What does balance look like when career and motherhood both matter? In this episode of It’s Both, host Nikki P and guest Heather Neisen have authentic conversations about parenting in the gray—the messy middle where emotional complexity is real and tidy answers don’t exist.
Through honest storytelling, they explore both/and thinking: ambition and nurture, pride and guilt, capacity and limits. Heather shares her personal transformation—naming the mental load of motherhood, shifting identity, and the role of community support—while Nikki offers practices for self-compassion and building emotional resilience without toxic positivity.
If you’re feeling the tug-of-war between work and home, navigating working mom burnout, or learning to hold multiple truths, this conversation offers language, validation, and simple tools for navigating life’s gray areas—so you can make decisions from clarity, not shame.
Because life isn’t either/or—it’s both.
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