Being a mom has shaped the way I run my business in ways I never expected. From patience and flexibility to storytelling and connection, motherhood has been the best training ground for marketing. In this post, I’m sharing how balancing business and mom life taught me lessons that now guide everything I do at Sunflower Socials.

Instagram is at it again—changing the rules just when we’ve gotten comfortable. From shares replacing likes to the brand-new skip rate metric and the slow death of hashtags, there’s a lot shifting behind the scenes. In this post, I’m breaking down the biggest updates you actually need to know (without the fluff), plus how to keep your content strategy strong while the algorithm does its thing.