In this episode with Liz Gilbert, we talk about all that went into creating a hugely successful year of new projects, managing heritage clients more efficiently and creating tons of time and space for her to feel healthy and present for planning her epic New Year's Eve wedding and taking a month off to honeymoon.This is what it's all about, creating tons of success at work while making time to exist FULLY in your life. Thank you to Liz for joining me on the pod.

Being a senior executive woman is hard, and everyone struggles with something. Here's how to make it easier and live a life of fun, freedom, and peace while you're a badass at work.

We're all told to create more value at work - that's how you get noticed, listened to and promoted.You think to yourself "I want to be valuable at work." And so you start doing everything you can think of that makes you valuable.There's a little hang up with this though.Did you know that there are two kinds of value?There's your work value and there's Your Value. They are very very different things that often get confused. I've confused them for the better part of my life.And confus...

You are up to big things. You don't want an average life. And you're always working on something. This can be really exciting.And inevitably it will also include disappointment. It will include things taking longer than you thought they would. It will sometimes take a winding road to arrive at the result you want. And when you're self-driven, you're likely to also self-punish or be disappointed in yourself.I made this episode for you, because there's something to know about the loop you ...

Being the manager of a stressed out team can feel worse than individually feeling stressed. A lot of questions swirl. What should you do?Should you just do things yourself?How responsible are you for your team's stress?Does a good manager make sure their team is not stressed?If my team is stressed, does it mean I'm a bad manager?I answer all of this and more. We talk about what makes a great leader and manager, even in the face of a stressed out team.

In this episode with my client Michelle, we explore how she transformed her relationship with her job at a big tech face-paced, high pressured company without ever leaving.Listen for how Michelle faced her feelings of fear, nervousness and urgency, and used what she learned to get better at her job and gain more responsibility, which always leads to raises, promotions and choices.

My client Megan Atashroo and I take a trip down memory lane to when she was epically burnt out and almost de-moted herself. (De-moted is when you purposefully take a lower level job). Luckily she didn't because now her team gets to experience her incredible leadership and guidance, which has impacted her organization and HUNDREDS of individual lives including the many, many patients who receive care at Stanford Healthcare, where she works.Megan shares all kinds of corporate war stories a...

Do you ever want to drop kick your boss? LOL, in a non-violent, metaphorical way (because that’s our vibe here)But seriously, I see so many smart, kick ass, impactful, senior women getting all kinds of tangled up about their boss.Your boss is not your dictator.Your boss is not mad at you.Your boss doesn't secretly hate you.And even if these things were true, your focus on them only just keeps you focused on them.Your boss CAN BE your biggest ally to all the goods you want.Managing UP as ...

Do performance reviews make you feel like Kendall cutting a cucumber?Confusing. Uncomfortable. Disappointing.You leave feeling okay/good because you never get super bad feedback, but also wondering WHERE THE HELL is your money/promotion.BEEN THERE.Let’s Performance Review Myth Bust for a sec.Because here’s the dill (HAHA get it?!) - performance reviews CAN BE the keys to the castle aka money aka promos aka C suite aka your dreams.You just have to know how to use them in this way.And also know...

You think that your promotion is in your boss’s hands.That the boss just has to decide.That the boss either likes you or doesn’t.That the boss has a special formula.And you spend your time thinking about what will make your boss just do it.Or thinking about why they haven't done it yet.You think that if you can figure out your boss, you can get the promotion.But that isn’t the problem.The problem is that all of your energy goes towards thinking about your boss rather than thinking about how t...

When you became a manager, all of a sudden, did you feel like Toby from The Office?Like you just suck. (lol, by the way)You think you can’t hack it.You are wrong. (sometimes it’s good to be wrong :)What’s really happening is that you need a few skills.And by the way, I know almost zero orgs that have great programs to teach you these skills.And by the way, it doesn’t matter what level you’re at - I know CEOs that struggle with this.Instead, you’re trying to learn how to be an effective manage...

Not enough time. You think it comes with the territory.You think you have to be pressed to be successful.You can’t imagine having more impact without more time.We say it so often, and hear it from others so often.That we make it true. Not in this space, ma’am.Find out in this week’s podcast episode what not having enough time actually means for you.Knowing this is absolutely vital to you creating more without burnout.Listen over and over and over again every time you don’t have enough ti...

Making powerful decisions seems like only something famous CEOs like Steve Jobs do.It sounds like something you read about in a cryptic, unhelpful business article.At the same time, you know that successful people do it and you wanna do it.The problem isn’t that you don’t make powerful decisions. You DO. (You just forget.)And then, you get stuck in a cycle of indecision.You’ve been there.You get to a crossroads in a project, career search, client problem.Maybe you’ve never done the thing befo...

You know that person at the office (or your work Zoom) that blows you away, as if Meryl Strep passed you on the sidewalk?They have confidence, and you can make a laundry list of the reasons why.When you go to think of yourself, you feel like the “before” of Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality. Shit’s a mess.You can list all the reasons why you don’t “have it.”This means you believe that confidence has to be earned.That confidence means you’ve made a certain amount of money, have a specific ti...

Does the thought of telling someone at work that their output isn’t cutting it make you want to dig a hole and jump in?If it feels like a little part of you is dying every time you have to give feedback, and ESPECIALLY when you have to give some hard news…Hear me out.You think the the reason these conversations are hard is because the other person is confrontational, hot headed, tapped out, aloof or doesn’t give two f*ing shits about their work.The actual reason is that this is normal.You are...

Would you rather poop in a packed office bathroom than see the look on your team’s face when you ask them to do something?It sucks to think you’re causing stress for your team.It sucks to ask for something only to feel like you have to re-do it.It sucks to feel like you’re doing your job and the jobs of your reports.Sometimes delegating can feel like shit.But it is absolutely ESSENTIAL to your ability to create more impact and success without burning out or sacrificing your own well being.&nb...

Right now, you think the reason you haven’t gotten promoted or landed your dream job is because you don’t have the skills, aren’t good enough or that it just isn’t for you.You might think the reason is because you don’t have the money or because you have to wait for your boss, colleagues, clients or investors to change something.This is a lie.This is not why you haven’t reached your goal.There’s only one real reason you haven’t reached your goal.There’s only one real thing that you have to ad...

You are the leader of your team.You want them to win. You want to win.But when your team isn’t motivated, it creates strain and stress.You resort to force.That’s how you’ve learned to push through moments that feel hard. No problem, but…Now, the strain and stress is a cycle that you and your team live inside.The threat of total burnout peeks around the corner.Motivating your team isn’t rocket science. It’s simple human psychology and drive.And when you understand it, you have a super pow...

You’ve heard about the importance of boundary setting.You’re out there setting boundaries like a champ.But…sometimes it doesn’t stick.Sometimes your boss still asks you for stuff on your day off.Sometimes your team schedules over your blocked time.Sometimes your clients ask for the thing you told them you can’t do.This isn’t a problem. You are still the boss.You need to know one thing about setting boundaries in order to have ROCK SOLID ones.It’s in this week’s episode.Remember to rate and re...

You’ve been told career advancement follows a specific formula. "You need time.""You need to pay your dues.""You need to company hop.""You need to prove yourself trust-worthy and loyal to the team.""You need management experience, perfect skill competency, presentation skills, to be more strategic, to have a better POV, etc." "You need to have 'that' BIG WIN."I know you've heard them all. And I know you've been trying to figure out how to do them all.You can hack all of that with ON...