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When Competence Starts Working Against You
Competence is supposed to be protective. Many women were taught, implicitly or explicitly, that doing excellent work would create options. That reliability would translate into trust. That if you handled what was in front of you with intelligence and care, the system would eventually meet you th...
When Leadership Starts Requiring Too Much Effort
There is a moment many senior women leaders recognize quietly. Leadership starts to feel heavier than it used to. Not more complex. Not more demanding on paper. Just heavier. Meetings take more energy to prepare for. Decisions linger longer than they should. The same responsibilities now requir...
Aligned Leadership: Why Your Nervous System Is Your Real Leadership Strategy
You can be highly capable, deeply respected, and objectively successful, and still experience a quiet strain underneath your leadership. Not the kind anyone else sees. The kind that shows up as decision fatigue, emotional bracing, or the increasing effort required to produce the same level of cl...
Decision Fatigue at Work: Why Smart Women Leaders Hit a Wall
Decision fatigue at work doesn’t arrive with drama. It doesn’t show up as a collapse or a crisis. It shows up quietly, in women who are still highly capable but increasingly depleted. It looks like this: you can make complex decisions all day long. You can hold strategy, risk, people, and politi...
Why Guilt Is a Terrible GPS for Women in Leadership
I was on adoption leave—adoption leave—when my manager called. He needed a report written for his new leader. He'd attempted it three times, and it wasn't what the executive wanted. He needed it by 5 PM Friday. It was Thursday night. I reminded him I was on leave. "You're the only one who can d...
Back to Work After Holiday: Conscious vs Unconscious
The Choice That Defines Your 2026 I spent years going back to work after every holiday break, telling myself, "This time will be different." Every December, I have the same conversation with myself. Every January, I walked back in, telling myself I'd finally set boundaries or prioritize differe...
Unhappy with Life? Why Next Year Won't Be Different Either
You know that moment in Groundhog Day when Bill Murray realizes he's living the same day over and over again? That he's trapped in a loop he can't escape? That's what December feels like when you've been telling yourself "next year will be different" for the fifth year in a row. Or the tenth. E...
How to Stop Feeling Empty When You Have Everything
Last week, I told you about the December I finally stopped pretending everything was fine. The December I admitted "I can't do another year like this." The December I stopped letting fear make my decisions. That was December 2020. I knew. I was done with my 31+ year career in finance and tech. ...
When Something Feels Off: The December Decision You're Avoiding
I remember the December before I walked away from my 33+-year career in finance and tech. I was sitting at my desk—the same desk I'd sat at for decades—and something was different. Not the office. Not my role. Not the work itself. Me. I was different. For 30 years, I'd had the same internal con...
Intuitive Leaders Win: Why Smart Women Trust Intuitive Leadership Too
The hidden competitive advantage that separates visionary leaders from data-driven followers I still remember the meeting where I ignored every instinct screaming at me to walk away. The spreadsheet looked perfect. Market analysis? Solid. Financial projections? Conservative and promising. Risk ...
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