Neha
Neha Ruch is the founder of The Power Pause, the leading platform reframing the conversation around women, work, caregiving, and career pauses. A thought leader, author, and sought-after speaker on women’s evolving relationships with ambition, work, parenting, and identity, Neha has spent the past decade challenging outdated narratives around stay-at-home motherhood and advocating for greater dignity, choice, and possibility across the spectrum of how women work and care.
She is the author of the USA Today bestseller The Power Pause: How to Plan a Career Break After Kids—and Come Back Stronger Than Ever, published by Putnam in January 2025. Through her writing, research, and community, Neha is helping expand the cultural conversation beyond the traditional stay-at-home versus working-mother binary and toward a more nuanced understanding of nonlinear careers and modern family life.
Neha lives in Manhattan with her husband, their two children, and their dog, Coconut.