What running a community for C-suite moms taught me about how to succeed [Video]

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Marika Frumes, founder of Mysha. It has been edited for length and clarity.

When I was pregnant with my first child in 2019, I felt very isolated. It was strange because I had made a career of bringing people together, especially as the cofounder of HER, a network for professional women.

I realized that I had spent years immersed in a high-powered, high-energy world. My friends were always going, doing, and achieving. But in pregnancy, all of a sudden I was tired. I didn’t know how to reconcile the feelings of still liking corporate and hustle culture while I was starting to move in a new direction. I struggled to shift from a very masculine corporate energy to the more feminine energy that motherhood required of me.

I searched for other moms-to-be who were experiencing a similar transition. I attended educational classes at a local baby boutique and workout classes for pregnant people…