Tag: mental-health
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How to Stop Over-Explaining in Meetings and Build Authority in a Male-Dominated Workplace
If you’re a woman working in a male-dominated workplace and constantly feel the need to over-explain in meetings, you’re not alone. Many high-achieving women believe the more detail they provide, the more competent they will appear. They prepare more. Explain more. Justify more. But instead of helping you be taken seriously at work, over-explaining often…
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This Work Is For You If You’re Successful but Feel Internally Chaotic
Here we are at the start of a new year.Most people are focused on resolutions — lists of things they want to do better, fix, or finally get right. Personally, that’s never worked for me. It just adds one more thing to the long list of expectations I already feel like I’m supposed to live…
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Why Confidence Fades in High-Achieving Women (And How to Rebuild It Without Burnout)
If you’ve ever thought “Why does this feel so hard for me when everyone else seems fine?”you’re not alone — and you’re not broken. Many high-achieving women enter their careers confident, capable, and motivated… and slowly begin to feel smaller, quieter, and unsure of themselves over time. Not because they’re weak.But because their nervous system…
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Imposter Syndrome at Work: Why High-Achieving Women Struggle (And How to Stop It)
You’re competent.You’re qualified.You’ve earned your seat at the table. And yet… there’s a quiet voice in your head that whispers, “Any minute now, they’re going to realize I don’t actually belong here.” If this feels familiar, you’re not alone—and you’re not broken. Imposter syndrome at work disproportionately affects high-achieving women, especially those working in male-dominated…
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