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Hello {{first_name}} ,
I’ve watched the required 5 minutes daily of curling at the winter Olympics. I like the freestyle snowboarding and skiing.
Other exciting news from my house this week includes that I bought myself dark chocolate Oreos. A friend of mine introduced me to these and I’m in love. Have you tried these? I think they are delicious. I can also admit that Oreos are one of my favorite treats. Hit reply and let me know what your favorite sweet treat is.
Delicious…treats…mmmm.
This week’s featured episodes are all about personal transformation and practical growth. In your career and your love life.
Joanne Gates shares hard-earned wisdom from her decades at Microsoft, including honest insights about navigating career changes, overcoming gendered workplace challenges, and making intentional choices as a working parent. You’ll walk away with actionable strategies to advocate for yourself at work and design a career path on your terms.
Lilli Bewley dives into the world of relationships and dating with a fresh perspective. She shares how self-awareness and inner work can break old patterns and help you find authentic love.
Enjoy these conversations. Check out the special offers from the guests. If you love the show you can support it here and I’ll be back in your inbox next week.
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Relationships | Transform Your Love Life With Inner Alignment and Identity
For years, Lilli Bewley did everything society told her would lead to happiness. She earned straight A's, climbed the corporate ladder, and dated with purpose. Yet despite checking every box on the unspoken checklist of success, something felt fundamentally off. After another heartbreak, she found herself repeating the same unfulfilling patterns in love, always feeling unseen, unheard, and like she was screaming at the top of her lungs while no one would listen.
Special offer from Lilli for the audience:
The Feminine Dating Archetype Quiz: DatingArchetype.com
📆 Upcoming Community Events
Women’s Creator Social On Thursdays. If you have a podcast or a YouTube channel and you want to connect with other creators come join me here.
Working Moms in Tech | How Joanne Gates Advocated for Her Career and Succeeded
When Joanne Gates returned from maternity leave at Microsoft in the late 1990s, her manager pulled her aside with what he thought was helpful advice. He suggested she might want to take on less responsibility now that she was a mother. She hadn't asked for reduced duties. She hadn't indicated she was stepping back. But the assumption had already been made: motherhood meant her career trajectory would flatten.
Nearly three decades later, the data tells us that same conversation is still happening in conference rooms across corporate America. The details have shifted slightly, but the fundamental tension between career ambition and motherhood in corporate environments, particularly in tech, remains largely unchanged.
Joanne Gates
Special offer from Joanne for you:
4 Steps to Navigate Your Career Journey workbook
A Free PDF that provides actionable steps to demystify the steps to landing your next job, or that job several years in the future.
Link to download the pdf: https://www.execcoachjoanne.com/4stepsworkbook"
📕 🎧 Things Worth Your Time
This is where we share the cool suggestions for books, podcasts, gadgets that make life better and other fun stuff that our guests share during their interviews.
Lilli is trying: Blue light blocking glasses… have you tried these for yourself?
Joanne suggests: Treating yourself with a massage!
We’ll be back in your inbox next week.