Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Career Growth for Working Women | Career Advancement, Visibility, Promotion, Raises
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| 138 | Why Being Indispensable Doesn't Lead to Promotion | 10 juil. 2026 | 00:14:33 | |
If you stopped doing everything you quietly do behind the scenes tomorrow... Who would notice? Now here's the harder question. Would the people making promotion decisions know that was the value you were creating? That's the conversation we're having today. In this episode, Shannon explores why so many high-performing women become indispensable to their teams while still feeling invisible when promotion opportunities arise. If you've ever found yourself thinking: This episode is for you. You'll discover: Most importantly, Shannon shares why becoming impossible to overlook has nothing to do with becoming louder. It starts by helping leadership recognize the value you already create. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 137 | How Overthinking and Self-Doubt Quietly Block Success featuring Steve Barton | 07 juil. 2026 | 00:22:58 | |
What if the biggest thing affecting your confidence, career growth, and leadership potential isn’t external at all? In this episode, Shannon speaks with executive coach and author Steve Barton about the internal thought patterns that quietly influence how people show up in life and work. After helping grow his family’s retail floral business from $200,000 to over $2 million in annual revenue, Steve became deeply interested in the connection between awareness, confidence, mindset, and performance. Today, he coaches executives and high performers on overcoming overthinking, self-doubt, fear, perfectionism, and limiting beliefs that hold people back from fully stepping into their potential. At the center of Steve’s work is a framework he calls The Game of 10, which helps people shift from scarcity thinking into a mindset of self-worth, clarity, and possibility. In this episode, we discuss: Steve also shares a powerful visualization exercise to help listeners let go of limiting thoughts and begin seeing themselves differently. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 136 | Why Your Workplace Reputation Matters More Than You Think | 03 juil. 2026 | 00:05:58 | |
As high-performing women, we're often focused on what's next. The next project. The next deadline. The next responsibility. But how often do we stop long enough to ask ourselves how leadership actually experiences our work? In this episode, Shannon shares a simple reflection designed to help you see your career through a different lens. Instead of asking how hard you're working, she asks a more important question: If leadership had to describe the value you create today, what would they say? That one question can reveal the gap between the value you're creating and the reputation you've built. In this episode: This episode also sets the stage for next week's conversation about leadership visibility and how to help decision-makers recognize the value you already bring. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 135 | Redefining Success: What Happens When Your Dream Career No Longer Fits featuring Kate Kayaian | 30 juin 2026 | 00:18:54 | |
What happens when you achieve the career you always wanted… but realize it may not be the life you want forever? In this episode, Shannon speaks with Kate Kayaian, former professional concert cellist, author, and coach who now helps professionals navigate major life and career transitions. Kate spent decades building a successful music career, performing on world-class stages and working with top orchestras. From the outside, it looked like she had reached the dream she had been working toward since childhood. But eventually, she began asking a deeper question: Do I want to keep doing this for the next 30 or 40 years? During the pandemic, when concerts were suddenly canceled, Kate used the unexpected pause to explore new possibilities. What began as coaching fellow musicians eventually evolved into a new career centered on helping people rethink success, challenge limiting beliefs, and move toward more meaningful work. In this episode, we discuss: ➡️ What it feels like when a successful career no longer feels aligned Kate also shares a framework from her book Beyond Potential that helps people reassess their current path, redefine their goals, and reignite momentum toward their next chapter. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 134 | Why High-Performing Women Still Don’t Feel Confident | 26 juin 2026 | 00:14:13 | |
Have you ever looked around at other people in leadership and thought: “They just seem so much more confident than I am.” In this solo episode, Shannon explores why so many high-performing women privately struggle with confidence even while consistently producing leadership-level results. Through stories from coaching conversations, Shannon explains how women often:
The result is a painful disconnect…Women creating measurable impact professionally while privately questioning whether they’re “ready” for bigger opportunities. This episode explores why confidence is often misunderstood entirely. Many women believe confidence is supposed to come first: But in reality, confidence is often built through evidence. In this episode, Shannon discusses: She also shares a practical exercise listeners can begin using immediately to build grounded confidence through documented evidence instead of emotional self-criticism. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 133 | From Dyslexia to Confidence: Turning Self-Doubt into Strength Featuring Willie Blake | 23 juin 2026 | 00:19:55 | |
What happens when something you once believed was a weakness becomes the foundation of your greatest strengths? In this episode, Shannon speaks with high-performance coach Willie Blake, whose journey began with a dyslexia diagnosis in first grade. For years, Willie believed that being dyslexic meant he had to work harder than everyone else just to keep up. Like many people who feel different early in life, he struggled with perfectionism, self-doubt, and the pressure to hide the ways he learned and communicated differently. Over time, however, Willie discovered something powerful. The same differences that once felt like limitations were also connected to strengths like creativity, pattern recognition, empathy, and problem solving. Today, Willie works with professionals and entrepreneurs to help them shift from self-doubt into clarity, confidence, and consistent action. In this episode, we discuss: Willie also shares a powerful reminder for anyone who feels behind in life or career: sometimes the problem isn’t the plan. It’s simply that we haven’t taken the first step yet. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 132 | Why High-Performing Women Often Minimize Their Own Success | 19 juin 2026 | 00:13:37 | |
Have you ever caught yourself saying things like: …even after doing something genuinely impressive at work? In this episode, Shannon explores a pattern many high-performing women experience without realizing it: The habit of minimizing their own success. Through stories from real coaching conversations, Shannon explains how women often carry leadership-level responsibility while describing their contributions as small supportive tasks. Over time, this pattern affects:
Many women spend years trying to balance:
The result is often a professional identity built around shrinking accomplishments instead of clearly owning impact. In this episode, Shannon discusses: She also shares a simple exercise to help listeners practice describing their contributions accurately and confidently. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 131 | Why High-Achieving Women Must Redefine Success Before It Breaks Them featuring Valérie Demont | 16 juin 2026 | 00:19:45 | |
What happens when the path to success starts to feel deeply misaligned? In this episode, Shannon speaks with author, mentor, and leadership voice Valérie Demont about burnout, intuition, and redefining success in a way that is sustainable. Before the age of 30, Valérie experienced two major burnouts. From the outside, she appeared to be doing everything right, performing at a high level, checking every professional box, and proving her value. But internally, the pressure and constant striving were becoming unsustainable. Through personal experiences including IVF, grief, and career pressure, Valérie began questioning the belief that success must come from constant effort and overperformance. Today, she teaches a different approach to leadership and life. One built on presence, clarity, and a deeper connection to intuition rather than relentless pressure. In this episode, we discuss: Valérie also shares a simple practice anyone can implement immediately to reconnect with their intuition before making important decisions. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 130 | The Quiet Disappointment Many High-Performing Women Carry | 12 juin 2026 | 00:13:42 | |
Have you ever felt like you’ve spent years proving yourself at work… only to wonder why your career still feels stuck? In this solo episode, Shannon explores one of the most emotionally complex experiences many high-performing women face: The quiet disappointment of feeling unseen. Many professionals believe that if they work hard, stay loyal, support everyone, and consistently deliver results, leadership will eventually recognize their value. But modern workplaces do not always reward invisible effort. Over time, many women begin carrying what Shannon calls an “invisible contract” at work - the belief that overdelivering, staying dependable, and never complaining will eventually lead to advancement. When that advancement does not happen, the disappointment often becomes internalized. Instead of questioning the system, women begin questioning themselves. In this episode, Shannon discusses: She also shares a simple exercise to help listeners begin practicing visibility without guilt or self-minimization. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 129 | Stuck in Your Career? Why Reinvention Is the New Career Skill Featuring Ana Denis | 09 juin 2026 | 00:24:00 | |
What do you do when the career you built no longer reflects who you are becoming? In this episode, Shannon sits down with communication expert and author Ana Denis to talk about something many professionals are experiencing but rarely discuss openly - career reinvention. A generation ago, career paths were relatively predictable. Many people stayed with one employer or one profession for decades. Today, rapid changes in technology, globalization, and workplace expectations mean most professionals will reinvent themselves multiple times during their careers. Anna shares insights from more than 20 years working in communications, marketing, and leadership development, along with lessons from interviews with women across more than 20 countries about how they navigate professional reinvention. She also opens up about her own experience rebuilding her professional identity after moving to a new country and losing half of her income during a major global crisis. In this episode, we discuss: Anna also shares a simple but powerful action step: reach out to someone who may have insight into the challenge you're facing and start a conversation. 🔗 Connect with Ana Denis READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 128 | Why Being “Easy to Work With” Can Quietly Stall Your Career | 05 juin 2026 | 00:11:58 | |
Have you ever described yourself as someone who is “easy to work with”? At first glance, that sounds like a positive quality. Collaborative. Flexible. Supportive. Low-maintenance. In this episode, Shannon explores why many high-performing women unintentionally build careers around being accommodating rather than strategically visible. Over time, many professionals become known as the dependable “go-to” person on the team. They solve problems, support others, stay calm under pressure, and absorb extra work without complaint. Leadership appreciates them deeply. But appreciation and advancement are not always the same thing. This episode explores how women are often conditioned to soften their expertise, avoid appearing “too much,” and prioritize likability over influence, and how those patterns quietly shape leadership perception over time. In this episode, Shannon discusses: She also shares a simple exercise to help listeners begin recognizing where they minimize or apologize for their expertise in workplace conversations. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 127 | Resilience in Action: How to Rebuild After Setbacks featuring Dr. Michele Kehrer | 02 juin 2026 | 00:16:03 | |
What does success actually look like when life forces you to slow down and reevaluate everything? In this episode, Shannon speaks with Dr. Michele Kehrer, a doctor of physical therapy, entrepreneur, and business coach with more than 30 years of experience launching, scaling, and selling businesses across multiple industries. But Michele’s career has also been shaped by something far more personal. She is a four-time cancer survivor, and each diagnosis forced her to rethink resilience, priorities, and what success truly means. Instead of defining resilience as simply pushing through hardship, Michele shares a more sustainable approach, one that focuses on mindset updates, taking action instead of overthinking, and choosing joy even during difficult seasons. Together, they explore how ambitious women can navigate setbacks, redefine success beyond money, and stop waiting for the perfect moment to live the life they actually want. In this episode, we discuss: This conversation is a reminder that resilience is not just about surviving challenges, it is about learning how to move forward with clarity and intention. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 126 | How to Start Positioning Yourself for Your Next Promotion Today | 29 mai 2026 | 00:07:08 | |
Have you ever solved a problem at work that significantly improved how things operate… but brushed it off as “just helping”? In this solo episode, Shannon shares a powerful moment that happens frequently in coaching conversations. A client casually mentions something she improved — a workflow redesign, a process improvement, a new system that helps the team move faster. To her, it doesn’t feel extraordinary. She was simply solving a problem. But when the impact is examined more closely, something becomes clear. She didn’t just help. She created meaningful change inside the organization. Many high-performing women are already doing leadership-level work, but they describe their contributions in ways that sound small. This episode explores how recognizing the real impact of your work can change how you position yourself for advancement. In this episode, Shannon discusses: This episode also connects the key ideas discussed throughout the month, including Value Visibility, the Reliability Trap, Leadership Language, and Impact Documentation. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 125 | The Quiet Burnout Successful Women Don’t Talk About featuring Lin Yuan-Su | 26 mai 2026 | 00:18:37 | |
What happens when your career looks successful on paper… but internally something feels deeply misaligned? Many high-achieving women reach a moment where the life they worked so hard to build no longer feels right. The title is impressive. The salary is strong. The stability is everything they once worked toward. And yet something inside quietly says: this isn’t it. In this episode, Shannon sits down with Lin Yuan-Su, a mindset and life transition coach who experienced that moment firsthand. Years ago, Lin found herself sitting alone in her car in a parking lot, unexpectedly crying despite having a respected healthcare career, a six-figure salary, and the kind of stability many professionals spend decades trying to achieve. That moment became a turning point. Not because she had a clear plan… but because she finally acknowledged the misalignment she had been ignoring for years. Today, Lin helps high-achieving professionals reconnect with purpose, challenge long-held definitions of success, and create careers that align with who they are becoming. This conversation explores burnout, identity, gratitude, and how to reconnect with what truly matters. What We Cover in This Episode You don’t have to immediately quit your job or change everything. Sometimes the most important step is simply slowing down, reconnecting with yourself, and creating space for clarity. When you begin with inner alignment, the path forward becomes much easier to see. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 124 | Why Raise Conversations Feel So Difficult at Work | 22 mai 2026 | 00:06:56 | |
Have you ever asked for a raise and felt like the conversation slowly faded into something vague? You explained everything you’ve been doing. You described the extra responsibilities you’ve taken on. Your manager even agreed you’ve been doing great work. And yet the conversation ended with something like: In this solo episode, Shannon explains why this happens so often and what most professionals were never taught about compensation conversations. The truth is that raise discussions are not personal conversations. They are business conversations. Organizations increase compensation when they clearly understand the value someone creates for the business. That means connecting your work to outcomes leadership cares about, not simply describing effort or workload. This episode explores how small changes in how you describe your work can shift the entire tone of a compensation conversation. In this episode, Shannon discusses: She also shares a simple practice you can begin this week that will make future compensation conversations much easier. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 123 | Why You Feel Busy but Still Stuck at Work featuring Dominic Carubba | 19 mai 2026 | 00:28:41 | |
If you feel busy all day but still like you are not actually moving forward… what is really going on? In this episode, we unpack a frustrating experience so many high-performing women face. You are working hard, staying productive, checking things off your list… but somehow, it still feels like progress is missing. That feeling is not random. It is a signal. I am joined by Dominic Carubba, a sales and leadership expert with decades of experience working inside Fortune 500 environments. After years of leading teams and building businesses, Dominic began to study what actually causes people to feel stuck even when they are doing everything right. His answer is something he calls invisible friction. The habits, patterns, and misalignments that quietly slow your momentum without you realizing it. In this conversation, we break down why busyness can create the illusion of progress, how overwhelm keeps you from moving forward, and what to do instead. In this episode, we cover: If you feel stuck, it is not because you are not working hard enough. It is because something is misaligned. And the solution is not more effort. It is awareness, clarity, and a shift in how you move forward. 🔗 Connect with Dominic Carubba READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 122 | Why Promotion Conversations Stall Even When You’re Doing Great Work | 15 mai 2026 | 00:07:20 | |
Have you ever walked into a promotion conversation feeling confident… only to leave wondering why it didn’t land the way you expected? In this solo episode, Shannon explains one of the most common challenges high-performing professionals face during promotion discussions. Many women describe their work accurately, but they describe it in ways that emphasize effort and support rather than ownership and impact. Leadership, however, listens for something different. They listen for signals such as: When these signals aren’t clearly communicated, promotion conversations can stall even when someone is performing exceptionally well. In this episode, Shannon shares how small changes in how you describe your work can dramatically shift how leadership perceives your contributions. In this episode, Shannon discusses: She also shares a practical structure you can use this week to reposition how you talk about your work inside your organization. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 121 | Why Being the Go-To Person Isn’t Getting You Promoted featuring Limor Berman Gross | 12 mai 2026 | 00:15:43 | |
If you are the go-to person at work, why does it still feel like your career is moving slower than it should? In this episode, we are unpacking a hard truth for high-performing women. Being reliable, capable, and the person everyone depends on does not automatically lead to promotion. In fact, it can sometimes keep you exactly where you are. I am joined by Limor Bergman Gross, a former Director of Engineering who spent over 20 years in tech leading global teams. After becoming the person everyone relied on, she realized that being indispensable did not translate into visibility, influence, or advancement. That realization changed everything. Now, Limor helps women in tech move from execution to leadership by focusing on visibility, strategic thinking, and influence instead of overworking and overdelivering. In this conversation, we break down what actually shifts your career forward and why hard work alone is no longer the lever at higher levels. In this episode, we cover: 🔗 Connect with Limor Bergman-Gross READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 120 | Why Being the Person Everyone Depends On Can Stall Your Promotion | 08 mai 2026 | 00:07:24 | |
Have you ever been told, “We don’t know what we’d do without you” at work? While that might sound like the ultimate compliment, it can sometimes signal something else entirely. In this episode, Shannon explains the hidden pattern she often sees with high-performing professionals called the Reliability Trap. Many capable women become the person who keeps everything running. They fix broken processes, support multiple teams, step in when things fall apart, and carry responsibilities far beyond their role. Over time, they become indispensable. But here’s the challenge. When leadership sees someone as essential to keeping the current system running, they may hesitate to move that person into a different role. Instead of being positioned for advancement, that individual becomes anchored to their current responsibilities. This episode explores how professionals can shift from being the person who holds everything together to the person who leads what comes next. In this episode, Shannon discusses: She also shares a simple question you can ask yourself this week to begin shifting your time and attention toward work that positions you for advancement. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 119 | Wealth Without Apology: The Belief Shift That Changes Everything featuring Randy Gage | 05 mai 2026 | 00:22:30 | |
What if the biggest thing holding you back isn’t your capability… but your sense of worthiness? In this episode, Shannon sits down with entrepreneur, speaker, and bestselling author Randy Gage to unpack the deeper beliefs that shape success, money, and what we allow ourselves to pursue. From spending time in jail as a teenager to building a multi-million dollar career, Randy’s journey is a powerful example of what happens when internal beliefs shift before external results follow. This conversation goes beyond strategy and into the mindset patterns that quietly influence decisions—especially for high-performing women navigating ambition, guilt, and growth. Because for many women, the challenge isn’t whether they can achieve more… It’s whether they’ve given themselves permission to. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: You do not need permission to pursue more. But you do need to believe you are worthy of it. Because the beliefs you carry about money, success, and your value will shape every decision you make—whether you realize it or not. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 118 | Why Hard Work Alone Doesn’t Guarantee a Promotion | 01 mai 2026 | 00:06:39 | |
Have you ever watched someone get promoted and wondered what they were doing differently? In this solo episode, Shannon shares an early career moment that shifted the way she thinks about promotions, performance, and visibility inside organizations. Like many high-performing professionals, Shannon believed that hard work and strong results would naturally lead to advancement. But after sitting in a leadership meeting where a promotion decision was being discussed, she realized something surprising. The people being considered for advancement weren’t just the ones working the hardest. They were the ones whose impact was clearly visible to leadership. That realization eventually became the foundation of Shannon’s 5% Promotion Method, which helps women learn how to communicate their value, connect their work to business outcomes, and position themselves more effectively for promotions and compensation growth. In this episode, Shannon discusses: She also shares a simple exercise you can use this week to begin making your value more visible inside your organization. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 117 | Why Confidence Isn’t the Problem at Work featuring Mickey Fitch-Collins | 28 avr. 2026 | 00:19:27 | |
Have you ever been told you need to be more confident at work? More confident speaking up in meetings. But what if confidence is not actually the problem? Many high-performing women are extremely capable, yet still question their leadership ability. When that internal belief feels shaky, they often compensate by working harder, saying yes to everything, and carrying more responsibility than their role requires. Over time, that pattern can quietly lead to burnout. In this episode, Shannon sits down with Dr. Mickey Fitch-Collins, leadership researcher, educator, and facilitator, to talk about a concept that explains this experience: leadership self-efficacy. Leadership self-efficacy is the belief that you can successfully perform leadership tasks. It is not about appearing confident in the room. It is about believing you can actually get the job done. In this conversation, we explore how leadership actually develops and why small moments of influence matter far more than most people realize. In This Episode We Discuss: If you have ever felt capable but still questioned your leadership voice, this conversation will give language to an experience many women quietly navigate in their careers. 🔗 Connect with Dr. Mickey Fitch Collins READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 116 | Hidden Burnout: Why Your Promotion Should Feel Lighter | 24 avr. 2026 | 00:07:21 | |
Are you actually burned out… or are you operating above your title without recognition? There is a version of burnout that does not look dramatic. You are still high-performing. But everything feels heavier than it should. You are slightly more tired. And you cannot quite explain why. In this episode, we unpack hidden burnout, the kind that happens when you are doing leadership-level work without leadership-level positioning. You are influencing without authority. Solving cross-functional problems without recognition. Thinking strategically without owning direction. That gap is draining. We explore: If your workload keeps expanding but your title does not… If your influence keeps expanding but your compensation does not… This is not necessarily a stamina problem. It may be a visibility and positioning problem. Promotion should not cost you your health. The next level should feel lighter because it is aligned. Let this episode shift how you think about burnout, authority, and sustainable advancement. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 115 | When Success Stops Feeling Like Success featuring Dr. Angela Kerek | 21 avr. 2026 | 00:21:20 | |
What happens when the version of success you worked years to achieve no longer feels right? What if the title, the promotion, or the milestone you thought would fulfill you only feels satisfying for a moment before the next goal appears? Many high performing women spend years chasing external measures of success. Promotions. Titles. Revenue. Recognition. But eventually a quiet realization starts to surface. If success is always defined by the next win, the finish line never actually arrives. In this episode, Shannon sits down with Angela Kerek, former professional tennis player turned finance lawyer and now entrepreneur and performance coach. After leaving Eastern Europe at 16 with one bag, Angela spent eight years competing in professional tennis before rebuilding her life again through law, eventually becoming a partner advising on billion euro transactions. On paper, she had reached the definition of success. But internally, the definition of winning began to change. Angela shares how high achievers often tie their identity to performance and external validation, and why redefining success from the inside becomes essential for long term fulfillment and sustainable leadership. Together they explore how leaders can continue performing at a high level while creating a definition of success that is stable, personal, and not dependent on constant external wins. In This Episode We Talk About: If you have ever wondered why reaching the next milestone does not feel the way you expected, this conversation will help you rethink what it means to truly win. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 114 | Still Waiting to Be Promoted? Why Over-Delivering Is Slowing Your Advancement | 17 avr. 2026 | 00:07:25 | |
Are you over-delivering… but still waiting to be promoted? Are you operating above your title, carrying more responsibility than your role reflects, and hoping leadership eventually notices? High-performing women rarely struggle because they lack capability. They struggle because they stay in contribution mode too long. In this episode, we break down why over-functioning is not the same as advocacy and why waiting to be chosen slows career advancement. You’ll learn: If leadership does not have language to defend your promotion in a room you are not in, it will not happen. That is not unfair. You do not need to be louder. You need to be legible. You do not need to demand. You need to align title and pay with impact that already exists. If you have been carrying more than your role reflects, this episode will help you shift from exhaustion to positioning. Because acceleration does not come from burnout. It comes from visibility plus ownership. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 113 | If Your Job Disappeared Tomorrow, Would You Be Ready? featuring Bart Merrell | 14 avr. 2026 | 00:21:37 | |
If your primary income disappeared tomorrow, how long would you feel secure? Not hopeful. Not optimistic. Secure. In this episode, Shannon sits down with entrepreneur and author Bart Merrell to explore a question most high-performing professionals avoid until they are forced to confront it: What happens when what happens… happens? A layoff. A health crisis. An unexpected financial season. Bart’s journey into entrepreneurship did not begin in a boardroom. It began with unexpected turns, bold risks, and eventually, a life-altering accident that resulted in amputation. Instead of retreating, he doubled down on one belief: Financial security is not something you wait for. It is something you design. Together, we unpack: This conversation is not about panic. It is about positioning. If you have ever quietly wondered whether your security depends too heavily on your title, this episode will challenge and empower you to think differently. Because stability is not handed out. It is built. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 112 | High-Performing but Overlooked? The Translation Problem Slowing Your Promotion | 10 avr. 2026 | 00:08:14 | |
Are you talented… but still stalled in your career? Are you delivering results, carrying responsibility beyond your title, and still watching promotions move slower than they should? High-performing women rarely have a talent problem. In this episode, we break down why your natural strengths can quietly slow your advancement if they are not positioned in leadership language. You’ll learn the four dominant ways women create value inside organizations: Each of these styles is powerful. But each one has a shadow side if it is interpreted as personality instead of business impact. Execution can become “dependable.” Those are compliments. They are not positioning. If your strength is not clearly translated into measurable impact, your promotion slows. Not because you are incapable. But because your value is not legible to decision-makers. In this episode, you will learn: If your career feels heavier than it should, this may not be a confidence gap. It may be a visibility and translation gap. And that shift changes everything. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 111 | Is Your Career Actually Secure? What Happens When the System Fails featuring David Nassief | 07 avr. 2026 | 00:20:19 | |
How secure is your career… really? If your company decided tomorrow that you were no longer part of the plan, would your financial life hold steady? Or would it unravel faster than you expect? In this episode, I sit down with David Nassief, who was fired at 63 after 18 years with the same company. What he believed was secure disappeared overnight. Instead of retreating, he rebuilt. Over six years, he turned a terrifying financial reality into a seven-figure portfolio and long-term financial freedom. Not through risky bets. Not through complicated strategies. But through clarity, simplicity, and disciplined direction. We talk about: This conversation is not about fear. It is about ownership. Because career success without financial alignment can create a false sense of safety. If you are a high-performing woman who has done everything right professionally but has not fully clarified your financial runway, this episode will challenge you in the best way. Security is not something the system gives you. It is something you build intentionally. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 110 | Why Some Women Get Promoted Faster: The 5% Visibility Difference | 03 avr. 2026 | 00:10:19 | |
Have you ever wondered why some women get promoted faster, even when you are working just as hard? If you are a high-performing woman who delivers, carries responsibility beyond your title, and still feels under-positioned, this episode will land. We are breaking down what I call the 5% visibility difference. It is not about fixing weaknesses. It is not about becoming someone else. It is not about working more hours. It is about clarity. In this episode, you will learn: If your promotion feels slower than your capability, this is not a confidence gap. It may be a visibility gap. And visibility is not about being seen more. It is about being seen correctly. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 109 | Success Shouldn’t Cost You This Much: Why High-Performing Women Burn Out featuring Sophia Mikelionis | 31 mars 2026 | 00:20:35 | |
Are you succeeding on paper but secretly exhausted in real life? If you are a high-performing woman who is dependable, ambitious, and constantly on, burnout does not always look dramatic. It looks productive. It looks polished. It looks like promotions and praise, until your body starts sending signals you cannot ignore. In this episode, I sit down with Sophia Mikelionis, a former corporate finance leader who realized that crushing it at work was quietly costing her at home. We talk about: If you have been telling yourself, “I can handle it,” while feeling stretched thin, this conversation will help you rethink what sustainable success really looks like. 🔗 Connect with Sophia Mikelionis READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 108 | Are You Still Auditioning for a Promotion? Why Identity Drives Career Growth | 27 mars 2026 | 00:07:45 | |
Are you still operating like you have to prove you belong at the next level? Many high-performing women stay in audition mode long after they have earned their seat. They keep over-preparing, over-explaining, and over-performing, hoping someone will finally validate that they are ready. But at higher levels, leadership is not looking for the person trying the hardest. They are looking for the person who already feels like the role. In this episode, we break down the powerful shift from proving to embodying and why identity, not effort, accelerates career growth. You will learn: If you want a promotion, raise, or leadership authority, this episode will challenge how you see yourself at work. Because the next level is not unlocked by more effort. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 107 | Burnout Is a Signal, Not a Personal Failure featuring Rachael Edmondson-Clarke | 24 mars 2026 | 00:22:07 | |
Have you ever told yourself you’re fine… while your body quietly disagrees? So many high-performing working women assume burnout means they are not managing well enough, not resilient enough, or not strong enough. But what if burnout is not a personal flaw? What if it is feedback? In this episode, I sit down with Rachael Edmondson-Clarke, a former corporate leader who knows the cost of high performance firsthand. After years of leadership success, Rachel collapsed on her office floor from burnout. That moment reshaped how she understood career growth, sustainability, and leadership. Today, Rachael works with senior leaders and executive teams to help them perform at a high level without sacrificing their health, energy, or identity. We talk about: If you are ambitious, responsible, and deeply committed to doing excellent work, this conversation will challenge the belief that pushing harder is the solution. Burnout is not weakness. It is information. And learning to read that information may be the most strategic career move you make. 🔗 Connect with Rachael Edmondson-Clarke READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 106 | Are You Proud of Being Low Maintenance? Why It Is Slowing Your Career Growth | 20 mars 2026 | 00:07:45 | |
Are you proud of being low maintenance at work? The one who handles everything without drama. The one who does not need managing. The one who quietly fixes problems before they escalate. For high-performing women, that identity feels strong. But what if being low maintenance is quietly slowing your career growth? In this episode, we unpack the hidden career cost of being adaptable, dependable, and easy to work with. Because at higher levels, leadership does not promote the quiet executor. They promote the person whose leadership impact is clear and easy to articulate. You will learn: If your career growth feels slower than your capability, this conversation will hit. You do not need to become louder. You need to become clearer. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 105 | Optimistic Depression: When High Achievers Are Smiling but Struggling featuring Polish Peter Kolat | 17 mars 2026 | 00:20:30 | |
Have you ever felt successful on the outside, but quietly exhausted, numb, or disconnected on the inside? Do people see you as optimistic, capable, and strong… while you feel like something underneath is unraveling? Have you ever wondered why achievement doesn’t always bring relief? This episode is for the women who are doing “well” by every visible metric, yet feel tired of performing strength instead of living honestly. My guest today is Polish Peter, a transformational coach whose story challenges the idea that success automatically equals fulfillment. Peter grew up in communist Poland and immigrated to the U.S. at 14 with no English, no safety net, and no clear identity. Over time, he built a life that looked impressive from the outside where he was speaking on hundreds of stages, coaching thousands of high performers, and being recognized repeatedly for his impact. But his most important work did not come from growth alone. It came from breakdown. After a divorce that shattered him emotionally and spiritually, Peter found himself in what he calls optimistic depression - appearing positive and driven while internally drowning. That season forced him to confront something many ambitious people avoid: the cost of performing instead of telling the truth. So many high-achieving women have learned how to look okay long before they learned how to feel safe being honest. They perform competence. They perform optimism. They perform resilience. And over time, that performance becomes exhausting. 🎧 Listen now and join us for an honest conversation about performance, presence, and what real transformation looks like when you stop trying to fix yourself. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 104 | Working Harder Won’t Get You Promoted Anymore | 13 mars 2026 | 00:07:21 | |
Have you ever felt like the harder you work, the less it seems to move your career forward? You stay late. And yet… things feel slower. Heavier. Stalled. If you are a high-performing woman who built your career on effort, reliability, and excellence, this episode will hit. Because there is a stage in your career where working harder does not make you more promotable. It makes you more utilized. And those two things are very different. In this episode, we unpack: If you feel trusted but not elevated… You are not underperforming. This conversation reframes career stagnation for ambitious women who are ready for authority without over-efforting. Because the next level is not unlocked by carrying more. If this resonates, listen closely. This is the shift that changes everything. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 103 | Confidence Isn’t Mental. Why High-Performing Women Don’t Feel Safe Being Seen featuring Jenny C. Cohen | 10 mars 2026 | 00:25:52 | |
What if confidence isn’t something you think your way into? What if the reason you feel stuck, invisible, or exhausted by visibility has nothing to do with mindset at all? Many high-performing women are told they need to be more confident. More visible. More assertive. More comfortable being seen. But what if the real issue is not confidence but it’s safety? In this episode, I’m joined by Jenny C. Cohen, an integrative neurosomatic practitioner and former award-winning performer, to explore why confidence advice often fails capable women and what actually happens in the body when visibility feels risky. Jenny shares how years of performance, illness, identity shifts, motherhood, and trauma shaped her understanding of embodiment, and why so many women live disconnected from their bodies without realizing it. We talk about: If confidence has ever felt like something you should have by now,but doesn’t quite land, this episode will help you understand why. And more importantly, what to do instead. 🎧 Listen in for a grounded, honest conversation about confidence, embodiment, and what it really takes to feel safe being seen. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 102 | If Your Career Feels Harder Than It Should, You’re Probably Mispositioned | 06 mars 2026 | 00:08:18 | |
Does your career feel heavier than it should at this level? You’re hitting your goals. And yet… it feels harder than it has any right to be. If you are a high-performing woman who feels stuck, overlooked, under-leveled, or quietly frustrated despite doing everything “right,” this episode will shift how you see your career. Because the issue may not be confidence. In this solo episode, we unpack why so many capable women experience career friction at higher levels and why the strategy that got you here often stops working when you are ready for more. We explore: If you feel trusted but not promoted… You are not behind. You may simply be operating under a success model that no longer matches the level you want to reach. This episode reframes career frustration as data, not drama, and introduces a different path forward for ambitious women who are ready for authority without exhaustion. If you have ever thought, “I know I’m meant for more, but I don’t know why it feels this hard to get there,” this conversation is for you. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 101 | Afraid to Be Visible? Why Thought Leadership Is the Missing Link for Working Women featuring Kelly Schuknecht | 03 mars 2026 | 00:17:59 | |
Are you holding back at work because being visible feels risky Do you know you have valuable ideas, but still hesitate to speak up or put yourself out there Have you ever worried that being seen might make you look “too much” instead of credible If any of that sounds familiar, this episode is for you 🩷 In this conversation, Shannon sits down with Kelly Schuknecht, a marketing leader with over 17 years of experience helping professionals grow their careers and businesses. Together, they unpack why so many capable women stay quiet at work, even when they know they have something important to say. Kelly shares how confidence struggles often show up not as self-doubt, but as hesitation. Hesitation to be visible. Hesitation to claim expertise. Hesitation to step out from behind someone else’s vision and trust your own. This episode reframes thought leadership as something very different from self-promotion. Instead of being about ego or attention, it becomes a way to clarify your thinking, build trust, and help others understand the value you already bring. You will hear about: If you have ever felt overlooked at work, unsure how to speak up, or conflicted about being seen, this episode will help you understand what is really holding you back and what to do next. 🔗 Connect with Kelly Schuknecht READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 100 | What 100 Episodes Have Taught Me About Women, Work, and Why So Many Careers Stall | 27 févr. 2026 | 00:11:04 | |
What actually keeps capable women stuck at work? After 100 episodes, one pattern shows up more consistently than anything else. And it is not confidence, ambition, or effort. It is mispositioning. In this milestone episode, Shannon reflects on what hundreds of conversations with working women have revealed about career growth, leadership perception, and why so many successful women feel stalled even when they are doing everything right. This episode bridges the evolution of the show, from conversations centered on working motherhood to a broader, more honest look at women’s careers across life stages. Because the patterns that hold women back do not start with motherhood. They start with how value is interpreted at work. In this episode, you will explore: Most women do not need to become more confident, more visible, or more ambitious. They need their value to be legible. When leadership cannot easily name how you create impact, growth slows. Not because you are failing, but because your contribution does not fit neatly into the boxes they already know how to reward. Your career is not supposed to feel like constant effort. At a certain point, the strategy that got you here expires. And that does not mean you failed. It means you are ready for positioning instead of proving. This episode is not about fixing yourself. It is about understanding what 100 conversations have made clear about women, work, and what actually allows careers to move forward with clarity and sustainability. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 99 | When Companies Grow Faster Than Clarity, Women Pay the Price featuring EA Clarke | 24 févr. 2026 | 00:20:20 | |
Have you ever stepped into a role that kept expanding… without anyone really naming what you were responsible for? Or found yourself carrying more and more because the system around you wasn’t clear enough to hold it? My guest today is EA Clarke, a founder and executive who has spent decades inside fast-growing companies, building teams, scaling organizations, and watching what actually happens when growth outpaces clarity. Across startups and scaling environments, EA kept noticing the same pattern. Companies don’t struggle because there’s a lack of talent. They struggle because expectations, communication, and role clarity quietly erode as they grow. When that happens, people compensate. And very often, the people doing that compensating are high-performing women. This episode isn’t about doing more or pushing through. It’s about understanding when you’re responding to a system problem, not a personal one, and how much relief comes from naming that difference. If you’ve ever felt like your role keeps growing without conversation, or like you’re holding things together behind the scenes while everyone else moves forward, this conversation will help you see what’s really happening and why it’s not a failure on your part. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 98 | Great at Everything? Why High-Performing Women Get Stuck Without Clarity | 20 févr. 2026 | 00:12:01 | |
Have you ever been told you are versatile, dependable, and capable in many ways, yet your career feels strangely stalled? This episode explores why being great at everything can actually slow your career down at higher levels and why clarity often matters more than range when it comes to promotions and advancement. When leadership cannot easily describe what you are known for, advancement often hesitates. Not because you lack ability, but because your contribution is spread across too many lanes to pattern match. In this episode, we talk about how versatility can unintentionally dilute your signal, why leadership struggles to promote what they cannot place, and how women end up highly relied on without being elevated. This conversation is for working women who feel trusted, involved, and busy but are ready for career growth that feels aligned instead of exhausting. In this episode, we cover: If you have been feeling stretched, underrecognized, or quietly frustrated, this episode will help you understand what is really happening and why nothing about your career has been wasted. You are not unfocused. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 97 | The Hidden Cost of Lack of Clarity at Work for High-Performing Women featuring Michaela Anderson | 17 févr. 2026 | 00:20:34 | |
Have you ever felt exhausted at work, not because you dislike your job, but because everything feels unclear? You’re capable. You’re committed. You’re doing what’s asked of you. And yet the work feels heavier than it should. In this episode, I’m joined by Michaela “Mickey” Anderson to name something many high-performing women experience but rarely have language for. Burnout that isn’t caused by laziness, lack of skill, or poor boundaries, but by unclear systems, vague expectations, and environments that rely on women to overfunction to keep things moving. Mickey has spent more than a decade helping organizations scale sustainably, and across industries she’s seen the same pattern repeat. Teams have the tools and ambition, but no shared clarity around how decisions are made, what good looks like, or who owns what. The result is confusion, invisible labor, and burnout that gets mistaken for commitment. In this conversation, we unpack: This episode is especially relevant if you’ve ever felt like you’re constantly adapting, filling gaps, or holding things together without clear direction or recognition. The problem may not be your effort. It may be the system you’re working inside. You’re not broken. Sometimes what’s missing isn’t motivation. It’s clarity. 🔗 Connect with Mickey Anderson READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 96 | You’re Not Underconfident. Your Confidence Is Being Misread | 13 févr. 2026 | 00:09:03 | |
If you have ever been told to “just be more confident” and felt more frustrated than helped, this episode is for you. Many high-performing women are already confident. They trust their judgment, deliver strong work, and are relied on by leadership. And yet, that confidence does not always translate into visibility, authority, or promotion. In this episode, we unpack why confidence is not a single behavior, why leadership interprets confidence differently depending on how they already see your value, and how quiet, relational, or strategic confidence often gets overlooked at work. This conversation will help you stop trying to fix yourself and start understanding how your confidence is actually being interpreted. What We Talk About Confidence is not something you add. It is something you translate. When leadership cannot clearly connect your confidence to impact, it often gets overlooked. That does not mean you lack confidence. It means your value is not being interpreted clearly yet. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 95 | Qualified but Rejected? Why Job Search Systems Fail High-Performing Women featuring Aparajita Sudarshan | 10 févr. 2026 | 00:17:36 | |
Have you ever opened rejection email after rejection email and thought, What am I missing? Not because you’re underqualified. Not because you lack experience. But because nothing you try seems to translate into opportunity. In this episode, I’m joined by Aparajita Sudarshan, who shares what really happens when high-performing women enter job search systems that don’t know how to recognize their value. After more than 17 years building a global learning and development career across six countries, Aparajita relocated to the UK and found herself facing constant rejection. Not because she wasn’t capable, but because the system wasn’t built to see her experience clearly. Together, we unpack what’s actually happening when qualified women disappear in hiring processes and why doing everything you’re told to do often doesn’t work. In this conversation, we explore: This episode is for women who are capable, experienced, and motivated, but feeling unseen in the job market. Especially those navigating relocation, career transitions, or re-entry into the workforce. You are not failing. Sometimes the system simply doesn’t know how to read your value. 🔗 Connect with Aparajita Sudarshan READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 94 | You Did Everything Right, So Why Isn’t Your Career Advancing? | 06 févr. 2026 | 00:08:26 | |
Have you ever had the quiet thought, “I followed the advice… so why does this feel harder now?” This episode is for high-performing working women who did what they were told would work, built credibility, showed up consistently, and still feel like their career momentum has slowed. Because there is a point where the advice that helped you rise stops being the advice that helps you advance. And no one really names that transition. In this episode, we unpack why the same career advice works for some women and backfires for others, and why stalled growth is often a recognition issue, not a confidence problem. You’ll hear: We also talk about why growth can start to feel like self-improvement instead of expansion, and how that leads capable women to question themselves when the system is actually the issue. If you’ve been wondering: “I know I’m capable of more.” “I feel ready for something bigger.” “I just don’t understand why this feels harder now.” This episode will help you understand what’s really happening beneath the surface. You’re not behind. And naming it is the first step to changing it. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 93 | Stop Applying Blind: The ATS Strategy Women Need for Career Growth, Clarity & Confidence featuring Megan Applegate | 03 févr. 2026 | 00:23:21 | |
If you’ve ever poured hours into updating your resume, hit submit with high hope and then heard absolutely nothing back, this episode is going to feel like a huge exhale. Because here’s the truth most working women are never told: Your resume might simply be getting filtered out before a human ever sees it. In today’s episode, Shannon sits down with Megan Applegate, career strategist, former recruiter, and founder of Career Blueprint Solutions, to pull back the curtain on how hiring really works especially in the age of ATS systems and AI. Megan has reviewed thousands of resumes from the recruiter side, which means she knows exactly why strong, capable candidates (especially working moms) get overlooked — and what actually works instead. This conversation is practical, empowering, and packed with “ohhh THAT’S why” moments. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: This episode is your permission slip to stop blaming yourself and start playing the game with clarity. You don’t need to apply harder. You don’t need to prove your worth. You don’t need to burn yourself out chasing silence. You need strategy, alignment, and a resume that actually works for you. 🔗 Connect with Megan Applegate READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 92 | Trusted but Not Chosen: Why High-Performing Women Get Stuck Without Being Positioned | 30 janv. 2026 | 00:11:16 | |
Have you ever thought, “I’m trusted with everything… so why am I not being chosen?” This episode is for the woman who is relied on, looped in, and given access, but still feels stalled when it comes to promotion, authority, or influence. Because here’s the truth most women are never told: trust and positioning are not the same thing. You can be deeply trusted at work and still not be seen as “next.” In this episode of Career Growth for Working Women, we unpack why being dependable, safe, and reliable can actually keep you anchored in place and what has to shift for leadership to envision you at the next level. You’ll hear: We also talk about the emotional confusion that comes with being praised, appreciated, and counted on, yet still feeling overlooked when opportunities arise. This is not about leaders having bad intentions. It’s about how systems respond to signals. If you’ve been wondering why your credibility hasn’t turned into movement yet, this episode offers clarity without blame and a new way to think about what comes next. You are not stuck. And now, it’s time to be positioned. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 91 | From Self-Doubt to Career Confidence: How Women Get Hired Faster & Lead with Authority featuring Dr. Eric Woodard | 26 janv. 2026 | 00:18:42 | |
If you’ve ever felt stuck, undervalued, or unsure of how to talk about your worth at work, this episode is going to change the way you see yourself — and your career. Today I’m joined by Dr. Eric Woodard, founder of WIN at Work and one of the most practical, grounded voices in modern career development. With more than 10,000 professionals coached, Eric has seen it all — the burnout, the self-doubt, the job search overwhelm, and especially the way working moms underestimate their power. And spoiler alert:You’re not lacking qualifications. You’re lacking acknowledgment of what you already bring to the table. In this conversation, we’re unpacking: Eric’s perspective is refreshingly real. He doesn’t tiptoe around the guilt, the pressure, or the invisible labor working moms carry — but he also doesn’t let you hide behind it. He sees the truth: Motherhood doesn’t make you less marketable. It makes you more capable, more resourceful, more emotionally intelligent, and more trustworthy. By the end, you’ll feel clearer, braver, and more ready to advocate for yourself in rooms you once tiptoed into. Your Weekly Takeaway: Replace every “should” with: READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 90 | Why Being Good at Your Job Can Actually Slow Your Career Down | 23 janv. 2026 | 00:11:20 | |
More Responsibility, No Authority? Why Being Good at Your Job Can Actually Slow Your Career Down Have you ever felt like your workload keeps growing, but your role, title, or pay stays the same? You’re trusted with more. You’re relied on more. You’re clearly valued. And yet your career feels stalled. In this episode, we’re talking about a pattern many high-performing women experience but rarely get language for. The moment when responsibility increases without authority, and competence quietly becomes a ceiling instead of a bridge to the next level. This is not about being bad at your job. In fact, it often happens because you are very good at it. We unpack why leadership often rewards execution with more work, not more influence, and how being dependable can unintentionally anchor you in place. You’ll hear why doing your job well does not automatically signal readiness for a different role, and what actually drives promotion decisions at higher levels. In this conversation, we explore: ✨ Why responsibility often grows faster than authority for capable women ✨ How competence can turn into a career ceiling ✨ The difference between being trusted and being envisioned for the next level ✨ Why more responsibility is not the same as advancement ✨ How overfunctioning reinforces an identity you may have outgrown ✨ What it looks like to shift from proving yourself to positioning your value If you’ve ever thought, “The more I do, the harder it is to get out of this role,” this episode will help you understand why that’s happening and what needs to change. Reflection question to sit with: ✨ What story is your work currently telling about you, capability or readiness? You are not behind. You are not stuck because you care too much. And you are not wrong for wanting more authority, influence, or clarity. Sometimes being excellent is not the problem. Staying there too long is. READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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| 89 | The Cost of Misalignment: How to Recognize Burnout Before Life Forces You To featuring Adrian “AJ” Jones | 20 janv. 2026 | 00:18:42 | |
Today’s conversation is one every working mom needs to hear because sometimes the life that looks successful on the outside slowly starts breaking us down on the inside. My guest, Adrian “AJ” Jones, is a two-time Widowmaker Heart Attack survivor, former financial services executive, and founder of MORE, a career wellness platform helping high-achieving professionals move from autopilot to alignment. After two near-death experiences, AJ completely redefined what success means and now he teaches others how to recognize burnout before life does it for you. This episode is raw, grounding, and deeply clarifying. If you’ve been quietly wondering, “Is this really how I want to live?” this is your sign to lean in. In This Episode, We Cover: Three Takeaways You’ll Love READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP? 🎧 LOVE THE SHOW? ✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.
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