Most of the women I work with are brilliant, thoughtful, and deeply capable.
But they don’t always feel that way on the inside.
Maybe right now you’ve realized that in order to have a happy life, you need to do work that actually fills you up. You’re focused on doing something you’re passionate about — and getting paid well for it.
But even in work you care about… there’s still something that doesn’t feel steady.
You oscillate between:
Constantly doing too much, putting in hours of effort into every task…
…while at the same time feeling like you’re not doing enough.
Even when feedback is good, it’s hard to relax.
Maybe you were taught not just to do well, but to excel — and after excelling, to stay there. It leaves you with a voice that says: “You can’t ever mess up.”
So at the end of the day, when you close your laptop, pick up your kids, or spend time with your partner… you feel completely brain-dead. And it doesn’t feel fair to the people who matter most to you.
And yet, you know how good it feels when you’re in flow at work. When customers tell you how much your work impacts them — that’s where you feel most alive. That’s when you feel the meaning.