For decades, motherhood has been framed as an act of endless sacrifice. Long hours, stalled careers, depleted energy, and the quiet acceptance that personal ambition must come second or not at all. This narrative was often romanticised, sometimes applauded, and rarely questioned. But something has shifted. Across professional environments from corporate leadership to entrepreneurship, consulting, […]
For decades, parenting advice was dominated by a single, exhausting ideal: do everything right. Feed perfectly. Stimulate constantly. Balance career, home, emotions, education, nutrition, discipline, enrichment, and self care flawlessly. For career driven women, this expectation became particularly suffocating. Success at work was no longer enough. Competence at home had to match, if not exceed, […]
For many women, childbirth is described as a beginning. A new life. A new chapter. But for career-oriented women, it often arrives with an unspoken countdown. How soon will you return to work? How quickly will your body look the same? How efficiently can you perform as if nothing fundamentally changed? This pressure to “bounce […]
