“I’m in the ‘panic years’ before having children – but my biggest worry is whether I’ll have to sacrifice my ambitions”

“Why so many women like me are experiencing ambition burnout in the ‘panic years’ before having children”

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“I’m in the ‘panic years’ before having children – but my biggest worry is whether I’ll have to sacrifice my ambitions”

By Amy Beecham

2 months ago

9 min read

Stylist’s senior writer Amy Beecham has always had big dreams of a successful career. She’s also long desired to become a mother before she turns 30. With those two goals feeling increasingly at odds, she explores how a generation of women are exhausting themselves trying to build successful careers ‘in time’ before having children – and how this is causing ‘ambition burnout’.


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