TV personality, author and podcast host Brianna Harmon and her tribe of moms in The Millennial Mommies Club are shedding light on the meaning of motherhood in the modern age.
Brianna Harmon, host of podcast The Millennial Mommies Club, brings the charm whenever she sits down with guests to unpack the ins and outs of motherhood. PHOTO BY GILES WILLIAMS
“Every day, grace is your best friend during this journey,” shares Brianna Harmon (@briharmonnow), a vibrant mother of two. From the moment she received her degree in broadcast journalism, Harmon was destined to have a platform. What would it look like? Ever the mystery of postgrad life. When pregnancy knocked on her door six months into her role as a reporter at REVOLT, her professional trajectory materialized in unexpected ways. If you haven’t caught one of her The Millennial Mommies Club episodes on YouTube or checked out her socials, then you’re missing out on the show that is sending a buzz throughout the millennial motherhood community. Harmon is going where moms have never gone before, and it all started from her own experience with the impact of pregnancy on mental health. “When I got pregnant with my daughter, two of my college friends were also pregnant and we were one month apart from each other,” she said of the show’s origin story. “So we created a group chat where we checked on each other, talked about our problems and relationships, even went through labor together with each one of us.” The new mothers instantly got caught up in their roles, going it alone and dealing with their postpartum blues behind closed doors. Harmon quickly realized that what moms needed, and what she herself needed, was a steadfast support system. Enter The Millennial Mommies Club.
Expect a variety of topics discussed on each episode, rooted in patterns Harmon jots down after having raw conversations with other mothers. As they wade into the waters of fragile issues, she wants to ensure the discussions highlight that “women are dealing with this battle constantly and [are] still being told how to handle our emotions, from the right to have and not have kids to being ‘crazy’ because we take a little longer to find ourselves again. So, knowing that this platform is honest, true and has real feelings, I make sure to unpack it gently but as openly as we can get.” Harmon already had the charisma and compassion to carry out her maternal mission, but in a podcast-saturated environment, it begs the question of how she found her voice—which she owes to her own testimonials and trials during and following two pregnancies. “I used my pain as an outlet to touch other moms and women who may be scared to talk or feel like they have nowhere to go,” says Harmon.
“I’ve learned over the past four years with my two kids there is no such thing as balance. You have to truly be happy with what you can get done. If you have 10 things to do on the list for the day, and you accomplish three, that’s a win!” –BRIANNA HARMON
Each week, she seeks to inspire mothers to find and establish a support system to make everyday life as a new mother a little bit easier, including in the publishing sphere through her children’s book, I’m a Big Sister Mommy Told Me. Assuming an authorial role sprung from her desire to talk to someone postpartum, so she turned to writing and journaling. As she settled into motherhood, she realized that raising a child from a baby to a toddler was only the beginning. “I held my oldest daughter and rubbed my stomach with my youngest inside and said, ‘This is about to look so different soon,’ and ‘How am I going to prepare my oldest for the shift?’ It hit me then that... I can tell my story on how becoming a big sister will not be a negative journey for my oldest but positive,” Harmon says of that aha moment. Her success with this debut book might even mean a sequel is in the works!
In retrospect, Harmon looks at balance as a relative measurement for success as a mother. “I’ve learned over the past four years with my two kids there is no such thing as balance. You have to truly be happy with what you can get done. If you have 10 things to do on the list for the day, and you accomplish three, that’s a win!” she shares. In addition to taking tangible weight off women’s shoulders from ages 25 to 41, Harmon continually champions the ideal of everyday grace.
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