#123 - Why Successful Women Doubt Themselves After Having Children — And How To Start Trusting Yourself Again — Mel Goodman

The Sunday scaries. The dread that starts at 4pm. The countdown to Monday.Mel Goodman knows them too. She spent fifteen years in high pressure leadership making decisions in her sleep. Then she had children — and the woman who used to handle everything effortlessly suddenly found those same things keeping her up at night.We talk about the very specific hell of returning to work after kids, postpartum anxiety, and white knuckling decisions that used to feel automatic.In this episode:→ Why competent women suddenly stop trusting their own judgment after children→ The question Mel asks every client — if things are still like this in a year, how would you feel?→ Why women deprioritise themselves so reflexively it stops feeling like a choice→ What happens when you finally decide to stop putting yourself lastIt is never too late to start living life on your own terms.