Can You Have It All? Ambition, Identity, and the Fertility Timeline with Brooke Taylor
· 43 min · S3 E48
Episode Can You Have It All? Ambition, Identity, and the Fertility Timeline with Brooke Taylor
High-achieving women often have everything on paper: the prestigious title, the corner office, the growing family, yet still feel a haunting emptiness inside. In this episode, Dr. Natalie Crawford sits down with Brooke Taylor, a transformational career coach and former Google marketing lead, to uncover why so many women are running on a “success wound” that confuses production with self-worth. By looking at the human element of ambition, Taylor explores how we can stop treating our lives like a high-stakes chess game and start finding a truer, more sustainable source of power that does not lead to burnout.
What You’ll Learn:
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The silent epidemic of the success wound and why high-achieving women often use professional significance as a coping mechanism for a "soul sickness."
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The two distinct power sources for ambition and how one leads to a frantic, frenzied lifestyle while the other fosters genuine collaboration.
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Why society rewards the "Justin" archetype and the cultural trap of assigning high morals to those who appear to struggle the most in their productivity.
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The "mental gymnastics" of family building and how to navigate the anxiety of a ticking clock when you are used to controlling every outcome.
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A breakdown of the five archetypes of high achievement from the grinder to the hider and how to diagnose your specific response to professional pressure.
Guest Resources:
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Website: Brooke Taylor Coaching
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Instagram: @brookevtaylor
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Order The Success Wound by Brooke Taylor https://brooketaylorcoaching.com/successwound/
Host Resources:
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Order The Fertility Formula! https://www.nataliecrawfordmd.com/book
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Newsletter: nataliecrawfordmd.com/newsletter
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Instagram: @nataliecrawfordmd
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Youtube Channel: Natalie Crawford MD
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Interested in becoming a patient?: Fora Fertility
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Links in the notes 9
- https://www.brooketaylorcoaching.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/brookevtaylor/
- https://brooketaylorcoaching.com/successwound/
- https://www.nataliecrawfordmd.com/book%E2%81%A0
- https://nataliecrawfordmd.com/newsletter
- https://www.instagram.com/nataliecrawfordmd/
- https://www.youtube.com/@NatalieCrawfordMD
- https://learnatpinnacle.com/education
- https://megaphone.fm/adchoices
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