Are you exhausted from living a double life? Caught between the partner you built a life with and someone else who makes you feel alive again — and completely paralyzed about what to actually do?
If you're a high-functioning professional — a founder, a leader, a parent, the responsible one everyone leans on — this one is for you. Because here's what almost no one tells you: affairs are rarely about boredom, a broken marriage, or the other person being some magical unicorn. In my work with high achievers, they're almost always rooted in something much deeper — chronic self-abandonment. Years of being strong for everyone, putting your own needs last, and slowly going emotionally absent from your own life.
That other person feels intoxicating because they remind you of a version of yourself you forgot existed. With them you feel seen, desired, alive. But this was never really about choosing between two people. It's about whether you're finally willing to choose you.
In this episode I break down why high-functioning professionals end up here, why leaving for someone new almost never works long-term, and the practical first steps to reconnect with yourself — so the decision you make comes from clarity and honesty instead of guilt and fear.
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About the Host Katarina Polonska is a High Performance Relationship Coach and a Gender Dynamic Social Scientist from the University of Oxford. She has 15 years of experience studying love, gender, and behavioural science.
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