Neha Ruch, Founder
Neha Ruch is the founder of Mother Untitled, the leading platform for ambitious women leaning into family life. A thought leader, influencer, and sought-after speaker focusing on women, work, parenting and identity, Neha's transformative insights and reframes resonate with the hundreds of thousands of women in the Mother Untitled community and beyond. Through Mother Untitled, she has sparked meaningful, supportive conversations, catalyzing a shift in how society views stay-at-home motherhood.
After 10 years working in Brand Strategy and receiving her MBA from Stanford, Neha decided to pause her career after the birth of her second child. She quickly encountered outdated stereotypes associated with being a stay-at-home mother—stereotypes that seemed more fitting to a bygone era than her own experience or the modern women she was meeting. She became determined to create the world's first collective of ambitious women on career pauses - or downshifts - to reshape the narrative around stay-at-home motherhood and give visibility to the gray area within which many women find themselves during a pause from traditional work outside the home.
Her book, "THE POWER PAUSE: How to Plan a Career Break After Kids – and Come Back Stronger Than Ever" will be published by Putnam in January 2025. Neha lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with her husband, their two children, and their dog Coconut.
“The CEO modernizing our view of stay-at-home motherhood.”
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About Mother Untitled
Since 2017, Mother Untitled and its founder, Neha Ruch, have been on a mission to update the perception of stay-at-home motherhood in America, infusing it with ambition, dignity, growth, and potential.
As an oasis and leading resource for women in the gray area between paid work and motherhood, MU amplifies stories of career pauses and downshifts and affirms stay-at-home mothers as an influential cohort in a vital life chapter. Through our content on this website and elsewhere, we strive to help the world see stay-at-home mothers as the dynamic and evolving professionals they are so that women can choose a chapter of family life with pride.
Work with Neha
Neha is available to speak, write or advise on:
The state of American stay-at-home motherhood
The growing gray area: the rise of flex work
Return to workplace after career breaks
Mothers and entrepreneurship
Personal development and parenthood
Connect with community
We pride ourselves on curating bespoke community events that offer true value in networking and development for the women in the room and tell an authentic story about our brand partners. We prioritize companies that honor our brand values by offering paid family leave, flexible schedules, part-time employment opportunities, job shares, and/or return-to-work training.