About Petrushka
Hi Friend! I’m Petrushka.
I’m a wife, mother, entrepreneur, and life coach committed to supporting women in transition to motherhood and out of jobs that no longer serve them and the lifestyles they desire...not necessarily in that order or at the same time.
You might be here because you have found yourself wanting or already moving out of work that no longer serves you.
When I had my first child I was working in the non-profit art sector in New York City, my home of 26 years. My work was very rewarding but I was coming home tired and short-fused...trying to do all the things while being the best mom I could be.
My eldest sister encouraged me to stop working for others and be a stay-at-home mom. I rejected the idea. How would we live the life I was accustomed to on one income? And, how would I be able to work on things that I was deeply passionate about if I wasn’t working for anyone else?
I felt stuck at finding the solution.
We have not looked back since.
It took three kids, a not-so-great-for-me full-time job, and my husband unexpectedly losing his job for me to find the answer...open an ice cream shop where people can sit down with a loved one over some delicious frozen confections made by hand and with love.
Out of these circumstances, my childhood goal of being a “businesswoman,” and our neighborhood not having an ice cream parlor, Sugar Hill Creamery was born!
But, don’t get me wrong…I didn’t leave the non-profit space because I didn’t love what I was doing.
Quite the opposite. I LOVED what I was doing, but I needed more time to pour into our children in the same way that I was pouring into all of the projects I was leading at work.
I needed time to truly and deeply see our kids.
I wasn’t able to do that coming home exhausted after a long day at work. I almost missed a couple developmental red flags for two of our kids because of the distraction of work stress.
But, once I decided to commit to the vision for the life I wanted to live, everything got really clear.
Since opening Sugar Hill Creamery in 2017, I have worked with hundreds of women as they become new mothers and as they navigate their identities as working mothers.
As a result of this work, I’ve added supporting women, especially mothers, to be present for themselves and their families so they can live lives on mission and with purpose, as part of my life’s work.
I believe that if a mother is not taking care of her heart and her mind, she cannot take care of her children. And, if she cannot take care of her children, they will be left to reconcile traumas in their adulthood that may prevent them from living lives of purpose and intention...and so the cycle continues.