Meet Motherly–your all-in-one parenting platform from conception to college

Isobel Benesch is the founder of Atlas of Motherhood (atlasofmotherhood.co // @theatlasofmotherhood), the first maternal wellness platform to share the best mother care and support practices from around the world to prepare parents for birth & beyond. After experiencing birth in two different countries, Isobel combined her background as a clinical researcher and journalist to learn how other cultures approach the transition to motherhood. Spending over two years interviewing mothers and experts from across the globe about maternal health and care, Atlas of Motherhood offers tangible practices to improve maternal wellness and shows that a smooth and supported transition to motherhood is possible no matter where you live in the world.

Sarah Bjorkman, MD, is an OB/GYN who has a passion for helping the modern mama on her journey to motherhood through evidenced-based strategies for active and healthy pregnancy. She attended medical school at Michigan State University before completing residency training at Yale. Dr. Bjorkman is now continuing her training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of Iowa, one of the most successful academic IVF programs in the country.

Dr. Leesha is a double board-certified psychiatrist, wife, mother of three, author, and maternal wellness strategist. She lives and works in Alabama, providing psychiatric services to children and adults in and around Birmingham. In addition to her work as a psychiatrist, she is a leading mental health authority, dynamic public speaker, parenting expert, and one of Happy Family Organics’s Happy Baby Experts. She blogs about motherhood, mental health, and faith at www.drleesha.com. She uses her platform to destigmatize mental illness. She also champions maternal mental health, teaching women to let go of unhealthy and unrealistic societal expectations of motherhood and reclaim their identity that exists beyond the role of “mom.”

Dr. Leah Gordon is a licensed naturopathic and functional medicine doctor specializing in breaking up with birth control, root-cause hormone balancing, natural fertility, and integrative IVF support. She is the founder of Womanhood Wellness™, a supportive platform empowering women who want to become mothers soon, or someday, with the natural fertility and hormone support they are not getting from their doctors. She is also one of the founding formulators at Needed™ and is the co-host of the popular podcast Healthy As A Mother. Her passion behind Womanhood Wellness™ was sparked out of her own personal story struggling with hormone issues and male-factor infertility.

Crystal Karges, MS, RDN, IBCLC, is a maternal health specialist, child feeding expert, and food & body image coach for mothers. Crystal is passionate about helping mothers build a peaceful relationship with food and their bodies so they can confidently nourish themselves and their families and bring joy back to eating. Crystal is committed to providing holistic, compassionate, and evidence-based nutrition care to mothers and families worldwide through her virtual nutrition coaching practice.

Marcella Kelson, MSc, LMSW is a Maternal Wellness Expert with a background in mental health and developmental pMarcella Kelson, MSc, LMSW is a maternal wellness expert with a background in mental health and developmental psychology. Marcella’s mission is to provide authentic, tangible and empowering tools for millennial mothers- covering a range of topics such as identity loss, to career change, relationship & parent-child dynamics. Marcella provides coaching for mothers on individual, group and corporate levels.

Kiarra King, MD, is an OB/GYN that always “delivers” a dose of style. In addition to being a skilled physician and surgeon, Dr. King has a lifelong passion for fashion, beauty and healthy living, which she shares at drkiarraking.com. On the job, Dr. King seeks to make women whole and empower them to live their best lives. Personally, Dr. King desires to live a life that inspires those around her to embrace their given beauty and walk in their purpose.

Mark Leondires, MD is a reproductive endocrinologist and OB/GYN who founded fertility practice Illume Fertility and Gay Parents To Be, the leading international fertility program serving the LGBTQIA+ community. Dr. Leondires attended medical school at the University of Vermont, completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Maine Medical Center, and completed his fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Leondires believes that every patient deserves inclusive, expert fertility care. As a father via surrogacy himself, he combines his personal and professional experience to provide high-quality, compassionate care to all. You can learn more about Dr. Leondires and his work by visiting illumefertility.com and gayparentstobe.com or following @illumefertility and @gayparentstobe.

Sharen Medrano is a lactation consultant and wellness coach in New York. She’s also the co-founder of With Child: A Divine Feminine Experience, guiding women from conception through the postpartum period. Sharen is currently helping create Baby Cafés in Rockland County, NY, where moms can drop-in for free breastfeeding help, and supporting medical practices to achieve the “Breastfeeding Friendly” designation to increase breastfeeding rates in the county and reduce racial disparities.

Rachel Gorton Mitchell is a certified pediatric and maternity sleep consultant and the founder of My Sweet Sleeper. Rachel is passionate about educating families on the importance of rest and providing the encouragement to overcome sleep challenges.

Chelsea Robinson, LCSW, is a motherhood therapist, matrescence coach, village builder and founder of Mama’s Modern Village. With over 10 years of experience in the field of mental health, she supports women on their motherhood journey at the intersection of modern motherhood culture and a woman’s matrescence, her transition from woman to mother. Chelsea is not a parenting expert, rather an expert on the mama, whose work centers on bringing the mother back into focus. You can join her modern day village nurturing women all throughout their motherhood journey via her App available in Apple (search Mama’s Modern Village).

Diana Spalding is a certified nurse-midwife, pediatric nurse, founder of Gathered Birth, a pregnancy wellness center in Media, Penn., and author of The Motherly Guide to Becoming Mama. Diana loves all things birth, and is passionate about empowering women to trust themselves and embrace their inner rockstar.