foHRsight: HR, Leadership & the Future of Work

Dec. 11, 2025

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Supporting Women Through Life Transitions with Guests Maturn

This week podcast co-host Mark Edgar connects with the co-founders of Maturn, Jen Murtagh and Sonja Baikogli Foley to talk about the incredible work they do to support women through life-stage transitions at work including fertility, maternity leave, motherhood, and perimenopause/menopause.

They share their inspiration behind Maturn and talk about the common barriers to supporting women at work and how HR leaders can support better conversations at work.

You can follow Maturn on LinkedIn here:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/maturn/

And find out more at their website:

https://maturn.com

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