Society has sold women a lie and called it "success". It looks good on paper but creates mothers who feel like they’re failing in every area of life.

For decades, we've been handed the same promise: get the degree, get the job, work hard, climb the ladder, save for retirement, and you'll be able to live the good life... after 65?? 

We were told this was the "responsible" thing to do and the path to fulfillment. And the biggest lie of all– that putting our babies in daycare at 6 weeks old and relying on before & after school programs to care for them for the next 18 years was not only the norm, but perfectly okay for their wellbeing– despite the agony we feel missing milestone moments and hard times they need us for.

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RICH AS MOTHER

For most mothers, the promised path feels more like a jail cell than a gift. Your days consist of a 30 minute commute, clock in at 8, log your 15 minute breaks, skip your 30 minute lunch and eat at your desk, clock out 9 hours later, and spend 30 minutes driving home.

You take 7 days off with your family and sacrifice the other 7 in the name of a promotion and sometimes have to leave your child at home by themselves with a fever because you’re all outta sick days. You drive to work on black ice because your company prioritizes profit over people, and the thought of asking your boss to leave early so you can go to your child’s track meet gives you more anxiety than you can handle, so you just ask grandma to go watch instead.

Live for Fridays. Dread Mondays. Repeat for 50 years. 

We're supposed to prioritize work above all and ask for permission to do anything else? Permission to take a vacation? Permission to attend a school event? Permission to care for a sick child? Permission to be present for your family– the mother they need and you want to be???

We've normalized building our entire lives around our careers and then wonder why we feel exhausted, disconnected, and stretched thin. We wonder why our health is in decline and mental illness is on the rise— for us and our children.

But we're not failing, it’s the system failing us. We were sold a definition of success that forces us to choose between vocational purpose and being the mother we want to be. A definition of success that doesn’t empower us, but pulls us further away from the life we were created to live.

We don’t believe women are called to sit at home and cook and clean all day– that they have no place outside the home. No, we believe women are called to build, create, lead, solve problems, sow into others, contribute, generate wealth, and make an impact. We also believe we were created for motherhood, deep relationships, meaningful family connection, and a life that isn't constantly divided between competing priorities.

We reject the idea that motherhood and purpose are opposing forces. We reject the idea that women must choose between vocational success and being present for the people they love. And we reject the lie that freedom comes after fifty years of sacrifice, if you're lucky enough to reach it.

The truth is that nothing is promised. Not retirement. Not job security. Not the future we've been told to wait for. 

Mothers need more than weekends, and children need more than the leftover scraps of our time, energy, and attention. We believe work should support life—not the other way around. And we believe the life you want to live exists, but it’s up to you to build it. 

I founded Rich as a Mother™ to help women escape their 9-to-5 jail cells, including businesses that turn into jobs. We don't quit working 40 hrs/week to work 24/7.

We build businesses that fuel our ambition and fund our dreams. Businesses designed around our families, our priorities, our unique capacity, and our evolving seasons of life. Businesses that give us ownership over our time, ownership over our income, and ownership over our future.

Being Rich as a Mother™ isn't just about the money. It's about being RICH in: 

FAMILY, FREEDOM, PURPOSE, OPPORTUNITY,
& WEALTH

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