#003: This week's guest is Anjua Maximo, who lives in Cleveland, Ohio with her family, which includes her husband and their two sons ages 8 and 14. Inspired by her early experiences and personal development working for fitness apparel brand lululemon athletica, Anjua took risks by setting out on her own to become a successful entrepreneur and life coach, dedicated to empowering women. It was at lululemon that she fell in love with personal development, which inspired her to join forces with her husband, Zosimo, in launching a business venture in 2015 that became GrooveRyde - Cleveland’s premier boutique micro-gym. While GrooveRyde’s mission is to transform you from the inside out, Anjua’s true passion lies with her Electric Life workshops and Pure Mvmnt coaching. From teaching women to create a powerful vision for their lives to guiding them to a positive and powerful connection to their feminine energy, she has found ways to use movement and personal development to coach the ‘Whole Woman.’

In this episode, Anjua tells both of her pregnancy and birth stories, including one that placed her on hospital bedrest at 25 weeks, and had her visiting her premature son in the NICU. Anjua is very skilled at finding humor in the challenges of early motherhood and breastfeeding, and has learned to find grace in the messiness of motherhood. As a busy entrepreneur, she shares her honest and compassionate perspective on finding balance between work and family. Finally, Anjua offers moms a tip for motivation and talks about her belief that the body is the doorway for moms to find their way back to themselves after the arrival of a baby.

For the links and show notes for this episode, head to: http://beingmompodcast.com/podcast/episode-003