701: What Postpartum Depletion Taught Me About Being an Ambitious Woman

Have you ever been so deep in it that you didn't even realise you were in it? That was me with postpartum depletion. I didn't have the language for it. I just knew I was tired in a way sleep wasn't fixing, and I was holding it all together on the outside while quietly running on empty underneath. And here's what I've come to understand. This is not just a postpartum thing. This is an ambitious woman thing. So many of us have been pouring out for years and calling it normal. In this episode I'm sharing what that season taught me. Five nuggets of wisdom I wish I'd known sooner. We talk about the truth no one tells you about the basics, why the three-hour morning routine is a fantasy in a depleted season, what to actually do when "sleep when the baby sleeps" isn't an option, and why being deeply ambitious and deeply well were never meant to be opposites. This one is for the new mama. It is for the mother whose baby is now ten and still hasn't recovered. And it is for the ambitious woman who isn't a mother at all but knows exactly what it feels like to give everything and have nothing left for herself. Join ICONIC Mastermind: www.melissaambrosini.com/iconic Head to www.melissaambrosini.com/689 for the show notes. Join my weekly newsletter: www.melissaambrosini.com/newsletter Get my FREE ZenTone Meditation: www.melissaambrosini.com/zentone Follow me on Instagram: @melissaambrosini