Mrs Mummy PhD®
This podcast is for ambitious, high-achieving Scholarly Mamas® who are juggling all the things…
As a Mama of three boys who juggled scholarly life (i.e. grad school, PhD life), a healthcare professional career, all while holding it down at home, host Dr Michelle Gibbs fully understands how challenging this journey can be.
But as driven and ambitious as we may think we are, we know full well that our scholarly pursuits don’t happen in a vacuum. Scholarly Motherhood a difficult, complex journey full of 'ups, downs and all arounds' in which we can easily lose ourselves under the pressure of it all.
So on this podcast, Michelle shares valuable tips and insights from lived experience to help you achieve your lofty goals without sacrificing what matters.
If you are a Mama on an academic journey who is wearing many hats and trying to blend your marriage/relationship, family, career, and scholarly worlds, then this space is for you!
Michelle is on a mission to help Mamas, like you, to blend your family life and scholarly pursuits/research career without losing yourself in the process. She wants to help you reach your life and career goals without sacrificing what matters, with strategies and insights to help you turn your juggle-struggle into purposeful success!
So Mama, are you in?
Fabulous!
Let's begin...
These are our journeys of becoming!
Mrs Mummy PhD®
117. Does Success Require An 'Unhealthy Obsession'?
What does it really take to achieve success— and is it worth the cost?
In this episode, I reflect on a recent video I saw on YouTube, by a former doctor turned entrepreneur who suggested that financial success requires an “unhealthy obsession” and intense personal sacrifice.
Join me as I unpack his perspective and why it may not apply to other types of success pursuits, why this mindset won't work for Scholarly Mamas® and why there are several unhelpful assumptions unpinning this thinking. I offer a slightly different viewpoint grounded in my lived experience of PhD Motherhood, that challenges grind culture and explores a more sustainable, fulfilling path to success.
If you've ever wondered whether you have to sacrifice what matters most to finish your PhD well as a Scholarly Mama®, this episode is for you!
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These are our journeys of becoming!
