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[INTERVIEW] The POWER PAUSE; re-defining CAREER BREAKS, Navigating Societal Expectations and IDENTITY as ambitious moms

EmpowerHER

Kacia Ghetmiri

Education, Self-improvement, Business, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This convo is SO freaking JUICY. Today we have on Neha Ruch who is the author of “The Power Pause” <— a book I read in like 2 days because I was so obsessed with it. In this convo we talk about the complexities of motherhood, career identity, and the societal pressures women face to CHOOSE because honestly— as refreshing it is that there are more options available to us, there are also more CHOICES to be made. We peel back the whole journey of how this all started with Neha trying to navig...

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0:00.0

Welcome to Empower Her podcast where we're all about transparency, fun, and getting out of our own damn way to build lives we really freaking love.

0:15.6

My name's Keisha.

0:16.9

I'm a wife, mom, and serial entrepreneur obsessed with pulling back the curtain in a very

0:22.4

come with me.

0:23.5

Let's figure out life together kind of way.

0:26.1

Because let's be real.

0:27.2

Aren't we all just figuring it out as we go?

0:29.8

My intention with this show is that you leave each episode feeling so seen, but also with

0:35.5

some tactical tools to help get you from where you are now to where

0:39.3

you want to go in your life, career, relationships, and maybe even in your journey as a mom too.

0:44.8

So girlfriend, let's do the damn thing.

0:47.0

Girl, buckle on up.

0:48.3

I am so freaking excited that you're here for today's episode because we have on the show,

0:53.4

Neha Roosch, who is the author of

0:55.0

The Power Paws, which is a book that I read in legitimately two days because I was so obsessed

1:00.6

with it. And we talk about this movement that she started called Mother Untitled, which

1:07.3

turned into an incredible book deal that she got because honestly she had a point in her

1:13.5

career as a highly established person in her career, super ambitious woman. She decided that she

1:20.4

wanted to take a step back and be at home with her kids. And she starts the book by talking

1:25.7

about a conversation that she had with a woman at a pool where that woman asked what she does and she was an at-home parent.

1:33.3

And she didn't know how to answer that question.

1:34.8

And she realized that there was really just a need to start having conversations about pauses in careers, whether that looks like downshifting to part-time work or pausing altogether

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