#125 - Why Successful Women Still Feel Like They Are Drowning —The Ambition Paradox, Perfectionism and The Book That Changes Everything - Anne Welsh

To be brave enough to admit that climbing the right ladder still feels like the wrong life?! Not for the faint hearted. Anne Welsh is a clinical psychologist, executive coach, working parent consultant and author of Ambitious Mother. She has spent years sitting with high achieving women who look completely fine on the outside and are quietly drowning on the inside. She has a name for what they are experiencing. The Ambition Paradox.And she knows exactly what it feels like. Because she lived it herself.In this episode:→ The Ambition Paradox — why successful women still feel stuck no matter how much they achieve→ The Three Ps — perfectionism, people-pleasing and pretending, and why they are more dangerous in combination→ Why your ambition did not shrink when you became a mother — it changed shape→ The research that proves your career is a gift to your children, not a theft from them→ Why work-life balance is not a destination and chasing it is setting you up to feel like you are failing→ What it feels like to want something this much — and be scared of itFor the woman who is doing her best, carrying too much, and wondering if it has to be this hard.It does not. You can pre-orderAnne's book Ambitious Mother here -https://www.drannewelsh.com/ambitious-mother-book