The Mental Offload Podcast

Ambition: Leaning In, Opting Out, and Career Confusion


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Corporate leaders would tell you that women "lose" their ambition once they have children. The solution they offer: women need to lean in! The only problem with that narrative? That crisis of ambition is…largely a myth. Some women opt out, but many feel forced out. And some are stuck in a state of analysis paralysis about how to proceed.

It's time for some real talk about women's ambition and the biases that create the "ambition penalty". And we'll cover how feminist women can grapple with ambition, and frame career decisions when motherhood comes into the mix.

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The Mental Offload PodcastBy Shawna Samuel

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