In this informal livestream, Mel discusses how hiring a physical therapist and an administrative assistant has given her the flexibility to reduce client hours, allowing her to care for her sick son without stress. She shares concrete examples of bringing her son to a low‑key CrossFit workshop and a community wellness clinic, noting that she could have cancelled but chose not to because her schedule permitted. This flexibility supports her role as a mother of six children and prepares her for an upcoming birth. Kelly Alhooie interjects to highlight Mel’s story as inspirational, emphasizing the value of sharing both wins and personal challenges to motivate other mompreneurs.
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all that because I can't see. Okay. And also it's like dark in my room because I'm home with my son today because he's sick and I'm actually working less hours on client care because I hired a PT. And so that's made a big difference. Like today I had no clients. And so when he woke up sick and with a fever, and I didn't hesitate. I was like, well, you could just stay home because I have no clients, I don't have to reschedule anything. And I only did— I had two commitments, like, professionally that I wanted to fulfill, but I brought him with me because he was fine. And, um, because it was just like kind of marketing stuff that was pretty low-key. Like, I had a, I had a little, uh, like, workshop at a CrossFit gym. He just came with me. and I had— I took him to the clinic for an hour and a half to meet with like another wellness partner in the community. And I could have canceled those and rescheduled if I wanted to, but he was kind of like, he's already at home at the clinic anyways. So I didn't have to reschedule anything. He came with me. It was no stress. So I think that's probably the biggest thing is like having the PT, having the admin. Um, it's just a lot of flexibility, I think. In the day, which is really nice to be momming it with all the 6 kids, you know.
So no, and I want to pause there, Mel, because guys, hopefully you guys are getting inspiration from her. She's been through a lot of different things in her life, a lot of personal challenges, and that's what I wanted to do tonight is like not only share the wins but, you know, also personal challenges. And anyone that's been going through stuff, like getting on here and just collaborating And again, I just kind of did this very informal, just so you know. Okay. Just getting on here and collaborating and just hearing stories from each other and hearing Mel's story of her, you know, having 6 kids, guys. And she's about to give birth soon, right, Mel? It's soon.
Yeah. Like any day, hopefully like tonight, honestly.
So, I mean, and she's on this call. Her, one of her kids is sick. Now Mel has moved and you guys don't know this, but I remember a year ago, I'll never forget it. Mel was like, Kelly, now she is like, oh my God, I have an admin, I have a PT. I can still make money. Mel can still make money with her being on this call right now and maybe even her going into labor on this call. But she can still make money while she's doing something else, either with her family or out marketing or whatever else. And I think that's the biggest thing.
