Hi there, I’m Keely Semler, a reproductive health educator, mentor, and doula with over decade of experience supporting women and families. I hold a Master’s in Maternal and Child Health from USC’s Keck School of Medicine and at the heart of my work, is the idea that health is not just clinical; it’s lived, felt, and shared.

You can find tender reflections and wide-ranging perspectives on what it means to mother, in all its forms. Whether or not you choose to have children, I believe that we are all mothering something.

I’m also the founder of Motherlands, a podcast and educational platform, that explores the intimate and often overlooked spaces where caregiving and womanhood are shaped in both subtle and seismic ways.

Through evidence-based education and intimate, reflective storytelling, Motherlands offers tools and conversations to help people reconnect with their embodied knowledge, deepen their understanding of health literacy and make choices grounded in autonomy and care.

We collaborate with public health leaders, educators, artists, and advocates to reimagine caregiving, not just as inconvenient labor, but as a creative, collective, and ecological force. Because care isn’t an afterthought; it’s the ground that future generations can stand on.

I’m an independent writer and educator, creating work at the intersection of storytelling, public health, and care.

If what I share resonates with you, if it brings clarity, comfort, or curiosity into your life, I invite you to support it through a paid subscription. Your contribution helps cover production costs, sustains the podcast, and makes it possible for me to keep offering evidence-based education that honors the complexity of health, family, and embodied decision-making.

This work is slow, intentional, and built to last and I’m very grateful to those who are helping to carry it forward.

To learn more or join our communal dialogues, visit Motherlands.

Why subscribe?

Subscribers gain access to:

• Thoughtful, evidence-based insights rooted in both science and lived experience

• Intimate interviews with guests who speak candidly about identity, intimacy, grief, healing, and more

• A slower, deeper pace of storytelling that nourishes reflection

• A growing community committed to supporting one another through care, not performance

Motherlands invites you into a conversation that’s as practical as it is poetic; one that honors the messy, beautiful truth that everyone is mothering something.