For the longest time, I kept asking myself: why does my life feel heavier than other people's? Why can't I just coast? Everyone else seemed to be living this soft, easy life. And I was grinding, carrying, building. I started thinking something was wrong with me. Then my aunt told me: "Girl, everybody's caught up in their own lives. Nobody's realizing how hard your life is because they're focused on how hard their life is." That's when I realized, I'd been trying to live someone else's life. Operating under contracts I never signed. Comparing myself to people on completely different assignments.

This one's for you if:

1. You've been asking "why does my life feel heavier than everyone else's?"

2. You're exhausted from comparing yourself to people on different assignments

3. You feel like you're performing the wrong role in your own life

4. You're done questioning yourself based on what society says women should be doing

Your assignment is your assignment. Live YOUR terms.

This podcast is for women who are done performing. If you want more of this energy—the kind of conversation that reminds you who you actually are—visit wwdaglobal.com and step into the room.

You'll get weekly insights, frameworks I don't share anywhere else, and a community of women who've stopped asking for permission.

About Women Who Don't Apologise:

Over 150 episodes exploring power, boundaries, capacity, and what it means to live on your own terms. Hosted by Patricia Haywood—lawyer, The Queen of Construction Contracts, Top 100 Woman in Construction, GC, and chief unapologetic mistress. For women 40+ who are exhausted from following everyone else's blueprint.