The Found Podcast with Molly Knuth5 Feb 2025

188: A Kerfuffle: What Ambitious Women Really Need in 2025

It's 2025, and I'm kicking off the year (okay, I know, it is February already, but I'm just getting warmed up over here) with some thoughts on what women—especially ambitious moms, business owners, and entrepreneurs—don't need more of this year.

Spoiler alert: it's not another free download that's only two pages long, another social media platform, or another "life-changing" productivity hack.

In this episode, I'm sharing how I eased into the new year (hello, sauna time and slow workouts) and a download of information that hit me on a random Saturday. We're talking about stripping away the excess and focusing on what really matters: creating instead of consuming, making space for what we love, and redefining success on our terms.

Tune in to hear:

How I intentionally eased into 2025
Why women don't need more shoulds this year
What it really looks like to align with your own values
The power of connection, third spaces, and nerding out over what you love
Why you were never meant to do life alone as an ambitious woman

It's time to stop chasing more and start making space for what truly fuels us. Let's get find ourselves in episode 188 of The Found Podcast with Molly Knuth.

Connect with Molly:

Find me and all my business life/personal life shenanigans at @mollyknuth_mkm on Instagram and Facebook. Subscribe to Founder's Field Notes, my weekly email series, where I talk about what I'm observing in life and in business in real time at https://mkm.myflodesk.com/email.

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