I have ambition and a good sense of my value at work – and yet I feel stuck.

I want to step up in my career and don’t want to sacrifice other areas of my life – how to balance it all?

I always feel like I have a lot on – my career, managing a household, holding everyone’s needs and emotions in mind, worrying about family that (perhaps) is far away. I know I should prioritise myself but what does that even mean when there are so many forces pulling me, and all needing my attention?

I am grateful for what I have yet feel like I don’t get to fully enjoy it. I feel I am doing so much yet also like I should be doing more – in my job, in my family, in my relationships, for myself.

I had to step back from work due to childcare (or health reasons or to care for someone) and I don’t know how to fit it all back in as I go back. What shape should my work-life balance take now?