Episode Details

Do you feel like you have to choose between being a good mum and having a meaningful career?

Carina speaks with clinical psychologist and executive coach Dr. Anne Welsh, a mum of four who specialises in maternal mental health and works with women in leadership and working mothers navigating exactly this tension.

We talk about why the "escalation of modern motherhood" means today's mums are being asked to do more, emotionally, logistically, and professionally, than any generation before them, and why that's not a personal failing, it's a systemic shift.

Anne shares the research behind why quality time with your kids matters more than quantity, why the mental load is so much heavier than a to-do list, and a simple exercise to help you work out who you are now that you're a mother - not just who you were told to be.

If you've ever felt the ground shift under your identity after having kids, or wondered whether ambition and motherhood can actually coexist, this episode is your permission slip to stop choosing and start figuring out what you actually want.

In this episode we cover:

• Why ambition and motherhood have historically been treated as opposites
• The "escalation of modern motherhood" and why the mental load keeps growing
• The research on quality vs. quantity of time with your kids
• A simple exercise to reconnect with your identity after becoming a mum
• Why naming what you want is one of the most powerful things you can do
• How to give yourself permission to focus on what matters to you, not what you "should" be doing
  
  

Connect with Dr Anne Welsh

• LinkedIn: Dr Anne Welsh 
• Website: drannewelsh.com
• Book: Ambitious Mother

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