10/04/2026
What happens when the thing everyone else sees as the finish line feels more like the beginning?
This week on Socratyc Stories: The Women Who Build, I’m joined by Dr. Anne Welsh, clinical psychologist, executive coach, mother of four, and author of Ambitious Mother: From Surviving to Thriving in Your Career and at Home.
We talk about the guilt so many working mothers carry, the false belief that success at work must come at the expense of family, and why motherhood can strengthen leadership rather than diminish it.
Anne also shares the vulnerability of launching a book, the “borrowed confidence” that helped her begin, and why workplaces must make room for the humanity of the people inside them.
Her hope is that women will read the book, exhale, feel less alone, and give themselves permission to think about what they truly want.
You can support Anne by buying the book for yourself or a working mother in your life, sharing it with a workplace leader or HR team, attending one of her upcoming events, and helping keep the conversation going.
Ambitious Mother launches August 6.
