Teresa Sweeney — Author · Host of Rewritten

Meet Teresa

Author, Wall Street Executive, Podcast Host, and Mother of Two.

I've spent 17+ years building a career in finance and strategy — from McKinsey to private equity, GLG, Blackstone, and now as Head of Investment Intelligence at a New York-based investment firm.

For a long time, I thought success meant getting to the next room, the next role, the next milestone.

And then I started to wonder: what if I wanted the career — but not the version where everything else I cared about got squeezed out around it?

That question became the foundation of my work.

I speak and write about ambition, motherhood, leadership, health, marriage, boundaries, and how we can avoid chasing definitions of success that don't fit, and that we never consciously chose. My work is for women who want meaningful careers and full lives — and who refuse to believe they have to choose between the two.

I live in New York with my husband and two kids.

Writing for ambitious women done living someone else's script.

Everyone wants to know whether women can "have it all." I think that's the wrong question. There's no one "all." There's only the version you choose — or the version you drift into because you never stopped long enough to define it. This is for ambitious women who want serious careers, full lives, and a definition of success that doesn't require sacrificing everything else they care about.

From the outside it looked like I had shattered a glass ceiling.

I had followed the script since college: every internship, every promotion, every credential. One after the next. And then I got to one of those "made it" moments and realized something I didn't expect. I wasn't sure I wanted the life it was leading me toward. So I stopped. Looked up. And started asking a better question: what kind of success would actually feel worth having?

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Teresa Sweeney speaking on stage at the Blackstone 2024 Data Science & AI Forum

Our lives aren't shaped by what we want. They're shaped by what we accept.

I write for the woman who has checked the boxes and still feels like something is off. The one with the career, the family, the calendar, the responsibilities — and the clear sense that success shouldn't have to come at the cost of her health, marriage, motherhood, joy, or self.

We'll talk about ambition, leadership, boundaries, partnership, parenting, and the daily choices that help you stop living by someone else's script — and start living on your own terms.

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What I write about

Where it begins

The Wake-Up

The moment we realize we may be winning at a game we never consciously chose. Stories about ambition, motherhood, career pivots, "made it" moments, and the question underneath all of it: Is this actually what I want?

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The honest part

The Reckoning

What we accept becomes the life we live. An honest look at the standards we've inherited, the patterns we've tolerated, and the places we've negotiated against ourselves.

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The daily work

The Practice

Living on our own terms isn't one bold decision. It's the small, daily choices that move us toward who we want to be.

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My book will be published Fall 2027. The title's still under wraps.

A playbook for ambitious women ready to stop living by someone else's definition of success — and start building their own.

Define what you actually want — not what you inherited.
Raise the standard for what you accept at work, at home, and in your own head.
Protect the time, energy, and relationships that make the rest of your life work.
Build one framework across career, self, partnership, and parenting.

Be first to know Title, cover, and launch date announced to the list first.

My Podcast

Rewritten

Co-hosted with my longtime friend Jess Wass, Rewritten is for ambitious women in demanding careers grappling with the gap between the life that looks right on paper and the one that actually feels like theirs. Real conversations for women rewriting what it means to be a mom, a wife, and a boss.

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Rewritten podcast cover — Jess Wass and Teresa Sweeney

Episodes

Ep. 01How Did We Get Here

Ep. 02How Do You Define Success

Ep. 03Coming Soon

Ep. 04Coming Soon

Ep. 05Coming Soon

Ep. 06Coming Early Fall 2026

Ep. 07Coming Early Fall 2026

Ep. 08Coming Early Fall 2026

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My writing, three times a week.

Stories, reframes, and honest notes on ambition, motherhood, leadership, and building a life on your own terms.

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Teresa Sweeney at Harvard Business School

TeresaSweeney

Author, Wall Street Executive, Podcast Host, and Mother of Two.

Rewritten

On Your Terms

The Book

Writing for ambitious women done living someone else's script.

The Wake-Up

The Reckoning

The Practice

My book will be published Fall 2027. The title's still under wraps.

Rewritten

My writing, three times a week.

TeresaSweeney

Author, Wall Street Executive, Podcast Host, and Mother of Two.

Rewritten

On Your Terms

The Book

Writing for ambitious women done living someone else's script.

The Wake-Up

The Reckoning

The Practice

My book will be published Fall 2027. The title's still under wraps.

Rewritten

My writing, three times a week.

Build a life on your terms.

Build a life
on your terms.