#14: High-Powered Love for High-Performance Couples ft. Heather Clark

2025-05-13

What happens when two driven, high-achieving people fall in love and try to do life — careers, kids, dreams — together? You get high-powered love, with all the magic and the mess that comes with it. In this episode, I sit down with the brilliant and deeply grounded Heather Clark, a licensed therapist and expert trained in trauma reprocessing and EDMR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). She works specifically with high-performing couples who are navigating success, stress, and the sacredness of their relationships. Think of powerhouses who ...

In this episode, I sit down with the brilliant and deeply grounded Heather Clark, a licensed therapist and expert trained in trauma reprocessing and EDMR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). She works specifically with high-performing couples who are navigating success, stress, and the sacredness of their relationships. Think of powerhouses who are crushing it at work but are feeling disconnected at home! Heather is the creator of the upcoming High-Powered Love Method, and she’s here to drop some real talk and proven tools to stop putting your relationship on the back burner and actually grow deeper, stronger, and more in sync as life gets fuller.

Whether you’re running a business, climbing the corporate ladder, raising babies, or all of the above, this episode will hit home, so let’s dive in!

In this episode:

(02:49) - What Is EDMR (and why is it magical)?
(05:22) - The Unique Struggles of High-Performance Couples
(06:40) - My Love Story: What Ben and I Learned About Keeping Our Relationship Stronger
(10:25) - Rituals That Root You Back to Each Other
(14:37) - Planning vs Presence: How to Balance It All
(18:36) - Creative Staycation & Vacation Hacks (Even with Little Kids)
(25:13) - Teamwork Makes the Dream (and Marriage) Work
(26:21) - Who Are You Sharing Your Wins With?
(30:05) - Why “We’re Fine” Is the Scariest Thing You Can Say
(32:47) - Change Can Start With One

Connect with Heather:

Website | https://www.heatherclarktherapy.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/heatherclark_la

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