"Having my children seeing me as a fully functioning human being with needs and desires and things that are important to me to pursue is also a form for showing up for my children."

Margaret Ackah-Yensu, Founder of Tulii Skincare (a natural, holistically formulated skincare made from the highest quality ingredient sourced in Tanzania) joins me to talk about becoming an entrepreneur later in life and starting your own brand and what it means to be a professional, a mom and someone who moved across the ocean to make America the new home.

Originally from Ghana, Margaret has been a New Yorker for many years. Margaret brings more than 18 years of skincare expertise; she’s helped skincare brands launch & scale in medical and traditional spas and is a certified Esthetician. She believes in a holistic approach to health and wellbeing.

She always had a passion for skincare. It might have taken her years to develop her own brand, but she took her time while modeling, going to schools and getting training in skincare, raising two children in New York and diving in into the world of holistic, all natural, organic, ethical, fair trade skincare industry to learn every step of the production - from sourcing in East Africa to marketing the end product.

We talk about being an entrepreneur, starting your own brand, being a parent and what parenting means in America, the education system, and just how to navigate life as a professional and a parent when all she learned in her country is not necessary applicable in the American society.

In this episode:

- Starting a brand with origins in Tanzania – from sourcing to marketing to production and packaging and why sustainability is not just a label but the brand's "blood" all the way.

- A passion for skin care and how it all started.

- The importance of having a brand name (Tulii) that matters and refers to the brand's core values and what it means.

- Why starting now and how Margaret manages her passions and desires while being a mom to two teenagers.

- Her approach to business thinking and how it translates at being a parent.

- Why it's easier to find all the time to think about your passions in your twenties vs. later in life and the pros and cons of starting a brand now and not 20 years ago.

- Finding the tools to enhance what we find in the beauty/skincare industry, engaging in your own beauty for yourself and understanding what's needed to de-compress and find space for yourself in the busy life of an entrepreneur and a parent.

- And tips on how she finds peace and quiet and time for herself (and why baths don't relax her...)

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