Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Okay, well, welcome to the first episode of the Women who Work from Home podcast. So I have this thing written out and I'm just gonna start with this, but this is basically an unscripted podcast. So women in our culture, I think, are waking up.
[00:00:17] When I was born in 1985, women were kind of beginning to be told to delay marriage and children and to pursue careers prioritizing promotions over family. And I think really, like, Fast forward to 2020, where, like, no matter where you stand on any side of the issue, like, people are beginning to wake up, especially to the lies that we've been fed about what we should or shouldn't prioritize as women.
[00:00:45] So now thousands of women, maybe millions, probably more, are opting out of hustle culture. So this is where I define women who pursue their work exclusively outside of their home. So this is even women who are at home, or I'm sorry, who are at home and they're working at home remotely, like when people were for Covid. But basically the priority is for their work versus their family life.
[00:01:14] So we're also beginning to challenge the idea that being successful in generating an income from home using our God given gifts actually has to take away from being present mothers and wives and homemakers. So I want to talk to the women who are actually doing it. They are having their cake and they are eating it too. I want to talk to the women who are pursuing motherhood, wifehood, being homemakers, and successful businesses. I want to hear their challenges, success stories, and really everything in between. So this first episode really sets the stage and hopefully clarifies any confusion with the podcast name. So this podcast is for women who work from home for the purpose of also being present moms and wives. So these are the women who may or may not be working for a company or be self employed. So there's my kind of like written intro and probably the last time I will be on script for anything. But I just kind of wanted to come on here and clarify. I had several friends and people who follow me on Instagram reach out and be like, women who work from home. Like, what does that even mean? So I'm not going to not be including people who are not mothers, because I actually think that being wives and homemakers are also very important. Like I would say just starting out, you know, when I was 23 and I got married, or even before that, to be honest, like, it was really, there was no really conversations about having that balance in, you know, what is single life, which can become married life, which can become Motherhood and how to balance that with generating income. And what I think is more important is, you know, using those God given gifts. So sorry if I'm being kind of repetitive, but I just want to drive it home. There's no prerequisites here for being mothers, but just women who want to prioritize their business and life. The life, the life, Work, balance. And so growing up, I think I saw a lot of movies, I've read a lot of books and listened to a lot of music that talks about how it's really not possible to balance our lives with, with our work. I would say that, okay, I'm not interested in stepping on any toes for women who have chosen chosen not to generate income. In fact, I know quite a bit of women, I personally am a Christian and I know quite a bit of women who talk about how. And this is something I want to get into, and I know exactly who I want to interview for this, who talk about how being women automatically means that our gifts are in motherhood and only in motherhood after we have children. I am not a believer in this. I actually believe that motherhood is absolutely a gift given to us by God. But I think it's also you can pair that with other interests that God gave you and gifts that he gave you. So I'm not really interested in kind of putting down women who have chosen to go into the office and put their kids in child care. I'm not really interested in just saying that the only way to do it is to. For women to quit their any kind of work that they're doing and only be with their children. Four, seven, through every single stage. Women who are gonna come on here are probably gonna have strong opinions on those things. And I'm really hoping that my audience is going to be able to hear those things, maybe be challenged by those things, maybe, you know, if they feel themselves getting triggered by them those things, asking themselves why. But it's really more for the sake of conversation than it is saying which one is better and which one is worse. I have been looking for podcasts kind of for a long time that are really just talking to these women who are staying at home and balancing out better these parts of their lives and having, you know, these conversations with women and really upholding these women who are choosing to do both and to have both and to not, you know, maybe put off getting married or put off having children and to really kind of just bust this myth that you have to do that, that you somehow have to give up having children. Or getting marri, if you want to be able to, you know, create an income. There's just too many opportunities now. There's too many opportunities for us to say you have to choose one or the other. And so that's really what I want this podcast to shed some light on as far as when I'm going to be releasing episodes. I am shooting for one a week. I want to get some really solid interviews in there. And if you're listening to this podcast and going like, this is right up my alley, I'm doing this too. I want to hear these women as well. I want to hear how they balance all of this. Please feel free to send me an email that will be in the show notes and let me know who you want to see me interview.
[00:06:12] I have people from across the globe and people who live nine minutes from me that I'm very interested in having these conversations with. This podcast is not only limited to Christian believers.
[00:06:28] This podcast really, truly is for women who are busting it at home, who are breaking up with hustle culture, and who want it all. They want it all. They want kids, they want healthy family lives. They want to have just a killer income and be able to, you know, give back and to have the lives that they. That they want. And big topic in this podcast is going to be coming at it from a place of authenticity because, again, I feel like this is a fantastic time in history where we are starting to question, I guess, what we've been told to prioritize and what's most important and really tuning into our instincts and our guts and our hearts on, you know, where God is leading us. So a little bit of my backstory, just a little bit. I honestly never wanted to have children. I came from a family of go getters. I came from, you know, my father is very much, women should be leading the way in industry. And so I was very much raised with that feminist viewpoint. And I think he absolutely meant super well with that. And I totally. I get it. I really do. I think it was very much a response to, you know, again, women being told that their gifts are only at home and should only be at home, and you really have to choose one or the other. And so his sort of response to that was women can do anything.
[00:07:53] But kind of as a response, I really, really did not prioritize having a family or getting married. And so, as I always say, you know, God has a fantastic sense of humor. I met my husband in 2006. We got married in 2008. I figured we would be double income, no kids, family. We were super good with that. I got pregnant with my daughter in 2012. I had her. She changed everything. You know, the story.
[00:08:21] And then I had my son in 2008. And so when I found out I had my. I was pregnant with my daughter, I actually gave up my business. I was working as an esthetician. I had this really great space rented out, and I was. Things were going great. My business was growing. We were making some pretty good money. But I found out I was pregnant with her, and I just was like, you know, Jeremy was like, do you want to move across the country? And I just didn't even think twice. I was like, I need some time to kind of figure out what I'm doing and what matters to me, because I just never even thought I would be able to. I'd be having this conversation. So, you know, we moved to Tennessee. I had my daughter, really loved motherhood, but really struggled with having it being the only thing I was doing. And I think by the time my son was born, I was again, really loving motherhood, but very much in a rut for kind of other aspects of my life. Going on the back burner now, I would say. After my son was born, it took probably about two years, though, for us to even find our groove as a family of two children. And, you know, as he got older, he's six now, it became. It became really clear to me. Well, we started homeschooling, so that's kind of another thing to add a layer to. But it became really clear to me that I love my children. I love staying home with them. I love homeschooling them. I love every minute I have with them. And I love. I love being in business. I love doing sales. I love communicating with people. And just. I don't know. I don't know. It's just something that my heart longs for and really grappled with that in this culture and. And felt like, you know, everyone was just telling me, you've got to choose one or the other. So, anyways, I'm going to keep this really short. I'm just kind of letting you know where I'm coming from again. I'm super excited to just share these interviews with you and have these conversations with people again. This really conversation is not about which is better or worse. I just want to talk to women who are staying home with their families. They are homeschooling their children. They are, you know, homemakers, and they are generating a killer income. And so, yeah, I'm so grateful that you have tuned in for this first episode. I hope you like what you hear so far. And again, check back next week and we should have another episode up for you. Thank you so much.
