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Scenario

When your partner's financial success threatens your sense of self

My wife makes three times what I make and I know I should be happy for us, but I feel emasculated every time she pays for dinner or talks about her work success.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Traditional gender roles around earning power can create shame and inadequacy even in loving relationships.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Identity and money — what wealth does to selfhood?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.