Is there a right time for a family? A conversation about timing, work-life balance, and navigating relationships in the workplace
Release Date: 05/29/2025
Season 1 Wrap Up and Season 2 Preview
Growing a Mother
Thank you for joining this first season of Growing a Mother! I hope to be back in the fall to talk more about advocacy, and how mothers can advocate for themselves and eachother in this wild year of 2025. WE have collective power to make change in all spheres including birth, career/work, legislation, and beyond. Let's Stay in Touch:
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Is there a right time for a family? A conversation about timing, work-life balance, and navigating relationships in the workplace
Growing a Mother
I had a deep, honest conversation with Larissa Spearnak about work, starting a family, and how she has planned her journey to motherhood. Larissa is a lover of all things, outdoors, health and wellness and tech startups. She started her career in functional medicine at a small lab company which took her to helping create & build Rupa Health, A tech start up that sold in November 2024 to a much larger corporate company, Fullscript. She was eight months pregnant when we recorded and is embarking on the journey of motherhood while balancing a career in high growth tech. Join the conversation...
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Growing a Mother
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info_outlineI had a deep, honest conversation with Larissa Spearnak about work, starting a family, and how she has planned her journey to motherhood.
Larissa is a lover of all things, outdoors, health and wellness and tech startups. She started her career in functional medicine at a small lab company which took her to helping create & build Rupa Health, A tech start up that sold in November 2024 to a much larger corporate company, Fullscript. She was eight months pregnant when we recorded and is embarking on the journey of motherhood while balancing a career in high growth tech.
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