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How motherhood can create internal conflict with your former ambitious self

Before having kids I was career-focused and ambitious and now I just want to be home with them but I feel like I am disappointing my younger self who worked so hard.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The shift in priorities feels like betrayal of your previous dreams rather than natural evolution of desire.

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