#7: Career Pivots, Relationships & Resilience | Anita Overall

Anita Overall is a Senior Global Sales Account Executive with Delta Air Lines, where she has built her career — and her life — for almost 20 years.Anita and Katiuscia talk about the career pivots and relationships that got her there: the mentors who took a chance on her, the friendships that started as strangers at an airport gate, and the community that showed up when her family faced a health crisis.She shares the surprising story of how Delta almost didn't hire her, why she brought cookies to the airport for six months straight, and what going back to school as a working mom of three taught her about resilience. She talks about building your own personal board of directors — the people who challenge you, encourage you, and know when to just listen instead of offering advice — and the career advice she gives to people who reach out wanting a promotion before they've built any relationship at all.This is a conversation about the career pivots that shape a life, about resilience in the face of setbacks, and about understanding that you don't yet know all the people you're going to love. Anita's advice by the end: slow down, listen more than you talk, and go see the world while you can.Pull up a chair. This is a conversation worth having. 00:00:00 Cold Open & How They Met00:02:48 Meet Anita: Delta Sales Exec & Idaho Roots00:05:32 Married at 19: Building a Life Fast00:09:16 Chasing Hawaii, Landing in Real Estate00:16:50 Back to School While Working and Raising Kids00:21:13 Law School Detour to an MBA at 4000:25:29 The Delta Rejection That Almost Wasn't00:31:10 Embrace the Suck: Delta Family Culture & Intentional Relationships00:45:44 When Health Struggles Hit Home: Community Showing Up00:59:51 Letting Your True Self Show01:06:01 Relationships Are the Real Business01:15:57 Final Advice: Travel, Listen, GrowIf this conversation stayed with you — follow It Stays Here on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen, and leave a review. It helps more people find their way to conversations worth having.Know someone who needs to hear this? Send it to them. Some conversations are meant to find the right people.