Care & the mental load
62%
The work no one clocks still counts
Care can be full of love and still leave you depleted. Both things can be true.
Read + take the check-inTrust Her Words™ presents
Identity After
Motherhood:
Who Am I Now?
Thursday
November 19
20266:15 PM –
10:30 PMAvant Garde Gallery
Midtown Toronto
November 19
20266:15 PM –
10:30 PMAvant Garde Gallery
Midtown Toronto
Our inaugural event · Toronto
Identity after motherhood. Who am I now?
An intimate evening of honest conversations about motherhood, identity, ambition, body, belonging and finding yourself again.
- When
- Thursday, November 19, 2026
- Doors 6:15 PM · Program 7:00–10:30 PM
- Where
- Avant Garde Gallery
- 218 Merton Street, Toronto, ON
Read · Feel · Decide for yourself
Motherhood, without the polished answers.
Five honest reads—and five quick Trust Her Words check-ins—for mothers, future mothers and every woman still deciding what the word means to her.
Work & identity
79.8%
Back at work—but not back to who you were
Returning to a job after motherhood is not a rewind. It is a new beginning with a new version of you.
Read + take the check-inPaths & possibility
51.5%
When motherhood has no simple timeline
Motherhood can be anticipated, uncertain, difficult to reach, or different from what others expect. Every path deserves care.
Read + take the check-inHealth & support
1 in 5
After birth, who is caring for her?
A healthy baby matters. So does the person whose body, mind and life just changed.
Read + take the check-inBusiness & possibility
19.6%
She built it anyway
Women are turning lived experience into companies, communities and new ways of working.
Read + take the check-inTrust Her Words™
Her story can change the room.
Trust Her Words™ is the live experiences brand produced by Listen To Her Events Corp. We bring women’s stories, perspectives and lived experiences to the centre of meaningful conversation.
The realities women carry
The numbers tell part of the story.
Behind every percentage is a life shaped by work, care, ambition, change and choice.
of Canadian private-sector businesses were majority women-owned in Q1 2024.
Source: Statistics Canada ↗of Canadian mothers aged 20–49 with children at home were employed in 2023.
Source: Statistics Canada ↗of women caregivers reported feeling tired because of caregiving in 2022.
Source: Statistics Canada ↗of Canadian women aged 20–49 had no children in 2024.
Source: Statistics Canada ↗Why we exist
Some struggles are common. No story is small.
From the girl you were to the woman you are becoming, life asks for reinvention. Work changes us. Family changes us. Motherhood may change us. Risk, loss, ambition and joy do too.
Women’s stories deserve space, attention and respect. Our thoughtfully curated experiences make room for honest storytelling, intentional dialogue and genuine connection—not to tell women what to think, but to listen and reflect together.
Share honestly
Your lived experience may be the sentence another woman has been waiting to hear.
Tell us your story →Listen deeply
Empathy begins when we stay curious about a life that may look nothing like our own.
Enter the conversation →Move together
When women feel seen, individual courage can become a collective force.
Join us in the room →There is room for your voice