#97 - From Canvas to Campaign: Why Mothers Need Unicorn Space and Systemic Change - Orli Cotel

Orli Cotel walked away from her creative self for 20 years. Career. Kids. Life got in the way.

Then at 42, she started painting again. Sold her first piece at 44.

She also spent two decades in the climate movement before pivoting to fight for paid leave when she became a parent and realised how broken the system is.

Here's what's powerful about Orli's story: she didn't choose between personal reclamation and systemic change. The two feed each other.

Her painting fills her cup so she CAN fight for parents. Her advocacy gives her purpose beyond herself.

In this episode: Why "unicorn space" (something solely yours) makes you a better parent. How becoming a parent shifted her work from climate to paid leave advocacy.

Why you can't spreadsheet your way out of broken systems. Redefining ambition from "who will I crush" to "what will I create."

And why motherhood is the grounding place, not the summit.

We've been told good mothers sacrifice everything. What if that narrative is what's breaking us?

Personal reclamation and systemic impact aren't competing. They make each other possible.