Because I’ve always been the responsible one. The hard worker. The one who gets things done.
I’ve spent the past 15 years as a neuropsychologist helping high achieving women get their brilliance back. And the women I work with are reliably fellow Monicas.
Because Monica skills build businesses. They built mine. They’re the reason I was able to start my private practice while still working full time in my 9-5 on a hospital neuroscience team.
They’re the reason I could write and memorize my TEDx talk in 2 weeks.
They’re the reason I can run my private practice while also being the team mom to my daughter’s cheerleading team and volunteering with Girl Guides and learning to crochet…
And they’re also the reason I put my daughter in the bath with her socks on.
And locked myself in a stairwell twice…in the same week.
And the reason I called a farm a “professional garden”.
Monica skills are amazing.
But they’re not enough. Not if you’re hitting a plateau. That nagging feeling that you could accomplish so much more if you just had enough TIME.