Apparently, there are a lot of bad bosses out there. Micromanagers. Toxic bosses. Incompetent bosses. You name it. And I’m not just saying that because I’ve experienced a few. Some of the most popular Loud & Lifted episodes this season have been about BAD BOSSES. From navigating toxic bosses with Lynda Harvey to unpacking 13 types of bad bosses with Mita Mallick, we’ve covered a lot of difficult workplace territory. Add in protecting your health with Carrie of Hey Work Friend and corporate...
19 days ago • 1 min read
I was the CEO. Glass ceiling shattered? Maybe. But getting the title didn’t mean everything suddenly got easier. I remember walking into executive gatherings and looking around a room full of older white men. There weren’t many women, and when I did connect with other women, we weren’t always talking about what we were navigating. It almost felt like we’d gotten there, so we were supposed to be fine. And you don’t have to be a CEO to know this feeling. Maybe you finally got the promotion,...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Early in my career, I worked for a woman who was smart, kind and incredibly good at her job. She was someone people trusted and genuinely enjoyed working with. She was also generous with her time and always willing to help—qualities I admired then and still do now. One day, she handed me a book called Why Good Girls Don’t Get Ahead… But Gutsy Girls Do. She told me she wished someone had given it to her earlier in her career. I was probably 22 or 23 at the time, but I never forgot that...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Do you ever stop and think, what the hell is going on? Have I lost control of my professional schedule, my personal sanity, or am I just flying by the seat of my pants waiting for things to calm down, get organized, or somehow just get better at all of this? I think part of what makes this stage of life so strange is that we keep assuming the next season is going to be easier. When your kids are little, you are managing childcare, school events, play dates, birthday parties and all the daily...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Chances are, if you are a woman in your late 30s or 40s, you can't spend much time around other women your age without the topic of perimenopause coming up. And for good reason. We are finally talking about something that affects a huge number of women, often during the exact years when we are also taking on more responsibility at work, leading teams, running businesses, raising families and generally carrying a lot. Which is exactly why I wanted to talk about it on a women in leadership...
3 months ago • 3 min read
I have been thinking a lot about the word loud lately. Which is probably a good thing considering I named a podcast Loud & Lifted. But to be clear: I have never believed being loud means being the person who talks the most, interrupts everyone or pounds her fist on the table until people listen. That is not really the point. To me, I wanted to use the word loud in the title because being loud has always been about using your voice. Speaking up. Sharing what you think. Advocating for yourself...
3 months ago • 3 min read
I’m just going to say it. We spend a lot of time talking about the boys’ club, broken systems and all the ways men make it harder for women to succeed. And yes, all of that exists. But we are avoiding another huge part of the problem: women are tearing other women down at work. They are leaving women out of meetings. Withholding information. Spreading rumors. Questioning someone’s credibility behind her back. Smiling in her face while quietly trying to make sure she doesn’t get the...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Women aren’t simply leaving jobs. Many are reassessing how—and where—they want to work. More than 455,000 women exited the U.S. workforce during the first eight months of 2025, and 58% of those departures were voluntary. At the same time, women started 49% of new businesses in 2024—up from just 29% in 2019. Women may be leaving traditional corporate structures, but they aren’t necessarily leaving their ambition behind. They may simply be redirecting it. It’s no surprise we hear so much about...
4 months ago • 1 min read
What’s for dinner? Where do you want to go to eat? Is it just me, or are those sometimes the hardest decisions of the day? Unfortunately, this newsletter is not going to solve your dinner dilemma. We’ll leave that to the professionals. But it did get me thinking: Why do some decisions feel so hard—especially at work? Should you approve the big project and the large investment? Do you need to change direction? Is it time to let a team member go? Sometimes we’re not actually stuck on the...
4 months ago • 1 min read