{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Endocrine Matters","title":"Ambition, Motherhood & Burnout - Why So Many Women Feel Stuck in Their 40s","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3554,"description":"We were told ambition looks like one thing: a ladder, climbed in one direction, without stopping. So what happens when you step off it?For a lot of women — especially mothers — stepping back from a career feels like stepping down. The guilt is loud. The \"are you giving up?\" questions start fast. And \"stay-at-home mom\" still carries baggage it never earned.In this episode of Endocrine Matters, Dr. Arti Thangudu sits down with Neha Ruch, founder of The Power Pause, to challenge all of it — and to share her own story of pausing a 35-patient-a-day practice when her newborn needed her. Because the decision to pause, pivot, or recalibrate isn't a failure. It's one of the most intentional things a woman can do.🔍 This episode explores:🧭 What ambition actually means — and why it was never just a ladder ⏸ Why a career pause is not a career ender💬 How to answer \"what do you do?\" without shrinking💰 The financial conversation every couple should have before a pause😞 Why guilt is a signal to examine your values — not a verdict on them👶 How the skills of motherhood translate directly into leadership🤝 Why the \"working mom vs. stay-at-home mom\" divide hurts everyone🩺 Arti's own story — leaving the hamster wheel when her newborn needed her👩 This episode is for you if:You've ever felt behind for choosing a different pathYou're considering stepping back from work for familyYou've tied your identity tightly to your job titleYou're a mother navigating guilt around work decisionsYou want to rethink what ambition means in midlife⚖ The bottom lineA career pause is not a career ender. Ambition was never one ladder pointed in one direction. It's the determination to do what you actually care about — and that can be recalibrated again and again across a lifetime of work and family.If you've ever felt behind for choosing differently, you're not behind. You're choosing. And you're allowed to.About the HostDr. Arti Thangudu is a board-certified endocrinologist specializing in hormone health,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LA3-Z5npWAfURN2OcbeyEztCIcEpLMnD4wEPWOmRhWE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNjJl/MDMyMzEzMTRiNDAz/NzI3NDYwYjIyNWQ3/N2M5MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}