She walked away from £24 million.
Two weeks before giving birth.
Sedge Beswick is a founder, former CEO, and one of the most honest voices on what it actually costs to build a business, become a mother, and decide what matters most when the two collide.
In this episode, we talk about:
– why she turned down a multimillion pound deal days before her due date
– the invisible pressure to work like you don't have kids and parent like you don't have a career
– responding to Slack messages in the labour ward
– sobbing uncontrollably on her first day back in the office
– stepping away from the business she founded to reclaim time with her daughters
– why confidence is sold to women as something we lack, not something we already have
– how ambition doesn't die in the delivery room but identity, time, and clarity all shift
– being told she "ruined it for women" because she chose motherhood over an exit
– the millennial career crisis and why quitting isn't failure
– financial freedom, shared parenting, and setting boundaries that actually work
This conversation is raw, grounding, and unapologetically real.
For anyone navigating ambition, motherhood, identity, or the messy middle of all three, this one will stay with you.
Follow Sedge at @sedgebeswick on Instagram and LinkedIn
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