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I've negotiated million-dollar deals at work without blinking. I've successfully navigated multiple real estate transactions. I've advocated for teams and budgets in meeting rooms. But when I was laid off and interviewing for a contracting position? That was different. They came back with an of...
When Accomplished Women Leaders Stop Proving and Start Embodying You're in another December planning meeting. You've spent the year delivering results—exceeding targets, leading initiatives, solving problems no one else could crack. And yet here you are, again, front-loading your recommendation ...
(Here's Why That's the Wrong Question) Do I have imposter syndrome? If you're a high-achieving woman asking this question, I want to start by saying this: what you're experiencing is real, valid, and incredibly common among successful women. You're not imagining it, and you're definitely not alo...
Here's Why Executive Presence Advice is Making It Worse Stuck at work despite doing everything "right"? You're Googling this at 3am because you've tried all the executive presence advice—speak up more, lean in harder, command the room—and you're still invisible. Here's the truth no one's telling...
Here's what no one tells you about being really, really good at your job: It's the fastest way to become invisible for leadership roles. You feel stuck, overlooked, and trapped by your own excellence. But here's the plot twist—that "trap" you think you're in? It's actually hidden leverage you did...
I'd always been able to see patterns others missed, but I didn't have words for it. And when I'd bring up what I was seeing—inefficiencies, better ways to do things, connections others overlooked—I was consistently poo-poo'd. "You don't know what you're talking about." So I learned to stay quiet...
"Just smile your pretty smile, take notes, and bring them back to me to solve." That's what my manager said when sending me to a meeting with irate division heads. The Technology head couldn't attend, my manager couldn't attend, so they sent me—the woman—to be a note-taker. "Do you really think...
You know that moment when you're sitting in yet another "quick sync" that's eaten your entire lunch break, watching your phone buzz with texts from your family, while internally screaming because you said yes to something you absolutely didn't have bandwidth for? And then you catch yourself thin...
You can have the title. The credentials. The six-figure income. The team. The perfectly organized calendar that screams productivity. But still... You’re stuck. Not because you don’t know enough.Not because you aren’t working hard enough.But because deep down, something inside you is pulling th...
You crave clarity. You crave confidence. You crave peace—not the vacation kind, but the kind that lives in your bones. And yet… You fill your calendar, chase deadlines, and sprint through life like it’s a fire drill. Even your "self-care" has a checkbox next to it. Yoga. Peloton. Meal prep. D...
