Let’s get one thing straight: If you’re the one managing the calendar, making all the decisions, planning every date night, and still motivating your husband to help with the kids—you’re not crazy, you’re exhausted. And you’re not alone.

In this eye-opening episode of the Empowered and Unapologetic Podcast, I sat down with relationship coach and best-selling author Dr. Ray Doktor, Psy.D., to dive deep into the very real struggle so many high-achieving women face in their relationships: Why are you always the one leading—and what can you do about it?

This wasn’t some surface-level chat. Dr. Ray and I went in. From generational conditioning to masculine energy and emotional safety, we unraveled what’s really going on when your partner doesn’t show up—and what it takes to shift the dynamic.