa Starks gets honest about the quiet moment so many new moms face after maternity leave: when gratitude for your career collides with the deep knowing that something no longer fits.
Alexa walks through the identity shifts, mindset reframes, and practical steps to help you figure out whether you’re burned out or truly ready for change. From redefining ambition to designing a thoughtful exit plan, this episode will help you find clarity and give you permission to want more.
Ready to explore what’s next?
No one talks about how much of yourself you lose—and find again—after becoming a mom. In this episode, Alexa Starks unpacks the emotional and professional identity shift that happens when motherhood collides with ambition. She shares why returning to work can feel like living in two worlds, how to release the version of yourself that no longer fits, and what it really means to rebuild your sense of self as both a mom and a leader.
If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking, “I don’t even know who I am anymore,” this episode will remind you: you’re not behind, you’re becoming and evolving into better.
Ready for support in this season?
Book a free clarity call with Alexa to explore 1:1 coaching for moms in their first year back to work at https://executivemoms.co/coaching/
Motherhood cracks us open, reshapes us, and forces us to reimagine who we are in ways no promotion, leadership program, or career pivot ever could. It’s beautiful, but it’s also brutal—and the way our culture and workplaces treat mothers makes it even harder than it needs to be.
So this episode unpacks some of your top frequently asked questions about motherhood and how to navigate being a working mom as well.
And if you're a mom in the first year back from maternity leave, the next group coaching program starts January 5, 2026, you can learn more about the program and join the waitlist here>> https://executivemoms.co/coaching/
Or book a free call with Alexa to ask all your questions and make sure it's the right fit for you: https://calendar.app.google/dGZANMWrQX5TPx1CA
Trying to copy-paste your old schedule onto your new life after maternity leave? That’s the fastest path to burnout—and resentment. In this episode, Alexa Starks unpacks why “bouncing back” is a myth and guides you through a step-by-step framework to redesign your work week around energy, boundaries, transitions, and focused ambition.
You’ll walk away with practical strategies to rebuild your calendar in a way that fits who you are now—so you can lead from power, not survival.
Ready for personalized support?
If you’re in your first year back at work after baby, book a free clarity call with Alexa to explore 1:1 coaching: executivemoms.co/coaching/
You didn’t lose your edge—you lost your visibility in a system that never learned how to hold working moms. In this episode, Alexa Starks breaks down three concrete strategies to rebuild your influence, reintroduce your voice, and reposition yourself as a leader—without burning out to prove you still belong. This episode is a must-listen if you’re on maternity leave or navigating your first year back and want to lead from clarity, not exhaustion.
Ready to take this further?
Book a free call with Alexa to explore 1:1 coaching customized to your reentry journey at
Leadership doesn’t look the same after you become a mom, and it shouldn’t. In this powerful episode, Alexa Starks unpacks five toxic beliefs she had to unlearn after maternity leave in order to lead with clarity, confidence, and power.
From redefining ambition to reclaiming boundaries, Alexa shares the mindset shifts that helped her stop performing and start leading on her own terms.
Whether you’re weeks or years into working motherhood, this episode will leave you feeling seen—and more importantly, equipped.
Learn more about 1:1 coaching with Alexa at https://executivemoms.co/coaching/
Or learn about the corporate workshops to bring to your company https://executivemoms.co/workshop/
In this episode, Alexa Starks gets honest about the unspoken fear driving so many yeses from working moms: the fear of being seen as less committed, less capable, less promotable. It’s not just overwork—it’s over-functioning as self-protection.
Drawing from the patterns she sees in every workshop and coaching session, Alexa unpacks how this mindset is quietly burning women out while keeping companies from truly seeing their talent. This is a conversation about boundaries, power, and why reentry must be designed to support real, sustainable leadership—not silent suffering.
If your company is ready to build a culture where moms don’t have to earn their spot back through exhaustion, visit https://executivemoms.co/workshop/
After maternity leave, too many brilliant, strategic women come back only to be met with lowered expectations and soft voices.
In this episode, Alexa unpacks the emotional and systemic erasure of working moms’ intellect and leadership. Drawing from her own experience and the patterns she sees every day through The Reentry Blueprint™, she offers a reframing of what real support looks like—and how companies can stop sidelining high-potential talent under the guise of kindness.
It’s a love letter to your mind—and a wake-up call to the people who forgot to ask what you think.
Corporate workshop: executivemoms.co/workshop
In this raw and reflective episode, Alexa names the fragmentation so many working mothers feel but rarely say out loud: the exhaustion of shapeshifting all day long, never feeling fully seen at home or at work.
Speaking not as an overwhelmed employee, but as the founder of a company that’s redesigning systems to hold working moms better, she shares what true integration can look like—and how workplaces can stop punishing wholeness. If you’ve ever felt like you’re too much and not enough at the same time, this one’s for you.
Learn more about the workshop at executivemoms.co/workshop
We don’t want to quit our careers. We want to quit the broken system.The one that rewards responsiveness over results.The one that praises us for "pushing through" instead of checking in.The one that treats flexibility as a favor instead of a feature.
In this episode, we call out the reality that many working moms feel, about being tired of faking it and compartmentalizing work and motherhood.
If you're ready to bring The Reentry Blueprint workshop to your company to support working moms, learn more here: https://executivemoms.co/workshop/
No one talks about the middle.
Not the first-day-back, not the dramatic burnout—just the in-between.
The space where you’re answering emails while reheating dinner.
Where you love your job and still fantasize about quitting it.
Where the guilt is loud, the grind is relentless, and you’re quietly wondering if you’re doing any of it right.
This episode is an honest look at what it means to lead, mother, and exist in that invisible space between survival and success.
You’ll walk away with permission to pause, powerful mindset shifts, and a reminder that this isn’t failure—it’s formation.
✨ You’re not behind. You’re becoming.
Want to bring The Reentry Blueprint to your company?Learn more at executivemoms.co/workshops
The first one-on-one after leave.
A full calendar. A forced smile. A quiet hope that someone—anyone—would ask how I was really doing.
But no one did.
In this episode, I’m sharing the conversation I wish I’d had—and the questions every manager needs to ask a returning parent.
We’ll talk about:
Why “How’s the baby?” isn’t enough
The emotional cost of reentry silence
The exact questions I now teach leaders to ask
Whether you’re returning to work or leading someone who is, this episode will shift how you see the first 90 days—and why it’s never just about logistics.
Want to bring The Reentry Blueprint to your company?Learn more at executivemoms.co/workshops
Most managers want to do the right thing when someone returns from leave.
But good intentions don’t always lead to good reentry—and silence is louder than we think.
In this episode, I’m breaking down five common mistakes managers make when a new parent returns to work—mistakes that often lead to burnout, invisibility, and quiet exits.
We’ll talk about:
Why “Welcome back!” isn’t a plan
The unspoken danger of meeting overload
How to rebuild trust and visibility in the first 90 days
Whether you’re managing someone through reentry—or returning yourself—this episode is a strategic blueprint for what not to do, and exactly what to do instead.
Want to build a reentry system that retains top talent?
Learn more at: executivemoms.co/workshops
If you’ve ever answered a Slack message from a pediatrician’s waiting room, replied to emails during bedtime, or felt guilty for not responding fast enough—this episode is for you.
In this unapologetic truth-drop, Alexa Starks exposes the toxic expectation that working moms must be endlessly accessible to prove their worth. You’ll learn how to stop measuring your value by your availability—and start reclaiming your time, your energy, and your power.
You’ll learn:
Why being “always on” is a fast track to burnout—not leadership
How over-availability is often rooted in fear, guilt, or people-pleasing
Practical language swaps to communicate clearly without overexplaining
Mindset shifts to help you create space, set limits, and stop apologizing for it
One micro-boundary you can set this week to start protecting your peace
This episode is your reminder that your time is valuable—and you don’t owe anyone constant access to prove it.
If you’re done being underpaid, overlooked, and overworked—this is your next move.The Power Play™ is a 90-minute strategy session to help you ask for more and actually get it.You need to be paid what you’re worth—now.
👉 Book your Power Play here: https://executivemoms.co/powerplay/
Want your company to actually support working parents?
Explore The Reentry Blueprint workshop at https://executivemoms.co/workshops/
If you’ve been quietly wondering, “When will I feel like myself again?”—this episode is for you.
In this tender but powerful conversation, Alexa Starks reframes the grief that often follows new motherhood and major identity shifts. You’ll explore what it means to let go of your pre-motherhood self—not with shame or regret, but with reverence. Because the truth is, the “old you” didn’t disappear… she evolved.
You’ll learn:
Why the pressure to “bounce back” is a lie—and a trap
What grief has to do with growth (and why it’s not a sign you’re broken)
The real reason you feel out of alignment—and how to come back home to yourself
Journal prompts, mindset shifts, and mantras to help you root into the woman you’re becoming
How to stop chasing the past and start building forward
If you’ve been missing the version of you “before the babies, the burnout, and the breakdowns,” this episode is a loving, empowering reminder: you haven’t lost yourself—you’ve outgrown her.
If you’re done being underpaid, overlooked, and overworked—this is your next move.The Power Play™ is a 90-minute strategy session to help you ask for more and actually get it.You need to be paid what you’re worth—now.
👉 Book your Power Play here: https://executivemoms.co/powerplay/
What if the thing you’re white-knuckling… doesn’t actually matter?
What if the guilt you’re carrying… was never yours to begin with?
In this powerful and liberating episode, Alexa Starks invites working moms to question the pressure to do it all—and to see letting go not as a failure, but as a form of leadership. Through personal storytelling, truth bombs, and system-level clarity, she offers working moms permission to pause, reassess, and put something down on purpose.
You’ll learn:
Why you’re not broken—you’re over-functioning in a broken system
How the myth of “doing it all” is quietly burning out moms everywhere
What leadership really looks like when it’s built around capacity, not martyrdom
Journal prompts, mindset shifts, and mantras to help you practice letting go
How to reclaim time, energy, and self-trust—one dropped ball at a time
This episode is your deep exhale. Your reminder that rest isn’t a reward—it’s your right.
If you’re done being underpaid, overlooked, and overworked—this is your next move.The Power Play™ is a 90-minute strategy session to help you ask for more and actually get it.You need to be paid what you’re worth—now.
👉 Book your Power Play here: https://executivemoms.co/powerplay/
If you’ve ever questioned whether your ambition makes you a bad mom—or felt like your drive to build, lead, and rise somehow threatens your family’s stability—this episode is your truth serum.
In this powerful reframe, Alexa Starks calls out the shame culture that surrounds ambitious moms and makes them feel like their goals are “too much.” She shares her personal experience of being overlooked not because she underperformed—but because her ambition made others uncomfortable.
You’ll learn:
Why ambition in moms is pathologized—and how to reclaim it
The deeper reason you feel stuck (hint: it’s not lack of discipline)
How to protect your ambition and build support around it
Why redefining leadership after motherhood is not optional—it’s revolutionary
Real talk on the systems that were never built for us—and what to do instead
If you’re ready to stop shrinking to fit a system that never considered you—this one’s for you.
If you’re done being underpaid, overlooked, and overworked—this is your next move.The Power Play™ is a 90-minute strategy session to help you ask for more and actually get it.
You need to be paid what you’re worth—now.👉 Book your Power Play here: https://executivemoms.co/powerplay/
You shouldn’t have to break to be believed.
You shouldn’t have to collapse to be taken seriously.
In this fiery and honest episode, Alexa Starks calls out the toxic normalization of burnout—especially for high-achieving moms who are praised for pushing through while quietly falling apart.
She shares her own story of returning from maternity leave to back-to-back meetings, pumping while rocking a contact-napping baby, and being called a “rockstar”—when what she really needed was rest, support, and systems that actually made space for caregiving.
You’ll learn:
Why burnout isn’t a personal flaw—it’s a symptom of an underbuilt system
How over-functioning becomes invisible—and dangerous
The leadership cost of constant self-sacrifice
Tangible ways to drop, delegate, and draw the line (without guilt)
Mantras and mindset shifts to protect your energy like the asset it is
This isn’t just a vent session—it’s a rebellion against the lie that being a good mom or a strong leader requires you to suffer.
And if you’re ready to step into your power and confidence and into aligned forward momentum, join the Powerhouse Protocol today: https://executivemoms.co/courses/
Or download your free PDF of 30 Power Phrases for Working Moms Who Are Done Shrinking https://executivemoms.co/30-power-phrases/