What happens when the dream career opportunity arrives… just as motherhood asks more of you than ever before?

In this deeply honest conversation, Zoe sits down with Amy, CEO of Steven Bartlett Private Office, to talk about the impossible equation so many ambitious mothers are trying to solve. From taking a huge new role whilst pregnant, to the tension between career ambition and wanting to be the primary attachment figure for your children, this episode is an incredibly raw exploration of modern motherhood, identity and work.

Amy shares the internal conflict so many mothers carry but rarely say out loud: that sometimes we don’t just work for our children, we work because part of us still deeply wants ambition, creativity, challenge and growth too.

This is an episode about intuition, guilt, love, matrescence and learning to live inside the contradictions of motherhood.

💡 In this episode, you’ll learn:

Why motherhood completely changes the way you approach ambition, career decisions and success
The honest reality of trying to balance leadership, ambition and being the primary attachment figure at home
What happened when Amy told Steven Bartlett she was pregnant during the hiring process for her CEO role
How becoming a mother reshaped Amy’s leadership, priorities and understanding of happiness

This episode will especially resonate if you’ve ever felt torn between the part of you that wants to achieve… and the part of you that wants to be fully present at home.

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