Oct 7, 2024
Juliana Mackin is a mom of three working in PR firms and managing technology groups but has decided to open her own businesses. Her mama journey started later in life because her husband is 5 years younger but the positives of being an older mom is that she has more financial stability to work in a career first. She feels like she knows more about herself as well and that has been a huge positive. The mom guilt never goes away but has learned to accept that. Her biggest challenge has been the struggles of taking on too much and moved to the states from the UK and when she was overwhelmed with all of the mamahood challenges and hormonal changes she says that was really hard but since that was her first baby, she then knew that it was normal to feel that way with babies number 2 and 3. She didn’t bond at first with baby number 3 and she realized how normal that was too. Her best mama moments are when her kids progress and are growing and showing pride in themselves. Her 5 year old got up in front of a crowd of people and played his ukulele and her daughter sang and to watch them be proud of themselves was a great feeling. Her worst mama moments are when she is frustrated with them and sometimes shows those frustrations and expresses her stress. She wishes she would have known what it truly is like to be a mom because with number three, she seems to have it more “together.” But don’t we learn that as we go and our kids' personalities could also be more nurture than nature. She wants you to know that anything you are feeling guilty about is probably normal and other moms are feeling the same way. Don’t beat yourself up!