At a recent female entrepreneur conference, I noticed something I couldn't stop thinking about.
Three different speakers mentioned that their husbands had affairs.
It wasn't the central focus of their talks, but it revealed a deeper pattern I see often among high-achieving women: extraordinary external success paired with disconnection inside relationships.
In this episode, we're exploring the hidden relational cost of constantly living in performance mode and why so many women were taught how to achieve, lead, produce, and hold everything together…but never taught the skillset required to sustain a secure partnership.
This episode is for the woman who no longer wants to choose between creating an impact and experiencing deep intimacy.
PODCAST TIMESTAMPS:
2:49 - The belief you were handed about independence that's costing you intimacy
8:24 - How CEO mode follows you on a first date (and what it costs you)
11:17 - The era that taught women power looks like hardness
14:08 - Why the "soft life" pendulum swing isn't the answer either
26:36 - The silent standard that's keeping men from stepping up
30:08 - What actually makes a man think "she's the one."
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