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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan has a beautiful conversation with Stephanie Levich about her adoption journey, and her passion for helping future parents navigate the often emotional process of finding egg donors and surrogates. What is the financial investment for hopeful parents? Who is the ideal surrogate for a family? What made Stephanie’s parents choose adoption? Listen and learn!
Stephanie Levich is the Founder and President of Family Match Consulting and she has have worked in the fertility world for over 20 years. When she and her husband decided it was time to start their family, she knew all too well the struggles so many people faced with infertility but crossed her fingers as tightly as possible and hoped their journey would be easy. After a year and a half of trying (and never wanting to look at another home pregnancy test again), they were still unsuccessful. After countless tests and fertility treatments, nothing was happening. But thanks to the miracle of IVF, they finally found success and are now the proud parents of two beautiful children.
Stephanie’s career in this field began while working for a Los Angeles based egg donor and surrogate agency. She fell in love with the work but wanted to do things differently so a colleague and her decided to start their own egg donor and surrogate program. Under her leadership, the agency became a world-renowned egg donation and surrogacy program.
She ultimately decided to leave the agency side of the business and use her unique background to start Family Match Consulting. She has helped over 3,000 prospective parents find their egg donors and surrogates and has held their hands through the parenting journey.
Stephanie is also the Co-Author of the children's book From The Start: A Book About Love and Making Families
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan has a candid conversation with ESPN's Liz Loza about her journey to fantasy football, how her grandfather inspired her, and many of the expectations of being a working mama. Can you guess what her first Halloween sports costume was? We find out! Listen and learn!
Liz Loza is a writer and on-air personality at ESPN. She covers fantasy football, fantasy WNBA, and Formula 1 Racing. She writes numerous columns throughout the calendar year while appearing on several productions in both digital and linear formats. Whether she’s contributing to a fantasy WNBA roundtable, hosting an F1 focused post-race show, or dishing out NFL waiver wire picks on Sports Center, Liz is always using her voice to deliver an authentic and witty take. She has won numerous honors, including a Fantasy Sports Writers Association award for her weekly video show, “Ekeler’s Edge.” Liz lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two kids.
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan has a conversation with Attorney Lisa Pierson Weinberger about laws for household employees. This is the episode of the year to listen to if you have a nanny, babysitter or any other domestic employee working in your home. Can I 1099 them? Do I have to put them on payroll? Do I need to pay overtime? Get these questions answered and more! Listen and learn!
Lisa’s employment law career is well rounded and deep, beginning well over a decade ago at UCLA School of Law. Prior to founding Mom, Esq., she had the good fortune to practice employment law at the well-known law firm of Greenberg Glusker for seven years, representing some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Her practice included a broad spectrum of employment law matters for both corporate entities and high net worth families who needed counsel to manage their domestic staffs.
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan has a conversation with Dr. Alyssa Berlin, a clinical psychologist specializing in pregnancy, postpartum, and parenting. We discuss postpartum preparation, the true struggles as a parent and the pressure we feel. Listen and learn! @dralyssadberlin @theafterbirthplan
Dr. Berlin is the creator of The AfterBirth Plan™ , a program that prepares couples for what to expect after a baby is born. The workshop teaches couples how to prepare for a healthy postpartum transition for the baby, for each partner, and for the evolving relationship. Dr. Berlin is also a labor support doula, she is on the Board of Advisors for the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) and is a faculty member of Maternal Mental Health NOW Training Institute. Dr. Berlin received her doctorate at Argosy University in Atlanta, GA and went on to become a certified Gottman educator. She is a member of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Alyssa and her husband, prenatal chiropractor Dr. Elliot Berlin, live in Los Angeles and are the proud parents of four amazing children.
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan has a conversation with Annie Delaney the founder of Rayz Kidz, an app she developed for parents and nannies about how technology can support families and childcare providers. Listen and learn! @rayzkidz
Annie Delaney is the Co-Founder and CEO of Rayz Kidz, a childcare app for parents and caregivers specifically designed for the home environment. She’s a mom who became an entrepreneur to solve her own personal need, leaving her 13-year career in corporate America to design and build this app to benefit families in a similar position. She has a passion for children, understands the unique challenges of home childcare and is on a mission to improve the experience for parents and caregivers which in the end will benefit the kids. Annie resides outside of Boston with her husband, three children, and their 30 lb rescue pup.
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan has a conversation with Interior Designer Jill Sipkins about interior design, creating beautiful spaces, the emotional journey of making the change, and being a mama with diabetes. Listen and learn!
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan chats with Camilla Jeffs, CEO and Founder of Steady Stream Investments, about allowance, teaching financial literacy to children and investing. It’s so important to give children the skills to manage, budget, and be comfortable with money. Listen and learn!
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan has a conversation with the Co-Founder of Sproutable, Julietta Skoog about positive discipline. What is positive discipline? What tools can we use to help encourage confidence in our children and make them feel connected to us? We dive in and answer these questions and more!
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan has a conversation with Your Fertility Advocate Founder Megan Edgecumbe about surrogacy. Why is surrogacy such a taboo topic? Who makes a great surrogate? What is the process? Join us as we learn about Megan’s story which brought her on this beautiful surrogacy journey.
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan chats with IBCLC Avery Young about feeding babies and the challenges that come with breastfeeding. If it has been difficult for you, and you want to feed better and feel better, this is the episode to listen to. Did you know that latching can be learned? Human bodies come in different shapes and sizes, and you are enough for your baby no matter what!
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan has a conversation with actor Katie Lowes ("Scandal", "Inventing Anna") about postpartum depression. What are the signs of PPD, and who should mamas lean on during this overwhelming 4th trimester? Katie gives a vulnerable recap of her experience with PPD after each of her pregnancies.
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan chats with Jennifer Anderson, the founder of Kids Eat in Color, a public health company that helps parents reduce mealtime stress and help their kids eat better, about picky eaters, fostering a love for food and coming from a place of compassion when talking to our children about food.
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan chats with Naama Cameron, M.S. about parenting during a pandemic, the expectations we have as mothers, how to instill confidence in our children, and setting new boundaries.
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Jenn is a leading executive in the baby industry. She made her mark on the world by conceptualizing, developing, patenting, manufacturing, marketing, distributing, and retailing new brands within the mom and baby space, propelling her most recent cloth diaper brand onto disposable diaper shelves in Walmart stores.
Her privately held company developed out of a $100 investment and is now a multi-million dollar concept-to-consumer operation representing seven, on-shelf consumer brands that are manufactured and shipped to businesses and consumers all over the world.
bumGenius, Flip, Econobum, Elemental Joy, MilkDaze, and Elemum collectively have many world-wide patents and serve the baby diapering, breastfeeding, adult incontinence, and menstrual care categories.
In 2008-2009, Jenn led the effort to form and served as the founding chair of the Real Diaper Industry Association, a 501(c)6 trade association for members of the cloth diaper industry.
Several years later, she founded Share the Love, a national cloth diaper bank providing essential diapers to underprivileged families living in cities across the United States.
Over the last few years, Jenn has also served as a private advisor to some of the largest retailers in the world, assisting their buying teams through transitions into the cloth diaper space. She is an active voice in Congress on poverty related issues. She has served on several non-profit Boards of Directors. She has taught about various topics including entrepreneurship, platform economics, corporate social responsibility, big data analytics, and strategy at Washington University in St. Louis, Columbia University, and Virginia Tech.
Notable media mentions include Time Magazine, Mothering Magazine, Parents Magazine, Pregnancy Magazine, Consumer Reports, the Washington Post and the New York Times.
Other recognitions and awards include:
In 2020, Jenn was a Finalist for the YPO Global Impact Award.
The World Affairs Council and the St. Louis Regional International Partnership awarded Jenn their Global Pioneer Award in 2019.
Jenn received a Leaders of Distinction award for Entrepreneurship from YWCA in 2017.
Jenn is listed as one of 50 Missourians You Should Know.
Jenn received the 40 Under 40 award from the St. Louis Business Journal.
Jenn received the Most Influential Business Woman award from the St. Louis Business Journal. -
In today's episode, Ryan Jordan chats with Anna Gross and Dr. Chelsea Pinto from The Breathe Institute in Los Angeles about lip ties, tongue ties, and the importance of supporting oral motor and feeding development with a collaborative care team.
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan chats with pediatric dentist Dr. Jill Lasky about oral hygiene for children and how she collaborates with parents to ease some dental fears.
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan chats with sleep consultant and expert Jenni June about sleep hygiene and how to help our children sleep. All of us mamas could sure use some more sleep!
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan chats with author, advocate, and Pastor Melody Geddis McFadden about domestic violence, gun violence, and Moms Demand Action.
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan chats with comedian and journalist Heather Brooker about parenting while working in show business. She is hilarious and also super-mindful about how she parents her daughter.
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In today's episode, Ryan Jordan chats with the founder of Newborn Care Solutions Tonya Sakowicz all things newborn and newborn care specialists. She has over 36 years of experience in the newborn industry and some amazing tips to share!
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