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Most working mothers have never been asked what they actually carry, and what they bring. At our Los Angeles dinner, we pulled women aside and asked.In Confidence is a five-part documentary series filmed at The Breadwinners' inaugural Los Angeles dinner. Eight women stepped away from the table and into something rarer: unfiltered truth. What came out wasn't curated. It was real.Over five episodes, Breadwinner mothers, primary earners, founders, executives, single mothers, confront the questions that don't typically get asked. What IS my job description as a mother, no one gave it to me? Am I feeling guilty about working, or just devastated that my kids are growing up? What do I actually bring home beyond the paycheck?Presented by The Breadwinners in partnership with birthFUND and Hearth. Episode 1: Reframing Motherhood — What We BringThe series opens with the question at the heart of everything: what do you carry, and what do you bring? Elaine Welteroth leads a conversation about the invisible weight of working motherhood - and the value we bring home that never makes it into the performance. The cuddle party. The fresh whipped cream in the fridge. The things our families need that only we provide. This episode is about remembering what that is.Episode 2: Who Am I Now? The Vulnerability of MotherhoodNot every mother fits the traditional template - and for some women, figuring out what their version of motherhood actually looks like has been the hardest work of their lives. This conversation asks a question most of us have never been asked out loud: what is your job description as a mother? No one handed it to you. This episode sits with the women who had to write it themselves.Episode 3: That Unstoppable Feeling — When Motherhood Unlocks AmbitionShilpa Shah, co-founder of Cuyana, didn't slow down when she got pregnant. She felt unstoppable. This episode is for anyone who has ever been told they can't do it with kids - and responded, internally or out loud, with watch me. It's about what pregnancy unlocked, what ambition looks like when you stop caring what everyone else thinks, and why motherhood is, for some women, the moment everything accelerates.Episode 4: Raising Better Humans — The Legacy We LeaveShilpa Shah still makes her 17-year-old breakfast every morning. He wrote his college essay about wanting to live the way she has. This episode is about presence, ripple effects, and what it actually means to build something your kids will one day describe as the permission structure for their own lives. Having it all without doing it all — what that actually looks like in practice.Episode 5: Reclaiming "Breadwinner" for Today's MotherThe word breadwinner used to mean one thing. These women are rewriting it. Three breadwinner mothers, three very different origin stories, one shared conviction: this is the revolution we asked for. This episode closes the series with the question of legacy - not just for our children, but for the definition of what it means to provide, lead, and build a life that is both financially powerful and emotionally rich._______________________________________________Join The Breadwinners community:Subscribe on Substack: wearethebreadwinners.substack.comFollow on Instagram: @wearethebreadwinnersRate & review wherever you listen — it helps more women find this show.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices



