The Mom with No Title

Necker Island, April 8, 2016 While on a entrepreneurial retreat with my husband and three children, I waited for the questions that always come.  Those questions that come when you are a mom running a family, but also running an entrepreneurial life. You know those questions…. “Do you work?” “What do you do in your business?” “Do you run the business with your husband?” “Are you a stay-at-home mom or do you do something else?” “Yes.  And NO.”    I say. It’s the all-in, in-between place. How do you describe the all-in, in-between space in life?  The one that doesn’t have one title but that holds a significant place. It makes me squirm a little everytime I get those questions. Then, one night on this retreat, I found myself at dinner at a long wood-carved table that sat 40 people.  Folks with extraordinary life stories and businesses.  Sitting next to me was an amazing woman named Natalie MacNeil.  She has a beautiful view on entrepreneurship and contribution.  She didn’t ask me any of those questions. Instead, she asked me, “How do you help people?  How do you want to help people?” And I lit up, because that’s the question I … Continue reading The Mom with No Title