I sat down to write this email and I genuinely could not pick a topic. I didn't know if I should tell you that four different women inside the pH+ Lab started new roles this month. Promotions, internal moves, external offers. Four. In one month. $70k more in an internal role. $300k more in an external role. A boss who says of course don't miss the pre-school party. Getting back into the field she's been missing. Real women. Growing their Pay & Happiness at the same time. I didn't know if I...

Have you ever been told that setting boundaries at work is a career limiting move? That you need to prove yourself first. Keep your head down. Don't ask for too much too soon. Especially in a new role. One of my clients just started a new job. Before she left her old one, she sat down with multiple people on the executive committee and asked for their advice. Every single one of them said the same thing. Don't expect to see your family much in the first year. Earn flexibility before you ask...

My client is a VP at a Fortune 50 company, and for months she'd been doing the work. Real essentialism. Picking the one project that mattered most to her organization and saying no to everything that didn't align with it. And she was nervous about it. Because every time she said no, a little voice whispered: this is going to hurt you. They're going to think you're not committed. Not helpful. Not a team player. Then her boss called a meeting. She walked in braced for the conversation she'd...