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omen having it all.
Wearing all the hats.
Daring to dream. Rais-
ing children, walking dogs. Losing
weight, eating better or working
out harder. Meditating, smiling and
practicing self care. Shopping and
sunbathing. Upleveling image and
personal appearance. Launching
brands and attracting soul aligned
clients. Healing, teaching, crafting
solutions. Claiming your worth.
Manifesting. Booking photoshoots,
blogging, making videos and com-
manding visibility. part of your dream?
As a female entrepreneur with her
own big ideas, I scroll through my
social media news feed and it’s
impossible to ignore all these mes-
sages for women about what we
should do, what we could achieve
and how we can rise - because we
know it’s all there for the taking,
right? You’ve got to stay on the same
page
But it’s so damn easy to get lost
in the overwhelm and exhaustion
of trying to do ‘all the things’ even
though we thought we knew ex-
actly where we were going. There
are times when running an online
business feels a world apart from
the flexible, family friendly, three
day week I imagined when I began
this journey nearly a year ago.
My zone of genius is relationships
- helping my clients find them,
nurture them and maintain them
- and one thing that’s become
crystal clear since I began working
with women entrepreneurs is that
this business of crafting the lives of
our dreams can often manifest re-
lationship nightmares.
So here are my top relationship
tips for women in business who
really do want to have it all.
Couples often feel strained when
roles change. So if you’ve previ-
ously worked a 9-5 or stayed at
home with the kids your new rou-
tines may come as a shock to your
partner and it can take time to ad-
just.
It’s crucial to communicate your
needs clearly, negotiate new ways
of managing the day-to-day and
shift your partner’s expectations
of you to be sure you both cope
with the changes and embrace
your new priorities as a team. Plan
a date night and talk it through. It
takes a bit of work to create a new
schedule - but it’s worth it.
It’s never all about the money
Financial changes can also exert
pressure on relationships, espe-
cially if you’ve given up a regular
monthly salary and your business
is in the building phase. If your
partner measures the success of
your purpose-driven venture by
cash flow and income generation
there could be friction between
you at times. I’ve also met wom-
en trying to understand big shifts
in the power dynamics within their
relationships once they’ve started
to enjoy high financial returns on
their work.
It’s important to be prepared to
take an honest look at what’s going
on beneath the surface when the
cracks start to appear in your once
solid partnership. Money is one of
When you’re trying to wear all the
hats AND rock your business it’s
easy for your couple relationship
to fall out of balance. It sounds like
a cliche but what we focus on ex-
pands. So while you’re busy over
there pulling all nighters creating
content, getting up an hour earlier
to fit in that morning routine and
feeding your family off take-out
because you just need to get on
and schedule those social media
posts what’s happening to your re-
lationship? Wasn’t that once a big
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