Rachel Macy Stafford

A New York Times bestselling author and certified special education teacher, Rachel offers universal strategies through her books like Hands Free Mama and Only Love Today, encouraging readers to embrace life and foster connections amidst cultural distractions. Her inspiring blog and social media presence reach millions, and her work has been featured in numerous media outlets including CNN and the Today Show. Based in Georgia, Rachel finds inspiration from her husband, two daughters, and her passions for long walks, baking, and volunteering at a local cat shelter and nursing home.

Brandy Ferner

Brandy is an author (Adult Conversation: A Novel), podcaster (Adult Conversation Podcast), mother, wife, and active part of Team RFH on the design, admin, and community management side. She comes with a compassion-based mindset + coaching background having spent over a decade working as a doula, childbirth educator, and birth trauma mentor. She currently lives in Southern California, and her love languages are sleep and dark humor.

Beth Berry

I'm a perimenopausal woman and mother who loves her life. 

I’m also someone…
…who cries frequently over my almost-empty nest,
…who is seven years divorced (and now in a beautiful, super healthy relationship),
…who waffles back and forth between following my many passions and slowing down so serenity can catch up to me again,
…who has kickass boundary setting skills and deep self-compassion,
…and who would rather live a messy, authentic life than a polished, fake one.

I don’t think loving your life has much at all to do with getting it all “just right,” but with knowing yourself well, tending to your needs, building nourishing relationships, healing your wounds, regulating your nervous system, and daring to shine your unique light. 

I led my first women's circles as a La Leche League leader over 20 years ago. Those were the days when I was dripping with little girls (they're now 17, 19, 23, and 29), drowning in idealism, and broke af, but I also had loads of energy, and was hellbent on changing the world. 

Today, I move more slowly, I take lots of naps, and I’m usually nursing a workout-related injury or two. Changing the world feels exhausting and gross/savior-y to me, so instead, I’m working toward being the healthiest, most wholehearted version of myself I can be and trusting the ripples from that intention will be what they’re meant to be. 

I've led more than 30 year-long women's groups and 13 retreats, designed and taught many courses (all for mothers devoted to growth and healing), written a book about the intersection of idealism, personal growth and motherhood (Motherwhelmed), and grown an amazing community of changemaker mothers at all stages of the maturation journey.

I wholeheartedly reject the deeply disempowering cultural narratives about modern motherhood, womanhood, and especially middle-aged womanhood that are all around us, and I’m committed to weaving a new narrative for and alongside mothers who, like me, want and feel worthy of so much more (and also really love naps).