Posts Tagged ‘parenting’
15 Mother’s Day Activities the Whole Family Will Love
Mother’s Day hits differently when you’re a mom who runs a business from the kitchen table, answers client emails during nap time, and somehow remembers to thaw dinner before 5 PM (sometimes). You do a lot. And you deserve more than a sleepy “Thanks, Mom” on your special day. This year, instead of waiting for…
Read MoreThe Only Constant is Change: How to Embrace the Chaos and Thrive as a Mom Entrepreneur
“The single greatest constant of history is that everything changes.”– Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus No matter where you are in life right now — building a business, raising a toddler, navigating teenage moods, or trying to answer emails while reheating coffee for the third time — one thing is for sure: this moment will…
Read MoreThe Power of Endurance: Why It Matters More Than You Think
To endure is to move forward in spite of difficulty. It is that grit you tap into when the path is uncertain and the road is long. It is the voice in your head that says, Keep going, even when everything else is telling you to stop. Growth, strength, resilience—these are not traits we are…
Read MoreWhat Snowflakes Can Teach Us About Being a Mompreneur
No two snowflakes are ever the same. Science confirms what we instinctively know—each one is shaped by its own unique path through the sky. The result? A tiny, intricate masterpiece. Sound familiar? As moms who run businesses, we are just like those snowflakes. No two of us have the same story. Some of us launched…
Read MoreThe Real Competition Is Not Out There – It Is the Voice in Your Head
How a Tennis Book I Read as a Teen Became My Mompreneur Mindset Bible When I first picked up The Inner Game of Tennis, I was not running a business or chasing kids around the house. I was a teenager just learning to play tennis, obsessed with improving my game but constantly frustrated by my…
Read MoreIf It Feels Impossible, It’s Probably Natural: A Mompreneur’s Guide to Breaking the Rules
Inspired by Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari “Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural.”– Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens Let that sink in for a second. Because if you are…
Read MoreProduct Review: A Foldable Floor Mattress That Saved My Sanity During Sick Kid Nights
Parents, you know the drill. Your kid is sick. Fever, coughing, maybe tossing and turning in their sleep. And there you are—half asleep in your own bed, dragging yourself up every hour to check if they are still breathing, if they need water, if their forehead feels like a furnace. That was me. Until I…
Read MoreYes, My House Is a Mess. No, I Am Not Failing.
I will just say it: my house is a mess right now. There are cereal crumbs under the kitchen table, half-finished laundry loads in the hallway, and something sticky on the couch that I have not had the energy to investigate. I have a cleaning person who comes twice a month, and still — the…
Read MoreLove, Fault, Break: Why Mompreneur Life Feels Like a Never-Ending Tennis Match
This blog is inspired by the book Open, by Andre Agassi. It is no accident, I think, that tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love – the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature.– Andre Agassi, Open I picked up Open…
Read MoreYour Time Is Limited – So Stop Building Someone Else’s Life
I read this line in Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson and immediately felt it in my chest: Your time is limited, so do not waste it living someone else’s life.– Steve Jobs Because here is the thing: when you are a mom and a business owner, it is easy to get swallowed up by expectations.…
Read MoreWasp or a Bee Sting? This is the Question…
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my link, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure here. We just arrived home after a trip abroad and the first thing that happened after stepping outside the house is realizing (the hard way) that wasps have…
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