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July 2, 2020Finding Peace as a Stay at Home Mom
Being a Stay At Home Mom was so much Harder than I ever thought
I left my corporate job as an interior designer for Ethan Allen when my oldest son was born. I knew it was the best decision for our family for me to stay home and raise our kids, but I missed many of the aspects of what the working world offered: goal setting, community, a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day, and helping to provide income. Being a stay at home mom left me feeling insecure and vulnerable. My days were mostly isolated, and I often felt massive anxiety that something would happen to my husband and I would be on my own, trying to provide for and raise our kids. To add to that vulnerability, we have chosen to homeschool them, which means going back to work once they were school age wasn’t in the cards either.
I left my corporate job as an interior designer for Ethan Allen when my oldest son was born. I knew it was the best decision for our family for me to stay home and raise our kids, but I missed many of the aspects of what the working world offered: goal setting, community, a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day, and helping to provide income. Being a stay at home mom left me feeling insecure and vulnerable. My days were mostly isolated, and I often felt massive anxiety that something would happen to my husband and I would be on my own, trying to provide for and raise our kids. To add to that vulnerability, we have chosen to homeschool them, which means going back to work once they were school age wasn’t in the cards either.
This wasn’t a healthy situation for me personally, or for our family. The anxiety I felt often got put on my husband, which created distance and resentment in our marriage, and caused even more anxiety.
I had tried a couple different things working from home, but it all felt like something pulling me away from family and creating more struggle, rather than alleviating it.
I got my Young Living Starter Kit at a time when I had decided that I was NOT going to be doing any sort of work from home. I had said yes to that kit only for the oils and because my mom asked me to. There was NO WAY I was doing this as a business, or putting myself out there to my friends and family!
This wasn’t a healthy situation for me personally, or for our family. The anxiety I felt often got put on my husband, which created distance and resentment in our marriage, and caused even more anxiety.
I had tried a couple different things working from home, but it all felt like something pulling me away from family and creating more struggle, rather than alleviating it.
I got my Young Living Starter Kit at a time when I had decided that I was NOT going to be doing any sort of work from home. I had said yes to that kit only for the oils and because my mom asked me to. There was NO WAY I was doing this as a business, or putting myself out there to my friends and family!
But I started seeing real results for major issues in our lives. I finally had a natural answer for the daily headaches I had suffered with for years. (They are actually gone completely now!) We had answers for health issues for my youngest – he used to break out in hives and skin rashes from eating certain foods. (Those days are gone now too!)
I had something I felt compelled to share – it had radically changed our lives, and I knew it would do the same for others. So I shared and I shared, and I shared, and before long, our orders were paid for and then there was extra on top of that.
For the first time in a long long time, I have peace. I physically feel better, but I also don’t feel the vulnerability and anxiety that used to plague me. I have the ability to be home with my kids and homeschool them, all while enjoying the goal setting, community, sense of accomplishment and income of a career mom. My relationship with my husband is dramatically different now that I don’t live in constant fear.
I feel excited about our future too! The opportunity to travel the world as a family, helping people find the kind of peace and freedom we have found inspires us. I envision a time when the income from Young Living gives my husband the freedom to choose another career path if he desires to one day, without fear of how it would impact our family financially.
