Ambitious Mother: From Surviving to Thriving in Your Career and at Home
Autor Anne Welsh Cuvânt înainte de Robin Arzónen Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 iun 2026
In Ambitious Mother, Dr. Anne Welsh--a licensed psychologist and mom of four--offers a refreshing perspective for overwhelmed moms. Welsh asks, "What are you truly ambitious for?" and invites readers to shed societal expectations, name what they really want, and pursue their own version of success. Readers will discover:
- Why being a working mom feels so hard and what we can do to change this.
- How to find their own version of ambition that fits their values.
- The difference between unhealthy striving and healthy striving and how to make the switch.
- The Three Ps--perfectionism, people-pleasing, and pretending--and how to shed these weights without lowering standards.
- How to navigate career choices as a mom.
- Inspiring stories about ambitious mothers, demonstrating that ambition comes in many forms.
Motherhood will change your ambition. As Welsh shares, you may discover that you are more ambitious than ever before, or ambitious in new and different ways. Ambitious Mother gives you permission to be as ambitious as you want to be. Permission to set down a few balls that you no longer want to juggle--and pick up others that you do. Permission to have the career and life you truly want.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9798216201946
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 4 BW images, 4 tables, 30 textboxes
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 mm
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 4 BW images, 4 tables, 30 textboxes
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 mm
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States
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Cuprins
Foreword: A Conversation with Robin Arzon, VP and Head Instructor at Peloton, Bestselling Author of Strong Mama
Introduction
A Quick Note on Names and Confidentiality
A Surprise for You
Part 1: The Ambition Paradox
Chapter 1: What Is The Ambition Paradox?
Chapter 2: How Did We Get Here?
Chapter 3: Ladder or Web? Two Models of Ambition
Part 2: The Motherhood Advantage
Chapter 4: How Children Can Accelerate Your Career
Chapter 5: Why Your Ambition Is a Gift to Your Children
Chapter 6: How Motherhood Teaches You to Bend Time
Part 3: The Switch to Healthy Striving
Chapter 7: Unhealthy Striving Vs. Healthy Striving-and How to Make the Switch
Chapter 8: What's Possible: Eight Working Mothers, Eight Versions of Healthy Striving
Part 4: The New Village
Chapter 9: Setting Up Moms for Success: Changes That Workplaces Can Make
Chapter 10: Sharing the Load More Fairly: Changes That Dads and Partners Can Make
Conclusion
Wisdom from Ambitious Mothers
Book Club Discussion Questions
A Conversation with Your Partner
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
A Quick Note on Names and Confidentiality
A Surprise for You
Part 1: The Ambition Paradox
Chapter 1: What Is The Ambition Paradox?
Chapter 2: How Did We Get Here?
Chapter 3: Ladder or Web? Two Models of Ambition
Part 2: The Motherhood Advantage
Chapter 4: How Children Can Accelerate Your Career
Chapter 5: Why Your Ambition Is a Gift to Your Children
Chapter 6: How Motherhood Teaches You to Bend Time
Part 3: The Switch to Healthy Striving
Chapter 7: Unhealthy Striving Vs. Healthy Striving-and How to Make the Switch
Chapter 8: What's Possible: Eight Working Mothers, Eight Versions of Healthy Striving
Part 4: The New Village
Chapter 9: Setting Up Moms for Success: Changes That Workplaces Can Make
Chapter 10: Sharing the Load More Fairly: Changes That Dads and Partners Can Make
Conclusion
Wisdom from Ambitious Mothers
Book Club Discussion Questions
A Conversation with Your Partner
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Recenzii
Dr. Anne Welsh shows us how we can thrive as parents, partners, and professionals, while also being more than our roles, and without burning out. Having it all shouldn't mean doing it all. It starts with unlearning narrow ideas about being a 'good mom' and redefining ambition for yourself. And it can't just be on moms-partners, workplaces, and policies all shape what's truly possible.
I devoured this compassionate, wise, and reassuring work that reads like a love letter from a wise older sister, one working mom to another. I promise you will come away with practical tips and transformative mindset shifts. Dr. Welsh is redefining ambition to fit the many objectives of our lives, and help women find fulfillment, not just success. You will get the benefit of years of Dr. Welsh's therapy and coaching practices, packed into a breezy and delightful bedtime read.
In a world full of choices, women often crave guidance on how to truly know what they want. Dr. Welsh offers expert insights and real-life stories that empower women to answer that question for themselves-again and again-through the evolving journey of ambition and family.
Ambitious Mothers will be as life changing as Fair Play was. It is the book I'm giving to every overwhelmed, exhausted working mom I know. It offers relief, reassurance, and hope-plus practical steps to create a real shift from within. Dr. Anne Welsh reminds us that you can thrive in your career not in spite of being a mother, but because of it. As she writes, 'Motherhood can be the career accelerator you never knew you needed.' Through powerful stories of women who have accomplished their greatest work after having kids, Ambitious Mothers proves that the best chapter of your career-and your life-is still yet to come.
Ambitious Mother is an essential contribution to the conversation about leadership, identity, and the modern workplace. Dr. Welsh brings a rare blend of psychological depth, narrative insight, and systems-level analysis that reframes how we understand ambition in the context of caregiving. Her frameworks offer a vocabulary and structure leaders have been missing. This book will shape not only individual lives, but how organizations think about talent, equity, and the future of work.
Ambitious Mother is the book I needed to read right now, and I immediately thought of 20 friends who needed it, too. Dr. Welsh gives a framework and a vocabulary (e.g. 'the Ambition Paradox,' 'the Motherhood Advantage'), backed up by research and case studies, to better understand what is going on in so many of our lives. Reading Ambitious Mother was like looking in a mirror; it made me want to write out my own story to show exactly where the model hits closest to home. With concise summaries, accessible starting points, and ample resources, Ambitious Mother is a book that begs to be annotated in the margins with exclamation points and enthusiastically passed around. It is vivid and digestible, positive and realistic, aspirational and inspirational.
Motherhood reshapes ambition-it doesn't diminish it. Ambitious Mother is the first book I've read that truly articulates this shift. Dr. Welsh offers a powerful, research-backed reframing that will help mothers feel seen, supported, and deeply capable.
A great book should read like a conversation with a trusted friend. Dr. Welsh is that friend, and this is the conversation we want to be having. An informative and inspiring read for all the mothers (and caregivers) who want to do it all without losing themselves in the process.
I hold myself to high standards. I want to be extraordinary in all my roles: as a mom, professional, friend, daughter, wife, and beyond. Sometimes, doing it all feels impossible. If you can relate, Ambitious Mother is going to be your new favorite book-one that you dog-ear, highlight, and recommend to your friends. Dr. Welsh gives you permission to be as ambitious as you want to be, and shows you how to strive for your goals without burning out.
What I love most about Ambitious Mother is that it doesn't skip over the most fundamental question about ambition: What am I truly ambitious for? And by asking this simple question, the book invites you to move away from perfectionism, people-pleasing, and pretending to become something even more powerful-yourself.
I devoured this compassionate, wise, and reassuring work that reads like a love letter from a wise older sister, one working mom to another. I promise you will come away with practical tips and transformative mindset shifts. Dr. Welsh is redefining ambition to fit the many objectives of our lives, and help women find fulfillment, not just success. You will get the benefit of years of Dr. Welsh's therapy and coaching practices, packed into a breezy and delightful bedtime read.
In a world full of choices, women often crave guidance on how to truly know what they want. Dr. Welsh offers expert insights and real-life stories that empower women to answer that question for themselves-again and again-through the evolving journey of ambition and family.
Ambitious Mothers will be as life changing as Fair Play was. It is the book I'm giving to every overwhelmed, exhausted working mom I know. It offers relief, reassurance, and hope-plus practical steps to create a real shift from within. Dr. Anne Welsh reminds us that you can thrive in your career not in spite of being a mother, but because of it. As she writes, 'Motherhood can be the career accelerator you never knew you needed.' Through powerful stories of women who have accomplished their greatest work after having kids, Ambitious Mothers proves that the best chapter of your career-and your life-is still yet to come.
Ambitious Mother is an essential contribution to the conversation about leadership, identity, and the modern workplace. Dr. Welsh brings a rare blend of psychological depth, narrative insight, and systems-level analysis that reframes how we understand ambition in the context of caregiving. Her frameworks offer a vocabulary and structure leaders have been missing. This book will shape not only individual lives, but how organizations think about talent, equity, and the future of work.
Ambitious Mother is the book I needed to read right now, and I immediately thought of 20 friends who needed it, too. Dr. Welsh gives a framework and a vocabulary (e.g. 'the Ambition Paradox,' 'the Motherhood Advantage'), backed up by research and case studies, to better understand what is going on in so many of our lives. Reading Ambitious Mother was like looking in a mirror; it made me want to write out my own story to show exactly where the model hits closest to home. With concise summaries, accessible starting points, and ample resources, Ambitious Mother is a book that begs to be annotated in the margins with exclamation points and enthusiastically passed around. It is vivid and digestible, positive and realistic, aspirational and inspirational.
Motherhood reshapes ambition-it doesn't diminish it. Ambitious Mother is the first book I've read that truly articulates this shift. Dr. Welsh offers a powerful, research-backed reframing that will help mothers feel seen, supported, and deeply capable.
A great book should read like a conversation with a trusted friend. Dr. Welsh is that friend, and this is the conversation we want to be having. An informative and inspiring read for all the mothers (and caregivers) who want to do it all without losing themselves in the process.
I hold myself to high standards. I want to be extraordinary in all my roles: as a mom, professional, friend, daughter, wife, and beyond. Sometimes, doing it all feels impossible. If you can relate, Ambitious Mother is going to be your new favorite book-one that you dog-ear, highlight, and recommend to your friends. Dr. Welsh gives you permission to be as ambitious as you want to be, and shows you how to strive for your goals without burning out.
What I love most about Ambitious Mother is that it doesn't skip over the most fundamental question about ambition: What am I truly ambitious for? And by asking this simple question, the book invites you to move away from perfectionism, people-pleasing, and pretending to become something even more powerful-yourself.