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Career Identity + Growth Conversations for Professional Women: Exposing the Hidden Reality
by Annette Garsteck, Master Professional Career Coach + Sandra Wint, Trauma-Informed Leadership Coach
Bias, burnout, self-worth, and breaking barriers are not just buzzwords — they are the lived reality of women navigating leadership, workplace dynamics, and workplace culture every single day. Women's experiences take center stage here, exploring intersectionality, identity, and the invisible forces shaping professional visibility, belonging, and psychological safety at work. Annette Garsteck, MBA, MPCC, is the author of Own Your Career: Take Control + Accelerate Your Professional Growth, a Certified Senior Professional Résumé Writer, and a former Fortune 50 hiring leader. She guides women to take ownership of their careers, increase their visibility, expand their influence, navigate workplace dynamics with confidence, and accelerate their growth while staying true to their values. Sandra Wint, GPCC, Human Design practitioner + Gestalt-certified coach integrating shadow work, mother wound healing, nervous system regulation, emotional safety, astrology, and
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060: Who Will Step In? The Responsibility to Recognize, Interrupt, and Respond to Harm
What does stepping in actually look like when someone is in danger, or when someone trusts you enough to tell you they have been harmed? Sometimes it looks like two students who refuse to walk past something wrong. Sometimes it looks like a stranger who sits beside someone at the hospital…
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059: When Silence Enables Harm: Culture, Power, and Speaking Up
The joke everyone laughs off. The colleague someone quietly warns you not to meet alone. The talented employee who walks away because saying why feels riskier than leaving. What do those moments have in common? They help teach a group what is normal. Sandra and Annette ask a harder question than...
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058: Who Does the System Protect? When Harm Meets Power
What does a system reveal when serious harm is reported? Not only through the policy it follows, but throughwho is asked to absorb the disruption that follows. Using the recent allegations involving a former Cornell student as a starting point, Sandra and Annetteexamine universities, law...
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057: Who Are You When You Don't Have to Perform?
What if the things people once told you to tone down are some of the clearest clues to who you actually are? Sandra and Annette usually talk careers, leadership, growth, and the hidden realities underneath them. This time, they turn the questions on themselves. The result starts with pasta, sharp...
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056: How Do You Know A Coach Is Right For You?
You’ve decided you need outside support. Maybe you’ve even decided coaching is the right place to start. Now comes another question: How do you know which coach is right for you? A coach can look perfect on paper and still not be the person you can actually grow with. Sandra and Annette explore...
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055: Professional Vulnerability Be Careful Who You Open Up To
How much of yourself should you reveal when you need help with something happening at work? A trusted partner may care deeply about you, but they also have a stake in what happens next. An internal mentor may understand your organization better than almost anyone, but that person could someday...
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054: Passed Over for a Promotion? What Kind of Support Do You Actually Need?
Getting passed over for an internal promotion can send you searching for an answer: Was it the company, the manager, the strategy, the skill gap, or something you still cannot see from inside the situation? Sandra and Annette both know the slow erosion that can happen after hearing no again....
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053: When You Need an Outside Perspective at Work
Have you ever talked through the same workplace problem with three different people and still ended up in exactly the same place? Sometimes the issue is not that we need more advice. It is that we have not stopped to ask what kind of help we are actually looking for. A difficult boss, an...
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052: When the Door Doesn't Exist, Build One
What do you do when you've worked hard, developed the skills, invested in yourself, and realize the door you're trying to walk through might not actually exist? Voice actor Christy Harst spent five years trying to break further into the male-dominated world of sports promo. She invested in...
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051: Resume Writing for Career Reinvention: Show Your Value, Not Just Your Job History
What if the problem with your resume is not that it leaves too much out, but that it is trying to carry too much? Sandra has not updated her resume in ten years. That creates a very real question: how do you represent a decade of building a coaching business while still honoring the thirty years…
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050: Career Pivot: How to Know When It’s Time for a Change
Most career pivots do not begin with a resignation letter. They begin much earlier, with a question that keeps returning: Is this still the life I want to be living? For Sandra, the answer emerged slowly. She liked her company and the people she worked with, but she was exhausted, disconnected…
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049: Intentional Visibility: The Story People Tell About You
What if visibility is not about becoming louder, but becoming clearer? People are already forming a story about your work, your leadership, and what they can rely on you for. The question is whether you are participating in writing that story or waiting for someone else to notice you and get it...
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048: Visibility Starts with Safety: Why Choosing Yourself Changes Everything
Most advice about becoming more visible tells us to speak up, network more, or promote ourselves. But what if visibility isn't a confidence problem at all? What if the real question is whether it feels safe to be seen? Sandra Wint and Annette Garsteck explore how our earliest experiences shape…
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047: Uncovering Story through The Success Codex: Ankara Rose on Human Design and Astrology
On this episode, we continues exploring stories with our guest Ankhara Rose creator of The Success Codex. Since Episode 42, we've been exploring the stories we carry about ourselves, those we've inherit from other people and the ones we create about others. Today, you'll hear us share thoughts…
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046: Why We Create Stories About Other People at Work
How often have you convinced yourself you knew exactly why someone behaved the way they did? A delayed email. A difficult conversation. A decision you didn't expect. Before long, we've filled in the blanks with a story that feels completely true. But what if the story says more about us than it...
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045: Why Smart Women Get Workplace Conflict Wrong: When We Assume We Know Someone's Intentions
What if one of the biggest causes of workplace conflict isn't what someone did, but the story we've created about why they did it? Sandra Wint and Annette Garsteck continue their exploration of the stories we carry, but this time, they turn their attention outward. Together, they unpack how…
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044 Human Design for Leadership Self-Awareness and Career Growth
What if the reason you've struggled at work isn't because you're doing something wrong, but because you've never fully understood how you're designed to work, lead, and grow? In this episode, we continue our exploration of Human Design and discuss how greater self-awareness can transform...
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043: What Stories Are Hurting Your Career? Human Design, Identity, and Self-Awareness
What if the story you've been carrying about yourself was never yours to begin with? Sandra and Annette explore how the labels, expectations, and stories we inherit shape our careers, relationships, leadership styles, and sense of self. Sandra shares how Human Design helped her better understand...
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042: Hidden Career Cost of Believing the Wrong Story
The stories we believe about ourselves often become the stories that shape our careers. In this episode, Sandra and Annette explore how labels like bossy, selfish, and too much can influence confidence, leadership, workplace relationships, and professional growth. They discuss why feedback should...
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041: AI Is Making Information Free. Expertise Is Becoming Priceless.
Artificial intelligence is making information, content creation, and problem-solving more accessible than ever before. But what happens when everyone has access to the same tools? During Part 2 of their conversation with Jenn Prochaska of The Write Difference, Annette Garsteck and Sandra Wint...
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040: The Human Advantage: What AI Still Can’t Do
Artificial intelligence is changing the way we work, market, hire, and build businesses, but what happens when everyone has access to the same tools? During this conversation, Annette Garsteck and Sandra Wint sit down with message strategist and copywriter Jenn Prochaska, of The Write Difference,...
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039: Why Professional Visibility Feels Unsafe for So Many Women
In this episode, Annette Garsteck and Sandra Wint explore the emotional side of professional visibility and why showing up online can feel deeply uncomfortable for many women. From LinkedIn profiles and leadership presence to workplace experiences, self-doubt, and trauma-informed perspectives…
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038: Why We Still Love LinkedIn: A Better Way to Network, Learn, and Grow
In this episode of Exposing the Hidden Reality, Annette Garsteck and Sandra Wint explore how LinkedIn has evolved, why it remains their favorite professional platform, and how leaders, job seekers, entrepreneurs, and professionals can use it more effectively. From profile photos and personal...
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037: Leadership Visibility Starts Here: Using LinkedIn With Intention
Annette and Sandra explore how leaders can use LinkedIn intentionally to build visibility, recognize others, strengthen workplace culture, and create meaningful professional connections without social media overwhelm. If today’s conversation reminded you that leadership visibility doesn’t have to...
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036: Bias Disguised as “Culture Fit” with London Wolfe
Why “they’re not a good fit for our culture” often means “their brain works differently than ours”—and how this mindset quietly sustains bias in hiring and promotion. This week on Exposing the Hidden Reality, we’re joined by London Wolfe, a business alignment strategist and cognitive leadership...
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035: Perimenopause: “You’re Not Too Young. You’re Not Imagining It.” with Jessica O'Sickey
Welcome to Exposing the Hidden Reality, a weekly conversation for women who are ready to ask better questions, challenge the narratives we’ve been handed, and reclaim agency over our lives, our work, and our bodies. Today’s conversation is one so many women will recognize. We’re joined by Jessica...
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034: Building Your Own Blueprint: Claiming Space in the Trades with Claire Summers-Jones
Women in the trades are often told — directly or indirectly — that they don’t belong. Yet every shop, studio, and construction site proves otherwise. In this episode, we sit down with Claire Summers-Jones, a theatrical carpenter, technical engineer, educator, and founder of Beech Tree Studio, to...
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033: From People Pleasing To Self Worth: Hypnotherapy, Labels, and Letting Go with Alyssa Zonghetti
Women are handed labels long before they are handed support. Wife. Widow. Single. Childfree. Caretaker. “Too much.” “Not enough.” We are praised for people pleasing, rewarded for self-sacrifice, and quietly shamed when our lives do not match the script. In this episode, we sit down with Alyssa...
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032: Unfunk Yourself: EQ, Mindfulness, and the Power of the Pause with Emily Hampton Morash
We are living in a world that rewards speed, reactivity, and constant output. Women are praised for multitasking, staying “on” all the time, and keeping everyone else regulated while quietly ignoring their own nervous system. Mindfulness gets written off as a luxury. Emotions get labeled as...
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031: Beyond Busy: Escaping the Bottleneck of Stuff with Ann Rusnak
What if the problem is not that you need to “try harder” or buy a fancier planner, but that the entire productivity game was never designed with your life in mind? Most time management advice assumes you have a clean slate, a house elf and zero children. In this episode, we talk candidly with our...
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029: Stop Outsourcing. Start Partnering. A Real Talk on Hiring VAs with Rachael Davila
Today we’re talking with Rachael Davila, VA mentor, implementation strategist, and founder of Extra Hands Virtual Assistance. Rachael has spent twenty years helping business owners get the support they need and helping VAs build sustainable practices. She knows the truth many women hesitate to…
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030: GET OUT! - The voice that saved my life with Dr. Sheri Lake
What happens when the life you built almost kills you? What if the voice that saves your life also asks that you burn your script? In this episode of Exposing the Hidden Reality conversation, we sit down for a candid talk with Dr. Sheri Lake, former professor and now angel communicator and author...
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028: Leadership, Parenting and the Stories Women Carry with Shayna Bergman
Women in leadership are carrying more than titles. They are carrying stories. Expectations. Invisible labor. The cultural scripts that tell them to be everything to everyone while staying quiet about what it costs. Today we sit down with Shayna Bergman, an executive coach working at the...
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027: Boxless Living: Healing the Hidden Blocks with Sarah Stray
What if the thing holding you back isn’t mindset—but something deeper running beneath the surface? Today we sit down with Sarah Stray, founder of Boxless Coaching, an Akashic Record healer and soft, powerful word-weaver who hears the whispers of your next-level self as a roar. Sarah works with...
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026: The Illusion of Safety: When Security Becomes Self-Abandonment with Shelly Cannon
What happens when staying safe slowly becomes self-abandonment? In this raw and powerful episode, Shelly Cannon, powerlifter, entrepreneur, and stage IV breast cancer survivor, shares the truth about what happens when we ignore the inner voice telling us it’s time to go. For 25 years, Shelly…
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025: Empowering Authenticity at Work with Jen Jones Donatelli
What happens when we stop performing and start leading from a place of authenticity? Join us for an inspiring conversation with Jen Jones Donatelli, a certified PCC-level coach and founder of Creative Groove, where she helps individuals and teams explore the art of creative living. Jen brings her...
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024: Scaling a Culture-First Brand in a Culture-Last Industry with Katy Spada
What happens when you build a brand rooted in memory, heritage, and purpose in an industry that rewards trends, polish, and sameness? In this conversation, Katy Spada, founder and CEO of Ary + Maan, shares how a bedtime request from her child turned into a purpose-driven business celebrating…
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022: Real Talk: Women, Work, Bias & Community with Annette Garsteck & Sandra Wint
Sometimes we pause the guest interviews to talk about what we’re seeing in real time. This episode is one of those. In this conversation, co-hosts Annette Garsteck and Sandra Wint reflect on the episodes so far, the stories that stayed with them, the themes that keep repeating, and the very real...
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023: Future by Design: From UN Leader to Sustainable Agency Founder with Mirjana Arlaud
What makes a woman leave a prestigious global career to build something on her own terms? In this episode, Mirjana Arlaud, Founder and CEO of Future by Design, shares how motherhood, burnout, and creative renewal led her from the UN to launching a purpose-led creative agency in 2018. We explore…
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021: Surviving Success: A Fortune 100 Leader’s Journey to Authentic Leadership with Beverly Flores
What if your greatest achievements left you feeling empty instead of fulfilled? In this honest and empowering conversation, Beverly Flores, Founder & CEO of Thyme Out Consulting, shares her story of surviving success—the moment she realized that climbing higher in corporate leadership wasn’t...
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020: Women Drive the Shift Toward Purpose-Led Business with Lorraine Schuchart, APR
What happens when women stop chasing traditional definitions of success and start redefining business around purpose? In this inspiring episode, Lorraine Schuchart, APR, Founder & CEO of Prosper for Purpose, joins us to explore how women entrepreneurs are driving a global shift toward businesses...
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019: Find Your Fireflies | Find Safe Spaces & Practice Vulnerability
In this episode, we speak with Melissa Bauknight, founder of The Nova Global, to talk about rewiring how ambitious women and non-binary folks gather, lead, and work. Melissa shares her path from a high-performing corporate career to building spaces where people feel safe to be seen, practice...
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018: Numb Less, Live More - Values + Boundaries for the Sober Curious
What happens when a high-achieving athlete, corporate pro, and coach decides to get curious about alcohol and everything it was doing for her? Meet Renée Adams, Certified Sober Curious and Mindset Coach and co-founder of Nosedive Co., a wellness brand helping people “numb less” and live more.…
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017: The Subtle Ways Women Give Away Power + How to Stop
"You don’t need a raise because you get child support,” that is what Gail D. Rudolph, boss said to her. At that moment, she realized something bigger was at play: POWER Not just who holds it, but how we unknowingly give it away. We talk about power like it’s a reward, something you earn once…
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016: Comfort - The Real Power Move
How can we walk in comfort in our own shoes? That is our question today! Not just as a fashion statement but as a question of leadership as well. Footwear is still designed mostly by people who don’t walk in our shoes. Literally. And for women, most dress shoes are built for an “average” foot…
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015: High-Performing Women + Narcissistic Relationships with Marysol James
High-achieving women don’t fall for the narcissist or abuser because they’re naive. They’re targeted because they shine. In this episode, bestselling author turned global speaker Marysol James joins us to map the quiet mechanics of narcissistic abuse, why top performers are so often in the blast...
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014: Voice + Leadership in the Medical Field with Dr. Tonie Reincke
In this episode, we connect with Dr. Tonie Reincke, and have a great conversation about Voice and Leadership in the Medical Field. Dr. Reincke is an Interventional Radiologist and the founder of Reincke Vein Center in Houston. She treats vein disease daily and leads with a simple rule: education...
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013: Breaking the Fear of Messing Up
What happens when the fear of “messing up” keeps us from speaking, connecting, or including others? We are thrilled to welcome Brittany Martin Déjean, founder of Inclusion Jumpstart, for a conversation about FOMU—the fear of messing up—that holds back well-intentioned people and feeds exclusion....
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012: Ditch the Fairy Tale - Breaking Motherhood Bias
DITCH the Fairy Tales! You know, the ones about Prince Charming, Happily Ever After, and the big "happy family". Today, we're talking about big, bold and important issues with Cheri Bergeron - author, speaker, coach, and founder of the nonprofit Cheri’s Choice. After a successful career in tech…
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011: Breaking Barriers to Leadership
In this episode, we go deep with Jennifer Recla to discuss an important question: What keeps women leaders from rising? Jennifer is a coach, trainer, and outdoor adventurer. We're going to explore the challenges women face in leadership and the practical ways to overcome them. Inspired by How…
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Bias, burnout, self-worth, and breaking barriers are not just buzzwords — they are the lived reality of women navigating leadership, workplace dynamics, and workplace culture every single day. Women's experiences take center stage here, exploring intersectionality, identity, and the invisible forces shaping professional visibility, belonging, and psychological safety at work.
Annette Garsteck, MBA, MPCC, is the author of Own Your Career: Take Control + Accelerate Your Professional Growth, a Certified Senior Professional Résumé Writer, and a former Fortune 50 hiring leader. She guides women to take ownership of their careers, increase their visibility, expand their influence, navigate workplace dynamics with confidence, and accelerate their growth while staying true to their values.
Sandra Wint, GPCC, Human Design practitioner + Gestalt-certified coach integrating shadow work, mother wound healing, nervous system regulation, emotional safety, astrology, and
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