Dilemma: I'm the breadwinner now

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UN/DO

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Welcome to UN/DO, the podcast helping you unlearn the nonsense that holds you back, and do work and life on your terms. Each week, your hosts Dulcie and Yemisi bring honest conversation, practical wisdom, and a little humour to help you navigate the messy middle of modern work. From boundaries and burnout to bravery and becoming, we cover the big stuff and the everyday stuff, with compassion, clarity, and zero jargon. Expect full episodes every Monday and real-life listener dilemmas every Thursday. Because thriving isn’t about doing more - it’s about doing what matters.

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Dilemma: I'm the breadwinner now

UN/DO

23 minutes 47 seconds

4 days ago

Dilemma: I'm the breadwinner now

This week’s dilemma:

“I’m the breadwinner now and it’s changed everything.”

In this minisode, we respond to a letter from Georgia, who’s climbed the ladder in her career and doubled her salary but now feels like her marriage is quietly cracking under the pressure.

Her wife is a brilliant teacher who once earned a similar amount, but a missed promotion and growing income gap have altered their dynamic. Now, pride, resentment and silence are creeping into the spaces where ease and equality used to live.

We talk about how money intersects with power, identity, and partnership and what happens when success brings more than just a bigger paycheck. If you’ve ever wrestled with the emotional weight of being “the one who’s thriving” this one’s for you.

There’s no neat fix but there is honesty, empathy, and a reminder that love and ambition don’t have to compete.

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