08/19/2026
If you knew me then and you know me now, then you know had I jumped on this trend a few years ago, I would have given you a completely different carousel of words. And to be honest, I’m still reminding myself of these truths, on the daily.
While I’ve always been good at adaptation and transition - motherhood hasn’t necessarily come easy for me. And not simply in the sense of everyday challenges or the massive changes it brings (those are all very real), but largely in the way of choosing motherhood over my career. I could give you 20 carousels of what I love about this industry. Honestly, I miss it. I want to work full time and I still want to be home with my kids. I was struggling how to simultaneously make sense of two worlds.
It took A MINDSET SHIFT. No really. A complete and total different way of thinking - prioritizing and pinpointing what matters most in this season - and choosing to follow through. I was trying to run a business and be a mom. In that order. Now I focus on being mom and taking business as I can. In that order.
It’s liberating, really. The girl boss mentality, while fulfilling and validating, is a highly self-pressured one. Add in full time motherhood in the mix and you have a recipe for being overworked, overstimulated and right on track for complete burnout on both ends. So what’s the solution?
Let’s start with some truth:
Culture has tried to define success for us.
Culture pressures us to have a hustle mindset.
Culture pulls us away from being present.
Culture makes it hard to say no.
Culture says choose yourself over anything else.
But sometimes it’s kinda chic to defy culture.
In 20 years, I’m not going to look back and wish I had left my kids more often to fulfill my own dreams. I’m not going to think I should have made more money so they could have more things. I’m not going to regret letting go of my boss babe mentality so I could spend more quality time with my actual babies. Because we all know, they won’t be little for long.
So mamas, keep showing up, knowing that work will always be there but their childhood won’t.
Send this to your mama friends as a reminder of their most important job yet 🫶🏼
