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The Trophy Husband: What Happens to Your Identity When You Leave the Job
Erika sits down with her husband Chris to unpack what it actually takes to be a trophy husband, the version nobody posts about. She makes the case that walking away from a job you were proud of is less about the schedule and more about identity, and that the hardest part is finding your worth when no boss, performance review, or paycheck is there to hand it to you. Across the conversation they get specific: the ego hit of losing a title overnight, Chris's almost enviable habit of validating his own work, an early role-reversal moment at the kitchen sink, what a real week looks like with five…
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