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Dr Krishna Athal Life & Executive Coach
A woman sitting alone on a quiet beach, journaling by the sea, reflecting on peacekeeping and self-abandonment shaped by the good-girl contract.

The Good-Girl Contract: How peacekeeping becomes self-abandonment

There is a particular kind of woman I meet often in coaching rooms, one quietly shaped by the Good-girl contract. She is competent, warm, high-performing, and deeply tired. She speaks with care, edits herself mid-sentence, and apologises when she has done nothing wrong. She is the glue in her family, the stabiliser in her workplace,…