She’s ambitious and has always leaned into opportunities to lead. But in her current leadership role, her responsibilities just keep growing, which makes her feel like she can’t keep up. If this is what leadership is all about, she questions whether she even wants to lead anymore.
Host Muriel Wilkins coaches this leader through her burnout toward strategies ... Show More
Dec 1
Do I Really Want to Be CEO?
She’s a leader who unexpectedly finds herself running a company, but isn’t sure it is the right role for her long-term. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through defining what she can do versus what she wants to do, the level of responsibility she truly wants, and what might lie at ... Show More
41m 15s
Jul 2021
E23: How to Thrive After Burnout
Burnout: most of us face burnout at some point, or maybe we're even operating in what feels like a perpetual state of near-exhaustion and stress. I share some personal updates in this episode and then discuss how burnout happens, how to prevent it, and how to thrive even after a ... Show More
35m 32s
May 2023
Shelley Kemmerer: Dealing with Parental Burnout
<p dir="ltr">Shelley Kemmerer is a parent, a board certified physician assistant and the founder of Run Tell Mom, LLC. During her clinical year to become a physician’s assistant, Shelley became pregnant. She chose to keep her pregnancy a secret, even while enduring constant sickn ... Show More
54m 26s
May 2025
Let your ambition light you up, not burn you out | Tarveen Forrester
Burnout shouldn’t be the price of success, but setting boundaries at work is easier said than done. Tarveen Forrester, who oversees workplace culture at Kickstarter, shares practical strategies for protecting your time and cultivating “sustainable ambition,” so you can crush your ... Show More
8m 43s
Jun 2025
Breaking the Burnout Loop: Ambition, Identity & the Cost of Overachievement with Amina AlTai
What happens when you get everything you thought you wanted—and you still feel exhausted, invisible, or like it’s not enough? In this episode, I sit down with executive coach, author, and chronic illness advocate Amina AlTai to talk about the ambition trap that so many women find ... Show More
39m 30s