Ironic that I recorded this episode on World Mental Health Day (10/10/2022).
My experience with NWM came with two sides.
One, in the beginning, helping my mental health. It was a vehicle that shaped me into a more confident person, grew my mindset, provided me with income and gave me a sense of purpose.
The other side, towards the end of my journey with Monat, I quit because it wasn’t helping my mental health. Pressure to keep going when I was in a season of life where I needed to slow down, (hello baby #2 and postpartum depression) lack of boundaries, which led to burn out and so much anxiety around leading a team, when I couldn’t even lead myself.
This episode feels like the most vulnerable one yet, because I feel like this is the one thing that most of you listening can take something from or relate to. Either because we had an awkward encounter or you were on my team, and can relate to some of these heavy things I touch on.
I am here sharing my life, my experiences and have a podcast because of my time in NWM. That part of my life, built me to where I am today. Shaped me into who I am. Provided an outlet to share all the things with you guys.
So for me to say, I wish I never would have worked with Monat would be wrong and untrue. I’m glad I did. It taught me valuable lessons, grew me as a person and established this community within the online space.
My hope for anyone who listens is have an open mind. Understand that my journey, isn’t like everyone else’s in NWM. There can be success and positive stories that come from it! I did have success and I do have positive stories from it.
But like everything else, there’s good and bad. Rewards and regrets. And that’s all I tried to share in this episode.
If you find yourself struggling with depression, postpartum depression or rage, anxiety, emotionally draining work environments.. I’m here to send you all the love. I hope that we can come to a place of talking about these really hard things more, instead of keeping them in. I hope we can end the stigma of mental health and share our stories more so that we can create hope for others.
Thank you ❤️