Jodi Silverman

It surrounded me with people who were all on the same journey of rediscovering who they were and were looking for something else that they were meant to be doing. And I attended one of the dares I did before I knew what daring was my word. I said yes to attending a local women empowerment conference. So I walked into this room with 300 other women, small business owners. I was a life coach.

It surrounded me with people who were all on the same journey of rediscovering who they were and were looking for something else that they were meant to be doing. And I attended one of the dares I did before I knew what daring was my word. I said yes to attending a local women empowerment conference. So I walked into this room with 300 other women, small business owners. I was a life coach.

I became a life coach at the time. I knew I wanted to support other women, specifically moms, because up until this point, I was stepping out of my comfort zone. I started a new business. I was meeting new people. I was scared. I was doing it scared. I had doubt, but I was enjoying. I was excited again. Even my husband, Sam, said, you're reborn. There's this excitement about you.

I became a life coach at the time. I knew I wanted to support other women, specifically moms, because up until this point, I was stepping out of my comfort zone. I started a new business. I was meeting new people. I was scared. I was doing it scared. I had doubt, but I was enjoying. I was excited again. Even my husband, Sam, said, you're reborn. There's this excitement about you.

It was fresh and new. So I'm sitting in that room, and the keynote speaker was a woman named Luann Kahn. She's an eight-time Emmy Award-winning journalist from my town, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And she gave us each a copy of her book that she was on stage talking about. And it was called I Dare Me, how she did something new every day for a year to get unstuck.

It was fresh and new. So I'm sitting in that room, and the keynote speaker was a woman named Luann Kahn. She's an eight-time Emmy Award-winning journalist from my town, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And she gave us each a copy of her book that she was on stage talking about. And it was called I Dare Me, how she did something new every day for a year to get unstuck.

And I sat in that room, Vincent, in that moment, I felt like Luann was only talking to me. Like everything went quiet. I'm like, oh my gosh. Because she was talking about daring, stepping out of your comfort zone, trying new things. All is the same word. And I thought, oh my gosh, I've been daring. And it was such a playful word for me and everything about me. I like play.

And I sat in that room, Vincent, in that moment, I felt like Luann was only talking to me. Like everything went quiet. I'm like, oh my gosh. Because she was talking about daring, stepping out of your comfort zone, trying new things. All is the same word. And I thought, oh my gosh, I've been daring. And it was such a playful word for me and everything about me. I like play.

I think play is very important in an adult life that we forget how to play. And I sat in that room and I thought, I'm daring. That's what I've been doing. She gave me the word that felt and resonated deeply with what I had been doing for the last three years leading up to that conference. And I left that. I said, oh, my gosh, I'm a mom who dares.

I think play is very important in an adult life that we forget how to play. And I sat in that room and I thought, I'm daring. That's what I've been doing. She gave me the word that felt and resonated deeply with what I had been doing for the last three years leading up to that conference. And I left that. I said, oh, my gosh, I'm a mom who dares.

I ran home and I had a Facebook group for something else. And I changed the name of the Facebook group to Moms Who Dare. And I started posting in the group, has anybody ever just gone to a movie at 10.30 in the morning? Join me, I'm going to this movie theater at this time. Anybody want to go out for dinner? Does anybody want to go axe throwing?

I ran home and I had a Facebook group for something else. And I changed the name of the Facebook group to Moms Who Dare. And I started posting in the group, has anybody ever just gone to a movie at 10.30 in the morning? Join me, I'm going to this movie theater at this time. Anybody want to go out for dinner? Does anybody want to go axe throwing?

I don't know if you've ever heard of axe throwing, but it is fun. Has anybody ever done an escape the room? And I just started posting and a core group of women started showing up. And that's how Moms Who Dare started. As a Facebook group, very local to my backyard. And fast forward to COVID, the pandemic we had, and everything started to go virtual.

I don't know if you've ever heard of axe throwing, but it is fun. Has anybody ever done an escape the room? And I just started posting and a core group of women started showing up. And that's how Moms Who Dare started. As a Facebook group, very local to my backyard. And fast forward to COVID, the pandemic we had, and everything started to go virtual.

So I started to host virtual Zoom meetups, which during that time, everybody went Zoom crazy. I wish I had Zoom stock. Now it's a hybrid virtual in-person community. It's still a Facebook group. There's 2,500 women in that Facebook group. And nothing against dad spins.

So I started to host virtual Zoom meetups, which during that time, everybody went Zoom crazy. I wish I had Zoom stock. Now it's a hybrid virtual in-person community. It's still a Facebook group. There's 2,500 women in that Facebook group. And nothing against dad spins.

I love my husband is a great dad, but it is just moms in that group or anybody who resonates with being a mom because women tend to share openly. And are more vulnerable amongst other women. Just like men. I think there's a time and a place to bring everyone together and a time and a place to have a girl's only clubhouse and a boy's only clubhouse. But that's how Moms Who Dare came to be.

I love my husband is a great dad, but it is just moms in that group or anybody who resonates with being a mom because women tend to share openly. And are more vulnerable amongst other women. Just like men. I think there's a time and a place to bring everyone together and a time and a place to have a girl's only clubhouse and a boy's only clubhouse. But that's how Moms Who Dare came to be.

And it just grew organically. And now there's a spinoff. Membership does a whole thing. But we still, we do virtual. Hangouts, virtual experiences, because COVID created virtual abilities, then scavenger hunts virtually, and game nights. And I still have a nice-sized local community, and we do get together four to six times a year in person.

And it just grew organically. And now there's a spinoff. Membership does a whole thing. But we still, we do virtual. Hangouts, virtual experiences, because COVID created virtual abilities, then scavenger hunts virtually, and game nights. And I still have a nice-sized local community, and we do get together four to six times a year in person.