The Truth Behind Being Selfish with Kerry Docherty

<p>Women are taught that being selfless is a virtue. Work harder. Ask for less. Keep everyone else happy. But what happens when that version of success costs you your voice? But too often, selflessness is just another word for disappearing.</p><p><br></p><p>Takin&#39; Care of Lady Business Episode 159</p><p><br></p><p>On this episode of <em>Takin&#39; Care of Lady Business</em>, Jennifer Justice sits down with Kerry Docherty, co-founder of Faherty and author of <em>Selfish</em>, to unpack one of the biggest lies women are sold: that putting yourself last makes you a better leader, partner, mother, or founder.</p><p><br></p><p>Kerry shares the journey from Yale and law school to helping build one of today&#39;s most recognizable lifestyle brands, while quietly losing touch with her own creative ambitions. She opens up about the couples therapy conversation over her salary, why she knew her contribution to the business mattered even when it couldn&#39;t be measured on a spreadsheet, and what it took to publish the memoir people told her not to write.</p><p><br></p><p>Together, Jennifer and Kerry explore why so many women wait for permission to choose themselves—and why that permission is never coming.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>What You&#39;ll Learn:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Why &quot;selfless&quot; isn&#39;t always the compliment we&#39;ve been taught it is</p></li><li><p>How to recognize when you&#39;ve built a life around everyone else&#39;s expectations</p></li><li><p>Why your value doesn&#39;t have to fit neatly into a job title or line item</p></li><li><p>How fear quietly becomes the decision-maker in your life and career</p></li><li><p>What it really means to choose yourself without abandoning the people you love</p><p><br></p></li></ul><p><strong>Highlights:</strong></p><ul><li><p>(00:51) Meet Kerry Docherty</p></li><li><p>(01:47) Why she wrote <em>Selfish</em></p></li><li><p>(05:56) Telling the truth when it&#39;s uncomfortable</p></li><li><p>(11:17) Building Faherty from the ground up</p></li><li><p>(12:33) The salary conversation that changed everything</p></li><li><p>(15:40) Marriage, burnout, and losing yourself</p></li><li><p>(21:26) Why selflessness has a cost</p></li><li><p>(24:23) Reclaiming her creative voice</p></li><li><p>(32:47) Stop waiting for permission</p><p><br></p></li></ul><p>About Our Guest:</p><p>Kerry Docherty is the co-founder of Faherty, the lifestyle clothing brand she built with her husband and his identical twin, and the autho