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THE COST OF SUCCESS NO ONE TALKS ABOUT (ESPECIALLY FOR WORKING MOTHERS)
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In this episode of The Forties Formula podcast, hosts Jasmin Dhillon and Amanda Lim sit down with AMY KUNROJPANYA, a global executive and multilingual leader, to talk about the parts of professional success most people do not see. They explore how women manage ambition, leadership and motherhood while contending with chronic pain and women’s health concerns such as endometriosis. Amy shares practical approaches to setting boundaries, improving work-life balance expectations, navigating nonlinear career progression and advocating for medical care. Listen to understand success without performance culture and leadership without outdated expectations.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 – Episode Snippet
00:55 – Introducing our guest, Amy Kunrojpanya
03:07 – The shiny path illusion
04:02 – The true cost of high ambition
05:12 – Patience with self
06:09 – Age perception and leadership
07:58 – Authentic leadership and nonlinear careers
09:18 – From language exposure to fluency
13:32 – Unlearning old leadership models
16:06 – Fearless Pursuit + Empathy + Heart
18:19 – The Motherhood Guilt Paradox
20:48 – Boundaries at work and home
21:27 – Fuel Your Forties
22:34 – Life beyond work-life balance
28:21 – Advertisement: Cozy Earth
29:32 – Health sacrifice isn’t a badge of honor
32:02 – Chronic pain changes you
35:10 – Movement is medicine
37:18 – Advocacy starts with listening to the body
41:15 – Women’s health research and data gaps
43:41 – Hormonal health, reproductive health and contraception
45:53 – Advertisement: Love, Indus
47:04 – Hot or Hype
52:30 – The 40s formula: Pay attention, be astonished, and tell about it
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