Power
How to Ask for a Promotion as a Working Mother
Waiting to be noticed rarely works for anyone. It works even less reliably for working mothers. Here's how to ask directly and effectively.
A monthly record of working motherhood
Mothered The only global magazine of powerful working mothers, redefining how power, ambition, and leadership operate after motherhood.
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On record
Working mothers are some of the most powerful people in the world.
Mothered exists to make sure that is no longer a secret. This is a permanent, deliberate documentation of who working mothers actually are: the drive, the discipline, the leadership, the vision, the extraordinary work of women who happen to also be mothers.
Every issue is a record of a moment. This is ours, kept for as long as it matters.
August 2026
Now on the record
Presence Over Pace.
Four features on what it costs, and what it builds, to choose depth over speed. This issue opens with a marriage and a company forged in a NICU room.
"We are here to rewrite the narrative. And it is long overdue." Mothered, on record
"We are here to rewrite the narrative. And it is long overdue." Mothered, on record
The research is clear
Working mothers are redefining what leadership looks like.
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of working mothers believe they are better leaders because they are a mother.
Future of Working Motherhood 2026 report
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more likely, working mothers take on invisible labor compared to women without children.
Harvard Business Review
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Mothers reported being more than twice as capable at managing time effectively after becoming mothers.
Maternal Strengths Report 2026
Read more in Insights →The world underestimates working mothers. Mothered exists to correct the record.
More from the record
Motherhood in action.
Culture
What Is the Mental Load? Understanding the Invisible Labor of Modern Motherhood
It has a name, a body of research behind it, and a real cost. Here's what the mental load actually is, and what helps.
Money
The Motherhood Penalty: How Children Affect Women's Lifetime Earnings
The motherhood penalty is real, measurable, and well-documented. Here's what the research shows, and the strategies that help offset it.
The women
Every month.
Every month.
On the record.
In their own words.
Founders. Physicians. Therapists. Financial planners. Product builders. Each one documented at the intersection of ambition and motherhood — permanently, honestly, exactly as they are.
Meet the women"The most driven, focused, and formidable women in any room are often the ones who are also somebody's mother." Mothered Magazine
From the record
In their own words.
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So honored to be featured alongside these amazing moms!
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Reflecting on motherhood and the tug of war between mom guilt and ambition turned out to be more cathartic than I expected. What I walked away with was a gift for my own kiddos.
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So honored to be included with these amazing women! So grateful that you have Mothered Magazine for all of us!
Meet the editor-in-chief
Alexa Starks
Alexa Starks is a TEDx speaker, author, and award-winning workplace culture innovator, working to redesign working motherhood globally. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Inc, Business Insider, AP News, and Newsweek.
But most importantly, she's a mom of two toddlers.