The Impossible Balance as a Wife, Mom, Caregiver & Leader

Hey there! This is Christy Rutherford, your host for Why She’s Winning. Today, Rochelle Stokes and I discuss the impossible balance as a wife, mom, caregiver, and leader.Rochelle Stokes is the compliance strategic portfolio program manager at Deutsche Bank. She previously worked as the governance risk and compliance senior program manager at Qontigo, vice president at JP Morgan Chase, and business development manager at Bankers Liability and Casualty.Rochelle has her MBA from American Intercontinental University and her bachelor's in chemistry from Kings College in London. She has her PMP, MBA, and OPP.Join in and listen to the core essentials for your business growth and success!Here’s Just a Taste of This Episode’s Talking PointsRochelle’s State of Mind Before Pursuing ChangeBefore pursuing change, Rochelle was not in a good state of mind. She was facing many different challenges in her professional and personal life. At that moment, she turned from a woman who had never experienced an anxiety attack to someone who was experiencing two in the space of three weeks. She knew she needed to do something different to better care for herself and be happy.Managing the Dynamics of Being a Mom, Daughter, and WifeThrough the program, Rochelle recognized she had zero boundaries. She had not set any boundaries in her personal and professional life, and since she worked from home during the pandemic, everything merged together.She continued by saying, "When you don't have those boundaries, of course, it gets overwhelming very quickly, and being high achieving women, we want to be there for everyone to do our best all the time. And oftentimes though it's in spite of ourselves, it's not managing what we are dealing with and how we are taking care of ourselves".Other Topics We Covered on the Show:Rochelle shares how she had progressed to a point where she realized she needed to do something different.The commonalities Rochelle found in the group of high-achieving, high-power women.Rochelle also shared how she managed to identify the negative emotions she was carrying. What happened after Rochelle started to set boundaries?How did disengagement give Rochelle peace and harmony?Rochelle’s thoughts about imposter syndrome.Lastly, Rochelle gave two things women can do today to have peace.How To Stay Connected with Rochelle StokesCheck out Rochelle’s social profiles below.Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rochelle-child-mba/