“LIGHT IN MY MIND AND STRONG FROM WITHIN”

Most of my life felt like it read from a textbook. I was pretty much living life on my terms. 

I finished my Engineering degree at 21 with a 3.9 GPA, completed my Masters in Computer Science from the US at 23 with a 3.7 GPA and was lucky enough to marry the man of my dreams! Professionally, some kickass opportunities came along which I grabbed with open arms and gave it my-all. There was constant learning. 

Life just kept filling up and I felt like I KEPT CRUISING WITH IT –  first with the arrival of our daughter in 2011 and then the birth of our son, two years later. A lot of well wishers asked me to slow down, to take a break – but, both my mind and my body did not understand the need for it or maybe there was no time to even think about slowing down.

I worked till the day I went into labour and then was back at work after 2 month of maternity leave. I have to admit though that I enjoyed the balance I had struck – I got the morning snuggles and messy meals with the kids, but I also loved what I did during the day at work.

After 10 great years together in the US, we decided to return to India in 2014. Of course, I continued to work full time. But I noticed that as my kids were growing up, it seemed like they needed me  around more. Their routines and schedules were getting busier than mine!

Managing a full time work schedule, juggling kids’ activities and running a house was getting more and more challenging. It started to feel like I was always running and never quite seemed to catch-up. 

I tried to better organise my life and our combined schedules using a variety of different digital tools, but nothing seemed to leave me feeling the way I craved. Light in my mind and strong from within. I became too familiar with the constant, underlying frustration of not having enough time for myself – to get to the things that mattered to me.

The multiple mother groups that I was on only made me feel further judged and insufficient. So I spoke to a bunch of closer friends who were also moms and realised that all of us had common woes – a need for something to help us feel organised and inspired, without all the cacophony.

Out of the blue (of course with all of the above still whirling in my mind), I stumbled upon MAMMA-MIYA and instantly connected with it’s vision. Meeting with Aashika felt so right – it was like we were both trying to solve exactly the same problem – for ourselves and for other moms like us.

All the synchronicities lining up the way they did, made the leap into entrepreneurship easy. And here I am now – devoting my time to help take MAMMA-MIYA to all the other moms out there feeling the same way.