S7EP1:  Redefining Success After Motherhood: Career Pivots, Ambition & Trusting Your Gut with Loren Finger

Written By Jocelyn Auyeung

Episode Summary

Welcome to Season 7 of the Empowered Working Mom Revolution podcast! This season, we're continuing our mission to bring you real, honest conversations that help you feel seen, heard, and more equipped to navigate your motherhood journey on your own terms.

We're kicking things off with a conversation I can't wait for you to hear. If you've ever hit a moment where the path you've been on just isn't working anymore — but you're not quite sure what's next — this episode is for you.

I sit down with Loren Finger, career coach for mums and founder of EmpowerHER Careers, to talk about what it really looks like to walk away from a high-achieving career that became completely unsustainable after becoming a mom, and the courageous pursuit of work that actually feels meaningful. We get into redefining success on your own terms, the truth about ambition after motherhood, and two practical tools for trusting yourself when self-doubt gets loud.

What You'll Learn in This Episode

  • What it looks like to pivot from lawyer → non-profit CEO → coach, and what finally made it feel possible

  • Why motherhood doesn't make you less ambitious — it makes you more discerning about what's worth your drive

  • How to keep revisiting your values and priorities as your life evolves

  • How to use "thought downloads" to cut through internal noise and reconnect with your gut

  • Why self-doubt is actually a signal that you're growing — and how to reframe it

About Our Guest: Loren Finger

Loren Finger is a career coach for mums and the founder of EmpowerHER Careers, an education and coaching company where she helps moms figure out "what's next" in their career — and then helps them find and land fulfilling work that aligns with their professional potential, ambition, and life as a mum.

Loren has worked in recruitment, corporate law, and nonprofit leadership, bringing deep insider knowledge of how hiring decisions are made and how to stand out. She also brings lived experience as a mum who has successfully navigated career change multiple times.

Connect with Loren Finger

Keywords: working mom podcast, career change after baby, redefining success as a mom, ambition after motherhood, career pivot for moms, trusting your intuition, mom career coach, work-life integration, returning to work after maternity leave, high-achieving moms, self-doubt and growth, meaningful work, empowered working moms, Season 7

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Connect with Host Jocelyn Auyeung:

Jocelyn Auyeung is a Life and Career Transitions Coach (ICF PCC) helping people trust their intuition while honoring the reality of their life as they navigate major life and career transitions — so they can move forward with both clarity and alignment. A former educator, mom of two (yes, a tween AND a teen — she's in it), and the host of the Empowered Working Mom Revolution podcast, Jocelyn brings both professional expertise and lived experience to every conversation.

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Jocelyn Auyeung https://www.jocelynauyeung.com