About

My Story:

When I was a little girl I dreamt that I would grow up and change the world!
I would grow up to be a doctor, an actress, and of course a princess! However, when you settle into what “REAL LIFE” is it became more about paying the bills, doing endless loads of laundry, and that other boring grown-up stuff. I hated it! My husband and I worked our 9-5’s and felt like we were just getting by. Then real life hit us with the biggest blessing in our lives: our baby boy.

While on maternity leave I went into panic mode. How could I go back to a meaningless job and have someone else take care of my precious baby! It was the biggest fear in my life up until that point. How could I go back to work at a place that I was underpaid and underappreciated and have more than half of my monthly salary go towards paying someone else to take care of the most important human being in my life?

I don’t know if it was crazy or brilliant (or maybe both) but my husband said, ”Stay home and raise him yourself.” In some parts of the country living off of one salary is totally doable, but in South Orange County, California it’s near impossible! So I dabbled and became a serial entrepreneur.

I did the Network Marketing, Multilevel Marketing, the crafty business (baking), home based business (daycare), and freelance (social media marketing and web design). I even sold succulent arrangements once! After that one craft fair, I realized I had a black thumb and dropped that business quick! I wore all these hats just to get a little extra income. I hoped that one day, eventually, my business would miraculously take off. I was making ok money with my serial entrepreneur endeavors, but there was something missing.

I became complacent. I believed that was as far as I was going to go. I was grateful. I was home with my son working hard at my home-based business (daycare) making a difference in the lives of the families we touched each day. Making relatively good money for being a home business. What more could I ask for?

• I was ok with the income that I was limited to.
  • We made enough to cover our expenses and we knew that it would take years to pay down our student loan debt, but that was a given right? That’s why those loans are set up for 30-year arrangements!

• We had a two-bedroom apartment that met most of our space needs in a very nice area of South Orange County.
  • My son didn’t need a back yard to play in while a playground was just blocks away right? On a day when I wasn’t too tired from work and not worried about deadlines we would make the effort and go.

• I was ok with the fact that traveling wasn’t a priority. My husband and I had traveled a handful of times before our son arrived so we should be grateful we got those memories.
  • However, it would be nice to make that trip to South America so my in-laws could finally meet their grandson.

• I was grateful that I could make an impact on the lives of the families I helped through daycare.
  • Even though my heart broke for each mom that dropped off their little one to me at just 12 weeks old because they felt there was no other alternative. They had to provide for their families.

I was happy with the life I had. It wasn’t ideal but they were the cards I was dealt. No use reinventing the wheel. True unbridled success just wasn’t for me.

One day scrolling through social media I saw a couple that was doing what I could only dream of. They had a laptop lifestyle that allowed them to make the impact on people that I desired, while still having the luxury of profit in all aspects of their lives. I wanted to make a bigger impact than I currently was. I still wanted to be home with my son but also show my son that life was so much more than the hustle.

Above all I wanted other women to have what I have had since I took that huge leap and quit my job. I wanted the families that struggled to leave their babies in daycare to have another option. I wanted to empower mama’s that were going through that same fear I was when my maternity leave was drawing to a close. I knew that I couldn’t do it alone. I made the decision to hire a business coach.

You know that feeling of dread you feel when you might be making the wrong choice? That was me when I told my husband I was taking our grocery money that month and spending it on the first payment for my business coach.

What was I thinking!? I was happy, right? What more could I ask for? I was consumed with fear and doubt. Probably the same fear and doubt that’s currently running through your head now.

What if this doesn’t work out? What if I don’t get my investment back? I can figure this out on my own, so why invest in a coach? Maybe this stay at home mompreneur life isn’t for me. What if I don’t get the results I want? What would my family say if I spent the money on something that didn’t have a guarantee of return?

When you’re on the brink of something life changing your mind can go crazy with over thinking.

If you spend too much thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. –Bruce Lee

Today, I work with Mompreneurs that are killing it in their businesses. My life is radically different and yours can be too.

Are you ready?

You only have one life to live. Make the most of it! Don’t let fear leave you stuck where you are.