Episode
82. Guilty at Work, Guilty at Home
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- Visionary's Pursuit
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- Apr 29, 2026
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- 1936
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Episode Summary This episode is more personal than most. I sat down to share what I've learned about being a mom while running a business. This episode is a lot about how carefully I've thought about how to design a life where parenting and a career can exist without one constantly losing to the other. If you're a parent who works, or someone trying to build a life where ambition and love for the people closest to you don't have to compete, this one is for you. Key Takeaways The question is not whether to choose career or family, it is how to design a life that holds both. Trade-offs exist, but they rarely look the way we assume they do when fear is making the decision for us Guilt is information. When you feel it, the work is to ask whether you're out of integrity with your own values or absorbing someone else's idea of who you should be. Those are very different problems with very different responses There is no single template for a good mother. The most powerful version of motherhood is the one that flows from who you actually are, not from what you've watched other women do well Being present in your child's life is not measured in hours. It is measured in connection, in knowing what's happening in their world, and in showing up for the moments that matter to them The same coaching skills that work in business work in parenting. Awareness of your own thoughts, regulation of your own emotions, and intentionality about your impact are life skills that translate to every relationship you have Children give immediate, honest feedback. When you stop trying to fix their experience and start witnessing it instead, the entire dynamic changes. Most kids do not want their feelings solved, they want their feelings seen Modeling matters more than instruction. When c…