Carina O’Brien
speaker
1,722 appearances
9 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 4 Aug
Carina O’Brien’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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For many women, ambition doesn't disappear.
It just changed shape.
Maybe you still want leadership.
Maybe you still want meaningful work.
Maybe you still also want financial independence.
But you also want flexibility.
You also no doubt want some boundaries.
And you also might want to be present for school pickups.
You also want to be that person that goes to assembly.
And somehow we've created this idea that wanting both means that we're not fully committed to either.
But why?
Why?
Why do they have to be polar opposites?
Why can't it be integrated in this nice Venn diagram about how we can be a mum and also work?
Why can't success include both achievement and a life outside of work?
Why does our success so often get rated on what we're doing at work as opposed to even what our family looks like and how we can be a mum and also have a career?
I think one of the biggest mistakes we make when returning to work is expecting ourselves to perform 100% immediately.
We forget that we are learning a new way of working.
When you start a new role, you usually get onboarding, support, time to learn, someone checking in, space to ask questions.
But when you return from parental leave, often the expectation is, welcome back, here's your laptop, here's your calendar, good luck.
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