The not so rosie-tinted view of mother-led growth

The reality of being a founder, mother and advocate for a better life.

For those that don’t know, I’m an indie founder, mother to 5 and I’ve also unschooled my kids for the past 12 years. I grew Ministry of Testing to “7 figures” and then handed it over to someone else to run.

It’s honestly been a non-stop journey with little time for breathing with all the things life has been throwing my way. Partly I joke that I like doing things the hard way. The reality is that life for people like me always seems to be on hardmode.

In the process I shared some of my story on Indie Hackers, which is where the below screenshot comes from.

I shared this screenshot recently with a bit of tongue and cheek.

Partly I’m proud that I’ve been through this (relatively) positively. My youngest is now five and it’s only in the past couple of months that I feel like I’m out of the having a baby and very young kids stage. It only took me 20 years! 🥴 On the another angle is me looking back and saying “holy shit, I did that”.

That was a wild, stressful and often kinda bloody stupid.

Over the years I’ve been asked questions about how I did it. Of course I know how it happened, but on the…