“A collision is what happens when ambition doesn’t pause for motherhood. Those goals, ambitions, dreams, they don’t stop just because you had a kid.”
THE COLLISION POINT
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The Collision Point is a podcast about ambition and motherhood, and what happens when the two collide. It’s a space for the judgement, the burnout, the identity shifts, the days that fall apart despite your perfectly planned schedule, and the uncomfortable moments when the life you’re building no longer fits the way you’ve been building it.
Collisions don’t get solved once and disappear. But they can become fewer, less costly, and less invisible when you stop trying to operate exactly like you did before.
If you’re ambitious, you’re a mother, or you’re somewhere in the collision between the two, you’re in the right place.
“Collisions don’t get solved once and vanish. They lessen once you stop pretending that you can operate exactly like you did before your baby.”
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A Structural Problem
Collisions often happen at the worst possible times and often, when you least expect them to. This week, I’m experiencing a collision of my own. I need five full working days and have just about three. So for this episode, I’m going to work through this collision, with you, in real time, plus I’m going to share three things that I’m doing about it that you can try in your own life.
What sounds like a time management problem is actually a structural problem. So press play and let’s get started. Ditch the color coding calendar, grab your notebook, and learn how to create more structure around your work week.
The Identity Shift
Who else is familiar with the formula: More effort means more control, and more control means more reward. After having a child, that formula no longer applies.
In today’s episode, I’m joined by therapist Katrina Oliver to talk about why high achieving moms hit a wall when pushing harder doesn’t work, and what you can actually do instead. Katrina is a therapist, mom of 9-year-old twins, and the host of Still Becoming, a podcast about what it actually feels like to be a high-functioning woman in midlife.
We’ll get more into this formula that worked for us for so long, why it stops applying in motherhood, what Katrina calls an overwhelm that strategy can’t touch, over functioning, becoming a new version of yourself, and why slowing down matters.
This conversation is a great one between close friends, and it also provides so much value and encouragement, so if you’re in the middle of recognizing these collision points within yourself, you’re not alone. Grab your headphones, slow down a little, and enjoy this episode!
Ambition After Kids
Ambition after kids doesn’t disappear. It runs straight into your new life, over and over, creating collisions of all sizes. In this first episode, I walk you through what I call a “collision point”, why they happen, and how to start spotting your own.
If the pace you had before kids isn’t working anymore, nothing is wrong with you. Your life just wasn’t rebuilt to match who you’ve become.
Listen in as I share why high achievers don’t see these collisions coming, the quiet collisions in logistics, identity, and ambition that most of us just absorb, my own story – how I went from COO at a growing company to experiencing two major collisions that changed how I worked, and why I treat this as an infrastructure problem and not a willpower problem.
It’s time for you to notice the collisions in your own life. The time of day that always falls apart, the decision that always lands on your plate, or the handoff that always breaks. You don’t have to fix it yet, just start noticing.
If you’re a mom and a highly ambitious woman, experiencing your own collisions in life or building a business of your own after stepping into motherhood, this is for you.