11/05/2026
Being a mom is the most powerful role I know, and no single day can capture it 🌺
A day late, intentionally 🌸
Yesterday was Mother’s Day in Germany, and yes, I’m posting today because Sunday should be a business-free zone. I spent the day with my kids, which is exactly the point, isn’t it. Just chaos, laughter and the good kind of exhaustion at the end of the day.
🌺This is a very special post, as I’ve never shared so many photos of my kids online, and even fewer in a business context … even though you can’t see their faces. But the truth is, they’re a huge part of my life and I don’t feel like hiding them – at least not today.
I recommend watching 🎥right to the end; there’s some uplifting dance music about mothers coming up. All credit goes to the creator, heidirojasmusic.
The short and the long version
🌸 Short version: being a mother is beautiful and challenging, often in the same hour. 😅
🌸 Long version: there is simply no LinkedIn post long enough to hold years of motherhood, so instead, just some quite spontaneous personal thoughts. Special greetings goes out to my mom who visited me on every big adventure, slept in an open air hostel 🤭 with 60 people on a 🪸 coral island in the pacific and much more.
🗺️ What I know for sure
Yes, things have improved. Flexibility has grown compared to when I became a mom. 👏 But let’s be honest: that flexibility does not reach every industry, every small town, or every family situation equally. How much support you receive depends enormously on how much family you have around you, and that gap is very real. 💬
🏗️ Still so much to build
The truth is: we still need far better social and structural conditions that make it genuinely easier for mothers and families to balance everything. 💪 The reality out there looks very different from what the glossy magazines suggest. Not every mother lives in a big city with a flexible employer and a support network around the corner. There is an enormous amount left to do, that topic alone could fill an entire post. 📢
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