mom next door Meet Pamela Garrett
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There are so many distractions competing for your attention right now, and it’s so easy to just grab your phone instead of actually being in the moment with your kids.
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easy to understand and actually entertaining. “I never anticipated it would grow into a following of over 2.5 million people,” says Garrett. “In the beginning, it was exciting and also scary. The first few hate comments really got to me, and I felt immense pressure to make an impact.” Today, Garrett says reaching so many people feels like an honor and a privilege. But she also knows firsthand that running a business, maintaining a social media presence, and raising a family isn’t easy. For Garrett, finding balance is messy and always a work in progress. “There are times when I’m working, and I wish I was with my kids. There are other times I’m with my kids, and I’m stressed about work. I don’t think that tension ever fully goes away,” says Garrett.
become an estate planning attorney and start her own firm.
M eet Pamela Maass Garrett, known online as “Law Mother.” An entre- preneur and estate planning attor- ney, Garrett runs her own firm while sharing financial and legal advice with an online audience of about 2.5 million followers. Husband : Andrew Kids : Sophia, 5, Evan, 3 Occupation : Entrepreneur and lawyer Hobbies : Anything outdoors and music-related Married for nine years, Garrett and her husband have a five-year-old and three-year- old who keep her “honest, humbled, and mildly caffeinated.” Garrett started her career as a prosecutor, where she saw what could happen when tragedy struck a family without a plan: kids left with strangers, families torn apart in court, a judge who never met them deciding their fate. Those experiences ultimately pushed her to
“That’s my whole approach now. Finance and estate planning don’t have to feel like homework, especially for women who were never handed the playbook and told they were capable of running their own money,” explains Garrett. Through Law Mother Asset Protection and Estate Planning, Garrett helps parents—espe- cially women—take control of their money, because she believes protecting your family is step one. “Building a legacy that lasts is the real story, and my kids are the reason none of this is theoretical to me,” she says. Garrett’s social media presence started when her son was born. When he was just five days old, she began recording videos at 3am while breastfeeding. Her goal was simple: post a video every day of her maternity leave and make estate planning, finance, and tax topics
What has helped is being patient with her- self when she doesn’t get the balance right,
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