Family Archives - Naomi Fata

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Running a business is not just about making money but also about maintaining family values while in business

Finding Freedom from the supermom mindset

Posted on July 27, 2018April 3, 2023 by Naomi

Sometimes I pressure myself more than anyone else with my expectations of running a perfect business with a sparkling clean home. But more often than not it doesn’t work that way.I have priorities and things that I want to get done but there are days when I don’t check much off the list. When this happens the negative self-talk can be unbearable. “You are not doing a...Read More

Learning to work hard and rest well

Posted on May 31, 2018April 1, 2023 by Naomi

Holy work, in my mind, was confined to church, missionary service, preaching the gospel and prayer. As a child I always dreamed of doing that kind of holy work. Yet in my early twenties I was encouraged by my husband and dad to begin a sewing business. They saw that I had a gift to work with my hands, to fix things that no one else knew...Read More

Be purposeful about self-care as a work at home mom

Posted on May 21, 2018April 1, 2023 by Naomi

When I first started the work at home journey, my oldest was an infant. I was still working part time at my retail job, doing some of the bookkeeping on-line from home. This was before my sewing business had grown into a substantial income stream. At that point life seemed more about survival. Like making sure dinner was cooked, the baby wasn’t screaming and that I had...Read More

A perfect house for a home business

Posted on May 7, 2018April 1, 2023 by Naomi

I pushed the cleaning cart into the laundry room, weary after a long day of work as manager of a convenience store. Now I was almost completing my final laundry room in the 100-unit senior complex where my husband and I were superintendents. As I entered the room the bright flowers in the adjoining lot, three stories below me caught my eye. Rhododendron, peonies, candles from heaven and a crab apple...Read More