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The Double-Edged Sword of External Validation
In Episode Six of Corner Office Breakdowns, Ambika speaks with Erin Gallagher, the CEO and Founder of Ella, and the creator of the global #hypewoman movement, about the double-edged sword of external validation. Why do so many of us yearn for it? When is it a powerful accelerator versus a detrimental detractor? And how can we seek it out…
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Who’s Watching out for the Good Dads?
In episode five of Corner Office Breakdowns, Ambika speaks to Bryan Lattimore (he/him), a father, husband, serial entrepreneur, investor, and creator, about the emerging generation of dads – those who work, and parent, and home-make, and love their role deeply – to figure out how we can support them during this unprecedented time, too.
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Why Are We Expected to Power Through Grief?
In episode four of Corner Office Breakdowns, Ambika speaks to Carol Fabrizio about Big-G-Grief and Little-g-grief. Why are we expected to power through rather than feel it? How astonishingly ordinary and simultaneously impactful it is, and how to create the space for it to breathe in our interpersonal and professional relationship.
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The Invisible Weight of Becoming a Mother
In episode four of Corner Office Breakdowns, Ambika speaks to Lindsey Wehking, the head of investigative research at Nonfiction Research, about their research study with TWILL called “The Invisible Weight.” The discussion dives deep into the intersectional experience of pregnancy in America. From the healthcare system to the emotional experience of mothers across demographics. Ultimately, the podcast…
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Do Work Burnout and Life Burnout Always Co-Exist?
In the second episode of Corner Office Breakdowns, Ambika speaks to Neha O’Rourke, an award-winning Career & Energy Coach, Speaker and Founder of Somewhere In Between Coaching. Neha left her career in advertising after a period of intense burnout, and has been spending time understanding what causes it, and how to get out of it…
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Why Do So Many Women in Leadership Perform Like Men?
I was always taught to choose a job based on the manager. And because I’m an ambitious woman, I always wanted to work for an ambitious woman. But as my life started to dimensionalize (marriage, family, wanting to define my own way of “leading”), I realized that often, ambitious women have gotten where they are…