Mom to Kinsey, age 7, Aaron, age 5
and Emmaline, age 2
Falls Church, VA
Jaclyn Robertson
In addition to being a mother
of three, Jaclyn also owns her
own fitness franchise where she
connects with and inspires other
D.C. area mothers. She always
gives 100 percent to both.

Occupation: Owner, FIT4MOM Falls Church,
Vienna, & Fairfax
What’s the best parenting advice
you’ve ever received?
When my second child was born, I
was really overwhelmed, and my mom
told me to write down three things I’d
like to get done for the day and do
those before anything else. It helped
give me a sense of direction and
stopped me focusing on doing all of the
things all of the time.

Describe a favorite mom “moment(s).”
My favorite “mom moment” actually
happened recently when I returned
home from a long business trip. My
daughter was given the project of “Flat
Stanley” for her class and was asked
to name her Flat Stanley anything she
wanted. She chose to name it “Fit
Mommy.” When I saw it I was actually
moved to tears because my goal in life
is to inspire mothers to be healthy and
fit so they can in turn inspire their own
children. Seeing that I’m also inspiring
my own children is so rewarding.

How do you think your child(ren)
would describe you?
I just asked all three of them and they
said I’m awesome and take
good care of them!
What goals do you have for yourself?
My goals are almost always work-
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related, but I have a goal this year of
making my own self-care a priority. As
a mom of three with an ever-increasing
workload both at home and at work, I
was finding that I was letting my own
health take a back seat to everything
else in my life.

What goals do you have for your
children? That they are kind. That’s it. They
write their own paths and as long as
they grow up to be kind, we’ve done
our job as parents. (I’d also like them to
be employed)
As long as
they grow
up to be
kind, we’ve done our
job as parents. (I’d
also like them to be
employed.) What would you say your secret
is to balancing life/family/work/
motherhood? The secret is that there is no balance!
On some days, I am a rockstar mom,
and other days they eat chicken
nuggets from the drive-thru because
I have been hustling at work. Give
yourself the grace to not be perfect
at everything and you’ll feel more at
peace. Oh…and outsource. Outsource
everything.