Liza Jena

Liza Jena is a Bengaluru-based Quality Manager at a Big 4 firm and a mother. Her writing explores the messy, beautiful space between professional ambition and motherhood—what changes, what stays, and what we learn to redefine along the way. She is also the creator behind @quietlybalancing, a space inspired by her own experience of navigating career, motherhood and everything in between

Before Motherhood, I Wanted the Promotion. Now I Want Flexibility, Too.

October 1, 2026

Promoted to manager while pregnant, Liza expected to return from maternity leave with the same ambitions. But working around her baby’s routine—and reopening her laptop at 10 p.m.—changed what she needed from her career.