She was born in Brazil and lived there her whole life until marrying an American and moving to the US. She has a background in teaching, translating and tutoring and is now helping moms prioritize their physical and mental health as well as grow their business stress-free, by following their passion and joy! She is a triplet mom, health & success coach, and a host of the Mom Does It All podcast – Marta Spirk!
The Notes
- Which came first, your kids or your business?
- Her kids, but she already had entrepreneurship in her life and didn’t realize it.
- She taught English to her friends in school when she was 14 years old.
- She started coaching when her kids were 9 months old.
- Did you ever imagine you would have triplets?
- She wanted to have a boy first but then had two boys and a girl.
- She was just happy to get pregnant because she struggled a little bit.
- In Brazil, there is a lot more hired help and smaller families.
As soon as you get used to a certain phase, everything changes. ~Marta Spirk
- What were you doing before having kids and working from home?
- She got her bachelor’s and then moved to the U.S. to start her master’s in linguistics.
- Everything was geared toward teaching.
- She worked as a teacher after her master’s and then helped Brazilian students with the application process to U.S. schools.
- She got her bachelor’s and then moved to the U.S. to start her master’s in linguistics.
- Talk about your difficulties with starting a family.
- She had irregular cycles and started taking birth control.
- When she stopped taking birth control they tried to get pregnant for over a year unsuccessfully.
- She went to a fertility specialist and had to go under a minor procedure for endometriosis and PCOS.
- She then found out she was pregnant with spontaneous triplets.
- She took her maternity leave a month before the triplets were born because she didn’t want to deal with work at the end of her pregnancy.
- She came back to work part-time.
There are no failures, there are just redirections and learning lessons. ~Marta Spirk
- How far along were you when the babies decided to arrive?
- For triplets, full-term is practically impossible.
- They came early and spent time in the NICU.
- How did you start out in the entrepreneurial world?
- She started in MLM in the fitness industry to do something for herself.
- She was staying in the path of the motivational teacher in her.
- When the kids were smaller, it was easier to run the business because they slept more.
- She wants to help moms be healthy, but it’s more about mindset and emotions.
- Moms need to find a way to look for themselves again.
We don’t really ask ourselves why we’re feeling guilty. ~Marta Spirk
- Give us a tip for moms who need to focus on themselves and not feel guilty.
- It depends on how you identify yourself.
- Some moms find identity in fitness and some find it in entrepreneurship.
- You need to acknowledge your feelings and talk to someone.
- Share about your mompreneurship course.
- She wants to help moms grow their business without feeling guilt or stress.
- The energy she was putting into her business was affecting what she was getting out of it.
- You need to ask yourself lots of questions.
- You can learn to be a better mom and grow as an entrepreneur at the same time.
Meet Marta Spirk
Marta is a triplet mom, health & success coach, and a host of the Mom Does It All podcast. She was born in Brazil and lived there her whole life until marrying an American and moving to the US. She has a background in teaching, translating and tutoring and is now helping moms prioritize their physical and mental health as well as grow their business stress-free, by following their passion and joy!
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Next Show
January is bringing some changes to FamilyPreneur!! We're going to test a major bump up to 3 days a week! That's right!! Mondays are all about Marketing your business, Wednesdays will be our mid-week mastermind (the interview-style episodes you already love), and Friday will be family-focused business content (stuff you can listen to with the kids, or to spark entrepreneurial discussions among your family)! I hope you are as excited about this as I am!!