338 | how high achieving women can stop over-functioning & self abandoning to find the healthy love they're looking for (ft: dr tiffanie henry)

If you're a high-achieving woman who’s kicking butt at work, in your health, in so many areas of your life— but somehow relationships leave you overthinking, over-giving, over-functioning, or wondering, "Am I doing enough?" “Am I asking for too much?”— this conversation is for you.

In this episode of the Free & Well Podcast, I'm joined by psychotherapist, relationship expert, and author Dr. Tiffany Henry to talk about why high-achieving women can struggle so much in relationships. We unpack what happens when the same strategies that make you successful at work — performing, optimizing, hustling, and becoming indispensable — get brought into love.

And here's the reframe: you don't have to be more impressive, more accommodating, or more useful to be worthy of love.

You may actually need to stop performing long enough to discover what it feels like to be loved as your authentic self.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why high-achieving women can accidentally turn relationships into a job
• How over-functioning and people-pleasing can create exhausting relationship dynamics
• Why familiar relationship patterns can feel like "chemistry" even when they're unhealthy
• How self-abandonment can show up in relationships, family, and work
• Why you can have a soft heart AND a strong backbone
• What it looks like to make yourself a priority without becoming selfish
• Why healthy love may initially feel unfamiliar when you're used to performing for connection

If you're ready to stop overthinking, stop hustling for approval, and start building relationships from self-trust and authenticity, press play.

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