When Your Identity Isn’t Yours: Breaking Free | You First Show with Shawanna Kennedy & Ashlee Washington

About this episode

This episode explores the challenges of identity loss and burnout faced by high-achieving women.

“I didn’t know who I was outside of what I did for others.” In this unfiltered continuation of You First with Shawanna Kennedy, Ashlee Washington returns to dig deeper into the burnout, identity loss, and emotional exhaustion that high-achieving women often suffer in silence. If you’ve ever wrapped your worth in productivity or lost yourself in meeting everyone else’s needs… this one’s for you. 🔥 Inside this episode: How burnout disguises itself as purposeWhat happens when your identity belon...

People in this episode

Host: Shawanna Kennedy

Guest: Ashlee Washington

Topics covered

• identity loss
• burnout
• high-achieving women
• emotional exhaustion
• self-worth
• productivity

Keywords

• identity
• burnout
• emotional exhaustion
• self-worth
• productivity
• high-achieving women

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