Host: Nicole Donnelly
Guest: Dr. Brittany McGeehan — Licensed Psychologist & High-Performance Coach for Women

Why do so many high-achieving women feel like they’re crushing it on paper… but crumbling inside?

In this episode of Hello Moxie, Nicole sits down with Dr. Brittany McGeehan, a licensed psychologist and high-performance coach for women who “want it all” — the business, the career, the motherhood, the marriage, and themselves.

Together, they unpack how overachievement can become a “false self,” how complex and intergenerational trauma shapes our identities, and what it really looks like to come back home to your body, your voice, and your power.

✨ In this episode, we talk about:

Overachievement & the false self

• Why high-achieving women tie worth to performance
• How “good girls” and oldest daughters learn to earn love through achievement

Reconnecting with your 5-year-old self

• The toy-store exercise to rediscover authenticity
• Why play feels unsafe for many women — and how to relearn it

Intergenerational trauma & inherited roles

• The relationship “templates” we inherit from family
• Questioning the beliefs and roles we never consciously chose

Redefining motherhood, partnership & having it all

• Motherhood vs. house management
• The empowering question: “Who said this has to be my job?”
• Changing the rules in relationships with clarity and communication

Your body as your greatest ally

• How trauma disconnects us from our physical cues
• Modalities that help reawaken the mind-body connection
• Signs your nervous system is stuck in push–crash cycles

Rest as a leadership strategy

• Why rest is non-negotiable for sustainable success
• How scheduling rest boosts creativity, connection, and performance

Supporting the next generation

• Advice for teen girls carrying unhealed trauma
• How curiosity and playfulness help rewrite the legacy for future women

💡 Meet Dr. Brittany McGeehan

Dr. Brittany McGeehan is a licensed psychologist and high-performance coach for ambitious women who want big lives and deep inner peace. She helps founders, leaders, and high-achieving mothers integrate their careers, families, and sense of self by healing complex and intergenerational trauma, reconnecting with their bodies, and rewriting inherited stories about womanhood, motherhood, and success.

She also runs transformational retreats focused on generational healing and recently launched her own podcast, The Aligned Powerhouse.

💖 Connect with Dr. Brittany McGeehan

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanymcgeehanphd/
• Website: https://drbrittanymcgeehancoaching.com/

💖 Connect with Hello Moxie

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