The Maternal Stress Project
Molly Dickens, PhD, Chamber of Mothers, Darby Saxbe, Alex Bollen, Erin Erenberg, The Women's Health PlaybookExploring the stress load of modern American motherhood… and how we fix it together.
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How we *feel* about social safety affects our health.
I had not planned to write on this topic today. I had another newsletter ready to send out. Recorded the audio and everything. But here we are.
At first, I put out a Note and considered that my contribution to the conversation; after all,...
AUDIO -- How we *feel* about social safety affects our health
There has already been plenty of discourse around the Cornell 7 case — the horrible details, the mishandling, what it says about the culture, our country, or fraternities or men or boys — on this platform and pretty much everywhere. But I d...
The stress of time
“Society views women’s time as infinite, like sand, and it views men’s time as finite, like diamonds.” – Eve Rodsky
The last few weeks have been… let’s say… creatively distracting. A few things in the works (more on that soon!) and a few o...
AUDIO -- The stress of time
This week is a reshare of my piece on time.
Looking back at it, I laughed at the subtitle – “Does time pressure disproportionately affect women’s health?” – because it feels like an obvious YES. The discourse around the gender time gap – t...
Yes, the stress associated with ‘child education’ affects moms more.
In 2021, the first day of school fell smack on my birthday.
For the weeks leading up to it, we would drive past an announcement sign, out in front of my kids’ elementary school, broadcasting the fortuitous back-to-school date. After over a...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Stress physiologist and women's health advocate. Currently focusing on the intersection of stress, health, and the structures, systems, and cultural narratives that impact women and working parents.
The largest nonpartisan nonprofit in the U.S. dedicated to winning paid family and medical leave, affordable, accessible childcare, and historic investments in maternal health. Join our grassroots network of 50+ local chapters.
Professor at the University of Southern California. I study the neurobiology of parenthood & wrote the book Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How it Shapes Men's Lives.
Researcher and author of 'Motherdom: Breaking Free from Bad Science and Good Mother Myths' published in 2025 by Verso and now out in paperback.
CEO and co-founder, Chamber of Mothers, attorney, mom of 3, dedicated to uniting mothers as advocates and showing lawmakers that mothers are a powerful force for change.
We give women the plays they need to make healthcare a little easier.
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