Work Series: The Truth About Stepping Back from your career — And Coming Back even Stronger, with Neha Ruch

The Motherkind Podcast

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 837 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Welcome back to our special series on work and motherhood. Here's something we don't talk about enough: the vast majority of ambitious, educated women will pause or shift their careers for a season while raising children, and not because they're giving up, but because they're playing the long game. In fact, 1 in 3 women will fully pause; 1 in 2 will downshift; and 90% will eventually return to the workforce. So these old labels of working and stay at home mum just don't fit anymore. The reality is far more fluid than that. And there's a new wave of mothers who are choosing intentional pauses, not permanent exits. Today's guest is an absolute expert in this area. Neha Ruch the founder of Mother Untitled, a platform that's helping to rewrite the narrative around ambition and motherhood. In this conversation, we explore how pausing your career can actually be a power move, a time to deepen, grow, and figure out what's next for you. A time to develop new skills and become even more aligned. So if you've ever questioned your choices, your ambition, or your timeline, then this is the episode for you. Click Here⁠ to order your copy of 'Motherkind: A New way to thrive in a world of endless expectations’ Motherkind is sponsored by Wild Nutrition, the brand raising the bar for women’s supplements. Want to feel the Food-Grown difference yourself? Get 50% off for three months at ⁠wildnutrition.com/motherkind⁠. Ts and Cs apply. Discover the May App here: ⁠https://app.adjust.com/1od0zbe1?campaign=The+Motherkind+Podcast⁠ For a £100 sponsored job credit visit ⁠Indeed.com/ Motherkind⁠ Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MOTHERKIND at ⁠https://www.oneskin.co/⁠ #oneskinpod This show is sponsored by FreePrints. Download the Free Prints app for iPhone and Android from the App store or Google Play or visit freeprints.co.uk.Continue the Conversation: Join our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey ⁠Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Motherkind. We are sponsored by Wild Nutrition's Women's Supplements,
0:12.5	and this is the podcast that helps you navigate the messy, beautiful, transformative experience
0:17.4	of motherhood with more clarity and confidence. Welcome, welcome. I'm so excited for this
0:23.3	episode, the next one in our special work series. Here's something we don't talk about enough.
0:28.9	The vast majority of ambitious, educated women will pause or shift their careers for a season
0:35.5	while raising children and not because they're giving up,
0:38.1	but because they're playing the long game. In fact, one in three women will fully pause,
0:43.7	one in two will downshift and 90% will eventually return to the workforce. So these old labels
0:50.0	of working mum and stay at home mum just don't fit anymore. The reality is it is far more fluid
0:56.3	than that. And there is a new wave of mothers who are choosing intentional pauses, not permanent exits.
1:02.2	And my guest today is an absolute expert in this area. Neharroos is at the forefront of this movement.
1:08.2	She is the founder of Mother Untitled, a platform that's helping to rewrite the
1:12.4	narrative around ambition and motherhood. And in this conversation, we explore how pausing your
1:17.9	career can actually be a power move, a time to deepen, a time to grow, a time to figure out
1:23.5	what's next for you, grow new skills and become even more aligned. So if you've ever
1:27.9	questioned your choices, your ambition or your timeline, then this is the episode for you. I know
1:33.9	you're going to love it. I can't wait for you to hear it. Here it is. Excited to tell you about
1:41.7	a new sponsor this week, the May may app are you finding it difficult to find
1:45.9	real answers to your questions amidst hours of scrolling forums and google searches are you looking
1:52.5	for something to simplify your journey of motherhood well then may is the app for you and it's
1:58.1	finally reached the UK after years of success in France with
2:01.8	750,000 users. May is a digital health app designed for parents and future parents made by
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