The Last Hiding Place: The critic, the quieter voice, and the triangle inside
A practical, clinically grounded essay for high-achieving women in Silicon Valley on the inner critic, invisible labor, and how to reclaim your voice without losing your competence, care, or edge.
Nicole Ohebshalom writes for high-achieving women, founders, executives, and leaders in Silicon Valley on psychotherapy, executive coaching, invisible labor, self-silencing, boundaries, resentment, and the inner critic.
How to Stop Absorbing Everyone Else’s Responsibility
Why high-achieving women often become the backstop at home, how that pattern turns into resentment, and the simple practice that creates a different choice. A clinical, practical look at why the load feels uneven at home, how meaning gets attached so fast, and what changes when you stop absorbing everyone else’s responsibility.
The Triangle You Didn't Know You Were Standing In
Maya founded her company seven years ago at a kitchen table in Palo Alto. Today it employs fifty people. On a Tuesday night at 10:40pm, she is rewriting the strategy document her VP of Product was supposed to finish — and she said "No worries" when he sent it late. What happened in that moment was a leadership decision, even though it didn't feel like one.