The Good Girl Syndrome: What the Church Got Wrong About Women | Kate Bartley Pt. 1

About this episode

Daphne Boyd and Kate Bartley discuss the Good Girl Syndrome and its impact on women.

What if the exhaustion you're carrying isn't a faith problem — it's a pattern problem? In this episode, I sit down with Kate Bartley — somatic coach, former physical therapist, former minister, cancer survivor, and author of The Good Girl RX — for one of the most honest conversations I've had on this podcast yet. And friend, we went there. We're talking about the Good Girl Syndrome — that deeply ingrained pattern of performing, over-serving, and self-abandoning that so many of us have dressed...

People in this episode

Host: Daphne Boyd

Guest: Kate Bartley

Topics covered

• Good Girl Syndrome
• faith
• self-abandoning
• coaching
• women's issues

Keywords

• Good Girl Syndrome
• faith problem
• self-abandoning
• somatic coach
• women's empowerment

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Good Girl RX

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