High achieving women often experience immense pressure to excel in their current careers while fulfilling responsibilities as mother and a partner. The expectations placed on them both internally and externally can create a delicate balancing act that requires understanding and support. High-achieving women like me often feel this crazy pressure to nail it in every area. It’s like walking a tightrope, needing support and understanding. Willie, reflecting on his own experiences, totally gets it. In this podcast episode, Willie and I discuss the pressures faced by high-achieving women and how husbands can support their wives. We emphasize the importance of understanding and validating these struggles and not adding more pressure. We also address common questions husbands may have and the insecurities that may arise. Summary <ul> <li>Balancing marriage, motherhood, and a career can be challenging for high-achieving women</li> <li>Husbands can support their wives by understanding their pressures and not adding more pressure</li> <li>Addressing insecurities and working on personal growth is important for husbands</li> <li>Empower X is a platform that offers resources and support for high-achieving women</li> </ul>

High achieving women often experience immense pressure to excel in their current careers while fulfilling responsibilities as mother and a partner. The expectations placed on them both internally and externally can create a delicate balancing act that requires understanding and support. High-achieving women like me often feel this crazy pressure to nail it in every area. It’s like walking a tightrope, needing support and understanding. Willie, reflecting on his own experiences, totally gets it. In this podcast episode, Willie and I discuss the pressures faced by high-achieving women and how husbands can support their wives. We emphasize the importance of understanding and validating these struggles and not adding more pressure. We also address common questions husbands may have and the insecurities that may arise. Summary Balancing marriage, motherhood, and a career can be challenging for high-achieving women Husbands can support their wives by understanding their pressures and not adding more pressure Addressing insecurities and working on personal growth is important for husbands Empower X is a platform that offers resources and support for high-achieving women

Balancing Act: Juggling Marriage, Motherhood, and Career | EU 218

You’re exhausted.
Not just physically. Emotionally. You’re running a household, keeping up with your career, holding the family calendar together, and still somehow managing the grocery list. You’re the default parent, the peacekeeper, the one who never stops, even when you should be resting. And somewhere in between the laundry and the late-night emails, you’ve lost the version of yourself that wasn’t running on fumes.

I’m Veronica Cisneros, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, wife, and mom of three. I know what it’s like to feel disconnected from your spouse, stuck in silent power struggles over household chores, and torn between excelling in your career and actually enjoying your family. I’ve been the people-pleaser, the overachiever, the one trying to “hold it all together” while anxiety worked overtime behind the scenes.

On Empowered and Unapologetic, we’re ditching the guilt and having the conversations no one’s having at the PTA meeting. Here, you’ll get real talk and therapist-backed strategies on:

• Navigating marriage when it feels more like a business partnership than a relationship.
• Breaking the cycle of over-functioning and learning to rest without guilt.
• Sharing the mental and physical load at home—without another chore chart that no one uses.
• Shutting down power-pleasing patterns that leave you drained and resentful.
• Managing the anxiety that comes from constantly being “on.”

If you’re tired of looking like you have it all together while feeling like you’re falling apart, you’re in the right place. This is your space to breathe, laugh, and rebuild connection, without having to compromise yourself in the process.

Let’s do this together.

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You’re exhausted. Not just physically. Emotionally. You’re running a household, keeping up with your career, holding the family calendar together, and still somehow managing the grocery list. You’re the default parent, the peacekeeper, the one who never stops, even when you should be resting. And somewhere in between the laundry and the late-night emails, you’ve lost the version of yourself that wasn’t running on fumes. I’m Veronica Cisneros, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, wife, and mom of three. I know what it’s like to feel disconnected from your spouse, stuck in silent power struggles over household chores, and torn between excelling in your career and actually enjoying your family. I’ve been the people-pleaser, the overachiever, the one trying to “hold it all together” while anxiety worked overtime behind the scenes. On Empowered and Unapologetic, we’re ditching the guilt and having the conversations no one’s having at the PTA meeting. Here, you’ll get real talk and therapist-backed strategies on: • Navigating marriage when it feels more like a business partnership than a relationship. • Breaking the cycle of over-functioning and learning to rest without guilt. • Sharing the mental and physical load at home—without another chore chart that no one uses. • Shutting down power-pleasing patterns that leave you drained and resentful. • Managing the anxiety that comes from constantly being “on.” If you’re tired of looking like you have it all together while feeling like you’re falling apart, you’re in the right place. This is your space to breathe, laugh, and rebuild connection, without having to compromise yourself in the process. Let’s do this together.

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