Don't hold anything too tightly. Just wish for it, want it, let it come from the

intention of real truth for you, and then let it go. For me our soul is like it's

unbound, it's limitless, but we will use words to limit ourselves. When people

stop believing that somebody's got your back or Superman's coming we turn to

ourselves and that's where you become empowered. Courageous participation attracts

positive things. I'm Gwyneth Paltrow. This is the Goop podcast bringing together

thought leaders, culture changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists,

doctors, healers and seekers, here to start conversations because simply asking

questions and listening has the power to change the way we see the world.

Today is no exception. I'll let Elise fill you in on her extraordinary guest.

All right, over to Elise. Today's guest is Bridget Schulty. I sat down with her in Washington

D.C. prequarantine and we had an amazing conversation. Bridget Schulty is the director of the

Better Life Lab at New America. A non-partisan think tank in Washington D.C.

She was an award-winning journalist for the Washington Post and the Washington Post magazine

and she's also the New York Times bestselling author of one of my favorite books called Overwhelmed.

So today, Bridget and I talked about exactly that. Why are women so overwhelmed?

In short, Bridget explains that it's because our system is set up to make it really difficult

just to get to the end of the day. The workplace changed dramatically since the industrial

revolution and as a result, women have been at a perpetual disadvantage. We talk about gender roles

and double standards, including the gender pay gap and how we should stop equating good performance

with working overtime all the time. Bridget shares helpful strategies for building a better work

life balance and to ask ourselves the one thing we need to get done each day instead of trying to

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