We Can Do Hard Things Is Work Stress Sabotaging Your Relationships? | Dr. Alexandra Solomon
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Jul 10, 2025 Dr. Alexandra Solomon, a renowned relationship expert and couples therapist, dives into how work stress can strain personal relationships. She explores the common tensions couples face from career pressures and ambition conflicts. Solomon emphasizes the impact of invisible labor and gender roles on equality at home. Listeners learn practical strategies to maintain intimacy despite work obligations and how open communication can shield partnerships from external stressors, fostering a healthier relational dynamic.
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Work Stress Impacts Relationships
- Work stress massively impacts relationship dynamics because workplace inequalities and conditions carry into home life.
- Stress goes both ways: home problems affect work, and work stress affects home relationships profoundly.
Three Couple Career Types
- Three couple types with career conflicts exist: slasher/traditionalist, coaster/climber, and meaning maker/money maker.
- Differences in ambition and work orientation can cause misunderstandings and resentment if unacknowledged.
Money Conflict Is Complex
- Money causes conflict because it seems simple but carries complex emotions and cultural narratives.
- In many couples, the higher earner still does less unpaid domestic labor, worsening gender role tensions.
