Between a Birth and a Board Meeting: The Untold Story of Postpartum Leadership

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 conversation is a must-listen for women’s health providers, maternal care innovators, clinical champions, entrepreneurs and investors who want to learn how the system is broken — and want to be part of reshaping it.

You’ll hear:

• Why supporting women at work is essential to improving outcomes in pregnancy and postpartum

• How capacity ≠ capability, and why we need to stop glorifying over-functioning mothers

• The medical realities of postpartum recovery — and the gaps in continuity of care even for health-literate moms

• The real mental load of being a CEO and a mom, and what it looks like to actually put care infrastructure in place

• Why working through postpartum can tank both business and wellbeing — and what resilient, long-game leadership really looks like

This is the real talk no one gives you in a training. If you’re advising patients returning to work, leading teams of mothers, or building maternal health programs — you need to hear this.

Plus: Learn how Continuity KoE is flipping the script for founders, building embedded leadership so mothers can take real leave without blowing up their businesses.

Resources + Links:

• Learn more about Sam’s work: https://thecontinuity.co
• Follow Sam on Instagram: @saltgardner
• Connect on LinkedIn: Sam Gardner

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