<p>Are you the bigger breadwinner? Has this impacted the dynamic in your marriage? How can you and your partner uncover both of your potential resentments and insecurities to build a stronger, closer, and more compassionate marriage?</p> <p>In this episode, I discuss the challenges faced by high-achieving women who make more money than their husbands. I explore common struggles such as guilt, emasculation fears, and societal expectations. I also share some of my personal experiences and the shift in gender roles within my relationship. I address the impact on parenting and childhood experiences. The conversation delves into the negative effects of contempt and financial disagreements. I emphasize on the importance of self-reflection, establishing mutual financial goals, and seeking support.</p>

Are you the bigger breadwinner? Has this impacted the dynamic in your marriage? How can you and your partner uncover both of your potential resentments and insecurities to build a stronger, closer, and more compassionate marriage? In this episode, I discuss the challenges faced by high-achieving women who make more money than their husbands. I explore common struggles such as guilt, emasculation fears, and societal expectations. I also share some of my personal experiences and the shift in gender roles within my relationship. I address the impact on parenting and childhood experiences. The conversation delves into the negative effects of contempt and financial disagreements. I emphasize on the importance of self-reflection, establishing mutual financial goals, and seeking support.

Breaking the Breadwinner Barrier: Navigating Finances and Marriage as a High-Achieving Woman| EU 213

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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