Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Corporate F*ckery
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| The Powerhouse Woman Manifesto | 12 Dec 2025 | 00:39:59 | |
Season 2 Finale: The Powerhouse Woman Manifesto In this Season 2 finale of Corporate F*ckery, Lauren DeGolia weaves together the biggest revelations from nine powerhouse conversations into one transformational episode. This season explored the emotional, strategic, and psychological realities of women redefining power, leadership, and success on their own terms. Across episodes featuring: Olivia Howell, Episode 2, How to Be a Powerhouse Without a Blazer Corporate Christie, Episode 3, Owning Your Value & Choosing Your Freedom Beverly Dines, Episode 4, Rebuilding Power with Purpose Heather Boneparth, Episode 5, Redefining Wealth Without Losing Yourself Mollie Tregillis, Episode 6, Finding Fulfillment in the Chaos) Raena Boston, Episode 7, Corporate Scams & Micro-Pushback Leadership Roxy Couse, Episode 8, How Powerhouse Women Rise in a Broken Workplace Dr. Corinne Low, Episode 9, The Economics of Power: Time, Money & the Lies Women Were Sold) A shared truth emerged: Powerhouse isn’t something you perform, it’s something you return to. This finale stitches together:
Lauren closes with The Powerhouse Manifesto, a guide for navigating career, ambition, identity, and agency as we close out 2025 and enter 2026 with intention, clarity, and self-trust. ⭐ THE POWERHOUSE MANIFESTO
Season 3 returns in January with a new theme: New Year. New Rules. | |||
| The Economics of Power: Time, Money & the Lies Women Were Sold with Dr. Corinne Low | 04 Dec 2025 | 01:00:14 | |
This week, economist and Wharton professor Dr. Corinne Low hands us the data-backed truth about why powerhouse women feel overextended, under-supported, and blamed for systems they didn’t design. We break down two game-changing concepts: • Utility FunctionYour utility function is the economist’s version of your life scorecard, the sum total of joy, meaning, fulfillment, and alignment across your lifetime. Not your boss’s profit. Not comparison culture. Not the invisible rules handed to women. You’re maximizing your utility, not the company’s. • Your Job as TechnologyYour job is simply a tool that converts time → money. Once you see it as technology, not identity, you unlock the power to redesign your career around better ROI, more time freedom, and the life Future You actually wants to live. We also hit the hard truths: unpaid labor, sexual harassment as an economic crime, why even top-performing women earn less, and why “leaning in” was never the solution. If you’re ready to reclaim your levers, time, money, agency, this conversation is a reset. Share this episode with a powerhouse woman who needs the reminder: she’s not broken. The system is. Links:
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| The Ripple Effect | 05 Sep 2025 | 00:12:32 | |
Corporate F*ckery: Episode 10, The Ripple EffectEpisode Summary The Season One finale digs into the ripple effect of corporate culture, how it rewires identity, drains energy, and shapes our subconscious code. Lauren blends science, energy, and listener stories to show why protecting your peace is radical leadership. From missed bonuses and toxic bosses to AI replacements and nervous system burnout, this episode proves corporate f*ckery isn’t theory, it’s lived reality. The call to action? Upgrade your operating system, reclaim your energy, and lead your life, career, and business on your own terms.
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| Seduced by Corporate Success | 29 Aug 2025 | 00:14:46 | |
🎧 Episode 9 Show Notes: Seduced by Corporate Success (and the Golden Handcuff Trap) Episode Summary What happens when the success you worked so hard for becomes your safety net and then your cage? In this episode of Corporate F*ckery, I pull back the curtain on the invisible contracts we sign with our careers, the grief of realizing corporate life won’t love you back, and the identity unraveling that comes when you’re no longer sure who you are without the title, the bonuses, or the praise. This is for the woman who’s done it all right; built the resume, earned the accolades, climbed the ladder, and still feels like she’s quietly drowning inside a life that was supposed to prove she made it. Together, we’ll explore:
Newsflash: success that costs you your safety isn’t success. It’s survival. And you don’t have to stay here. ✨ When you learn how to regulate your nervous system and reprogram your subconscious stories, you stop living life as a performance review and start living from a place of permission. That’s where the options multiply, whether you keep the corner office or build something entirely your own. Resources & Links Mentioned in This Episode
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| The Myth of Quiet Quitting | 22 Aug 2025 | 00:09:52 | |
Episode 8: The Quiet Quitting Myth (and Why You’re Quiet Cracking Instead) Quiet quitting isn’t rebellion. It’s resentment in disguise. And for high achievers, it’s not even quitting, it’s quiet cracking. In this episode of Corporate F*ckery I break down the myths around “quiet quitting” and explore why so many powerhouse women find themselves stuck in the silent struggle of “quiet cracking.” From the toll on your mental load and nervous system, to the ripple effect on your reputation, team, and culture, we’re unpacking what’s really going on beneath the buzzwords. You’ll hear real stories (including my own), hard truths from a recent Business Insider article, and the five powerful questions you can ask yourself to navigate whether it’s time to shift perspective, change roles, or upgrade your nervous system for lasting peace. Because the truth is: quiet quitting and quiet cracking aren’t failures. They’re signals. And they may just mean you’re ready for more alignment than ever before.
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| Rigged to Overwork + the RTO Movement | 15 Aug 2025 | 00:13:13 | |
🎙️ Episode 7: Return to Office or Return to Self? How high-achievers keep feeding the burnout beast and why it’s time to choose peace instead of proximity. They’re calling it a “return to normal.” But for many high-achievers, women, men, caregivers, and anyone who built a life around flexibility it feels more like “Rigged to Overwork.” In this episode, I’m breaking down the truth behind RTO mandates the data, the corporate gaslighting, and the real emotional cost that the headlines aren’t talking about.
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Whether you’re a leader deciding how to advocate for your team, or you’re in the trenches trying to decide what’s next for you, this conversation will remind you: you have more than two choices. [ Book your complimentary consult here ]
Welcome to the intersection of power and freedom. | |||
| The False AI Promise | 08 Aug 2025 | 00:13:40 | |
🎙 Corporate F*ckery: Episode 6 Title: The False AI Promise The productivity lie. The AI illusion. And the real intelligence worth protecting. In this episode of Corporate F*ckery, we get real about what AI is actually doing to the workplace and what it isn’t. From being marketed as the future of innovation to replacing humans in the name of efficiency, AI is being positioned as the ultimate solution. But what if it’s just a polished past disguised as progress? Lauren shares why AI isn’t intelligent (yet), how it’s being misused at the expense of real people, and why your subconscious mind, your original intelligence, is the true competitive advantage in this new frontier. We unpack:
Whether you’re nervous about being replaced or frustrated by the performative AI hype, this one’s for you. Let’s talk about what it means to lead with originality, protect your wisdom, and shape a future that actually works for humans. 🔗 Resources & Links:
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| The Cost of Corporate F*ckery | 01 Aug 2025 | 00:21:36 | |
🎙️ Episode 5: The Cost of Corporate F*ckery Welcome to Corporate F*ckery stories of survival, psychological warfare, and choosing what’s best for you. I’m Lauren DeGolia; certified success coach, subconscious strategist, astrologer, and former corporate insider turned truth-teller. This episode is for the high-achieving woman who’s starting to wonder if the life she built… is actually costing her the one she wants. We’re talking about the hidden cost of corporate life, not just your time, but your presence, your peace, your power. In this episode:
This isn’t about quitting your job. It’s about waking up to what’s no longer sustainable and choosing something better. Because when you choose what’s best for you, you don’t just change your life, you change the whole damn system. 🔧 The Untangling Toolkit: 10 Tools to Reclaim Your Time, Energy & Peace 1. Track your hours Start auditing your reality. Where is your time actually going? Awareness is step one. 2. Micro-sabotage the machine End meetings 10 minutes early. Don’t answer that Slack immediately. Disrupt the default patterns you’ve been trained into. 3. Rebellious rest Put “nervous system reset” in your calendar and treat it like it’s your boss’s birthday. Rest on purpose. 4. Flip your calendar Schedule your life first. Then fit work around it. Even if it’s just one personal thing per week, start there. 5. Reverse ROI Ask: “Is this giving me peace or points? Presence or panic?” Let that guide your yeses and nos. 6. The Jane Protocol Before saying yes, ask: If I just received a life-altering diagnosis, would this still matter? 7. 5-minute ritual break Music. Movement. Breath. Clear your energy like you clear your inbox. Try EFT tapping, a walk, or a guided meditation. 8. Don’t let this harden you Let it show you where your choices need to change. Self-preservation is leadership. 9. Fantasize on repeat Imagine how you’d love your day to feel, from start to finish. Then gamify it. Practice living it, not just surviving it. 10. Talk to your future self She already figured this out. Ask her what she knows. Need help connecting? That’s my specialty. Explore my universe: Discover your Moon Sign: your emotional GPS system: moon.beyondyourhoroscope.com The Cosmic Cheat Code: the 7-day audio reset to decode your emotional landscape and reconnect with clarity, calm, and your inner truth: Get the guide Book a free 20-minute consult: Let’s talk about what’s keeping you stuck in high-functioning survival and how to get your nervous system on board with a new reality: [Book here] | |||
| Art of the Reinvent | 25 Jul 2025 | 00:12:08 | |
Welcome to Corporate F*ckery: stories of survival, psychological warfare, and choosing what’s best for you. I’m Lauren DeGolia, certified success coach, subconscious strategist, astrologer, and former corporate insider turned truth-teller. This episode is for the leader who thought they could out-strategize her way to freedom and got handed a plot twist instead. We’re talking about what happens when your exit strategy explodes, autopilot becomes a prison, and the universe invites you to reinvent, ready or not. In this episode, I share: 💥 The difference between conscious logic and subconscious safety (and why hustle alone will never get you free) 💥 What “corporate autopilot” actually is and how it hijacks your calendar, emotions, and identity 💥 Why familiar patterns feel safe (even when they suck), and what your nervous system really needs to update your reality 💥 The story behind my slow-burn reinvention while working full-time and building a business 💥 What changed the week I graduated from a Harvard-level subconscious change certification and lost my dad 💥 Why getting laid off from Microsoft cracked me open and called me forward 💥 What it actually means to rewrite your relationship with work, identity, and emotional peace This episode isn’t about quitting your job on a whim or burning your life down. It’s about remembering who you are under the performance patterns. It’s about practicing a new way of being that’s rooted in emotional safety, not optics. It’s about building a version of success that doesn’t require you to sacrifice your soul. Ready to take the next step? Discover your Moon Sign: your emotional GPS system: moon.beyondyourhoroscope.com Book a free 20-minute consult: let’s talk about where you are, where you’re headed, and what’s keeping you on autopilot. Grab The Cosmic Cheat Code: a 7-day audio experience to help you decode your Moon Sign and reconnect with clarity, calm, and inner truth. Get the guide | |||
| The Identity Pivot | 18 Jul 2025 | 00:11:03 | |
Welcome to Corporate F*ckery: stories of survival, psychological warfare, and choosing what’s best for you. I’m Lauren DeGolia: certified success coach, subconscious strategist, astrologer, and former corporate insider turned truth-teller. This episode? It’s personal. (Aren’t they all?) We’re talking burnout, adrenal crisis, and the unexpected lifelines that helped me reconstruct my identity after corporate collapse. Spoiler: the answers weren’t in a self-help book or a strategy deck… they were in the stars and in my nervous system. In this episode, I share: ✨ The difference between burnout and adrenal crisis and why it matters ✨ The Burnout Cascade Framework from the NIH that finally explained what was happening to my body and brain ✨ Why your moon sign might just be the map to emotional regulation no therapist ever gave you ✨ The four-hour sob session that changed everything ✨ How a random Akashic Records reading rerouted my entire purpose (woo alert: explained inside) ✨ What I wish I knew about identity, empathy, and how corporate systems eat humanity for breakfast ✨ Why you don’t need to blow up your life to come back home to yourself This isn’t just about astrology or anti-capitalism. It’s about learning to decode your own patterns so you can stop surviving and start reclaiming your peace, power, and purpose. References: Read the NIH study on burnout and adrenal fatigue: Burnout Cascade Framework 🎧 Listen in and then come explore the tools that helped me reclaim my life: Discover your moon sign (free, instant, custom report): 👉 moon.beyondyourhoroscope.com Join my free private community, Pivot: our next live call is July 24: Book a free 20-minute consult: let’s talk about where you are, where you’re headed, and what’s been keeping you from making the shift: Grab The Cosmic Cheat Code: the 7-day audio experience that helps you decodes your Moon Sign so clarity & calm become your new normal and your next step feels like home, instead of hustle. | |||
| The Breakdown That Rebuilt Me: My Origin Story | 11 Jul 2025 | 00:10:36 | |
🎙 Episode 2: The Breakdown That Rebuilt Me: My Origin Story Summary: In this raw and revealing episode, Lauren shares the untold origin story that cracked her open and rebuilt her from the inside out. What began as a #MeToo moment in corporate turned into a full-blown systemic collapse of identity, leaving her questioning everything she thought she knew about success, safety, and self-worth. This isn’t a burnout story. This is an initiation. Into truth. Into power. Into a version of you that doesn’t have to perform to be valuable. What You’ll Hear:
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Next Episode Teaser: Lauren takes you into her dark night of the soul—a season she once described as walking naked across a raging river in the dark. No map. No logic. Just a deep, shaky knowing that she had to keep going. You’re not just listening to a podcast. You’re stepping into a reclamation. | |||
| Laid Off and Promoted in the Same Day | 04 Jul 2025 | 00:08:34 | |
Summary: Three weeks after the unexpected death of her father, Lauren was laid off over Zoom. No warning. No compassion. Just a sterile script and a severance. But instead of spiraling, she saw it for what it was: a cosmic promotion. In this debut episode of Corporate Fckery*, Lauren shares the raw story of grief, corporate betrayal, and the sacred rage that sparked a new chapter. She breaks down what “corporate f*ckery” really means, the silent sacrifices high-achieving women make to survive, and why she’s using this moment as a launch point — not a breakdown. If you've ever felt like you had to hold it all together while quietly unraveling… this episode is for you. What You’ll Hear:
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| The Millennial Manager Rewrite: How Powerhouse Women Rise in a Broken Workplace with Roxy Couse | 20 Nov 2025 | 00:40:18 | |
The Millennial Manager Rewrite: How Powerhouse Women Rise in a Broken Workplace with Roxy Couse Today on Corporate F*ckery, Lauren sits down with Roxy Couse, Webby-nominated creator, senior corporate leader, and the internet’s trusted “Millennial Manager,” to unpack what it really takes for powerhouse women to rise inside a workplace that’s more unstable, emotionally taxing, and psychologically confusing than ever. With more than half a million professionals tuning into her boundary-setting guidance and corporate hard truths, Roxy breaks down the new rules of modern work: the PIE Method no one teaches you, why performance is only 10% of promotability, and how personal branding has quietly become the most strategic lever women have to separate their identity from their job. Together, we dive into: - How the workplace broke and why millennial managers are rewriting it in real time - The unseen emotional toll of layoffs, unstable leadership, and nervous-system overload - The PIE Method (performance, image, exposure) and why powerhouse women must play differently - Why building a personal brand is the individuator that helps women rise without self-abandonment - How generational trauma and early conditioning show up in executive behavior - What it actually looks like to position yourself for the next level without doing more Lauren ties it all together through subconscious reprogramming, emotional clarity, and identity work, giving powerhouse women the tools to stop checking boxes and start positioning themselves as the leaders they already are. Power Takeaways
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| Corporate Scams & Micro-Pushback Leadership with Raena Boston | 13 Nov 2025 | 00:43:13 | |
In today’s episode, we sit down with Raena Boston, HR leader, writer, and the powerhouse behind The Working Momtras, a movement created to dismantle some of the biggest scams women are sold inside modern work and motherhood. Raena brings her trademark clarity, humor, and no-nonsense wisdom to a conversation that cuts through the noise with surgical precision. From the corporate gaslighting around AI layoffs to the quiet reemergence of girlboss culture, to the emotional whiplash of choosing yourself inside systems built on overwork, nothing is off the table in this conversation. Together, we dig into:
Raena also shares the deeply personal story of walking away from an organization she co-founded, the grief, the clarity, and the line she refused to cross in the name of her own integrity. This episode is a must-listen for any powerhouse woman navigating toxic workplaces, identity shifts, leadership pressure, or the weight of doing it all. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re the problem (you’re not), whether you’re allowed to slow down (you are), or whether using your agency actually matters (it does, more than you think)… Raena will give you the words, the perspective, and the permission to take your power back. ALLLL of the links to connect with Raena and Lauren are included below 👇 | |||
| The Powerhouse Reframe: Finding Fulfillment in the Chaos with Mollie Tregillis | 07 Nov 2025 | 00:35:25 | |
🎙️ Episode 5: The Powerhouse Reframe, Finding Fulfillment in the Chaos with Mollie Tregillis This week on Corporate F*ckery, Lauren sits down with Mollie Tregillis, ex-lawyer, leadership expert, and founder of The Fulfillment Lab to unpack what it really takes to create meaning in the middle of corporate chaos. After more than a decade climbing the ranks of big law, Mollie walked away from the grind to build something better. Now she helps high-achieving women and progressive organizations do big work in a way that actually works for humans. Together, Lauren and Mollie explore:
This episode is equal parts permission slip and power play — a reminder that your worth isn’t measured in output, but in the quality of your presence, perspective, and peace. ✨ Connect with Mollie Websites: www.mollietregillis.com & www.thefulfillmentlab.com.au Instagram & TikTok: @mollietregillis 💫 Connect with Lauren LinkedIn, Instagram & TikTok: @laurendegolia Website: laurendegolia.com | |||
| Redefining Wealth Without Losing Yourself with Heather Boneparth | 31 Oct 2025 | 00:45:28 | |
🎙️ Episode 5: Redefining Wealth Without Losing Yourself with Heather Boneparth What happens when the woman who has it all realizes the cost was her own sense of self? This week on Corporate F*ckery, we sit down with Heather Boneparth, corporate lawyer turned Director of Business and Legal Affairs at Bonafide Wealth, co-author of Money Together, and the powerhouse redefining what equity really looks like inside modern partnership. After a decade climbing the corporate ladder, Heather found herself at a crossroads between ambition, motherhood, and marriage. What began as a story about money became a reckoning with identity, worth, and the invisible economics shaping every decision we make. Together, we unpack how to: ✨ Untangle money stories that start long before your paycheck ✨ Build partnerships rooted in fairness instead of financial imbalance ✨ Redefine success beyond income, titles, and handbags ✨ Detach self-worth from salary and reconnect to what truly matters Heather reminds us that money isn’t math, it’s meaning. And the real currency of success is time, alignment, and self-trust. If you’ve ever wondered how to build wealth without losing yourself, this conversation is your permission slip to start rewriting the rules. Connect with Heather Boneparth: 📘 Money Together, available now wherever books are sold 💌 @averagejoelle on Instagram or Bonefide Wealth Management 💼 thejointaccount.substack.com Connect with Lauren DeGolia: 💼 LinkedIn | Instagram | TikTok Book a complimentary consult with Lauren Love the show? Leave a review or follow along with the show on LinkedIn | |||
| Rebuilding Power with Purpose with Beverly Dines | 24 Oct 2025 | 00:52:21 | |
💼 Rebuilding Power with Purpose with Beverly Dines What happens when being human at work becomes a corporate crime? In this week’s episode, I sit down with Beverly Dines, known online as the internet’s Chief Empowerment Officer, to talk about the evolution of leadership, the cost of emotional suppression, and the courage it takes to bring empathy back into the boardroom. Beverly has scaled mission-driven companies across healthcare, FinTech, and higher education — and in the process, built a digital empire redefining what it means to lead with truth, strategy, and soul. Together, we unpack her rise from breakdown to breakthrough, the power of belonging, and why your “resting face” should never be a performance review metric. This conversation is equal parts redemption arc and revolution — a masterclass in what it looks like to rebuild power with purpose in a system that rewards performance over humanity.
🧠 Connect with Beverly Dines Follow Beverly on Instagram & TikTok: @beverlydines Learn more about her work: www.beverlydines.com 💬 Connect with LaurenLinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok : @laurendegolia Ready for an upgrade, book a free consult or visit. www.laurendegolia.com ✨ If you loved this episode:Leave a 5-star review, share it with your powerhouse friends, and tag us with your biggest takeaways. Because redefining power starts with telling the truth, one conversation at a time. | |||
| Owning Your Value and Choosing Your Freedom with Christie Hoffman (Trigger Warning) | 17 Oct 2025 | 00:41:50 | |
🎙️ Owning Your Value and Choosing Your Freedom — with Christie HoffmanWhat does it really take to walk away from a life that looks perfect on paper and build one that actually feels good? In this episode of Corporate F*ckery, Lauren sits down with Christie Hoffman, the powerhouse behind Corporate Christie, a former marketing executive turned speaker, author, and corporate comedian who’s helping women trade burnout for boundaries and chaos for clarity. After surviving a corporate collapse, a divorce, and what she calls a “spiritual ego death,” Christie turned her pain into punchlines and her healing into frameworks that help others do the same. Together, Lauren and Christie dive deep into the parallels between corporate trauma and family patterns, how to protect your peace in high-pressure spaces, and why letting go of what’s no longer aligned is the most powerful move you can make. This conversation is equal parts therapy session, stand-up set, and soul activation. It’s for the women who’ve done everything “right,” only to realize that freedom, not perfection, is the real measure of success.
Connect with Christie: Follow @corporatechristie on TikTok and LinkedIn Grab her book The Family Cycle Breaker Listen to The Corporate Christie Podcast wherever you tune in If this episode resonated, join The Pivot Club, a gathering for powerhouse women navigating change, career transitions, and big life pivots with clarity and calm. Learn more. You're ready to make shift happen in your career, aren't you? Book a complimentary consult with Lauren here. | |||
| How to Be a Powerhouse Without the Blazer with Olivia Howell | 10 Oct 2025 | 00:32:26 | |
🎙️ Episode 2: How to Be a Powerhouse Without the Blazer with Olivia Howell Guest: Olivia Howell, Co-Founder & CEO of Fresh Starts Registry In this episode, Lauren sits down with Olivia Howell, CEO, single mom, and Co-Founder of Fresh Starts Registry, for a real and refreshing conversation about leading, rebuilding, and redefining what power looks like when you stop performing and start being. They unpack the unspoken dynamics of womanhood in business: the “middle-school energy” that lingers in boardrooms, why kindness is a radical business strategy, and how to build community without losing yourself in the process. From divorce to digital empire-building, Olivia shares how she turned one of life’s hardest resets into a global platform helping others navigate their own. This episode is proof that you don’t need the blazer, the title, or the approval to be a powerhouse, you just need the courage to start again. 💡 In This Episode:
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Listen to this episode if you’ve ever felt: Like you’re too soft for the system, but too smart to play small. Because power isn’t in the blazer, it’s in how you lead when no one’s watching. | |||
| The Anatomy of a Powerhouse Woman | 03 Oct 2025 | 00:19:47 | |
Episode 1: The Anatomy of a Powerhouse Woman What does it really mean to be a powerhouse woman? We love the word. We wear it like armor. It sounds sexy, unstoppable, unshakable. But behind the label is a deeper truth: powerhouse women are often carrying more than they were ever designed to hold. In this season opener, Lauren DeGolia breaks down the anatomy of a powerhouse woman, her grit, her resilience, her softness, and the invisible power she’s still learning to claim on her own terms. You’ll also hear from powerhouse women themselves as they share their personal definitions of power:
This episode lays the foundation for Season 2: a journey into the lives of women rewriting power, legacy, and success beyond the limits of corporate systems and societal expectations.
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| Drop the Impost-Her: Get Paid, Not Played with Lynda Harvey | 30 Jan 2026 | 00:56:45 | |
Season 3 opens with a hard reset. In this episode, Lauren sits down with Lynda Harvey (aka @Lynda.Leads) to dismantle one of the most persistent, and profitable, patterns in corporate life: imposter syndrome. Not as a personal flaw, but as a systemic conditioning tool designed to keep high-performing women compliant, underpaid, and constantly self-questioning. This conversation sets the tone for the season: clear eyes, clean boundaries, and new rules. In this episode, we cover:
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About the Guest: Lynda Harvey, known online as Lynda Leads, has built and scaled high-performing teams, led cross-functional decision-making at the executive level, and built a platform rooted in corporate truth, not corporate fantasy. Her work centers on self-advocacy, compensation, boundaries, and the reminder that your company is not your family, it’s a business. | |||
| The Dark Side of Success: When Achievement Turns on You with Dr. Ashley Cerda (Trigger Warning) | 06 Feb 2026 | 00:48:58 | |
The Dark Side of Success: When Achievement Turns on You with Dr. Ashley Cerda ⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of suicidal ideation, catastrophic thinking, burnout, shame-based self-talk, and nervous system dysregulation. What happens when the very skills that made you successful begin to work against you? In this deeply honest and necessary conversation, Lauren sits down with Dr. Ashley Cerda, behavioral scientist, clinical leader, and founder of a multi-location mental health organization, to unpack a pattern many high-achieving women experience but rarely name: the dark side of success. Together, they explore how intelligent, capable, adaptive women can unknowingly slip into survival-based achievement, where productivity becomes identity, safety becomes conditional, and the nervous system never truly stands down. The result? Panic, shame loops, emotional shutdown, and in some cases, passive suicidal ideation that feels frightening, confusing, and deeply isolating. This episode dismantles stigma and replaces it with clarity. You’ll learn why these thoughts don’t mean you’re broken, how the brain behaves under prolonged pressure, and why awareness, not willpower, is the first step to creating safety for yourself. This is not a conversation about failure, it’s about what happens when achievement starts to feel unsafe. Learn more about Dr. Ashley Cerda's work here. or follow her work on Instagram. Explore Lauren's world: www.laurendegolia.com | |||
| The Truth About Internet Magic: Why Intuition Requires Action | 03 Mar 2026 | 00:32:58 | |
The Truth About Internet Magic: Why Intuition Requires Action This week on Corporate F*ckery, Lauren goes solo and breaks down one of the most misunderstood ideas in personal and professional growth: intuition. After years of operating in survival mode, chasing logic, and trying everything from corporate hustle to backyard full-moon manifestation rituals (yes, really), Lauren shares what she’s learned about the difference between waiting for magic and actually creating momentum. The episode also includes the story behind a bold new idea she recently followed—an unexpected attempt to explore a female-led ownership bid for the Seattle Seahawks—and what it taught her about intuition, courage, and taking aligned action even when the outcome is uncertain. This conversation isn’t about blind faith or spiritual bypassing. It’s about something far more practical: learning to recognize the signals inside you that point toward your next move. In this episode, Lauren explores:
If you’ve ever felt a pull toward something bigger, but talked yourself out of it, this episode is your reminder that inspiration is rarely convenient, but it’s often worth following. Sometimes the boldest move isn’t having the perfect plan. It’s trusting the nudge and taking the first step to let go of what isn’t working. | |||
| Severance Isn’t a Gift: Negotiate the Layoff, Not Your Worth with Tara Bodine | 20 Feb 2026 | 00:50:47 | |
This season, we’re rewriting the rules. And today’s rule is simple: don’t confuse a corporate decision with your worth and don’t sign away your power because you’re in shock. In this episode of Corporate F*ckery, Lauren sits down with Tara Bodine, global HR and talent leader and CEO of True North People Consulting. After seeing the writing on the wall at her company, Tara was laid off and offered a two-week severance package. So we talk about what most people don’t realize in that moment: You have leverage. Even if they act like you don’t. Together, Lauren and Tara unpack:
This conversation isn’t about “being difficult.” It’s about being self-led, when the system shifts and your body, ego, and identity take the hit. Connect with Tara Bodine 🌿 Website: https://www.truenorthpeople.com/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarabodine/ | |||
| The Sledgehammer of the Universe: When Stress Forces the Truth with Carole Murko | 13 Feb 2026 | 00:46:53 | |
The Sledgehammer of the Universe: When Stress Forces the Truth with Carole Murko This season, we’re rewriting the rules. And today’s rule is simple: trust yourself before it costs you. In this episode of Corporate F*ckery: Stories of Survival, Psychological Warfare, and Choosing What’s Best for You*, Lauren sits down with Carole Murko, founder of Love. Eat. Heal. and certified consultant with NeuroChangeSolutions. Carole shares how decades in finance and corporate leadership, combined with suppressed anger, people-pleasing, and chronic stress, culminated in a rare eye disease that threatened her vision. The wake-up call? What she calls the “sledgehammer of the universe.” Together, Lauren and Carole unpack:
This conversation isn’t about quitting your job. It’s about reclaiming your authority, internally first. Because sometimes stress isn’t random. It’s redirection. Connect with Carole Murko 🌿 Website: https://www.loveeatheal.com/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loveeatheal/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carole-murko-2b310b/ | |||
| The Ambition Penalty: Data, Power, and the Rules No One Told You with Stefanie O'Connell | 24 Apr 2026 | 00:51:28 | |
Your ambition was never the problem. The system you’ve been applying it in? That’s where things get expensive. In this episode, Lauren sits down with Stefanie O'Connell, personal finance expert, author, and founder of Too Ambitious, to break down the real economics of ambition. This isn’t theory. This is data-backed reality on how success actually plays out. We get into:
Bottom line: You’re not doing it wrong. You’ve been operating inside a system that was never designed to fully support you. Links & Resources: Explore Stefanie’s work: https://tooambitious.com/ Pre-order The Ambition Penalty Work With Lauren: If you’re ready to rethink your relationship with success and stop overpaying for a version of ambition that doesn’t fit, apply to work together here. Subscribe & Review: If this episode hit, send it to someone who needs to hear it and leave a review so more people can find the conversation. | |||
| Cosmic Goodness, Burnout, & Preserving What You Own with Cassidy Gard | 10 Apr 2026 | 00:55:33 | |
Cosmic Goodness, Burnout, & Preserving What You Own with Cassidy Gard You can be exceptional at a life… and still feel completely disconnected from it. In this episode, I sit down with Cassidy Gard, journalist, storyteller, and author of Cosmic Goodness, to unpack what actually happens when high performance, identity, and reality stop aligning. After more than a decade inside national news, producing under extreme pressure and shaping stories in real time,
Cassidy made a decision most people avoid: She stopped building a life that required her to abandon herself to sustain it. This conversation is a real-time look at what it means to:
We get into the nuance most people skip: - burnout as an identity issue, not a time management problem… - motherhood as a complete psychological and emotional reorganization… and the uncomfortable truth that many women are building careers on patterns that were never meant to sustain them. This is not a polished transformation story. It’s a conversation about what it takes to tell the truth about your life and have the courage to choose differently. Resources & Links:
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