We Are More Than Moms
We Are More Than Moms
Peoples Media
The Career Lie Women Are Told About Motherhood with Peanut’s president Michelle Battersby
54 minutes Posted Mar 26, 2026 at 7:04 am.
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Michelle Battersby has built an incredible career—from helping launch Bumble in Australia to founding her own company and, at 30 weeks pregnant with her second child, selling that company and landing her dream job, president at Peanut. So the question is: can you really have both a big career and a family?


Like many ambitious women, Michelle once feared that becoming a mother might derail everything she’d worked for. Instead, it did the opposite.

In this episode, Michelle shares what it’s really like to navigate motherhood and ambition—from raising two kids 17 months apart away from her family in Australia, to why IDGAF is in the dictionary but matrescence isn’t, why so many women are still afraid to talk about pregnancy at work or while raising money, and how she’s learned to take bold risks and embrace discomfort—even in her motherhood era.


This episode is for every ambitious woman who’s ever wondered: Do I really have to choose?


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