Anger as a Catalyst to Launching a Coaching Business with Marlis Huebner

Our guest on the show today is Marlis Huebner. Marlis earned her Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the University of Cambridge, is married to a fellow scientist (who she met at the University) and is a mom to two children, ages 9 and 6. The Huebner family put roots down in their native Germany after “country hopping” and living in the United States for two years. After her daughter was born, Marlis said: “things really started to fall apart”. She was struggling to find a balance with all the things that go with being a working mom—trying to be the best Manager at her Corporate job, and the best mom and wife she could be. Marlis said she felt like she was “succeeding in my career but failing as a Mom", and she began to resent her job. And she got angry. Once she recognized that her anger was impacting her relationship with her kids, she decided to try to find a way to resolve her anger. She began taking entrepreneurship classes to investigate options to get out of her current Corporate career. Along the way, she discovered the mindset that helped her to overcome her anger issues. After about a year of working on herself through seminars, classes, and books, a noticeable shift occurred and moms at her workplace began commenting on the positive changes they noticed in her. And that is how Marlis’ coaching business got started. Now, Marlis helps working moms balance work and home and aims to help 500 women each year through her business. Listen to the show to discover how Marlis got her first client, and to hear about the surprises and stumbling blocks she faced as she began to grow her side hustle.  

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Welcome to the Working Moms Side Hustle podcast--dedicated to all you Corporate moms who have a great career but long for more. Your current position doesn't allow you to do what you're really passionate about, and you're at a point in your life where you'd love to do something in alignment with your life purpose and make an impact in the world. But you're not ready to burn the ships yet. And that's ok. Let your day job be your first investor, and take the skills you've learned from your 9-5 to build your dream biz. It takes a lot of courage to strike out on your own--you'll have to manage your 9-5 and still be present for your family. But taking brave action to start your side hustle demonstrates to your kids, firsthand, what it looks like to really go for it in life. Listen for actionable tips plus shots of inspo to get your side gig out of your head and into reality. Listen while commuting, waiting for your kids' sports practices to end, or on your lunch break. I know you don't have much time; I'm in the same shoes. Nice to meet you, and I hope you enjoy the show.