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Podcast Episodes List

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Everything Is NOT Normal: When Your Doctor Says Your Labs Are Fine

Dr. Iris Crawford never spent a day in high school and became a physician. Why your labs come back normal when you know something is wrong.

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Put a Finger Down: How to Stop Worrying What Other People Think

Erica Rooney played the put a finger down game and ended with zero fingers up. Why this sticky floor runs your life and the four things that break it.

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They Replaced Her With Two Men: Recognize Your Worth Before You Burn Out

Ruby Hamacher built a whole DEI strategy on top of her real job. They would not create the role, so she left. It took two people to replace her.

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The $80,000 Vision Board That Didn't Make Me Happy: Arrival Fallacy

Erica Rooney hit every item on her vision board and felt nothing. What the arrival fallacy is, why it hits high achievers, and what to chase instead.

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They Forfeited Rather Than Wrestle a Girl: The Sticky Floor of Social Norms

Whitney Paronish won wrestling matches because boys forfeited rather than face a girl. Now she is a patrol officer carrying the weight of an entire gender.

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Don't Wait for January 1: What to Do With the Last Quarter of the Year

Ninety days left in the year and most goals quietly die here. Erica Rooney's three pillar check in, built for candy season and no perfection required.

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The Meeting She Spent Lying on the Floor: Leaving a Culture That Never Fit

Sasha Purpura went from software engineer to CEO of a nonprofit moving 8 million pounds of food a year. Why culture fit is not a soft problem.

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How I Do It All: The Secret Is That I Don't

Erica Rooney answers the question she gets most as a CPO and mom of two. The honest list of what she actually does, and what she lets drop.

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She Dropped College Algebra 4 Times, Then Fell in Love With Data

Gaylan Sankey dropped college algebra four times to avoid math, then built a career on data. On the beliefs we inherit and the selves we hide at work.

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50,000 Tabs Open: The Working Mom Tips I Actually Use

My brain runs like a browser with 50,000 tabs open. Here are the working mom tips and tricks I actually use, and the ones I refuse to feel guilty about.

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She Made a Fake Portfolio With Scissors and Landed Pepsi at 25

Lynn Altman built a portfolio out of magazine cutouts and landed Pepsi as her first client. Twenty five years later she still feels unemployable.

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What Is the Glass Ceiling? The Woman Who Named It in 1978

Marilyn Loden coined the glass ceiling in 1978 and did not expect it to outlive her. What it is, why it persists, and how to put a crack in it.

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Your Job Is to Pass the Ball: How Giving It Away Stalled Her Career

Ronda Robinson's coach told her she was unstoppable in practice and invisible in games. The point guard habit that stalled her whole career.

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The 4 Lies That Keep You Stuck in Your Career

I do not have time. I am not qualified. I have never done it. Others are better. Erica breaks down the 4 lies keeping you stuck and how to quit them.

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The Money Story That Kept Her Stuck at Her Dad's Salary

Brittany Drozd plateaued at the exact salary her father earned. The money story behind it is one most women are carrying without knowing.

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Sober Adjacent: 30 Days Without Wine and What It Showed Her About Work

Tara Furiani, Not the HR Lady, did 30 days without alcohol and saw workplace drinking culture clearly for the first time. Here is what she found.

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5 Questions That Tell You If You Are Stuck in Your Career

The hardest part of being stuck is not knowing you are stuck. Erica walks through 5 questions that tell you the truth about your career.

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A Doctor's Burnout Story: Her Body Quit Half a Mile From the Finish

Dr. Joanne Wu spent 12 years in medicine on the brink of burnout. The half mile where her body quit changed how she defines enough.

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Three Master's Degrees, Two Million Followers, and Eight Years of Abuse

Kelsey Pumel has 3 master's degrees, 2 million followers, and survived 8 years of abuse. On self-worth, leaving, and what happens after you heal.

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Stuck in Your Career? The Moves That Took Me to Chief People Officer

Erica peaked at 25 in a job she loved. The moves that got her unstuck and into the C-suite, and why a sponsor beats a mentor every single time.

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