EP 494: How Emotional Labor Is Costing Women Thousands — And What to Do About It

HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

Jean Chatzky Her Money

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Raise your hand if you feel like you’re running on empty. If you’re juggling work, home, relationships, and still coming up short. You’re not imagining it: the pressure to have it all is very much alive in 2025… but let’s be honest, it was never realistic to begin with. In this episode, Jean sits down with Dr. Corinne Low, Wharton professor and author of Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours. Corinne blends personal experience, economics, and deep research to reveal why the invisible load women carry is still so heavy, and what we can do about it. Together, Jean and Corinne dig into: Why having a child is not a gender-neutral event The concept of your utility function and why it matters more than your job title What it means to be both the breadwinner and the primary caregiver Why true work-life balance requires trade-offs and how to make the right ones for you If more financial confidence sounds good to you, then you might want to try… ⁠4-Week Coaching Program⁠: Identify and understand your spending, build a strategic plan, and take control of your money. ⁠6-Week Pre-Retirement Program⁠: We’ll help you prepare financially and emotionally for this exciting milestone. 📈⁠InvestingFixx⁠: Learn, connect, and start investing—your first month is completely free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we dive into today's episode, I want to tell you about a completely free webinar we're hosting
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0:28.9	take control of your money and set yourself up for success before the ball drops on 2025.
0:35.8	You'll leave with a clear plan to stay focused, build momentum, and head
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0:56.4	In a time of rapid change, cut through the noise.
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1:01.5	to decode the forces shaping today and defining tomorrow.
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1:12.9	The economist know which way is up.
1:32.4	When you think like an economist, then you think, no, my goal in life is to maximize my utility, again, deep joy, meaning, value over the course of my life. and my job is just a tool for me to do that it's not the source of that it's not an end in itself my job is a tool that turns my time into money
1:42.8	hey everyone thanks so much for joining us today on Her Money.
1:45.9	I'm Gene Chatsky.
1:47.8	So I want you to raise your hand, not if you're driving, but if you're anywhere else.
1:52.1	I want you to raise your hand if you feel like you're running on empty.
1:56.4	If you're trying to juggle work and home and relationships.
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