Uncomplicate Your Business

“You can do it!” If you’re a Gen Xer, elder millennial, or born between those two generations, you’ve heard numerous people say this about women in pop culture and real life. In fact, you were probably raised on the belief that women could do anything: have an incredible career, raise a family, build wealth, etc. Women could have it all! But now you realize that trying to have it all doesn’t feel possible, it just feels exhausting. In today’s episode, I have a wonderful conversation with Melissa Marasia, the MidLife Mentor for Gen X Women. We talk all about the burnout we women face with internal and external pressures to achieve success in work, family, and so much more. On this episode of Promote Yourself to CEO: 3:04 - What were girls growing up in the 80s and 90s not being told about “having it all”? 7:11 - Melissa reveals how her own issues with burnout culminated into her current line of work. 11:05 - What causes women headed towards their 40s and 50s to stress out so much? 14:01 - Melissa describes how