I’m passionate about helping moms feel good.
Hi! I’m Katie
Wow - I feel like my story could be a book and many different chapters, but, here's the short story version. ;)
Growing up I have always felt things really deeply. I was the girl sitting at a bookstore in middle school and high school reading about self-help. I had a great childhood with great parents, but something has always called me toward how to be better. I have always felt there is a surface part of ourselves, and how do we reveal all that is underneath, how do we find out who we truly are. I have always had a sense of "certainty" about myself when I was young, I knew where I wanted to go to school and applied to one school early admission and got in. I “knew” I wanted to be an "athletic trainer" so I applied to be in the athletic training program and got in. But, when it came time to graduate I felt totally lost. I no longer felt the pull to be an athletic trainer, and I thought maybe I'd be a personal trainer, and I tried to have my own business in Chicago and was mildly successful for 4yrs there, but wasn't feeling fulfilled.
I moved out to California, and tried life in the corporate world and with zero social media or marketing background, other than my own personal experience I was hired at an agency and became a social media manager. I loved that, but 9-5 wasn't for me. I was always getting in trouble for arriving late or leaving early, and yet my work was always done, and I was always trying to take on more work, but the confines of a traditional work environment have never been for me. I then went out on my own and tried having my own social media marketing agency with my husband, and we were relatively successful, but again things started to feel flat, and I was trying to launch a side fitness business. I went hard in the paint for that side business and wanted it to become my career, but it didn't take off and I went deep into debt.
Along the way, I was pursuing personal goals as a triathlete and runner. Qualifying and running the Boston Marathon, becoming an IRONMAN 5x, completing 17 70.3 races, and more. And in that space, my heart has always felt aligned. I didn't know how important connections and friendships in that hobby would become until I was broke and needed a job, and my old triathlon coach and friend had started a business and was looking for someone to work for them. And boom, long story short, the start of my "dream" career was created. I've now been with the company 5yrs and have never been happier. Within that time, I met my husband, got married, had a baby, and now I'm pregnant with baby #2 due in August 2023.
Despite this short synopsis, the truth is, all that weaving was hard. I have felt lost at times, but after becoming a mom, I never felt more like myself. It was strange in a way, how natural it all felt. When I had my son, everything changed for me. The way I felt, the way I viewed the world, and what my goals were. I wanted something more and I wanted to make a difference in people's lives. The crazy part is that prior to having kids (baby #2 due in August), I have always been pulled to learning about what makes people tick, helping them set goals, and pursue their dreams. I've also always been into self-help, from an early age I loved taking personality tests and reading books to help me be more productive, more successful, and give my best to the world.
I remember in high school reading the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, and that truly was the start of learning about how to be the best person I can be. I then read The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, and my intrigue and passion for business grew from there. I'm the kind of person who loves having friends and family take personality tests, talk about the latest self-help books, podcasts, etc, listen to their challenges, and help them reframe or learn more about their purpose on this earth. I want to take all the knowledge and life experience I have accumulated over the years and help moms find their life purpose, feel like their best selves, and feel on top of the world.
I have been through the beginnings of motherhood, where life is overwhelming with tons of questions, googling everything, and struggling to feel like I know what the heck I'm doing. I remember feeling so heavy after becoming a mom, weighed down by all of the information, when at first, in those first few months, when I followed my intuition, everything felt light and happy. It was only after diving into information overload that my world started to change and the lightness was wiped out from me. I needed to find my way back. I started small by visualizing what I wanted vs. what I didn’t want, doing some of the things that light me up inside like reading, yoga, walking, and strength training, and thinking about what my dreams are and where I want to go from here. It was at that moment, I knew I wanted to be part of the mom community lifting mom’s up, helping them find their purpose, be their best selves, and feel good while being a mom and pursuing their career. I want to be a space that lifted moms out of the “heaviness” that mom-ing can feel like from time to time. And more than anything I want moms to listen to their intuition and hence MomTuition was born.
I can’t wait to connect with you!
