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Trisha Jacobson

When Empowerment Becomes Exhaustion: Why Doing It All Isn’t the Goal ... and What Is!

Published on August 6, 2025

We’re told we can have it all. We hear messages like "you can do anything," "you can be everything," and "you don’t need anyone but yourself." For many women, these affirmations were a rallying cry. A way out. A path forward. A sign that our voices, our dreams, and our drive matter. At first, it sounds like liberation. But what happens when those affirmations turn into obligations? What happens when the call to be strong and capable becomes an expectation to do it all [...]

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