Women are taught to be helpful at work, but at what cost?

Someone can't complete that task? I'll stay late. ✋🏻

Last-minute project change? I'll sort it out. ✋🏻

Mentor the new hire? I’m here for that too. ✋🏻

Overseeing the event planning? I've got it covered. ✋🏻

I thought I was being a team player.

But I was only running myself ragged, trying to keep everything together.

Whereas my male colleagues would just let things slide if they didn’t have the resources.

They made the company feel the pain of under-resourcing.

And guess what?

They got what they needed.

And yet, none of this extra work helped me get promoted.

In fact, I stayed exactly where I was.

My wake-up call on how much unpaid labor I was doing happened once I left my role.

They had to hire four people to replace me.

Let that sink in.

This is a common story for many women out there.

We’re taught to be helpful, to step in and solve problems, but we need to ask ourselves:

At what cost?

Today I teach my clients to value their time and effort.

Because it’s not just about saying no.

It’s about finding out why we feel the need to say yes.

Only then can we create balance in our lives.

Put your well-being at the forefront, and everything else will follow. 💛