Honor Your Energy as Much as Your Ambition: This One's For the Women Who Give Everything to Hustle and Nothing to Themselves
About this episode
Michelle discusses the challenges women face in balancing ambition with self-care amidst various pressures.
Michelle records from her car (not running because she's never let her electric battery get this low before and she's terrified) outside Ben's physio, reflecting on the slippery slope she's sliding down as spring market hits. She unpacks last week's flooded DMs—women who related to the work/kids/self-care juggle, plus women now caregiving for sick parents on top of everything else. She breaks down why men and women carry mental load so differently, the quote that stopped her in her tracks ("Be the woman who honors her energy as much as her ambition"), and why she spent $700 on a mountain bike to save Ben from bullying (was that the right call?). From realizing her "self-care" was actually draining her energy to admitting she defaults to work talk during the only hour she has alone with Josh each night, this is about the impossible pressure to be financially successful, emotionally available, physically present, and still show up for your marriage. Plus: why she feels amazing after sex but can't turn her brain off to actually want it. Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome & Spring Market Panic Mode 00:30 Slipping on Healthy Boundaries Already 03:00 Last Week's DMs: The Caregiver…
Topics covered
- self-care
- mental load
- caregiving
- work-life balance
- intimacy
- financial pressure
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