• #69- Ambitious Without the Burnout: Redefining Success After a Health Scare
    Jun 7 2025

    What happens when a high-achieving mother's body forces her to stop? Alison Campbell, former Chief of Staff at a $1B company, shares her transformation from corporate burnout to sustainable success.

    What You'll Learn:

    ✓ Early warning signs of burnout ambitious mothers often ignore

    ✓ How to redefine success - doing less while achieving more

    ✓ Making rest non-negotiable, not a luxury

    ✓ Practical strategies for managing chronic stress and overwhelm

    ✓ Integrating ambitious goals with family life

    ✓ Parenting insights for boys vs girls, plus the smartphone debate

    Perfect for ambitious mothers who:

    • Feel constantly overwhelmed juggling career and family

    • Worry they're heading toward burnout

    • Want high standards without sacrificing health

    • Need sustainable success strategies

    Alison proves you can be deeply ambitious AND prioritize wellbeing.


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    55 mins
  • #68 - From £260K to £130K: How We're Halving Our Child-Raising Costs
    May 31 2025

    Is it really possible to cut child-raising costs in half without sacrificing what matters most? Alex and Tiffany are putting this to the test and sharing their real-time journey.

    What You'll Learn:✓ Breaking down the £260K child-raising statistic✓ "Backward seasonal shopping" strategy that saves thousands✓ How social media detox reduced spending pressure✓ Category-specific tactics for clothes, toys, and special occasions✓ Getting family on board without conflict✓ Childcare alternatives and entertainment hacks

    Perfect for ambitious mothers who:

    • Feel overwhelmed by rising parenting costs
    • Want strategic spending without deprivation
    • Need systems that work with busy schedules
    • Struggle with comparison and impulse buying


    This isn't about extreme frugality - it's about being intentional so you can spend on what truly matters.

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    33 mins
  • #67 - Faith, Family, and Finding Your Way Back: A Mother's Journey from Career Break to Purpose-Driven Leadership - Regine Nelson
    May 24 2025

    Ready to turn your career break into your comeback story? Regine Nelson shares exactly how she strategically re-entered the workforce after 6 years, landing her dream role despite a 4-month, 50-interview journey that taught her job hunting is like dating - authenticity wins.

    What you'll learn:✨ How to maintain professional relationships during career breaks✨ The "Good Decisions Jar" strategy for daily momentum✨ Why bringing your whole self (and kids) to work is your superpower✨ Morning routines that actually work for busy mothers✨ How to teach resilience and empathy while building your own career✨ Work-life integration strategies from a mother of 3

    Regine's faith-driven approach to leadership and her Haitian heritage bring a unique perspective to modern motherhood and ambition.

    From overcoming academic pressure to managing ADHD while traveling with children for work projects, this conversation is packed with practical wisdom.

    Perfect for ambitious mothers ready to redefine success on their own terms and turn life's challenges into career fuel.

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    54 mins
  • #66 - Wealth, Community & Purpose: How Solo Motherhood Fuelled Her HoLT Empire - Lea Turner
    May 17 2025

    This week we talk to canine rescuer / LinkedIn royalty/ successful businesswoman Lea Turner, founder of The HoLT Community supporting 580+ entrepreneurs worldwide.

    In this episode, Lea shares:

    • How being a solo parent to her 9-year-old son shaped her unconventional path to business success
    • The pivotal moment she defined what "enough" truly means - choosing presence with her son over endless pursuit of more
    • Her journey from small transcription business to building a thriving global community
    • Real talk about the financial reality of supporting a family as a solo parent entrepreneur
    • The strategy behind growing to 178,000 LinkedIn connections (without the usual corporate playbook)


    As ambitious mothers, we often struggle with balance. Lea's journey reminds us that sometimes success isn't about scaling higher, but about creating space for what's irreplaceable.

    Plus, discover Lea's double life as a real-life Snow White!

    Whether you're building a business while raising kids or simply seeking more purpose in your professional path, Lea's practical wisdom and refreshing honesty will inspire you to define success on your own terms.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • #65 - The Maternal Compensation Game: Why We Rush Back When We Don't Need To
    May 10 2025

    Alex is back this week!

    We had planned to discuss money-saving parenting hacks, but instead found ourselves unpacking why mothers create unnecessary complexity when away from our children.

    From triple-checking with capable caregivers to rushing back early when everyone's fine, we explore the psychology behind our self-imposed time limits and the freedom waiting on the other side of mother-guilt.

    What you'll gain from this episode:

    • Recognition of your own "maternal compensation" patterns
    • Strategies to combat the guilt of being away
    • Permission to enjoy the mental spaciousness that comes with distance
    • Practical steps to simplify your time away
    • Understanding how your wholeness as a person benefits your children more than constant presence


    Do you rush back when you don't need to? Share your experience in the comments!

    We'd love to hear how you navigate time away.


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    30 mins
  • #64 - 7 Beautiful Contradictions of Motherhood and Ambition: Embracing the Both/And Journey -Tiffany Scott
    May 3 2025

    With Alex away on holiday, join me (Tiffany) for a short and sweet solo episode inspired by a LinkedIn post that deeply resonated with so many working mothers.

    This episode delves into the fascinating contradictions I've observed in my own motherhood+ambition journey:

    • How our children simultaneously mimic our ambition while resisting its reality
    • Why "balance" is a myth, but harmony is achievable through seasonal recalibration
    • The surprising ways our career shapes our mothering in positive ways


    Plus, enjoy my "Kid Quotes" segment featuring my children's logical (yet completely illogical) perspectives on life - from my son's thoughtful response to Anne Frank's diary to how "Debra distracts me."


    A candid conversation for any mother navigating the beautiful mess of career aspirations alongside raising tiny humans with big personalities.


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    20 mins
  • #63 - Invisible Value: Making Family Labor Visible, Valued & Shared - Lori Sugarman-Li
    Apr 26 2025

    Join us as we speak to Lori Sugarman-Li who shares her powerful journey from thriving marketing career to motherhood, and her awakening moment when an insurance agent dismissed her worth as a "housewife."

    This conversation unpacks how to transform invisible household labor into recognised, valued, and shared family responsibility.

    In this episode you will learn:

    • Practical frameworks to make the mental load visible and fairly distributed
    • Strategies for transforming household work from burden to source of family pride
    • Techniques for creating effective "Family Flow" systems based on shared values
    • Guidance on redefining ambition through different life phases without losing yourself
    • Tools for conducting family meetings that actually work
    • Methods for aligning tasks with family members' strengths to reduce resentment
    • Approaches for raising children who contribute meaningfully to household operations


    Lori powerfully reminds us that "women will never have equity in the workplace until they have it at home" while offering actionable solutions for creating sustainable systems that reduce maternal burnout.

    You can also check out Lori's beautiful picture book "Our Home: The Love, Work, and Heart of Family" that celebrates the powerful connection between family members who share both space and responsibility.

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    54 mins
  • #62 - Finding Your Village: A Tech Leader's Journey Through Neurodiversity, Culture, and Motherhood- Sharadha Ramakrishnan
    Apr 19 2025

    In this powerful Autism Awareness Month episode, we speak with Sharadha Ramakrishnan, an Engineering Coach at Digits who previously led a 50+ person team at Yelp before transforming her life by moving back to Chennai, India after 12 years in California.

    Sharadha's perspective on freedom and identity dramatically shifted when she became a mother, particularly as she navigated raising her neurodivergent son alongside her neurotypical daughter.

    In this episode we explore:

    • The contrast between Western individualism and the "it takes a village" philosophy that changed her parenting experience
    • How cultural differences between the US and India reshape the parenting journey
    • Strategies for building support systems when facing healthcare challenges like therapy waitlists
    • Balancing professional identity with the transformative experience of raising a neurodivergent child


    Perfect for anyone seeking to build their own community of support or struggling to bring their whole self to both parenting and professional spaces.

    This conversation offers both validation and practical wisdom on finding freedom within the complex intersections of culture, career, and neurodiversity.

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    49 mins
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