Vanessa Grant is the president of Mommyfluencer, a boutique branded content and influencer marketing agency that connects parenting and women-focused brands with stylish, influential moms. She quit her full-time employment to freelance so she could be home with her first son. She shares how she traded in one career for another, plus dishes on her holiday must-haves that are keeping her sane this season.

Natalie embraced the work-life change that working motherhood presented to her and launched Poppies & Peonies, a brand which specializes in handbags and accessories that marries function with a stylish DNA. “As a mom I want style with more purpose and less sacrifice. I knew that other moms would relate. I feel like my goal is possible now.” Here’s how she’s working for her dream.

Professional event planner Amy Burstyn Fritz gives us all party goals with her spectacular, tropical themed toddler birthday party.

Anita Gatto is the Chief Growth Officer of her own experiential marketing agency, Self Employed. Along with her business partner, Chief Branding Officer and new mom, Sarah Ivory, they’re forging a new way to find start-up success that embraces working motherhood, instead of stifling it like so many of their job environments did before.

Whether we like it or not our children will grow up in a world where cannabis is legal. Our guest blogger, Michelle Bilodeau, opens up about how cannabis entered her home, and how it has been more of a help than a harm.

Like so many of us, Megan Cassidy needed more to satisfy her creative flow and she welcomed the relief of her mid-career change. Long-time friend and architect Jane Son felt the need for change too and last year they launched Casson Hardware.

We had such a great time with Hip Mommies boss babe Jennifer Chua, that we hit her up for minimalist living tips for the modern fam. Visit the blog for products she can’t live without.

Renovations are always full of questions: floor plans, layout, tiles, fabrics and finishes…Which is why we’re all about following designer Alison Milne as she goes through the process of a huge remodel. Here’s an update to her renovation diary.

Jennifer, COO of Hip Mommies, a Canadian distributor of eco-conscious baby and pet goods, lived a minimal life while travelling through Asia BF (before kids). Now, as a mom to 3-year old Edie, she only has room in her life for meaningful items and well-made, multi-functional products. Here’s how she and her fam are living a life with less.