In 2017 I made a decision. I sat in my kitchen floor, sobbing as I leaned against cabinets whose counters were piled high with dirty dishes, unopened mail, an assortment of baby essentials, and a single toddler shoe. Every room was the same. Every day was the same. Clutter. Anxiety. Overwhelm. Well beyond a messy home, it bled into all aspects of my life.

I wish I could blame it on three hours of sleep, my needy littles, and mama hormones. But the battle I was fighting was not just one of motherhood. It was one of self. Of poor decisions that were so small, initially they weren’t even noticeable. But a tiny shift, if continued over a long distance, can create a vast gap, and the person I once knew was unrecognizable.

Slowly. Oh, so slowly. I made another shift. A choice to seek the hard things. To lean into the uncomfortable. Tiny steps. You see, I knew that if I could end each day just a little better than the day before, I’d eventually get to a place I wanted to be.

I decided that in order to be the best mom for my kids, I had to intentionally choose what I wanted for my life.

Rather than tell my kids to follow their dreams, I wanted to set an example and show them.

Now I have the privilege of helping moms change their stories using some of the tools and systems I’ve learned since that day in the kitchen floor.

What do you want your story to look like? What is your version of what it means to live a successful life?

I want to not only help you define it, but to figure out how the heck to start moving toward it when life feels so chaotic. I’ve spent the past five years studying habits, personal growth, psychology, leadership, and trying to understand how they all connect to motherhood.

Why?

Initially it was for myself. But the more I talked with other moms, the more I saw the need to share.

I believe that mothers have the power to change the world. The next generation of community leaders, entrepreneurs, teachers, and change makers are in our hands. How better can we move forward in our society than to start with a mama? The one they mimic daily. The one they learn from. The one that builds what a “normal” life looks like in their eyes.

What if we make the tools and skills we are developing in adulthood their “normal”? Imagine how far ahead they will be in life growing up watching their mama set the example for them, rather than simply telling them?

You are raising the future. And no matter how you feel in this moment, you are so much stronger than you know. You can do hard things. And if you need someone to remind you of that?

I’ve got you.

What do you want your story to look like? What is your version of what it means to live a successful life?

The hardest thing to do is start.