She Almost Died and Came Back to Tell Y'all: Stop Letting These Jobs Pimp Your Integrity

She Almost Died and Came Back to Tell Y'all: Stop Giving These Companies Your Integrity for FreeWhat happens when you almost die—and then go back to work in a place built on performative safety? In this raw, unflinching conversation, Jodi-Ann Bury shares how a three-week hospital stay rewired everything she thought mattered about career, status and survival—and why she couldn't keep lying to protect a company's image.We get into:💀 The hospital reckoning — When you think your life is over, the only thing left is integrity. Status symbols? Gone. The 3am emails? Irrelevant. What remains: the people who show up every single day.🎤 The unbearable weight of the lie — Returning to public-facing leadership after nearly dying, and realizing she couldn't keep pretending her company was a "safe space" just because she was there.🖤 Why Black women's thought leadership is under siege — Our thoughts, our leadership, and our frameworks are being actively targeted and stamped out. And if you don't know what Black women are thinking? You're in danger.📚 Thought leadership as survival — Not magic. Not aspiration. But ancestral, collective knowledge that keeps us whole, keeps us well, and when done right, keeps us in deep community.✍️ From concept to reality: Meet Authentic — Jodiann's book didn't start as a book. It started as a need to stop drinking the Kool-Aid and start taking her own medicine. Hear how years in startups, international development, and "let's save the Earth" organizations shaped her refusal to stay silent.Keywords: thought leadership, Black women leadership, workplace authenticity, integrity, DEI, diversity equity inclusion, speaking truth to power, corporate culture, near death experience, personal transformation, authentic leadership, Black feminist thought, professional development, career pivot, workplace toxicity, burnout recovery, leadership coaching, women of color, corporate survival, building authorityThis episode isn't about inspiration. It's about what happens when survival forces you to choose honesty over comfort—and why Black women's intellectual property isn't optional, it's essential for the next seven generations.--'📚 READ - Authentic: The Myth of Bringing Your Full Self to Work  by Jodi-Ann Burey📺 WATCH - Jodi-Ann's TED Talk🔗 CONNECT - Learn more about Jodi-Ann's work 👉🏾TAKE THE QUIZ - Stop guessing what your vibe is. Take the quiz to discover your thought leadership type, your secret superpowers, and—let's be real—exactly where you're getting in your own way. Spoiler: it's probably not where you think. 📧 JOIN - Madame Speaker Says Newsletter Expect fresh newsletters every week or so, where I share bare truths, storytelling tips and plenty of F-bombs.--Ready to turn your ideas into influence? Learn more about building thought leadership on your own terms. Apply for 1:1 coaching to transform your voice into your greatest asset.👉🏾 APPLY FOR COACHING | Spots are limited.📧 JOIN -  Expect fresh newsletters every week or so, where I share bare truths, storytelling tips and plenty of F-bombs.Ready to turn your ideas into influence? APPLY for 1:1 coaching to transform your voice into your greatest asset.