Episode 296: What Every Breadwinner Woman Physician Needs to Hear Right Now

Dr. Latifat is the author of the Amazon bestselling books Done With Broke: The Woman Physician’s Guide to More Money and Less Hustle and The Power to Choose: The Woman Physician’s Guide to Financial Liberation and Life on Your Terms. She is also the founder of MoneyFitMD, a financial empowerment platform designed to help women physicians achieve financial independence without sacrificing their well-being.

In this episode, she unpacks the emotional, social, and practical realities of being a female breadwinner, especially in medicine. She dives deep into the mindset traps, social narratives, and invisible pressures that women physicians face and how to break free from them.

Key Takeaways:

1. Find ways to take a rest.
2. Earning more doesn’t mean doing more.
3. Changing your money mindset is key.

Timestamps:
00:48 The emotional weight of breadwinning
02:21 Why women struggle to call themselves “breadwinners”
04:40 Cultural and identity-based money pressures
06:00 Money guilt vs. money power
07:15 Redefining success as a woman physician
09:42 The “invisible checklist” women carry
11:03 How couples deal with unequal incomes
13:08 Getting honest about financial resentment
14:44 Role of community in financial healing
16:10 How Dr. Latifat helps through MoneyFitMD
17:32 Letting go of the shame cycle
18:55 Practical steps for shifting your money identity

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