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:
✅ Why lack of clarity at work creates overwork and emotional fatigue
✅ How women quietly become the glue in unclear environments
✅ The difference between movement and real progress
✅ Why slowing down is often the fastest path to clarity
✅ How unclear expectations erode confidence over time
✅ What healthy systems look like and how they support sustainable performance

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.
You’re not failing.
And you’re not weak for feeling tired.

Sometimes what’s missing isn’t motivation. It’s clarity.

🔗 Connect with Mickey Anderson

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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
✅ Why confidence advice works for some women and backfires for others
✅ How leadership perception shapes what confidence looks like at work
✅ The difference between feeling confident and being recognized as confident
✅ Why quiet or behind-the-scenes confidence often gets misread
✅ How to translate your confidence without changing who you are

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?
💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.
📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.
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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:
✅ Why rejection often reflects system friction, not personal failure
✅ What job search tools and CV “fixes” miss about positioning and alignment
✅ How repeated rejection impacts confidence and self-trust
✅ Why effort alone doesn’t translate into opportunity
✅ What it looks like to stay disciplined without internalizing self-blame
✅ How to navigate job search without losing momentum, time, or belief in yourself

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.
You are not behind.
You are not broken.

Sometimes the system simply doesn’t know how to read your value.

🔗 Connect with Aparajita Sudarshan

READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP?
💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.
📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.
📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it
💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.

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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:
✅ Why effort-based advice stops working at higher levels
✅ How leadership actually recognizes value and readiness
✅ Why two women can follow the same advice and get very different outcomes
✅ The hidden cost of applying incomplete career strategies
✅ How misalignment, not mindset, creates stalled growth

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.
You’re not broken.
You’re navigating a shift most women are never taught how to recognize.

And naming it is the first step to changing it.

READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP?
💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.
📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.
📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it
💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.

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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:
👉 You’re not underqualified.
👉 You’re not “too much” or “behind.”
👉 And you’re definitely not bad at job searching.

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:
✅ Why great resumes get rejected in seconds
✅ The biggest resume mistakes working moms unknowingly make
✅ How to use AI without sounding like a robot
✅ Why listing job duties is costing you interviews
✅ Megan’s TAP Approach (Talent Acquisition Protocol)
✅ Why professional branding matters more than ever
✅ The smartest career move working moms can make before they need a job

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?
💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.
📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.
📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it
💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.

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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:
✅ Why trust signals safety, not readiness
✅ How women become trusted without being envisioned
✅ The difference between being relied on and being elevated
✅ Why leadership does not automatically connect trust to promotion
✅ How credibility gets stuck protecting the present instead of shaping the future

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.
You are trusted.

And now, it’s time to be positioned.

READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP?
💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.
📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.
📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it
💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.

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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:
✅ Why working moms over-index on responsibility yet under-index on confidence
✅ The ONE shift that immediately makes you more hireable (and it’s not adding another skill)
✅ Why your resume should absolutely include the word “Mom” and how it becomes a leadership advantage
✅ How to tell career stories that move hiring managers emotionally (because that’s how decisions are made)
✅ The real reason you shouldn’t job search alone and why asking for help is a superpower, not a weakness
✅ How reframing your inner narrative unlocks confidence after time away from the workforce
✅ The power of radical self-honesty, compassion, and ditching the “shoulds” for good

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:
✨ I choose to…
✨ I want to…
✨ I get to…
Shifting that language shifts your leadership and your life.

🔗 Connect with Eric Woodard

READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP?
💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.
📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.
📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it
💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.

🎧 LOVE THE SHOW?
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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?
💰 Start Here: Take the Fast Track Your Income Quiz to understand what’s actually holding your income back—and what kind of move makes sense next.
📞 Book a Promotion Strategy Call: If you’re ready to talk through your goals, your current role, and what’s realistically possible next, book a Promotion Strategy Call. This is for women who want clarity, positioning, and a plan—not guesswork.
📲 Join the FB Group if you want support, conversation, and real-world career strategy with women who get it
💌 Become an Insider to receive weekly insights, promotion strategy, and behind-the-scenes coaching you won’t hear on the podcast.

🎧 LOVE THE SHOW?
👉 Subscribe & leave a review so more ambitious working women can discover these game-changing career strategies!

✨ New episodes drop every Tuesday & Friday! Subscribe and leave a review if this resonated with you.

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