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I’m just always happily surprised by what that side of me can do.ģ. I am always in awe of what mothers are capable of, and what I have been capable of as a mother. The only possible way I could have worked as hard as I did was because I had to. I had left my husband, I didn’t have any source of income, and I had two little kids. I really believe I couldn’t have started Sonnet James in any other circumstance, but I was just completely desperate. When you love and care for your mom so much and want her to be happy and healthy, I often find myself just thinking of all the mothers out there, if there is any little thing that I can do to help support them in the challenging work that we do every day. I think you also gain a lot of empathy when you have parents who struggle, and I think that empathy really carried through to me wanting to help as many people as I could. In some ways I was able to use the challenging parts of being a child in so much chaos to help me to provide a living for my family and navigate the crazy world of running a business. Nothing can really throw them off because the chaos is kind of normal for them. When my brother was in business school, a professor said that children who are raised in dysfunctional homes tend to be some of the best CEOs or entrepreneurs because their lives were so chaotic. Would you share with us a little bit about that and where you think this strength came from? Yet the connection I feel the most with you is hearing how you took adversity from your childhood and instead of that holding you down, raised you up. We have quite a bit in common between being moms of boys, starting our own business and of course appearing on Shark Tank. That’s the mission behind it all that drives us every day to keep working and gives us so much purpose.Ģ. It was like I needed the dress just as much as my mom needed the dress to remind me as a woman and a mother, to be the mothers that we always hoped and wanted to be. I just wanted to detach from everything and everyone.
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It was also very important for me at that time of life because I was also going through a divorce, and I was really struggling to stay present and emotionally engaged with my 18 month old and 3 ½ year old. From then on, it was always there inside of me. My parents had a very challenging relationship, my mom was abused by my father and suffered with depression, so that’s where the lightbulb idea came from. I sketched a dress that my mom could have worn when I was little to help remind her to play with me. I was seeing a therapist, and they asked me to do an art project to help me get in touch with my “inner child”. The backstory to that is Sonnet James came to be when I was going through a really difficult time in my life. We want to encourage mothers to be as engaged and present with the people in their lives as possible. Our mission is to help women feel young at heart, present in the moment and more playful with the ones they love. Would you share with our community what your mission is with Sonnet James and why that is so important to you?
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We had the chance to chat with her about all things business during Covid times, being a mom and appearing on Shark Tank!ġ. She lives in California with her two boys. Whitney designs dresses that are stylish but also comfortable and machine washable (what a perfect combination!). As a mom-owned small biz, we love connecting with and sharing the journeys of other passionate entrepreneurial moms. Whitney Lundeen is the founder of Sonnet James, a clothing company founded on the idea that beautiful clothing should also work for moms.