Balancing Babies & Businesses: My Honest Take on Doing Both

from Building HER with Katja Lillian · host Katja Thacker

In this week's episode, I get real about navigating business, identity, and postpartum life — without losing myself.Rather than a solo episode or hearing me interview someone, I am actually getting interviewed. I was interviewed by my friend and fellow coach, Mercedes Castellani.Mercedes Castellani is a Life Purpose Coach and the visionary Founder of Blisstopia. She empowers women from all over the world to find their purpose and create wealth doing what they love. Since 2022, she has guided hundreds of women to find their purpose, create nonsensical wealth, strengthen the connection to their soul, and manifest their dream lives through a unique methodology that blends ancient wisdom and cutting-edge mindset work. Mercedes is also the host of Blisstopia Podcast, a top 1% self-development show with listeners in 79 countries. We discuss:- How Katja left the golden handcuffs of corporate to build a soul-led business- Why motherhood deepened her sense of purpose - 3 tips to design a business in a way that supports your life, and not the other way around- How to overcome the fear of not being enough or being loved- The Tony Robbins' event that changed the trajectory of her life - How to raise the next generation with confidence and intuitionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mercedes.castellani/Website: https://blisstopia.eu/pathtopurpose

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