Kerri
“One piece of advice I’d give my younger self - your worries are valid BUT they are only TEMPORARY. The trials you are going through and will go through are only temporary. There will be light afterwards. Allow yourself to feel the hard times; allow yourself to truly allow your feelings to be valid. But also know that the hard times are temporary. They’re only temporary.”
Kerri’s optimistic and inviting energy is all-encompassing, as is her passion for helping those around her. She shifts these characteristics seamlessly into her online presence, where she documents the experiences of navigating motherhood and running a small essential oils business. Whether related to products or to parenthood, her content valuably addresses themes of health, wellness, anxiety, and protecting one’s inner peace. Having been met with many challenges, including learning to parent an autistic child, she has allowed herself to lean into her intuition and believe in her own capabilities. While moving through her own journey, she has created a digital space for mothers to openly discuss their hardships, learn to embrace their vulnerabilities, and to feel empowered in their decision making. This is Kerri’s story.
K: Please introduce yourself!
KC: I am Kerri Chauvin. I am a wife to the most patient man on earth, I am a mother to three boys (two earth side; one in my belly premiering in July). I am a daughter, I am a sister, I am a dog mom. I am a small business owner, helping women find their passion through network marketing all while guiding everyone I love to a healthier and cleaner lifestyle. I am lots of things. But, most of all - I am me.
I am 31 years old - for the first 29 years of my life, I learned so much from the people around me. But these last two years, I’ve shifted my focus more on myself and healing my inner child, which has led to alot of “un-learning”. It’s been a beautiful mess of a ride; but I honestly wouldn’t have it any other way.
K: Describe yourself in your own words
KC: I am fun, in my own way. I am a light. I am real and raw, almost too much sometimes. I am vulnerable. I find comfort in talking about the hard things. And I would say I have become incredibly good at opening up a space to allow people (mostly women entering motherhood) to be real and raw with me.
K: What is your favorite thing about yourself?
KC: My favorite thing about myself is probably my ability to handle things I never thought I could. I am proud of myself for molding into who I am today. The newfound trust I have within me (with both parenthood and life in general) has allowed me to really see who I am and who I can be. It really is one of my new favorite things - the ability to actually allow myself to love myself.
K: Tell us a story. Have you had an experience that has defined you or made you stronger?
KC: I believe I have many stories, especially ones here lately that have made me grow and mold and adjust and cope. But I feel like the biggest shift I had to take on was accepting / being a mother of an autistic child. You see, my oldest - he is three. He has always been different. And not different in a way that every mother describes her child (because every mother thinks their child is different and special, rightfully so). But I just knew our situation was a different kind of different. I questioned myself mostly - is this my inability to mother? Is this really how every mother feels? Is it okay to feel this way? What’s my next step? Do I listen to the parents that have come before me? Or follow suit of what the majority is doing? Or are my mother instincts actually right on point?
My mother instincts were exactly on point. I went through trials and errors of constantly questioning myself to finally accepting that I do know what I am talking about. I am not crazy. And I am fully capable to take our situation head on and do what needs it be done - for both my child and for me as a parent.
Getting him diagnosed and then fighting constant fights to get him into the therapy he needs has grown me in ways that is not comparable to any other situation in my life. And that makes me proud. He is thriving. I am thriving as his mother. It is a movement that I feel has made me incredibly strong - physically, mentally, and emotionally.
K: What is one piece of advice you would give to your younger self?
KC: One piece of advice I’d give my younger self - your worries are valid BUT they are only TEMPORARY. The trials you are going through and will go through are only temporary. There will be light afterwards. Allow yourself to feel the hard times; allow yourself to truly allow your feelings to be valid. But also know that the hard times are temporary. They’re only temporary.
K: What does being a woman mean to you?
KC: To me, being a women means embracing every single layer of yourself. The sides that are pretty and the sides that are ugly. A lot of women are stuck in the “norm” and only embracing what is “attractive” and what is “pretty”. But I find it truly magical when a women can be real and raw and honest. And when a woman can show all her layers equally.
