Why High-Achieving Women Struggle to Maintain Friendships with Diane Rolston (DW359)

About this episode

Diane Rolston discusses the challenges high-achieving women face in maintaining friendships and the societal factors that contribute to this struggle.

High achievers don't always have many close friends. Some of it is our fault, and some of it is how society sees high achievers. If this is something you can relate to, or you're just curious, listen as Diane Rolston, our host, reveals why high-achieving women struggle to maintain friendships. She shares the second episode in her friendships series, breaking down the reasons we lose friends (or never make them in the first place) and why society screws us over in this area. Listen to learn these key takeaways: The obvious reason everyone assumes, but there's a deeper layer to why it actually keeps us stuck that most people miss The Virtual Assistant client's wake-up call and what had to shift Why something that happens every time we level up quietly kills our friendships without us even noticing The dangerous lie high achievers tell themselves that turns "soon" into "never" The vulnerable truth high achievers don't admit to that keeps them from reaching out even when they desperately want to How society screws us over with three specific assumptions that make everything worse Why the most successful, capable women are often the loneliest and what happens when they try to be…

People in this episode

Hosts: Diane Rolston, Diane

Topics covered

• friendships
• high-achieving women
• social dynamics
• personal development

Keywords

• high achievers
• loneliness
• social assumptions
• friendship dynamics

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Virtual Assistant

Books & works: DW359, The 50 Friends by 50 Challenge (And What It’s Teaching, DW358, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Dynamic You

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