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Shamelessly Ambitious I Helping Ambitious Women Prevent Burnout + Create Nervous System First Success in Business, Motherhood, & Life
Shamelessly Ambitious is an honest, grounding, and vulnerable podcast for ambitious, emotionally intelligent women who are done proving themselves, tired of living in constant high-functioning burnout, and craving a life and business that actually feel good.
Hosted by Ash McDonald—therapist, nervous-system-first business mentor, and speaker this show blends clinical expertise with lived experience to deliver nervous system tools, embodied strategies, and radical permission so you can expand your capacity, root into emotional steadiness, and build sustainable success that supports your whole life.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, stretched too thin, caught in productivity guilt, or stuck running on stress, this podcast meets you where you are—with therapeutic insights, embodied practices, and heartfelt stories that create real shifts. Whether you’re navigating motherhood, entrepreneurship, or the messy middle of redefining success, each episode helps you slow down, regulate, and return to a felt sense of safety in your body.
With over a decade of experience at the intersection of therapy and leadership, Ash pulls back the curtain on what really works—offering grounded guidance you can apply in real life.
What you’ll hear:
- Honest conversations about burnout recovery, nervous system regulation, and redefining success
- Somatic tools, meditations, and practices that build inner safety and capacity
- Stories of motherhood, mom-life, ambition, and the courage to create a life and business that feel rich and real
If you’re asking the following questions, you’re in the right place:
- How do I stop tying my worth to productivity?
- How do I know if I’m experiencing high-functioning burnout and what do I do about it?
- How do I balance motherhood and leadership without losing myself?
- How do I calm my body when I feel overwhelmed or overstimulated?
This is the podcast for when you’re ready to reclaim peace, expand what you can hold, and create success that doesn’t cost you yourself. Tune in and take the next step toward a regulated, rooted, and deeply fulfilling life.
Shamelessly Ambitious I Helping Ambitious Women Prevent Burnout + Create Nervous System First Success in Business, Motherhood, & Life
130. Unexpected Struggles of Success | RTWOS EP 5 with Jenn Pike
Have you ever felt like the success you're chasing is someone else's goal? Have you experienced mom guilt as a result of showing up more consistently in your business than at home? Or, have you ever been ashamed of the fiercely audacious woman you are and felt like you had to dim yourself down for the comfort of others? This is the Releasing The Wounds Of Success Series, Episode 5. ✨ Today's guest has felt all of the before. She's been in the pursuit of success, achieved it, and is now finding sweet sustainability — meet Jenn Pike. 🫶🏻
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Jenn is a medical exercise specialist and functional diagnostic nutritionist specializing in women's health and hormones, but she's also a best-selling author of three separate books: Simplicity Project, Simplicity Kitchen, and Simplicity Body.
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THE JUICY HIGHLIGHTS:
🖤 Being a woman thought leader in a male-dominated space
🖤 Experiencing mom guilt as a CEO
🖤 Financial success & a healing money mindset
THE EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
[4:00] Registering Jenn's first business at 17
[6:56] The stress of trying to compartmentalize your different roles
[9:02] "We can't model what we can't see"
[11:05] Masculine dominated business industry
[13:44] Half-assing everything in life 🍑
[17:46] Finding what your capacity is
[20:13] Fear, shame, and panic setting in when hitting a million
[29:13] New era of building sustainability
[32:00] Dealing with mom guilt
[34:01] Childhood money mindset as an adult
[36:08] Embracing power & audacity
REDEFINE MASTERMIND IS OPEN
Eeeek!! I can't even contain my excitement. REDEFINE applications are OPEN and while we don't start until February 2024, I'll be going through applications as soon as December 1, 2023. There are only eight spots so I can pour as much of myself into you as possible & keep this container super intimate and potent. This is a four-month experience where we're not just chasing quick wins — we're here for the long term.
MORE ABOUT ASH
I am the definition of duality — I swear like a sailor and break rules like it’s my job, but I also hold incredible space for my clients and work my ass off to help them achieve the success they’re after. But I'm also here for the non-preneur woman, too. My background in counseling gives me a unique perspective on what it means to show up, serve, & create connection for those who feel like they've never belonged before.
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