What if the life you worked so hard to build has started to feel like something you’re simply trying to survive? Dr. Li's guest this week, Kusum Basavaraju, knows something about ambition. She moved from India to the United States alone, having never flown before, slept on university floors between shifts, and went on to build a six-figure Wall Street career with no network and no safety net. But somewhere along the way, she began asking a different question: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦?
Today, Kusum is an identity and leadership coach helping ambitious working mothers stop white-knuckling their way through careers, motherhood, expectations, and the endless pressure to do more. In the episode, they talk about self-confidence, self-trust, intuition, redefining ambition, and why real leadership begins by learning to lead yourself. They also explore how women can continue pursuing what sets their souls on fire while still being present for the lives and people they love.
Because becoming a mother doesn’t mean your ambition disappears. And success doesn’t have to require sacrificing yourself to achieve it.
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