✨ Episode Description:
Women today are more burned out and less happy than ever before. So... can we really have it all?

Penny Dee is joined by academic and author Dr. Giselle Goodwin, PhD in Women, Work & Wellbeing, for a deeply relatable, research-backed chat about the pressure to do it all, the emotional toll of modern motherhood, and the steps we can take toward happiness and balance.

If you’ve ever juggled work, parenting, beauty standards, and burnout, this one’s for you.

💬 Quote of the Episode:
"We’re the daughters of feminists who told us we could be anything, and what we heard was, we have to be everything." – Dr. Giselle Goodwin

✔️ What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• Why women’s happiness has declined in the last 50 years

• The real cost of burnout, multitasking, and emotional labour

• Dr. Giselle’s Empower Life framework for working mothers

• The science of happiness and what actually works for women

• How to drop the guilt and start asking for more

💡 PLUS, We Discuss:

• The third shift... the invisible work of living in a female body

• How ambitious women face different penalties at work

• Why societal change matters but sisterhood helps right now

🔗 Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
📘 Can Women Really Have It All? by Dr. Giselle Goodwin – (Amazon)
📝 Free Happiness Manifesto: www.gisellegoodwin.com
📸 Instagram: @gisellegoodwinwrites
💼 LinkedIn: Dr. Giselle Goodwin on LinkedIn

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📧 Get in touch: hello@pennydee.co.uk