55. You Can Be a Present Mom and an Ambitious Woman — But It’s Not Accidental

About this episode

Emily discusses the challenges of being both a present mom and an ambitious woman, offering insights on how to design a fulfilling life instead of just surviving.

Last week was one of those weeks. Darren was traveling for the second week in a row, Emma was up every two hours, and Emily found herself in full reaction mode — snappy, depleted, and wondering if maybe this whole "present mom and ambitious woman" thing was actually impossible. In this episode, Emily gets honest about what that week looked like and why she didn't let it spiral into shame or self-attack. Instead, she looked at it through the lens of a CEO and asked a different question: what is this showing me about the system? This episode is for women who feel like they're failing at everything — motherhood, business, taking care of themselves — and are starting to wonder if maybe they just need to want less. Emily breaks down her CEO framework (vision, strategy, structure, support, and self-leadership) and explains why most women aren't actually failing. They're just trying to run a CEO-level life with no CEO-level structure or support. If you've been living in reaction mode and you're ready to start designing your life instead of just surviving it, this conversation will change how you think about what's actually possible. Questions answered in this episode: What does it…

People in this episode

Host: Emily

Topics covered

• motherhood
• business
• self-improvement
• life design
• mindset

Keywords

• CEO framework
• vision
• strategy
• structure
• support
• self-leadership

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