Posts by Whitney
#15 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: Are You Too Emotional as a Leader?
#15 – Are You Too Emotional as a Leader? I think it’s pretty ridiculous that society suggests showing emotion is a sign of weakness. I believe it’s actually courageous because it tells others you are comfortable and confident in who you are. I mean we’re humans, afterall, not robots. But let’s be clear: I’m not…
Read More#14 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: The Myth of Ease in Leadership
#14 – The Myth of Ease in Leadership When you hear the word “ease,” do you think of a lazy person who is not on their toes? Or do you think it’s a pot of gold at the end of a hard-working, problem-solving rainbow? What if I told you ease is a mindset? It’s not…
Read More#13 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: Chasing Specialness and Other Forms of Validation
#13 – Chasing Specialness and Other Forms of Validation We’re living in a “specialness” epidemic; the desire for attention, respect, even adoration. It can lead us down a career path just to find it. Being seen as special isn’t just a goal, it’s a need, but it’s not an intrinsically motivated one. It’s driven by…
Read More#12 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: Inner Bias as a Leader and How To Dissolve It!
#12 – Inner Bias as a Leader and How To Dissolve It! We humans love to judge, and there are two different biases we hold: descriptive and prescriptive. In this episode we’ll be looking at prescriptive bias and how women are expected to behave as leaders (good lord do people have opinions!). When women don’t…
Read More#11 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: You Don’t Want to Admit It: You’re Overwhelmed and Want to Bolt
#11 – You Don’t Want to Admit It: You’re Overwhelmed and Want to Bolt As a female leader, overwhelm is probably not foreign to you. The mountain feels too high to climb, yet you feel pressure to get to the summit—pressure from others, but also from yourself. And the dictator in your head says you…
Read More#10 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: You are Amazing, Strong and Courageous Every Time You Fall Off the Horse
#10 – You are Amazing, Strong and Courageous Every Time You Fall Off the Horse You could have raised yourself. You did not want to raise yourself, but it seemed the most logical step in what you needed to do to make it through childhood. Very few people understood you, although you might not have…
Read More#9 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: Forget The Story of You Cannot, Because You Can!
#9 – Forget The Story of You Cannot, Because You Can! Who’s the good girl and who’s the bad? I was always bad and tried to be good. I just did not fit in with the idea of good although, I was not out in the world doing bad things 24/7. I just questioned authority.…
Read More#8 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: The Formula for Success Does Not Include Emotional Isolation
#8 – The Formula for Success Does Not Include Emotional Isolation Do you believe success requires you to separate yourself from your feelings? I’ve seen it happen time and time again where female leaders and entrepreneurs have trouble connecting with unwanted feelings once they’ve attained a certain level of success for fear of losing what…
Read More#7 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: Stopping the Vicious Cycle of Competition and Comparison
#7 – Stopping the Vicious Cycle of Competition and Comparison The conditioning of a patriarchal society. Now this is not about complaining about that, as I am not about the struggle. It is about starting with how harsh a judge or an asshole you are to yourself. When you are a dick to yourself, and…
Read More#6 – Earned Wisdom! For Accomplished Leaders: Forget the Story of No, Yes You Can!
#6 – Forget the Story of No, Yes You Can! You may be successful as a mom or as a doctor or a neuroscientist or even an entrepreneur—anything that has been your north star, but maybe you wanted to embody more or have a different occupation…. somewhere, somehow someone said it was not possible for…
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