If you’re a working mom chasing big dreams outside your 9 to 5 — all while striving to be fully present for your kids — you know the juggle is real. Balancing your job, your business goals, and motherhood can feel like a never-ending race with no finish line.
The good news is that working mom work life balance isn’t about doing everything perfectly. It’s about creating a life that allows you to thrive at work, grow your dream, and love on your family — without burning yourself out.
In this post, I’m sharing 7 practical tips to help you dominate your days, feel more in control, and build the life you’re dreaming of — one intentional step at a time.
How to Achieve Working Mom Work Life Balance
1. Get Crystal Clear on Your Priorities
When you’re balancing a full-time job, building a business, and raising a family, you can’t afford to waste time guessing what’s important each day.
Start every week by identifying your Top 3 priorities: one for work, one for your business, and one for your family.
For example:
- Work: Finish project proposal
- Business: Publish blog post and email list
- Family: Family night on Friday
Keeping your focus tight helps you move the needle in all areas — without feeling overwhelmed by a never-ending to-do list.
2. Time Block Like Your Sanity Depends on It (Because it does)
Time blocking is a working mom’s secret weapon for work life balance. Instead of running around reacting to everything, you proactively assign chunks of time to specific tasks.
Create blocks for:
- Your 9 to 5 responsibilities
- Business building tasks (content creation, client work, etc.)
- Family time
- Rest and personal time
Even if you can only carve out 1-2 hours a few nights a week for your business, those small, consistent blocks add up faster than you think.
3. Give Yourself Permission to Slow Down (Strategically)
You don’t have to run at full speed every day. Part of achieving working mom work life balance is knowing when to lean in and when to lean back.
If your kids are sick, work is extra demanding, or you’re feeling drained, give yourself permission to focus on what’s necessary and leave the rest for another day.
Balance isn’t rigid. It’s flexible. It’s okay if some weeks your business grows a little slower because your family needed you more.
4. Create Micro-Tasks to Keep Momentum
When time is limited (and let’s be real, it often is), breaking big goals into bite-sized tasks is key.
Instead of “Launch my new website,” your list might look like:
- Write About page (30 min)
- Set up email opt-in (45 min)
- Choose brand colors (20 min)
Micro-tasks help you take action, even on days when you only have a spare 30 minutes after bedtime routines.
Progress — no matter how small — is still progress.
5. Protect Your Energy (Not Just Your Time)
Balance isn’t just about your calendar — it’s about your energy too.
Ask yourself:
- What drains me unnecessarily? (e.g., too much social media scrolling, saying yes to every request)
- What fills me up? (e.g., 10 minutes of prayer, a walk, journaling)
Start building small daily habits that refill your cup, not just your schedule.
You can’t pour into your kids, your work, or your dreams if you’re constantly running on empty.
6. Create Non-Negotiable Boundaries
Working mom guilt is real — but boundaries are your best friend when you’re balancing it all.
Set clear boundaries like:
- No checking work emails after 6 PM
- Business work gets done after the kids are in bed
- Saturday mornings are reserved for family adventures
When you know your boundaries, it’s easier to be where your feet are — focused on your family when you’re with them, focused on your business when you’re building it.
7. Celebrate Your Wins (Especially the Small Ones)
When you’re chasing big dreams, it’s easy to focus only on what’s next. But celebrating your wins — no matter how small — keeps you motivated.
Did you post on social media today? Publish a new blog post? Show up for your coaching call even after a long workday?
That matters. You’re doing it.
Working mom work life balance is about the long game, not the short sprint. The small steps you take today are building the future you’re dreaming about.
You’re Not Failing, You’re Building
If you feel stretched thin some days, it’s not because you’re failing.
It’s because you are building — a career, a dream, a family, and a life you love.
There’s no perfect balance where every day feels perfectly divided between work, business, and motherhood. Some days will be messy. Some weeks will be heavier on one side than the other.
And that’s okay.
What matters most is that you’re choosing to keep going, one intentional step at a time.
So here’s to you, mama — dominating your days, chasing your dreams, and showing your kids what’s possible along the way.
You’re doing better than you think.
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Let’s build our dreams together — one powerful day at a time.
