I am Rachel Johnson-Farias, and I’m a mompreneur, lawyer, and author helping moms like me through their creative re-birth.

My astrological assignment sums up the who of me well. I’m a cancer and the daughter of a cancer which basically means: (1) my home is my haven and my heaven; and (2) my feelings have feelings!

Personally, I am a mother, wife, chef—home food only—and one who gets houses in order.

Professionally, I am an innovator, entrepreneur and movement lawyer who leads with compassion and empathy.

I started my latest venture, Esq. Apprentice after failing the California bar exam three times despite going to all the “right” schools, taking on all the “right” debt, and helping pass CA-wide legislation abolishing juvenile record sealing fees. Basically, despite being really good at doing what a lawyer does, I failed to obtain a law license and the official title of “lawyer.”

What finally led to passing the bar and becoming an attorney? 

REST!

I am what’s called a K-JD, meaning that from kindergarten to obtaining my law degree, I did not stop for a moment. I am a highly driven woman who tends to accomplish the goals I set for myself. So, when I failed the bar by a small margin the first time, I powered through and took it again. When I failed again I just kept going...and going. I didn’t stop to process. I was afraid that the truth--maybe I had wasted years pursuing something that wasn’t meant to be--would overwhelm me. After anxiety attacks and an infertility diagnosis, I finally stopped taking the bar and began to explore my truth. I asked, why am I doing this? Who am I serving? I took a break from work and turned inward. I rested. What followed has been a creative journey beyond anything I could imagine. What followed is a freedom that is so liberating that I have to pass it on.

Are you like me? Are you going and going on autopilot towards a goal that is increasingly blurry? Do you ever feel like you are of use to everyone except yourself? Are you working non-stop because resting seems impossible and stopping to assess the damage may just overwhelm you? 

I’m here to tell you that you don’t have to feel overwhelmed. When I stopped, rested, isolated myself, made time for creativity, and prepared for the world I desired instead of the world I was assigned, all that was left was saying yes to the right opportunities. The birth of my ideas led to my own creative re-birth (and the actual birth of my children--did I mention that body healing is a side effect of this method???). 

As a mother, I’ve learned that mothers are the ideal engineers and architects of a new world order because mothers are innovators by necessity, and the skills amassed as a result of motherhood—multi-tasking, imagination, creativity, delegation, determination, and devotion, devotion, devotion—are the the exact skill set required to re-imagine the world in which we live and create a better world for all of our children.

I believe that biology is far from the only vehicle through which one can be a mother. And, despite being the most time-strapped people on the planet, I believe that all moms deserve to be loved, supported, and adored through their creative re-birth.

Your power is uniquely yours. Your power is unmatched and unfairly bridled. The world places limits on you that you need not internalize any longer.