Heather Black is the founder of Supermums—upskilling 1800+ women in tech.

But that's not where her story starts.

She built a Salesforce career while raising two daughters. Not as a backup plan. Not "just in case."

But because she refused the false choice:

You don't have to choose between being a devoted mother and having a career that's yours. You can build both.

And when life changed unexpectedly, that foundation—the one she'd been building all along—kept her standing.

In this episode:

How Heather strategically invested in herself—upskilling in Salesforce, then AI, never stopping.

Her mission: getting more women into tech and onto boards (why it matters).

Why career + motherhood strengthen each other, not compete.

Financial independence as wholeness, not backup plan.

Why building something that's yours isn't selfish—it's strategic.

Motherhood isn't the summit. It's base camp.

For mothers building foundations that honour ALL of who they are.

The last 5 years of parenting has been a constant fight to not catch a cold.

I lost that fight this week. Again!

I'm recording this with a sore throat, still recovering from the bug my kids gave me over two weeks ago.

And yet the routine continues. Because I haven't figured out how to take time off from being needed by y 3 and 5 year old.

In this episode:

Why being sick as a working parent is a completely different ball game. Despite being an advocate for self-care, I realise I drop the ball on it during my sick seasons.

I haven't figured out yet how to not be needed—or allow myself to recognise that maybe I'm at less capacity. And motherhood itself has us operating at less time, less energy, less capacity anyway, which makes it even harder. The guilt cycle starts.

For anyone listening who is unwell: even me, who seems to have it together with self-care, is struggling with this.

So I keep trying to function on paracetamol, coffee, and spite.

For everyone else sick and still showing up—I see you. Solidarity!

Amy Lewin is in the thick of it—Marketing and Commercial Director at Girls in Marketing, mum to a toddler, and pregnant with baby number two.

She gets it. The juggle. The ambition that doesn't fit into naptime. The choices you make when you refuse to wait for "someday."

In this episode:

How becoming a mother shifted her from defining herself in "boxes" (career achievements, professional identity) to full integration: work, motherhood, ambition—all overlapping, all real.

Second time around: halfway through her pregnancy with baby number two, Amy reflects on what she's doing differently this time (spoiler: less pressure, more permission).

The choices you make to focus and prioritise in this chapter of life: Amy works from home, and she won't consider an in-office job. That's a hard line.

Here's why.

Community building professionally vs. personally: she builds communities for a living, but making mum friends? That required courage she didn't expect.

Redefining ambition: what it was before (career ladder, achievements) vs. what it is now (building something her son would be proud of).

This is a conversation about integration over perfection.

About building career and family—not choosing one over the other. About second chances and doing it differently.

For mothers who refuse to wait for "someday" and are intentionally building their version of life today.