Hi there, Rockstar!
The conundrum of balancing a successful career with being a great mother has perplexed me for over 10 years. Born out of my struggles as a career-driven working mother who found herself stuck in frustration, lost, and confused as to how to have the working mom life I deeply desired.
Hi there, my name is Yamiek Anthony, a frustrated working mother turned empowerment cultivator coach, and advocate for working mothers.
My quest to figure out the conundrum of being a successful working mother ignited my passion for supporting and empowering high-achieving women to have successful careers and be the mothers they want and need to be, without sacrificing what matters most to them.
Checked The Boxes That Lead To Success!
Like you, I have worked hard to build a successful life and career. I ensured I checked all the “boxes” I was taught would help me achieve success… College education (undergrad & graduate degrees), stable and secure career, house, car…
With My Biggest Whys – My Husband and Daughters
Living The American Dream
I was a young professional living and working in Washington, D.C., with my husband and two beautiful daughters. Life was amazing! We were living the American Dream. Two immigrant kids from Jamaica who met in college while pursuing their career goals.
I had everything I wanted, and I worked hard to achieve it. A beautiful, healthy family and a growing career that allowed me to use my skills, talents, and experience to help people achieve their career and life goals. However, over time, I began to feel unhappy and discontent. I felt guilty and ungrateful for having those feelings.
I thought the problem was my job, so I “fixed” it and got a new job. However, as the weeks went by, those feelings of frustration that I battled for years as a new working mother began to return. I felt like I had jumped out of the frying pan right into the fire! I felt confused and stuck, unsure of what to do about it.
Our Struggles Make Us Stronger
Thankfully, I had the opportunity to figure out what was happening to me and take the steps to overcome my frustrations. This journey helped me understand my struggles and showed me that I was not alone in them. You’re not alone, either!
I provided career advice, job search assistance, and resume writing services to women. At the same time, I worked to create the working mom life I needed. The more I worked with women, the more I began to see and understand how unsupported working mothers are. The frustrations of working mothers ignited a passion within me to advocate for working mothers that continues to grow.
It’s been a long journey of rediscovering myself. The more I worked to understand myself, my struggles, and what I wanted, the more I saw that other women were facing the same challenges as I was.
Letting Go Of What We Want Can Lead to What We Need
My journey as a frustrated working mother led me to start Rockstar Career Moms to support and empower women like you and me who want to rock their careers AND be the moms they need to be.
I now have the opportunity to leverage my professional experiences in career coaching and recruiting, combined with my personal experience as a working mother, to help high-achieving, career-driven mothers transition from frustration to the rockstars they are.
My life looks nothing like what I envisioned as a recent college graduate, ready to take on the world, climb the corporate ladder, and build a successful career and life. My values, beliefs, and wants evolved.
It was hard to detect this shift within myself, and I struggled for years to maintain a life that no longer served me. It took stepping away from the life I worked hard to build to find what I deeply desired.
Trust Yourself. You Have The Answers Within You!
I have also observed this evolution with the women I coach. They often reach out to me seeking assistance with their job search after losing their jobs, when work begins to go downhill, or to get help with balancing IT ALL.
While uncovering what the women I coach want, I find that many working mothers focus on external challenges and factors, giving little or no thought to checking in with themselves to discover the answers. Fighting to hold on to goals, values, and beliefs they have outgrown that no longer serve them… just as I did for years.
Seeing the shifts within ourselves while juggling life as busy working mothers is challenging. Especially when we’re successful and meeting and exceeding our goals. Doing the things we were taught dictates success. So, please give yourself grace and have patience with yourself.
You have the answers within you to go from the frustrated working mother you are now to the rockstar career mom who’s living the life you want, need, and LOVE! Take the time to rediscover yourself! Find out what you want in this season of your working mom’s life.
Have a successful career, AND be a great mother! A Rockstar Career Mom who’s rocking your life at home and work without sacrificing yourself!
I’m so honored and happy to have you here.
I SEE YOU!
I SUPPORT YOU!
I’M CHEERING YOU ON!
Create And Rock The Working Mom Life You Want, Need, And Love!
Join me over at the Rockstar Career Moms Podcast for support and empowerment designed to help you succeed in your career and motherhood without sacrificing yourself or what matters most.
