Ambitious mothers with Kirstin Bouse (ep 51)

What this episode covers

From time to time, we all feel the tension between wanting to give ourselves to our families as mothers and also wanting to give ourselves to our careers. Today we’ve invited clinical and forensic psychologist, Kirstin Bouse to the podcast to share her professional advice on this very topic.   Kirstin is the owner of Perth Psychology Collective and author of book, The Conscious Mother.  Her clients include mums who experience perinatal anxiety or depression and Suite C executives finding it difficult to blend their professional and mothering worlds successfully.  One of Kirstin’s favourite topics to discuss is that of “ambitious mothers”.   Highlights from this episode include:  An introduction to “ambitious mothers”, a woman for whom career and motherhood are equally important and who devotes a huge amount of time and energy to both  A discussion of some of the most common issues faced by ambitious mothers, with the most common being trying to mother as if they don’t have a career and have a career as if they don’t have children  A snapshot summary of Kirstin’s wonderful book, The Conscious Mother, designed to guide women towards working out their own values and parenting style, both of which stem from a deep understanding of self  Kirstin’s philosophy to “be fully human” – life becomes easier when we let go of other people’s opinions about who we are  Kirstin’s honest advice about how to “be fully human” while also remaining professional and how she decides what parts of her personal life to share publicly  The approach Kirstin has taken to get herself through the unexpected breakdown of her marriage last year, including pulling back on her business to give herself mental space to focus on herself and her children    Links mentioned in this episode:   If you want to connect with Kirstin you can find her on Instagram and at Perth Psychology Collective If you want to buy your own copy of The Conscious Mother (which you most definitely should!) you can do so here   The Juggle Community, our free Facebook group  Find us on Instagram and Facebook  The Juggle website, where you can find all episodes of The Juggle and sign up to be notified when a new episode is released  Justine’s episode – “there’s no such thing as 200%”  Happy juggling!