How Smart Women Accidentally Lose Influence at Work

About this episode

This episode discusses how high-achieving women may unintentionally give away their influence at work through emotional outsourcing.

Some power is taken. But a lot of it? We give away without realising it. If you’re constantly second-guessing yourself after meetings, rewriting emails that are already fine, or waiting for reassurance to feel okay — you might be outsourcing your emotional regulation at work. And it’s quietly draining your influence. In this episode: What emotional outsourcing looks like in high-achieving women Why smart, capable women fall into this pattern How it chips away at your confidenc...

People in this episode

Host: Michelle

Topics covered

• emotional outsourcing
• women in the workplace
• confidence
• influence
• self-doubt

Keywords

• influence
• emotional regulation
• self-doubt
• high-achieving women
• confidence

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