If I was struggling, then I knew someone else was too.

Your personal life always affects your work life, and vice versa. That’s why I became a life coach. Because I couldn’t keep talking about sales and products while I knew it was the whole person that needed healing.

When I first started posting on instagram as a social seller, I had no idea how much it would challenge not only my professional life but also my personal life. I found myself constantly pulled between the business demands and my home life, and I wasn’t the only one. Every day, I witnessed the same struggles among my teammates…struggles that went unnoticed behind the glossy posts and influencer success stories.

I was surrounded by women with big dreams, creating impressive funnels, closing sales, and growing teams. Yet, behind the scenes, I could see their pain: the arguments with their spouses, the cranky kids who didn’t understand the hours they spent on their phone talking to other people, and the constant tug-of-war between work and family. There were systems for how to market, sell, and automate, along with plenty of business growth and mindset zooms, but nothing about the person as a whole in their real world life: spiritually, holisitically.

I’ll never forget how many times I found myself sitting in my car during my kids soccer games, phone in hand, trying to message just one more person, trying to keep that momentum going. But while I was sending messages to potential customers, my own kids were often the ones being ignored, with a little piece of me breaking every time. It was the constant feeling of I’m not enough for my business, not enough for my family, and not enough for myself.

And no matter how many promotions we celebrated, the truth was that the next month would start all over again. We would keep striving for more, but it never felt like I ever got there. Wherever that was. The customers would leave. The team would shift. It was a perpetual cycle of hustle and grind that was so non-ending and exhausting.

I reached a breaking point. I realized that I couldn’t keep going down this road. I didn’t want to spend my life selling something when the thing that kept striking me was, “This isn’t it, this isn’t the point…we can’t keep doing this and pretending this is what really matters.”

Sure, the business was good and profitable, but I began questioning, “What am I actually building here?” Was it worth it if I was losing my connection to my family, to myself, and even to the women I was helping? Playing tone deaf to their very real human experience of real life troubles by instead giving them another mindset zoom and leadership book, as though being the best boss would solve everyother problem in their family. Life and people were so much more than what their team achieved or what trip they earned. Thier character mattered more in their home, in their church, then just as a face leading a zoom with another mindset tool. I wanted to see all of them, and for them to see all of me.

I wanted to help other women, just like me, see that it is possible to build a successful business while nurturing healthy relationships with those we love most.

So, I made the shift from social selling to coaching social sellers. But this wasn’t just about helping women market and sell. This was about helping them live a life with harmony between their online persona and their real-life relationships.

I wanted to show them that it’s possible to have both. That you can have a thriving business and meaningful, lasting relationships at home. That you can grow as a team leader and still know who you are at home is what matters most. That you don’t have to lose yourself in the process of building something bigger than you.

When I work with my clients, it’s about so much more than just sales goals. It’s about navigating the chaos of modern life and learning how to be authentic whether you’re at your kid’s soccer game or launching a new marketing campaign. It’s about showing up as your best self in both worlds, without sacrificing one for the other.

I know how hard it can be to juggle it all.

The moment everything changed for me was when I overhead my 4yr old daughter waking up her brother with, “Mommy is grumpy today, so be quiet, brother, and let her do her work.”

It killed me that my young kids were walking on eggshells around me, and interpreted my work as being more important than them. And I had created this life so that I COULD work a job from home in order to not miss their precious years. If I wasn’t enjoying these fleeting days, and savoring the beautiful life I had, because I was so busy working, then what was I doing it all for? Wasn’t it so that I could stay at home and enjoy my life and kids? And I wasn’t.

Your personal life always affects your work life, and vice versa.

So, if you’re a social seller feeling that pull in a thousand different directions, know this: You are not alone. Let’s talk about how you can build a business that not only serves you but also nurtures the relationships that matter most.

~Molly