Mariam Cisse, founder of Empower Moms. Tell me
about your vision. Wow. My vision is to build
a global platform for moms who feel unseen and,
of course, caregivers that no one checks on.
Because the society tends to focus on child diagnosis,
progress, or milestone, but forget about the
moms and caregivers. who are behind closed doors
every therapy session hospital sleepless night
so i'm here for them to show them this spotlight
is for them oh i love that i love what you're
up to i was raised by my mom and five older sisters
wow and my older sisters were like having six
moms um by the time i was nine i was i had a
nephew um and so like understanding motherhood
fatherhood parenting um i love what you stand
for because there was times where my sisters
couldn't feel their value as a stay -at -home
mom um you know there's people i've seen that
that um struggle to understand their value as
a parent yeah it's so important that they they
value themselves i'm a single father at this
point all right so being able to own that and
be empowered by that i just love what you stand
for um where where did this vision come from
for you how did you how did you land on this
this was your call um from this vision came from
three fundamental area when when i was as i was
raised in africa without my mom between the age
of five to nearly 19. so i understand how pain
could be especially being around those who don't
really understood what you were going through
later in my life i found myself parenting three
children on my own it was challenging yet transformative
working zero hour contract trying to put food
on the table so it was a very difficult experience
and then later transition into educational environment
working with children with special needs helping
them achieve their educational goal but i see
deeper in those moms face The constant exhaustion
that no one talk about. I knew I need to do something
to help those moms to be able to help their children.
Wow. That's super powerful. One of my hopes is
that, Miriam, we stay in touch because one of
the programs that I've created that's an absolutely
free program, it's called passionpro .org. Let's
ask one more question before we wrap up today.
And I would love to know a little bit more about
your story and journey so far helping mothers.
What have been some of the challenges that you've
had or what have been some of the good experiences
that you've had? Wow, that was a lot. Because
when I see in this side the challenges, there
are moms who will... sit in front of me like
in these days many are online but at school there
was a time a mom told me it's been days I didn't
sleep so you see not only they are communicating
verbally but those silence says a lot and also
there was many transformational experience throughout
my journey there are moms who will tell me your
words echo through my heart you give me strength
there should be more people like you who sees
us and five months ago one girl a 19 year old
girl told me you saved my life you healed my
childhood trauma It get to a point where I was
thinking of committing suicide. And she added,
you are not a life coach. You are a lifesaver.
That experience changed my perspective on how
I see things because I consider myself an introvert,
of course, and I value my privacy. But I said
I wouldn't be. remain behind closed doors while
there are countless people waiting to rescue
them. That will be a selfish act. From then,
I decided to go outside of my comfort zone to
be able to help those who are in need. Wow. Vision
pros. I hope so many of you are listening with
your hearts and minds open. There's an opportunity
to step into inspiring others yourself. If Miriam
can do this as an introvert, right, and step
up. This is her second podcast interview ever.
She's crushing it. She's helped us see the value
of what she does. Moving from life coach to lifesaver
as well and having those experiences. better
joy and purpose can you have in life than stepping
into something like that. Those of you who also
work with mothers, reach out to Miriam and see
what type of support you can provide. Those of
you who want to make a bigger difference with
mothers, same thing. The Empower Moms brand is
a brand new opportunity to do just that. And
maybe it makes sense for you guys to partner
together. Maybe it makes sense. for you to figure
out, well, how do you launch events together?
There's so many different things that you can
do. Perhaps you're a podcast host who's looking
for somebody who can touch the hearts and minds
of your audience members. Well, as you've seen,
Miriam does just that. So definitely find her
on Facebook. Keep an eye out for the transition
of the website and what comes with that. And
Miriam, we wish you all the best as you continue
to build out this vision. This is sorely needed
in the world. So thank you so much for all that
you do. Thank you, Jackson, for having me. Absolutely.
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And we look forward to seeing you on the next
episode. Thank you for being here today. I'm
really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros
Live. I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions
as these episodes continue to move forward. This
is going to get more and more fun. We'll have
more and more engagement as well. We'll invite
people to participate in the show. And thank
you for giving us your time and attention. Have
an excellent time building out your vision and
becoming a vision pro yourself.