What happens when your Career meets Motherhood?

In this episode, we sit down with Susie Powis, founder of HiHo Coaching, to explore what happens when your career journey collides with your motherhood journey. We talk about the identity shifts that come with becoming a parent, why mothers can find the early months particularly destabilising, and how the things that feel like setbacks - the lost confidence, the changed priorities, the daily unpredictability of life with a baby - are quietly building something new. Susie draws on 20 years in corporate leadership, her own difficult return to work after her second child, and her experience coaching parents back into their careers to help us understand why this moment deserves more recognition than it usually gets. This is part one of two - next episode, we get into what to do about it.