“I have never imagined a life without becoming a mother,” Bea says. Still, it was only when she held her first child in her arms that she truly realised what it truly meant. “It was huge,” she recalls, remembering the feeling after giving birth: “I felt like high-fiving every mother I passed.” The experience sparked a curiosity about why we don’t talk more openly about the many facets of motherhood – a driving force that later led her and Liv Winther to create To The Moon, Honey, a community centred around motherhood.

Motherhood has since proven to be a constant inward journey. “I feel like I’m constantly learning something about myself as a mother,” she says, describing the role as one of the greatest sources of personal development in her life. At the same time, it has not diminished her ambition – quite the opposite. “I am super driven by my work, and I actually feel like I’ve become even more ambitious since becoming a mother,” she says, explaining that she is now more conscious about spending her time on what truly matters.

Everyday life is a puzzle where both family life and work need to come together, and the relationships around her play a crucial role. “I couldn’t have done this without my partner’s support – and vice versa,” she says about her boyfriend, with whom she shares both children and values. In her professional life, her collaboration with Liv is equally essential. “We are open and honest, which allows us to cover for each other in different periods,” she says about their close partnership and shared values.

It can be challenging never fully switching off. “There are always ideas running through my mind,” she says, but motherhood has also taught her something essential: presence. “I’m very aware of being present.” She finds calm in the small breaks – “five minutes in a sunbeam without having to be anything for anyone can make a big difference” – or a quiet moment in the morning air. It’s the small things that matter.

“When doubts about motherhood set in, she has found her own way of handling them. ‘I talk about it and get it out. Those feelings only grow if you keep them inside,’ she says.” She is still fascinated by how different her children are: “How different children with the exact same recipe can be is so fascinating. And also a little dangerous, because I feel like my appetite could never be satisfied. I would end up having three more if someone didn’t stop me.”

In the midst of it all, she tries to hold on to the small moments that quickly pass. “I really enjoy where we are as a family right now,” she says, sensing how time is already moving forward. “That we are still our children’s entire world is a time that will never come back – and I am painfully aware of that.” What she loves most about being a mother is exactly that closeness: “To watch your children unfold as little human beings with their own personalities.”

I have always had a strong desire to become a mother,” Dyveke says. When she became a mother for the first time, it felt both natural and life-changing. “I slipped quite naturally into the role, and in many ways it felt like my life finally made sense,” she recalls about her time with her daughter Alba. The beginning felt safe and relatively uncomplicated, and she remembers almost thinking back then that she was simply “good at it.” “Today I can see that we were probably also a bit lucky.”

But five years later, when she gave birth to her son Billy, the dynamic changed significantly. “It was far more complicated,” she says honestly. She describes a time when she was deeply bonded with her newborn son, while at the same time missing the close everyday life with her eldest daughter Alba. “I missed her a lot, and it took a long time before we found a rhythm as a family.” Everyday life often felt overwhelming, and she carried a strong sense of not being good enough and constantly feeling short of time and hands. It took almost two years before the family truly found their balance as a family of four. Today she looks back with a calmer perspective. “I often felt like I wasn’t good enough back then, but today I can see that it was simply a new and demanding phase.”

Becoming a mother also turned out to be a big challenge in her working life. “It was definitely a shift,” she says. “I had to rethink many of the assumptions I had about my working life, because my desire to be present in my children’s lives weighs more heavily than my career.” She describes it as a complex balance that many women face. “In many ways, it’s not easy to combine young children and a career,” she says, pointing out that while there have been more initiatives in recent years, there is still a way to go. “It’s still difficult to make it all work if you want both a meaningful working life and to be present in your family life.”

At the same time, she has found ways to create a daily life that works. “I’ve tried to be creative in my working life and create a framework that makes it possible to be both a mother and have a career,” she says. However, she is aware that this is not equally easy for everyone. “I’ve been lucky to have a strong support system.”

When she later had her third child with her current partner Mikkel, founder of MEOTINE, the experience was very different. “It almost felt like trying it all for the first time again,” she says. This time, she felt calmer, more present, and with a different sense of ease. “I just needed to be in it and not miss anything. We would lie on a blanket in Fælledparken, look up at the sky, and just be together.”

Today, her three children are at very different stages of life, which brings both joy and new challenges. “I love when we are all together, but our everyday life has also become more divided,” she says. “That’s something I’ve had to get used to.”
Motherhood has also changed her view of herself. “My children are the most important thing in my life. It has made me much more aware of being present and of understanding where each of them is in their lives,” she says.

As both a mother and an entrepreneur, she lives with great flexibility, but also a constant overlap between work and family. “It’s a gift to be flexible, but it really requires me to practice being present when I’m at home,” she says, adding: “I’m working a lot on putting my phone completely away and forgetting about it a bit. I also try not to let my mood be too affected when things are difficult, and to remember that MEOTINE is still just a job, even though it’s my own.”

Her ambitions have shifted over the years. “I’ve had to adjust my expectations of my working life several times,” she explains. Today, it’s not career at any cost, but meaning and balance that drive her. “The most important thing for me is that what I do makes sense – also in relation to my children.”

Asked what she loves most about being a mother, her answer is simple: “Watching them grow up and become independent human beings. It’s truly magical.”

Whenever she doubts herself as a mother, she tries to find calm in what is already working. “I try to remind myself of everything I have, what I’ve achieved, and all the love I’m surrounded by,” she says. She reminds herself that feelings come and go. “Just because I doubt myself one day doesn’t mean I will the next.”

And in everyday life, it is still the small moments that matter most. “When we are all together and they laugh together. They are very loving towards each other, and that is the most beautiful thing I know to watch.”