Yin and Yang: How do you balance work and family?
I find balance by being organised and sticking to my set work times. I have set times after hours that are for my business and set times for family and activities. I have a couple of nights and days a week that are family days and absolutely no appointments are booked or work done. I think the biggest key to creating the balance is boundaries and keeping them.
The drive: What challenges have you overcome?
Wow, challenges, there have been many. The biggest one is that this is such a new concept that a lot of people are either not interested in hearing me out because it sounds too hippy for them, or it goes against deep ingrained beliefs from their own upbringing and they are not ready to face what might come up from their own childhoods if they start getting into emotions and feelings. Both points are completely valid and at some point, I needed to overcome my own beliefs and push through the discomfort and grow as a person to be able to grow as a parent and provide my kids with the gentle understanding and support they need.
For better or worse: What are the pros and cons of running your own business?
Pros would definitely be that I can do something I love and I am passionate about around my family and their needs. To be in a position where I can share all of this knowledge and experience with other parents is a really amazing feeling.
Cons, I am not sure. There are always challenges with running a business and gaining followers and exposure. The constant hustle in the beginning can be tiring.
Hopes and dreams: What next?
I have big dreams of a generation that is emotionally intelligent. The bad stuff will still happen and adversity will still be there, but a generation of kids that have grown up understanding their emotions and how to feel them and express them without holding onto the trauma and baggage would be so amazing to witness.
I have an amazing meditation program for daycare/kindergartens that I am working on rolling out and also a coaching-style parenting program in the works.
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