She could be using work to escape something else – but listen and empathise rather than telling her what she’s doing wrong
I have a friend in her mid-40s. She is the most senior member of a team in a very large organisation, and has a husband and two children in their early teens.
In the 10-plus years I’ve known her she has always worked very hard, and is regularly up at 5am to get the first train to work.
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