In this episode of Good Enough for Now, Neha Ruch discusses choosing the gray area between motherhood and work, the push to redefine success as a parent and a modern take on ambition.
Neha shares about her decision to stay home with her young children and how her career pause led her to define her own values and reframe her goals. She also shares how to answer the question, “What do you do?” and how her community, Mother Untitled, was born. Our conversation is one that we all needed in our 20s and now can help us feel less alone in our 30s and beyond, especially as we redefine what success in life and motherhood can look like for each other while we wait for our culture to catch up.
Listen in to hear more about doing what brings you joy, evaluating what’s right for you right now, and staying connected and evolving your professional identity with intention, even as you choose to stay at home to parent for breaks in between.
WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE:
Exploring the challenges of focusing on both motherhood and career through planting seeds and embracing the possibilities that redefine purpose.
Addressing societal narratives on stay-at-home mothers and learning to articulate and be confident in your identity and story.
Reframing ambition for women who have paused their careers to focus on personal and family goals.
Identifying ways to stay connected to a career or professional identity even while empowering your choice to care for children at home.
Choosing to shift focus and give yourself agency to create rhythms and routines that serve both self and family.
Embracing the present and accepting and trusting yourself as a parent working in or out of the home.
RESOURCES:
Mother Untitled
Follow Mother Untitled on Instagram
Connect with Neha Ruch on LinkedIn
ABOUT NEHA RUCH:
Neha Ruch is on a mission to update the perception of stay-at-home motherhood in America, infusing it with ambition, dignity, growth, and potential. She established her groundbreaking independent media brand, Mother Untitled, in 2017, in the early days of her motherhood journey. Since 2017, Mother Untitled has served as a digital oasis for ambitious women determined to grow, learn, and enjoy themselves during their chapter as the primary parent. Neha is a thought leader, sought-after speaker in the world of women, work, parenting, and identity and the author of a forthcoming book, The Power Pause, with Putnam, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
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