Welcome to Part 4 of The Promotion Playbook Series for Smart Women in Male-Dominated Industries. In this episode, I walk an aspiring life coach through one of the toughest questions every new coach faces: “How do I price myself?” We unpack the fears that come with putting a dollar value on your work, the difference between pricing yourself vs. pricing your services, and why your presence and coaching impact are priceless. You’ll also hear practical steps for building confidence and credibilit...
Welcome to Part 3 of The Promotion Playbook Series for Smart Women in Male-Dominated Industries. In this episode, you’ll hear from Karen — a smart, experienced professional who never paid me a dime, but who did pay attention. She attended my free workshops, listened to the podcast, and put the tools into practice. The result? She reframed “bragging” into “informing” and landed a role that increased her income — then expanded that role into the work she truly wanted. Karen’s story is proof tha...
Welcome to Part 2 of The Promotion Playbook Series for Smart Women in Male-Dominated Industries. In the first episode, we uncovered three myths that hold women back: Tiara Syndrome, Comfort Fallacy, and the Perfectionist Fantasy. In this episode, we move from awareness to action. I'm walking you through my Three Votes Framework — a simple, repeatable system for taking control of your career growth: Vote with your feet: choose workplaces where your values and strengths can thrive.Vote with you...
Welcome to the part 1 of Promotion Playbook Series for Smart Women in Male-Dominated Industries. If you’ve ever felt like you’re working twice as hard for half the recognition, you’re not alone. In male-dominated fields like tech, finance, and engineering, women face two sets of barriers: the external ones — sexism, racism, bias — and the internal ones we often don’t even notice until someone points them out. Things like: Tiara Syndrome: believing if you keep your head down and do ...
What if imposter syndrome isn’t about you—but about a system designed to keep women small? In this powerful episode of Risky Conversations, I speak with Sara Dean—keynote speaker, certified facilitator, and executive coach—to unpack the truth behind imposter syndrome, why women are socialized to doubt themselves, and how reclaiming self-trust changes everything. Sara shares her journey from personal trainer to executive coach for leaders at Amazon, Microsoft, and beyond, weaving in stories of...
In this episode of Risky Conversations with Jamie Lee, we go beyond strategy and into the subconscious with a guided trance experience designed for executives and leaders. Neuroscience shows us that we don’t just think with our heads — we also process wisdom through our hearts and guts. By aligning these three brains, leaders can access deeper clarity, reduce anxiety, and strengthen their executive presence. As both an executive coach and integrative hypnotist, I combine cutting-edge co...
In this episode of Risky Conversations, I sit down with my friend, neighbor-turned-guest, and multi-hyphenate powerhouse Rachael Eckles—lawyer, author, coach, and founder of the Aphrodite Author Program. We dive into what it means to defy death as a woman in midlife. Both in the spy-novel sense (Rachael’s Celeste Donovan series delivers plenty of that) and in the very real, everyday way of reclaiming energy, purpose, and joy through menopause and beyond. Rachael draws from her background in l...
How can you use AI to stand out in your job search—without sounding like a robot? In this episode of Risky Conversations, I sit down with executive coach and Eunioa founder Rosey Singh to explore practical, proven ways to combine AI tools with human insight for career success. You’ll learn how to: Optimize your resume to pass Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) without losing your unique voiceUse ChatGPT and other AI tools to speed up your job search strategyAvoid the “generic copy” trap that im...
🎙️ What happens when one coaching client gets so much clarity, she sends her sister your way—not for coaching, but just for some good, honest truth-telling? Turns out, you get a new podcast episode, an unexpected career comeback… and a pretty great story about integrity over sales. In this episode of Risky Conversations, I sit down with Beth Nichols and SJ Crawford—real-life sisters and co-hosts of the podcast Miss Informed—for a heartfelt, hilarious, and at times healing conversation. ...
Join us for a riveting conversation with Marion Siboni, the founder and CEO of La Creme de la STEM - a global private network supporting early-stage female founders in science, technology, engineering, and math. In this episode, we dive into Marion's own entrepreneurial journey, marked by bold career pivots and a relentless drive to create change. Hear how she navigated the male-dominated tech industry, overcame self-doubt, and built a thriving community of over 4,000 women in just 12 m...
In this episode, I sit down with two early-career researchers and open science advocates: Harini Lakshmi Narayanan, a postdoctoral researcher in cancer diagnostics at University Hospital Zurich, and Madita Determann, a postdoc studying liver-related diseases who began her career as a surgical assistant in Germany. Both are leaders in OILS (Open Innovation in Life Sciences), a volunteer-run organization that promotes transparency, reproducibility, and collaboration in scientific research. They...
In this episode, we’re diving into one of my favorite topics: the art of negotiation. And I couldn’t have asked for a better guest than Melanie Imming—a Dutch consultant known for turning complex ideas into compelling stories and challenging the status quo with clarity, warmth, and courage. Melanie and I first met in Switzerland, where I led a negotiation workshop for Open Science Retreat. She later became a coaching client, wanting to bridge cultural gaps while negotiating with a U.S.-based ...
In a world teetering on the edge of massive systemic disruption, how do leaders navigate forward with clarity, courage, and impact? In this episode, I'm speaking with Caroline Stokes, a global leadership strategist offering a timely, sobering, and visionary approach to reinventing leadership. Her new book, Aftershock to 2030, is a radical roadmap for CEOs leading beyond collapse and thrive in an era of unprecedented change. We're diving deep into why Nervous system reg...
In this episode, I'm joined by Michelle Petties, a TEDx speaker and food story coach who has transformed her own life by understanding the deep emotional roots of eating. Michelle shares her remarkable journey of losing and gaining nearly 700 pounds before discovering how food is intimately connected to our emotions, memories, and cultural inheritance. Through her personal story of overcoming food addiction and rebuilding her life after losing everything in the 2008 economic crisi...
In this episode of Risky Conversations, we dive into the unique challenges faced by STEM professionals when it comes to navigating difficult conversations and developing essential social skills. Dr. Corinna Freitag, an executive coach with a background in chemistry and industry, shares her interdisciplinary approach to helping her clients - chemists, engineers, and other technical experts - improve their communication, emotional intelligence, and ability to advocate for themselves. ...
What Does It Really Mean to Be an Ally? Allyship can be a thorny topic—stirring discomfort, shame, or confusion about how to show up without overstepping or saying the wrong things. In a time of growing division and discrimination, many people are asking: How do I use my unearned advantages to create more inclusion without offending people? In this episode of Risky Conversations, I sit down with Rashida Bonds, an ally coach who says that true allyship isn’t about virtue signaling or gra...
Today, I want to share something I originally wrote as an email to one of my coaching clients. It touches on something that shapes nearly everything we do: the pursuit of happiness. Here’s the context. One of my clients is an executive at a major tech company. She’s leading a bold new initiative that involves hiring, retaining, and coaching a team of sharp, high-performing people who can deliver results fast. She’s working hard. She’s making real progress. And in one of our sessions, a powerf...
This year, I'm turning Buddhist, meditating with a sangha (a community of Buddhist practitioners), bowing in the morning, and taking lessons from Buddhist teachers. This happened because I started reading Billy Seol's Substack (https://substack.com/@julylifecoach), which he writes every single day (impressive!) I've come to consider Billy as a kind of spiritual god brother. In this deep dive into the intersection of Buddhism, coaching, and personal growth, Billy takes us thr...
I recently led a group session called Zen and the Art of Dealing with Office Politics, where I helped professionals—especially women and underrepresented folks—navigate the messiness of workplace dynamics with more calm and clarity. We kicked off with a guided brain exercise to shift out of high-frequency beta brain waves (you know, that anxious, go-go-go energy) and into a slower, more grounded alpha state. It’s a small shift that opens up space for creativity and better problem-solving. The...
In this captivating episode, Emily Maggiotto shares her inspiring story of navigating pivotal career and life decisions guided by her insatiable curiosity. From leaving a stable finance job to pursue a musical adventure, to leading HR teams through challenging times, Emily's journey exemplifies the power of embracing risk, learning continuously, and finding fulfillment on one's own terms. This conversation offers invaluable insights for anyone seeking to redefine their career and ...