Breaking the Burnout Loop: Ambition, Identity & the Cost of Overachievement with Amina AlTai
What happens when you get everything you thought you wanted—and you still feel exhausted, invisible, or like it’s not enough?
In this episode, I sit down with executive coach, author, and chronic illness advocate Amina AlTai to talk about the ambition trap that so many women find themselves stuck in.
We’re talking burnout, people-pleasing, invisible labor, and the deeply ingrained systems that convince us our worth is tied to how much we produce.
Amina shares insights from her new book The Ambition Trap: How to Stop Chasing and Start Living, including why redefining ambition is key to healing, how codependency and chronic overachievement are related, and what high-performing women often get wrong about success.
If you’ve ever felt like you're doing everything and it’s still not enough—this conversation is your wake-up call and your permission slip to do it differently.
In this episode, you'll walk away learning:
- How the cultural definition of ambition keeps women stuck in burnout cycles
- Why burnout isn’t a personal failure—it’s a systemic setup
- The hidden cost of invisible labor, especially for women and mothers
- How your core wounds shape your ambition, your money mindset, and your relationships
- A practical framework to move from painful ambition to purposeful ambition
- Why even women who “have it all” still struggle to believe in their zone of genius—and how to reclaim it
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