Why I’m Starting MomsOutLoud.com

At some point soon, I will figure out how to put an “about me” section on this blog. There I will share a little bit more about my rather boring (to most) upbringing and life up to now.

But before that, for those interested in MomsOutLoud.com, or who may be following my mompreneurship-journey, I thought I’d add a few comments on why I’m starting MomsOutLoud.com now, while I’m (well, really Leanne) is figuring out all the intricacies.

During my last two years at PepsiCo, I was the President of our Women’s Network. I loved it. I was a brand new mom myself, taking on the responsibility just after coming back from maternity leave with my first son. Getting the chance to create an agenda and develop programs that benefited women and parents in our organization was exciting to me. Getting to meet more experienced Moms, and those who were going through the new-mom journey (or just about to start the journey) alongside me, was an incredible benefit to me and my state of mind as a hormonal, sleep-deprived, mommy neophyte.

But the part that really got me jazzed was connecting other women with each other. I had the privilege of meeting a lot of women across the company that shared their stories of working, parenting, and “woman-ing” with me. I felt good about being able to introduce women to each other, to help them find common ground with another woman they could connect with and share experiences and advice. I loved watching friendships form and see energy spark when two people worked to solve a problem where before there had been only one.

These “moments of joy” (as a dear friend of mine would call them) were so powerful to me that I began to think about ways I could create a professional life that would allow me to experience them more often. That’s when the idea of MomsOutLoud.com formed:
“Creating a web forum that would allow time-starved Moms find information they want, when they want it and allow them to connect with other Moms to develop relationships for themselves and their families.”

All the MomsOutLoud Moms are dedicated to this vision, and we hope you as Beta-Moms are, too. We are thankful to you for helping us create this forum for Moms in our community!