Episode 164: Hard Conversations
/“When we start to de-prioritize our careers and prioritize a partner’s career there’s this inherent message of, ‘my career, my identity, my desire, less important.’”
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In this show we meet small business owner Rachel Garrett who, as a coach, specializes in boosting women's careers - only to find that during Covid, her own was flagging. She is far from alone.
We now know that in September, four times as many women than men left the US workforce thanks to the pressures of the pandemic. Rachel and I discuss the difficult conversations she started at home about whose career was getting priority, how to redress the balance, and why it's important - even now - that women don't put themselves on the sidelines.
This episode continues our series on what is happening to women’s careers during the ongoing pandemic.
Rachel first appeared on the show last year in an episode about coaches and their clients.
You can also read a transcript of the show.