HARA Mother Volume 1. Trinity Mouzon Wofford
HARA Mother is an ongoing series celebrating women who embody the strength, tenderness, and wisdom of motherhood — honoring the bond between mother and child, and the natural cycles that shape their journey.
Photography by Georgia Hilmer
"Success is a moving target. The greatest success to me is being present in the slop of daily life. I’ve come to realize that there is no big arrival. Kids definitely teach you that."
Trinity Mouzon is an entrepreneur, writer, and devoted mother of two young daughters, living in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband, Issey. As the co-founder of Golde, the superfood-powered family business she has run alongside her husband for the past eight years, Trinity has built a life where work and family intertwine. When she’s not growing the business, she’s in the kitchen or garden with her girls, nurturing a love for food, nature, and creativity.
How has the journey of motherhood shaped you — physically, emotionally, spiritually? In what ways has becoming a mother changed your relationship with yourself?
Becoming a mom has dramatically increased my tolerance for “what is.” I’m a Capricorn sun — my whole reason for being is based on this idea of climbing the mountain. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved to plan for the future and think about where I could get to. But kids force you to be present. They force you accept imperfection, impermanence. That’s had pretty drastic effects on the way I think about my work, my consciousness, humanity, all of it.
As women and mothers, we are often praised for doing it all and not praised enough for slowing down. As a mother and business owner, how do you lean into intentional living? Any daily rituals you would like to share?
I’m very ritualistic about meals and cooking. My family and I cook sit together to eat every day, even if it’s just jam over toast for a quick breakfast. We all have to eat, and making that time into a sacred practice makes it so much bigger than a chore to get to the other side of.
How has motherhood redefined your understanding of success? And How do you create space for your own dreams while mothering?
Success is a moving target. The greatest success to me is being present in the slop of daily life. I’ve come to realize that there is no big arrival. Kids definitely teach you that. There will always be hard stuff, ugly stuff. But we can choose to participate in it, and enjoy the beautiful moments that much more. I see now how fleeting this all is.
I still am dedicated to my work and I am pushing it to be its highest expression. But that’s still all about the process. I’m writing a book now, and I’m not writing it to be great so that it wins an award. That will be wonderful, but the reward is in the writing — it’s in the pushing myself to really be there, to really get it all down on the page. Finding that feeling, even for an instant, that’s success.
How has your relationship with your body evolved through motherhood?
I think I’ve always been pretty compassionate with my body and that hasn’t changed. But when I was younger that compassion sometimes meant a lack of intention. Now that I’m a parent and I’m feeling just a bit older, I’m noticing opportunities to foster more attention. How am I moving? How am I carrying my shoulders? How do I feel when I eat that? I’m excited to meet this new challenge of longevity — what can I do to feel my best now and in the next 30 years?
Has your style evolved or changed since entering motherhood?
Oh, God. I’ve spent the last 4 years pregnant or postpartum and so my body’s been everywhere. I’m noticing now that all of my current clothes are designed to fit that sort of transitional body. Now that I’m coming out of that time, nothing really fits. It’s a good problem because it means I have this opportunity to say “who am I now?” It’s a fun question to answer.
If you could offer one piece of wisdom to someone entering motherhood, what would it be?
Have fun with it. Every single day. That’s the best advice there is.
What are your favorite HARA pieces and why?
I’m a conservative dresser. So I lean toward fuller coverage. My favorites have to be the Onder Long Skirt and the Shanti Sarong.
Trinity's Earth Woman Playlist
My elder daughter is on a major Beatles kick this summer, so the only thing I’ve listed to in weeks is the album Help. It’s honestly been a delight. I would highly recommend watching the movie for it if you haven’t seen it yet. Now there’s a mother’s answer.
I. “Help!”
II. “The Night Before”
III. “You've Got to Hide Your Love Away”
IV. “I Need You”
V. “Another Girl”
VI. “You're Going to Lose That Girl”
VII. “Ticket to Ride”
VIII. “Act Naturally”
IX. “It's Only Love”
X. “You Like Me Too Much”
XI. “Tell Me What You See”
XII. “I've Just Seen a Face”
XIII. “Yesterday”
XIV. “Dizzy Miss Lizzy”
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