Why Capable Women Can't Answer "What Do You Need?"

Someone who loves you asks what do you need? And you have no answer. Not because you do not need anything. But because you have been in management mode for so long that you have genuinely lost track of where your own needs are. In this episode I talk about something that happened recently that stopped me in my tracks. My husband said "but you're fine, you've done this so many times". He was not wrong to think it. I had not shown him otherwise. And I did not have the words to tell him what I actually needed, because I did not know. This is the reality for a lot of capable women. We teach the people around us that we are fine. Not through words. Through years of evidence. And then we wonder why nobody asks. In this episode we talk about: Why capable women lose track of their own needs How we teach the people closest to us that we are fine What to do when you genuinely cannot answer the question The smaller, quieter forms of support that actually sustain us Why shedding is as important as asking I'm Emily Rogers, and this podcast is for capable women who are tired of carrying everything and quietly wondering when it is their turn. Follow for honest conversations about what it really takes to navigate this season. Sign up for The Weekly Leap - www.theleaptolead.com/newsletter #womenleadership #midlifetransition #theleaptolead #reinvention #womeninbusiness #selfleadership #transition