701: What Postpartum Depletion Taught Me About Being an Ambitious Woman
The Melissa Ambrosini Show
Melissa Ambrosini Pty Ltd
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🗓️ 31 May 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever been so deep in it that you didn't even realise you were in it? That was me with postpartum depletion. I didn't have the language for it. I just knew I was tired in a way sleep wasn't fixing, and I was holding it all together on the outside while quietly running on empty underneath. And here's what I've come to understand. This is not just a postpartum thing. This is an ambitious woman thing. So many of us have been pouring out for years and calling it normal.
In this episode I'm sharing what that season taught me. Five nuggets of wisdom I wish I'd known sooner. We talk about the truth no one tells you about the basics, why the three-hour morning routine is a fantasy in a depleted season, what to actually do when "sleep when the baby sleeps" isn't an option, and why being deeply ambitious and deeply well were never meant to be opposites. This one is for the new mama. It is for the mother whose baby is now ten and still hasn't recovered. And it is for the ambitious woman who isn't a mother at all but knows exactly what it feels like to give everything and have nothing left for herself.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Melissa Ambrisini Show. I'm your host, Melissa, best-selling author of |
| 0:07.5 | Mastering Your Mean Girl, Open Wide, Comparisonitis and Time Magic. And I'm here to remind you that |
| 0:14.0 | love is sexy, healthy is liberating, and wealthy isn't a dirty word. Each week I'll be getting |
| 0:20.7 | up close and personal |
| 0:21.8 | with thought leaders from around the globe, |
| 0:24.5 | as well as your weekly dose of motivation |
| 0:27.2 | so that you can create epic change in your own life |
| 0:31.1 | and become the best version of yourself possible. |
| 0:35.3 | Are you ready, beautiful? For a long time, I thought I was just |
| 0:43.9 | exhausted. Then I realized I wasn't tired. I was completely depleted and there is a very big |
| 0:50.3 | difference. Welcome back to the show. I am so excited that you are here. Today I want to talk |
| 0:56.8 | about something that I didn't have the language for when I was in it. Often that is the case. |
| 1:02.5 | I only have the language for it now on the other side, looking back. And that is postpartum |
| 1:09.5 | depletion. And before you think what like, what I'm about to share with you |
| 1:13.9 | is just for new mums or you are not a mum at all, I want you to stay with me because this isn't |
| 1:20.1 | just for new mums. If you have had a baby three, five, seven years ago and you still feel tired in a way that sleep does not |
| 1:31.7 | fix, this is for you. One of my best friends is five years in, and she still feels this. Now, |
| 1:39.7 | postpartum depletion can last years if it is never properly addressed and it can sit inside any season |
| 1:47.5 | of your life where you've been pouring out for a long stretch without filling yourself back up. |
| 1:53.3 | So this is for mothers, but it's also for the carers, the business owners, the women holding a lot, |
| 2:00.3 | the women who look capable on the outside and feel |
| 2:03.1 | completely depleted and empty on the inside. And here's what I want you to walk away with today. |
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