The Modern Phoenix

The Fiction of "Doing It All" vs. Having It All


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Erin is a mom of 3 who’s lived 9 lives, She’s been a full-time SAHM, a full-time working mom, a part-time working mom, and an entrepreneur.

She worked for other people for 5 years before she took a leap of faith in her own vision to create her company, Totum.

 

Totum means whole in Latine - they are devoted to helping modern mothers feel whole in motherhood - body, mind, relationships to ambition, my relationships themselves.

 

In this episode, G and Erin talk about:

-How to discern between striving and trusting

-We talk about the show Mrs. America and how the women’s movement really hasn’t gotten very far - the next frontier of feminism will happen within the corporate structure

-feeling like an imposter when younger women tell you your an inspiration

-Erin’s unstructured structure as a mom of 3 and entrepreneur in 2020

-The mental load of women in 2020 and how each of us quickly and easily gets unblocked in life and businesses

-Erin’s next-level definition of how to feel WHOLE i.e. “Totum” as a working mom 

-Both of our strong arguments for trading productivity for feeling WHOLE

-Doing it all vs having it all / giving ourselves permission to stop

-The “myths” Erin holds inside about what it means to do it all vs have it all

-Echoing Eve Rodsky, “Time is time; time is not money”

-Mom guilt, the endless responsibilities we put on OURSELVES as mothers and the mindfuckery of it all

-G talks about how she’s okay going first in airing her dirty laundry to create vulnerability, community and permission to have it all, but not have it all together.

-Erin’s final piece of advice is vital for any preggos who are ABOUT to push out a baby

 

Keep in touch with Erin and support her work in the world for all the mamas by following her on IG at @totumwomen and visiting her website at www.totumwomen.com

 

Gervase’s new digital course for new mamas, Becoming, is open for enrollment til January 5th.

 

Let’s do this. 

 

 

Learn more about Gervase Kolmos: 

https://www.gervasekolmos.com/about

 

Follow Gervase on Social: 

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Follow Erin + Totum on Social: 

instagram.com/totumwomen

 

Visit Totum Online:

totumwomen.com

 

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