23.04.2026 | Shoptet (Holesovice, Prague)

Motherhood & Career

Join us for an empowering event exploring what it truly means to navigate motherhood and career. You’ll hear real stories and gain practical strategies to help you build a career on your own terms -while caring for yourself and your family.
Main partner
23.4.2026
Date
9
Speakers
4 hrs
Duration

About the event

Balancing motherhood and a career often feels less like balance and more like constant negotiation - with time, energy, ambition, and expectations. Is it really possible to have both, and if so, on whose terms?

Join us for an inspiring afternoon of talks and discussions focused on the realities of combining motherhood and work — without guilt, unrealistic standards, or one-size-fits-all advice. Together with experienced founders, leaders, and experts, we’ll explore how motherhood reshapes identity, ambition, and career paths, and how women can build sustainable, fulfilling careers alongside family life.

This event will dive into topics such as returning to work after motherhood, redefining leadership and ambition, building systems that actually support working moms, and caring for your health and energy during this demanding life stage.

Expect honest conversations, practical insights, and real stories - not perfection. Whether you’re already a mother, planning to become one, or simply reflecting on how career and life evolve over time, this event will offer clarity, tools, and a supportive community to help you move forward with confidence.

Other partners

Topics we will cover

Motherhood, Guilt & Ambition: The Identity Shift No One Prepares You For and How It Shapes the Return to Work

Everyone prepares you for the baby. Yet very few prepare you for the person you become after. After birth, many women find themselves caught between deep love for their children and a strong desire to remain ambitious, engaged, and visible at work. Alongside this tension often comes guilt, not because something is wrong with them, but because they are navigating a profound identity transformation known as matrescence. In this talk, Bettina will explore what’s actually happening during this transition: from neuroscience and identity shifts to the internal conflict between guilt and ambition, and why it directly impacts confidence, self-advocacy, and career decisions after maternity leave.

Speakers: Bettina Guirkinger (Founder at Mum Reimagined)

Leadership After Motherhood: Ambition, Family & Sustainable Career Growth

This panel explores what it really means to lead after motherhood - while carrying the mental load and making decisions under pressure with limited energy and time. Our speakers will share how they returned to leadership roles, redefined their leadership style, and made strategic career moves after becoming mothers. Together, we’ll discuss how to balance high performance with long-term sustainability - without burnout or guilt.

Speakers: Anna Laviana Ludvikova (Chief Marketing Officer at Wultra), Tereza Madrova (Chief Financial Officer at Etnetera Group), TBA

Organization Porn for Working Moms

A practical session for moms who are balancing career and motherhood and feel like they’re constantly running out of energy. Learn how to plan realistically, protect your focus, and put yourself first without mom guilt. Based on insights and tools from books Organizational Porn and Girls Want It Too.

Speaker: Aneta Martinek (Co-Founder & CEO #HolkyzMarketingu, Co-Founder #HolkyzByznysu, autorka knihy Organizační porno: Měj život ve svých rukou a Holky to chtěj taky)

Building on Your Own Terms: Entrepreneurship Through Motherhood

Motherhood often reshapes what success looks like—personally and professionally. Suddenly, your career path may no longer fit your new life, and going back to the way things were isn’t always an option. This panel brings together women who reimagined their careers to align with their lives as mothers - whether by launching a business, freelancing, or creating their own opportunities. Our speakers will share honest experiences of building and growing businesses while raising children, making strategic decisions with limited time and energy, setting boundaries, and redefining success on their own terms. Expect real stories, practical insights, and inspiration for mothers building businesses that work with their lives - not against them.

Speaker: Terezie Taubelova (Founder & CEO at MARIELI), Lucie Janauer (CEO at Monkey Mum), Klara Losert (Content Strategist at Typebar, Founder at Girlhood)

Health, Energy & Stress: Supporting Your Body Through Motherhood

Motherhood brings joy, purpose -  and a whole new level of physical and mental load. In this interview, we’ll talk with the founder of Verra about how to support your body through the different stages of motherhood, from pregnancy to postpartum and beyond. We’ll explore practical, science-backed approaches to managing stress, restoring energy, and supporting overall health while navigating lack of sleep, hormonal changes, and daily demands. Expect actionable tips that fit into real life - even when time and energy are limited - and an honest conversation about what women’s bodies truly need during this transformative phase.

Speaker: Veronika Moravec (Founder & CEO at Verra)

Meet the speakers

You'll hear from 8 experts on various  topics. More speakers to be announced soon!
Aneta Martinek
Co-Founder & CEO #HolkyzMarketingu, Co-Founder #HolkyzByznysu, autorka knihy Organizační porno: Měj život ve svých rukou a Holky to chtěj taky
Terezie Taubelova
Founder & CEO MARIELI
Anna Laviana Ludvikova
Chief Marketing Officer at Wultra
Lucie Janauer
CEO at Monkey Mum
Klara Losert
Content Strategist at Typebar, Founder at Girlhood
Bettina Guirkinger
Founder at Mum Reimagined
Tereza Madrova
CFO at Etnetera Group
Veronika Moravec
Founder & CEO at Verra
More speakers will be announced soon!

Bring your kids with you!

At the event, we will have a kids' corner available for children aged 2 years and older. If you’d like to bring your child, please select this option when purchasing your ticket. Please note that spots are limited, so be sure to sign up early!

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Agenda

13:30 -14:00

Registration & Networking

14:00 - 14:05

Welcome from Femme Palette

Lucie Neumanova

14:05 - 14:25

Motherhood, Guilt & Ambition: The Identity Shift No One Prepares You For and How It Shapes the Return to Work

Bettina Guirkinger

14:25 - 15:10

Leadership After Motherhood: Ambition, Family & Sustainable Career Growth

Anna Laviana Ludvikova, Tereza Madrova, TBA

15:10 - 15:30

Organization Porn for Working Moms

Aneta Martinek

15:30 - 16:00

Networking & Snacks

16:00 - 16:45

Building on Your Own Terms: Entrepreneurship Through Motherhood

Terezie Taubelova, Klara Losert, Lucie Janauer

16:45 - 17:00

Health, Energy & Stress: Supporting Your Body Through Motherhood

Veronika Moravec

17:00 - 17:30

Networking


Want to bring your kid to the conference?

At the event, there will be designated time for networking and meeting like-minded people.

Pricing

The event will take place on 23.4.2026 at Shoptet (Holesovice, Prague). Here is how to get there.
For our active mentors and mentees we have discounts. You will be informed about it via email. For refunds information check the Q&A below.
Until April 18th, 2025

Early bird

790 CZK incl. VAT
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What’s covered
4 hours of  content & networking
Refreshments (Snacks & drinks)
Presentations PDF
Until April 18th, 2025

Regular

890 CZK incl. VAT
Get ticket
What’s covered
4 hours of  content & networking
Refreshments (Snacks & drinks)
Presentations PDF

Parents on parental leave

590 CZK incl. VAT
Get ticket
What’s covered
4 hours of  content & networking
Refreshments (Snacks & drinks)
Presentations PDF

Become an event partner

Would you like your company to participate in the event and support our  women empowerment efforts? Do you have some products you would like to share with the audience in the self-care goodie bag? Become a partner of the event!

For more information contact our co-founder Lucie at lucie@femmepalette.com.

FAQs

Any questions about the event? Email us at events@femmepalette.com