Before my son was born, I was the “dream employee”—climbing the ladder, pulling all-nighters, and juggling big projects like a pro. My boss even said, “If I had five of you, we’d be unstoppable.”
Then motherhood hit. Suddenly, I was waking before dawn to soothe my crying baby, juggling emails while rocking him to sleep, and surviving Zoom calls with my mic off and camera hidden.
I came back from maternity leave ready to work hard, but things changed. My boss scheduled late meetings I couldn’t attend, my paycheck arrived late, and I overheard judgment about me being “distracted” by motherhood. Finally, I was called in for a meeting—and fired for “not being fully available.”
Instead of hiding it, I recorded a video saying, “I got fired—not for my work, but for being a mom.” It went viral, connecting with millions of women who’d been through the same.
That sparked The Naptime Agency—a company built by moms, working during naps and after bedtime, supporting each other. Within months, we signed clients, hired dozens of talented women, and proved motherhood isn’t a weakness.
Now, my son’s two, sleeping through the night, and my agency is thriving. We’re thirty strong, unstoppable, and rewriting the rules for working moms everywhere.
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