(#117) EmpowerHER Q&A: Raises, Promotions, Burnout, Prenups, Boundaries, & Trusting Yourself

About this episode

Diana DeBolt answers community questions on career, relationships, and self-trust, providing strategies for raises, promotions, and setting boundaries.

In this Q&A episode of the EmpowerHER Podcast, Diana answers common questions from clients and the community on career, relationships, and self-trust. She explains how to ask for a raise by documenting impact, using evidence, timing conversations early, and practicing a script, and why promotions require visibility and clear advocacy not just hard work. She discusses distinguishing burnout from a misaligned job by considering whether time off would restore you, and emphasizes boundaries and nervous system regulation. She reframes prenups/postnups as financial protection and argues a respectful partner should support them, then shares practical ways to “decenter men” through small choices and communication. She offers strategies for saying no at work, outlines why people-pleasing persists despite therapy, and describes confidence and self-trust as skills built through action, small wins, and letting go of societal timelines and comparison. 00:28 Asking for a Raise 03:07 Getting Promoted Faster 05:00 Leave or Burned Out 06:54 Prenup Without Guilt 08:56 Decenter Men in Love 11:31 Saying No at Work 13:30 Stop People Pleasing 15:09 Building Real Confidence 17:13 Stop Comparing…

People in this episode

Host: Diana DeBolt

Topics covered

• career advancement
• self-trust
• boundaries
• burnout
• financial protection
• people-pleasing
• confidence building

Keywords

• raises
• promotions
• burnout
• prenups
• boundaries
• self-trust
• confidence
• people-pleasing

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