Gisset - The Real Estate Pro & Make Up Artist

Gisset is a commercial real estate professional, makeup artist, mother of two and blogger who is breaking boundaries by not settling for the status quo.  She has spent over 15 years building her career in corporate real estate all while continuing to pursue makeup projects as her side hustle.  Gisset never hesitates to share what she has learned from both industries with others.

When she became a mother, Gisset struggled to find her previous self, that woman who would grab the bull by the horns and take on life head-on.  It took months to get used to this new life.  Motherhood was hard and she felt like a failure most of the time.

IN HER OWN WORDS

I didn’t adapt to motherhood as easy as other Mamas I knew.  I would spend my days learning to be a mother wishing I could go back to my previous life.  That life where I could pick up and go and not worry about packing a stroller, diaper bag, a breast pump, milk, etc.  At that time, my husband was traveling a lot for work and I would spend many days and nights alone with my baby.  The feeling of loneliness, breastfeeding issues, sleep deprivation, and some good old postpartum depression took the best of me and I struggled for months.

But then, magic happened, my daughter started talking to me (in baby gibberish, of course).  Every morning she would greet me with the biggest smile and her gibberish to my usual greeting, “BUENOS DIAS.”  It was that magical smile that showed me the unconditional love of a child for their Mama.  I was so grateful to have her, yet I was allowing all the negative to overtake this new life.  A life that now came with many adjustments, but with so many opportunities to create change and become the better version of the old me.  I was a new and improved Gisset - a Mama!  There was no better role than this.  She was my greatest gift and I was determined to enjoy every bit of her.

The next chapter of my story came when I had to go back to work and transitioned to a Working Mamacita.  The phrase, “it takes a village” couldn’t make more sense to me than when I started working again.  I went through all the emotions you hear about on your first day back to work - I cried, I doubted I could do it all, I wanted to just be home with my baby, but like every other stage, we adapt and move forward.  This doesn’t mean we don’t have setbacks or challenging days, after all, we are Mamas and that title comes with a huge responsibility and a never-ending to-do list.  

Two and half years later we were blessed with a beautiful baby boy.  The experience was similar yet so different all at the same time.  I caught myself comparing everything to my first baby.  My Mama always reminds us that every finger on our hand is different, why should we assume our children will be the same?  Having two under three was a journey in itself but this time around I did so many things I felt guilty about doing the first time.  I started asking for help, I allowed myself to fail, worried less, and reminded myself to live in the moment.  Aside from the sleep deprivation, the newborn stage is one of my favorites.  There is no other stage that reminds me of our powerful ability to make a human being - it is not until I became a Mama myself that I realized how incredibly awesome we all are.

To hear more about my story listen to Disrupting Balance - The Podcast where I speak about Breastfeeding, Shifting Tradition & Make Up vs. Real Estate. https://disruptingbalance.fireside.fm/015

Xoxo - G