We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Amanda Cahill a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Amanda, appreciate you joining us today. So let’s jump to your mission – what’s the backstory behind how you developed the mission that drives your brand?

The story behind my mission started in motherhood during one of the most beautiful yet disorienting chapters of my life.

After having my son, I found myself in a space I never expected: physically healing, emotionally unraveling, and spiritually lost. I had spent so much of my life checking the boxes, but nothing prepared me for the identity shift that came with becoming a mother.

As a high achieving, ambitious woman, I was used to being the woman who had it all together. But in the quiet moments of postpartum, I realized I didn’t even know who I was anymore. My body didn’t feel like mine. My mind was clouded with exhaustion and self-doubt. And all of the sudden, the things that used to drive me like achievement, recognition, progress, it all felt empty.

It was in that stillness and struggle that something cracked open. I started asking myself questions I had never paused long enough to answer: Who am I really? What do I want my life to feel like? What do I believe about success now?

That was the beginning of redefining everything.

My mission was born out of that deeply personal transformation. Today, I help ambitious women learn to turn inward—to stop living for everyone else’s expectations and start aligning their lives and careers with their true selves. I believe that when women slow down long enough to listen to their own voice, they remember who they are. And from that place, they begin to create lives that are rooted in purpose, not pressure.

It’s not about becoming someone new. It’s about coming back to the woman you were always meant to be. That’s the heart of my work, and it all started when I had the courage to do that for myself.

Amanda, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

Hi, I’m Amanda Cahill, bestselling author of Redefining You, podcast host, speaker, and a voice for women who are ready to come home to themselves.

My work is rooted in one mission: to help ambitious women align their life and career with their truest, most fulfilled selves. Whether it’s through my book, podcast, speaking engagements, or coaching, everything I do is designed to help women rediscover who they are underneath the roles they’ve been playing and then build a life that reflects that truth.

I didn’t set out to become a voice for women’s transformation. In fact, for years, I followed the “success script” to a T where I was climbing the corporate ladder, building a beautiful life, and achieving everything I thought I was supposed to want. But after becoming a mother, I found myself completely unmoored. My identity, my confidence, even my sense of purpose felt like it had vanished. And it forced me to ask: Who am I now? And what do I really want?
That inner reckoning sparked a journey that ultimately became my book Redefining You, which is not just a book, but a movement. A call for women to stop living by default and start living by design.

Today, my offerings reflect that transformational path. I offer:
• My book, Redefining You, which guides women through the process of releasing old beliefs and building a life rooted in confidence, clarity, and personal alignment.
• My podcast, also called Redefining You, where I speak openly about motherhood, career, identity, and growth.
• Courses and resources to help women redefine their personal brand, develop executive presence, and design lives that reflect their purpose, not just their résumé.
• Speaking engagements where I connect with corporate groups and women’s organizations on topics like self-leadership, confidence, and redefining success on your own terms.

What sets my work apart is that it’s not about fixing women or pushing them to do more; it’s about helping them be more of who they already are. I don’t believe in hustle culture or perfection. I believe in showing up authentically, letting go of expectations, and building a life that honors the whole woman.

What I’m most proud of is the message I get over and over again from women who read my book or listen to my podcast: “I felt seen. I finally feel like I’m not alone.” That, to me, is everything.

If there’s one thing I’d want readers to take away, it’s this: You don’t have to keep striving to become someone else to feel worthy. You already are. Sometimes you just need permission and the tools to return to the woman you were always meant to be.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

One of the biggest lessons I had to unlearn was that my worth was tied to my productivity.
For most of my life, I equated being busy with being valuable. If I wasn’t doing, achieving, or checking something off a list, I felt like I was falling behind, or worse, like I wasn’t enough.

That belief ran deep. I wore my ambition like a badge of honor, constantly pushing myself to be the best at work, at home, in every role I played. And while that drive helped me accomplish a lot, it also led me to burnout, self-doubt, and a kind of emotional exhaustion I couldn’t outrun.

The real unraveling happened after I became a mother. Suddenly, I wasn’t able to do “all the things” like I used to. My time wasn’t my own. My body was healing. My emotions were raw. I remember feeling like I was failing because I wasn’t being as productive, but the truth was, I was doing the most important work of my life: learning how to care for a child and rediscover who I was underneath all the striving.

It forced me to slow down and ask: If I’m not constantly achieving… who am I?

That question changed everything.

I had to unlearn the belief that my value came from what I produced—and start believing that my worthiness was inherent. That simply being me was enough. That rest, presence, and reflection weren’t signs of weakness. They were necessary for growth and healing.

It’s still something I remind myself of often. But now I catch myself in those moments and choose differently. And that shift and unlearning the hustle to make space for alignment is a cornerstone of what I now teach and live by.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

One of the most defining moments of resilience in my journey came after the birth of my son.
On paper, everything looked beautiful. I had a healthy baby, supportive partner, a career I had worked hard for. But internally, I felt like I was unraveling and life was falling apart. I had always been the strong one, the optimistic one, the one who could juggle it all. But motherhood knocked me off my feet in a way I never saw coming.

I struggled deeply with postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety, the loss of control over my time and body, and the overwhelming pressure to bounce back, not just in how I looked, but to who I was and how I worked. But the truth was, that woman no longer existed. And I didn’t yet know who I was becoming.

There were days I cried in the shower just to have a moment to myself. Nights I doubted whether I was cut out for this. And mornings where I forced a smile in meetings, even though I hadn’t slept in days.

But here’s where the resilience came in: I didn’t pretend everything was fine. I got honest with myself. I started therapy. I found ways to give myself grace. I stopped glorifying the idea of “pushing through” and instead gave myself permission to slow down, heal, and rebuild from the inside out.

That season of my life taught me that resilience isn’t about being unbreakable. It’s about being willing to fall apart, and still choose to get back up. It was not about going back to who I was, but by becoming someone even stronger, more grounded, and more whole.

That experience became the foundation of my book, Redefining You. It’s also the reason I now speak so openly about motherhood, identity, and self-worth, because I know I’m not the only one who’s felt lost in a life that looked “perfect” from the outside.

Real resilience is found in the quiet moments when no one is watching, and you decide to keep going anyway.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.amandacahill.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandacahill__
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-cahill