# @marjachow on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DaD6hbgvJ-8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67167607-marjachow-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-06-26T19:40:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Marja Chow Nutritionist RHN, FDN-P (@marjachow) — https://gondola.cc/marjachow

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If you’re not an entrepreneur, you might not get this.

Your brain never really shuts off 😳

There’s no 9 to 5 where you clock out and let your mind rest.

You’re always thinking. How can I strategize. What can I improve. What can I do differently.

Growth is a full time mental game. No days off.

Then you throw the mom aspect into that.

And as a mom, the mental load is a whole different level that gets added on top.

How we raise them now is a direct reflection
of who they become as adults.

I co sleep. I breastfed. I’m all about secure attachment style.

It can be physically and mentally exhausting for a mother, but I know that the hard years I’m putting in now are forming a beautiful regulated human.

Here’s the thing.

So many entrepreneurs and mothers have the exact same thing in common.

We are DEPLETED.

We’re running the show.
Running the business.
Running the home. Or like me, running both.

Daily brain fog.
Energy crashes that need an espresso or energy drink just to make it through the day.

Then hitting the pillow and collapsing from exhaustion every single night.

All of this is super common. NOT normal.

You’re still getting it all done.
Still pushing through.
Still making things happen.

You’re tired but fulfilled. Successful and growing.

But your body is only operating at 40% of what it’s actually capable of

The way I’m able to function and operate and show up seven days a week IS by supporting my internal systems first.✨

I fully resource my body on the INSIDE so I can perform at my best on the OUTSIDE.🔬🧪

So how much more could you push through if you were actually resourcing yourself effectively?

#functionalmedicine #functionalnutrition #guthealth #htma #entrepreneur

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guthealth, entrepreneur, functionalnutrition, functionalmedicine, htma

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