Female Breadwinners, Knowledge Monetization, and Self-Worth

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If you know an educator, it’s likely you also are very aware of their ongoing internal tug-of-war between work-life balance and pay. E Danyall, a former adjunct professor and the primary breadwinner in her family, found a way out by creating online courses and sharing her knowledge online, instead of only in the classroom.

Now, it’s E’s mission to help other teachers leverage their knowledge toward a successful exit from the classroom. Or at least the freedom to choose.

She wants to empower educators to use their in-depth knowledge and experience to their advantage and finally earn what their expertise is worth.

In this episode, E speaks out about:

The influence her community and background has traditionally had against female breadwinners, plus the conversations she and her husband had to break those chains.
How to flip the script from outsiders’ comments weighing on you to doing what’s best for your family, even if it goes against societal norms. (Hint: it doesn’t matter what they think since they don’t pay your bills or know your life as well as you do.)
Finding value in yourself and your work, even if your pay isn’t as reflective of that value as you’d like it to be.

Whether you’re still suffering at that exhausting, low-paying job; thinking about making a transition and wondering how to make the jump; or wading through the early years of entrepreneurship and trying to get your business off the ground (or have a partner doing any of these things)...E Danyall has insight for you!

A few highlights:

What it was like to go from being the highly-educated breadwinner with the career...to being home with much less income while she launched her online courses, including struggles with feelings of doubt, being burdensome, and fear...to becoming the entrepreneurial female breadwinner in the family. [8:41]
How the “independent woman” mindset can accidentally be damaging toward the bond and the intrinsic support for each other in a relationship, and how open communication can get couples back on the same page. [14:32]
What her husband said about her true value as a person, a woman, and a mother when she was feeling down about her financial contributions during the tough transition times. [25:10]

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