Ep.64 Navigating motherhood and a new business abroad - with Gitanjali More

Show notes

Gitanjali More is the creator of The Confused Mother. She consults international parents in Germany on parenting paperwork for Elterngeld and Kindergeld and provides many insights and tips for first-time parents in Germany. She is also a job coach for mothers looking to reenter the workforce after a long break. She moved from India to Germany in 2014 and now lives in Berlin with her family.

Resources:

Parents get all the information they need about their baby's paperwork and applying for financial benefits like Elterngeld and Kindergeld along with information on which documents they need to submit. Gitanjali also shares information on pregnancy and postpartum care and services along with helpful PDF downloads in the tutorials.

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In this episode we discuss:

• Gitanjali is speaking about her career choice as a daughter of an Indian family. All about expectations and narratives.

• How letting go of possessions and working for an NGO in the mountains has helped her to find the right path.

• What inspired her to coach parents and help young families navigate through bureaucracy in Germany.

• Gitanjali speaks openly about the obstacles and struggles of building a new business

Quotes:

"And a lot of people who come here don't speak German. So Since the paperwork is primarily in German and I speak German, I break it all down for them in English and then also I don't know if your listeners know this, but in Germany, you have a long period of paid parental leave. And then, you know, you have to get back to work, which is a point of time where mothers face a lot of insecurity, a lot of loss of confidence."

"And at some point, you get married, you buy a house, have kids, have a car, you know, so all of these things become indicators for success. And ever since I let go of that while I was working in the mountains, I did not have any big material possessions. I did not have a good salary, and it was the simplest and happiest time of my life back then. "

"And of course, my mother was also not happy about a lot of the decisions that I took, but. I think it's just, you know, also, I don't blame her for it because she also has grown up or she has seen the way people have become successful and she has her own understanding of how things are. And I went against all of that."

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