Submission as Consent: Why High-Performing Women Stay Silent
I work with high-achieving women in Silicon Valley and Palo Alto who are redefining success on their own terms. I know founders who've built systems but can't articulate their own desires. I know women negotiating billion-dollar deals living as though their own needs are secondary. In my therapy practice, this pattern is consistent: the higher the achievement, the greater the silence. For the first time in history, many women have independent financial security. Real choice becomes possible. This essay explores how high-performing women can move beyond the Madonna-whore binary and reclaim wholeness.
Together, Not Enmeshed: A Therapist's Guide to Healthy Relationships in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley couples often mistake enmeshment for connection. Palo Alto therapist Nicole Ohebshalom explores how high achievers can build differentiated relationships—maintaining individual identity while staying emotionally close. Learn to recognize when partnership optimization becomes fusion, and discover practical steps toward healthy boundaries and genuine intimacy in your relationship.
schema therapy and attachment
Schema therapy’s aim is to meet these needs by helping you find the experiences that went missed in early childhood that will serve as an antidote to the damaging experiences that led to maladaptive schemas and modes.
adult ADHD and relationships
Whether your symptoms of ADHD have recently been diagnosed and have struggled with the same symptoms since childhood, it is possible to function in a healthy relationship with your partner.