Hi, I’m Kim!

Wife, mom, business owner, and mentor.

I’m on a mission to help moms of children with disabilities earn an income on their own damn terms.

Fact: Raising a disabled child creates employment challenges.

(You and I knew that already, but here’s the deets):

Roughly 40% of American parents of children with disabilities will leave the workforce to become a full-time caregiver, according to a study by the CDC.
The remaining 60% will make workplace accommodations - like taking more time off - in order to meet their caregiving responsibilities.

The problem is, you and I also know that having a child with a disability can cause financial hardships and leaving the workforce or reducing your hours = less pay.

Here’s how I know all this.

Here’s my super cute family in 2017.
Earlier that year, my son was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.
Without warning, I became a full-time working mom to an infant and a toddler with a life-threatening chronic illness.

My job was less than understanding.

I went back to sooner than I should have, I was unsuccessfully trying to hide calls from his childcare providers at my desk, I was under intense scrutiny because the men in the office assumed I’d be less dedicated as an employee, and I felt like I was failing in general as a mom and an employee.

My breaking point? I saved my son’s life during my lunch break and promptly returned to work, only to get reprimanded for taking longer than expected. I decided that day I needed to find a solution - it was clear that my life as a special-needs mom and a 9-5 employee wasn’t going to work in the long run.

It was a really difficult time, and if any of this resonates with you, big hugs. It’s not an easy position to be in, it’s full of uncertainty, and there are no clear instructions on how to navigate this situation.

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Here were my options:

Quit full-time employment and become a one-income family. In South Florida. With a diabetic kid.
Stay at my current job and continue being spread incredibly thin and not the best version of myself.
Find a new job within reasonable driving distance from my son’s preschool with similar pay, kindly explain to this unicorn of a potential employer that I come with a lot of baggage and might occasionally need to leave without warning for literal life-or-death situations, and wait by the phone for my nonexistent job offer.
Find a job working third shift or weekends and continue providing financially for my family without ever really seeing them.
Start my own damn business and decide when to be a mom and when to be a money maker.

Spoiler alert: I decided to open my own damn business.

In 2018 I started a Virtual Assisting business and left my 9-5 a few months later.

Here’s what life looks like these days:

I’ve transitioned my Virtual Assting business into Online Business Management with a team of 2 serving 5,6, and about-to-hit-7 figure online business owners

I earn WAY more than I did in corporate, working less hours.

I have a full roster of dream clients who are more than understanding when Momming takes precedence.

I can be as flexible with my schedule as I need to be, which makes being available for emergency pump changes at school a total non-issue.

I decide when to be a mom and when to be a CEO.

I’m a lot happier. Really happy.

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You deserve the same.

(Yes, you).

A cookie cutter 9-5 may not be the best fit for your family’s needs anymore, but YOU are still valuable. You are more than capable of continuing to earn an income, and you deserve to do it in a way that’s best for you and your family.

As a matter of fact, all the advocating, medical management, coordinating, negotiating, and organization skills you’ve acquired since becoming a special needs/disability mom? They’re equipping you with CEO-level skills.

I’m on a mission to help moms of children with disabilities earn an income on their own damn terms.

I believe wholeheartedly that the ‘Corporate vs. Caregiving’ dilemma pushes us into a corner and we deserve better.

Better income potential.

Better flexibility.

Better options.

Better availability for our kid’s needs.

Better work/life balance.

I believe when we make money on our own terms, we change our families, our medical communities, our relationships, and our lives for the better.

AND THE BEST PART IS THAT ALL OF THIS IS WHAT’S POSSIBLE FOR YOU INSIDE MENTORSHIP.

Entrepreneurship is the best decision you’ll ever make, but it does come with a learning curve.

There’s a lot of lessons to learn in the beginning, but I was learning from resources that didn’t have the “I have a child with a disability” piece to consider.

I was learning how to build a business, but not a business that incorporated my son’s needs.

I let clients walk all over me to “make up for” my less than full-time availability.
I didn’t prioritize rest after an all-nighter with erratic blood sugars.
I let less-than-perfect client feedback mean I was incapable of being a successful entrepreneur and considered settling for making just enough money to cover groceries, insulin, and copayments every month.
I lacked the confidence to build the business I needed because honestly? This business started from a place of need, and I was people-pleasing all over the place in order to make sure those needs were met.

The tools and confidence I lacked to build a business that was inclusive of my son’s needs cost me time, money, and peace of mind.

I want to make sure you’re getting the tools you need to start out on the right foot.

Tools with your unique situation in mind.

You don’t have full-time availability or a child with normal needs, and those are important considerations to keep in mind if you want to make this work.