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Following Your Passion Is Bullsh!t. Here Is What 3 Stanford Researchers Found Instead.

Erica Rooney on why follow your passion is bad career advice, what 3 Stanford researchers found instead, and the filter that actually builds freedom.

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Wonderhell: Why the Success You Worked For Comes With Doubt You Did Not Expect

Laura Gassner Otting on Wonderhell, the space between who you were and who you could become, why 75% of executive women feel like frauds, and what to do.

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The Negotiation Mistake That Costs Women 18 Cents on Every Dollar

Only 26% of women negotiate their salary. Erica Rooney breaks down the $509,000 cost of not asking, plus the SNAP method to negotiate with confidence.

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From Receptionist to CMO: Eugina Jordan on Why Not Me

Eugina Jordan went from receptionist to CMO. Her biggest fear came true in a mass layoff, and she turned it into 300 job leads in three days.

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What Is Your Life Vision? How to Map Out Your Destiny by Design

Fast forward three years. Erica Rooney walks you through building your destiny by design, then working it backward into the steps you take today.

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Four Life Changing Events in Six Months: Danielle Cobo on Finding Your Purpose

Four life changing events in six months. Danielle Cobo's three step process to discover your purpose, including the plate smashing exercise.

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The Midlife Crisis Is a Checklist Problem. Here Are the Three Jumps Out.

The checklist life is why the midlife crisis hits. Erica Rooney's three jumps method for finding what actually lights you up, at any age.

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My Sticky Floor Story: The Perfect Life, the Wine, and the Wake Up Call

For episode 100, Erica Rooney tells her own sticky floor story. The perfect life, the nightly wine, and the three things that saved her marriage.

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Redefining Perfect: Why Your Definition Is the Only One That Counts

Perfect is not universal. Erica Rooney on where our definition of perfect really comes from, and the I Am Remarkable list that helps you write your own.

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Widowed at 29: How Karen Allen Rebuilt Her Mind One Thought at a Time

Widowed at 29, Karen Allen lost her husband, home, car, and job in one year. Her Stop and Shift method, and the neuroscience that makes it work.

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How to Maximize Your Productivity Without Doing It All

The MVP rule, seasonal goals, and the boundaries Erica Rooney uses to run a podcast, a business, and two kids without trying to do it all.

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She Was Promoted to SVP on Maternity Leave. Nine Months Later, She Left.

Kacie Lett Gordon made SVP as she went on maternity leave, then built an exit plan. The fifth trimester, and why belonging beats fitting in.

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Depression Is a Disability Under the ADA. You Have Rights.

An HR executive on your workplace rights around mental health, the accommodations nobody tells you about, and how to actually break the stigma.

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She Woke Up on the Asphalt and Said, I'll Walk Again

Holly Eve on addiction, depression, a near fatal accident, and building Madame Lemy. A story about asking for help and what comes after.

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I Turned Around on My Way to Sorority Rush

Why criticism says more about the critic than about you, backed by real research, and how to stop letting other people run your life.

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It's Okay, I Get to See You on the Weekends

Jennie Blumenthal left a $200M business unit after her son said he liked seeing her on weekends. On workaholism, burnout, and corporate rehab.

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Why Is It Called Mom Guilt and Not Dad Guilt?

The research behind why mothers carry the guilt and fathers do not, plus the list exercise that makes the mental load visible at home.

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He Handed Her His Coat and Said Coffee, Black. She Was the CEO.

Denise Conroy was handed a coat and asked for coffee at her own pitch meeting. On being the only woman in the room and saying the thing anyway.

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Put a Finger Down If You've Ever Beaten Yourself Up

Why being kind to yourself feels like weakness, what the research actually says, and the best friend exercise that shuts down negative self talk.

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You Are Building a Beautiful Cage. Every Bar Is One of Your Yeses.

Pamela Meadows on the gilded cage women build for themselves, refusing the meeting minutes, and why closed mouths go hungry.

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