The Most Ambitious Woman in the Room Is Also the Most Present Mom — Here's Her Secret | Exclusive Interview with Alex Pensiero, Founder of Wellspring Coaching

What if the skills that make you a great mom are the exact same ones that make you a great leader? In this episode of Between Meetings and Motherhood, host Alexa Starks sits down with Alex Pensiero — doctor, school psychologist, leadership coach, and founder of Wellspring Coaching and Consulting (wellspringcoachingandconsulting.org) — for a deeply honest conversation about ambition, identity, failure, and what it really means to raise daughters while building a business.Alex started her career working with students who had significant behavioral challenges, went on to earn multiple master's degrees and a doctorate in leadership coaching for organizational performance, and now runs a coaching firm dedicated to helping leaders grow from the inside out. Oh, and she did most of it while raising two daughters in gymnastics and figuring out how to sleep on 45-minute increments.In this episode:From third grade teacher dream to school psychologist to leadership coach — how one woman followed her passion at every turnWhy "filling your own cup" isn't selfish — it's a gift to your kidsThe toxic power of the word "should" and how to stop letting society write your definition of successHow imposter syndrome and mental load show up in leadership coaching — and how to work through bothReframing failure as opportunity: a mindset she learned at 21 working with trauma-impacted studentsThe goal-setting technique she uses with her daughters at gymnastics that works for kids and executives alikeWhat she's actively teaching her daughters about compromise, ambition, and emotional regulationWhy patience, flexibility, and empathy are the three leadership skills motherhood builds mostModeling what it looks like to apologize, own your mistakes, and keep goingAlex is also featured in the June issue of Mothered Magazine — read the full interview at motheredmagazine.com.📲 Find Wellspring Coaching: wellspringcoachingandconsulting.org | @wellspringcoaches on Instagram & TikTokAnd follow ⁠Mothered Magazine⁠ on Instagram for more behind-the-scenes and details from the June issue!Interested in being featured in the next issue of Mothered Magazine? Check out feature opportunities here: ⁠https://www.motheredmagazine.com/be-featured ⁠And follow CEO of Mothered Media & Editor-in-Chief of Mothered Magazine, Alexa Starks on ⁠Instagram⁠ or ⁠LinkedIn⁠