Q and A with Freja from Denmark

“I already had tremendous respect for moms all over the world, but after becoming one myself, I just feel so passionate about helping moms like myself who run their own businesses get the energy to have a fulfilling life with a business they love and plenty of quality time with their kids.”

Q: Tell us about yourself.

A: I am passionate about helping women who are both moms and entrepreneurs optimize their health and energy levels so they can have the energy and long-term health to build their dream business while also being the fully present moms they want to be.

Q: What were your younger years like?

A: I was brought up by a single mom who was an entrepreneur and was inspired by a sense of mission and purpose in her business. She became an entrepreneur to have more time with my brother and I. And I think she did spend more time with us than she otherwise would have, maybe because she used the hours after she had tucked us in, to work. But I also witnessed the pressure she was under and at some point, she just couldn’t keep going. She had a burnout and was just lying in bed or on the sofa for months. Somehow, she managed to not make my brother and me too worried. But looking back, I can only imagine how stressful it must have been to not be able to work for months as a solo entrepreneur. I was brought up as a vegan with a focus on healthy nutrition and mindset and when it came to picking an education, my passion for how our amazing bodies work and how we can optimize our health and energy with our food, lifestyle, and mindset led me to study medicine and become a holistic medical doctor and later certified in functional medicine.

Q: What is something valuable you’d like others to know?

A: I have taken the experience of my mom’s burnout with me and have been very aware of taking care of myself with quality nutrition, walks in nature, meditation, exercise, etc. to make sure that I didn’t hit a wall and fell into burnout. But I have always felt a bit torn because, besides my passion for holistic health, I am also a singer-songwriter and feel like it is my mission to get my music out into the world. So, a couple of years ago, I had been working intensely for two years on my album besides working full-time as a medical doctor, and finally, everything was written, arranged, and recorded, and I released my album.

I felt amazing! But after the release concert, I suddenly felt different than I had ever felt before. I felt empty and with no energy whatsoever to do the work to spread the news and get the music out into the world. And it occurred to me that I had completely forgotten to take care of myself while working on my album. It felt so important to me, that somehow taking care of myself had become something I just didn’t prioritize. Not being able to help my music reach the people who would benefit from it of course felt very discouraging after putting so much work into making the album. It took me months to get my energy back using all my knowledge on nutrition, mindset, meditation, the benefits of being in nature plus the power of music, dancing, and singing. I ended up developing a method where I found my deepest why and transformed the unconscious beliefs that had made it hard for me to take proper care of myself into new beliefs that fully supported the implementation of my new self-caring habits that ended up giving me my energy back.

A year later, I became a mom while building my business, and oh my, did this transformational method and my self-caring healthy habits come in handy during this period of my life. I already had tremendous respect for moms all over the world, but after becoming one myself, I just feel so passionate about helping moms like myself who run their own businesses get the energy to have a fulfilling life with a business they love and plenty of quality time with their kids.

Q: What does feminism mean to you?
A: Feminism to me, means that we are all equal and it means supporting women from all over the world. Here, in Denmark where I live, we have come a long way with gender equality, but still, there is a pay gap in many workplaces. And I am painfully aware that women have terrible conditions in many places in this world. So, to me, feminism is about supporting each other, like one big sisterhood in rising from the horrible history we have in our baggage together and moving towards a world where we are all equal no matter what gender we are and recognizing and celebrating each other’s differences.

MORE FROM FREJA: At the moment I am interviewing women who are both moms and entrepreneurs and struggle to have the energy to build their dream business while being fully present with their kids. It is purely for research purposes for a project I am working on, and I would be so grateful if you would jump on a call with me and let me ask you some questions. If so, you can find a time that fits you by using this link, click here.
The purpose of my music is to nourish your soul and support you in living a life full of meaning and purpose where you feel free to express yourself fully just as you are. You can check out my two albums Out of My Hands and It’s Time for a Sustainable World on most music platforms. My “artist” name is Freja Eriksen, so I am not hard to find.

Connect with me! Comment below: