Corporate F*ckery

The Millennial Manager Rewrite: How Powerhouse Women Rise in a Broken Workplace with Roxy Couse

Today on Corporate F*ckery, Lauren sits down with Roxy Couse, Webby-nominated creator, senior corporate leader, and the internet’s trusted “Millennial Manager,” to unpack what it really takes for powerhouse women to rise inside a workplace that’s more unstable, emotionally taxing, and psychologically confusing than ever.

With more than half a million professionals tuning into her boundary-setting guidance and corporate hard truths, Roxy breaks down the new rules of modern work: the PIE Method no one teaches you, why performance is only 10% of promotability, and how personal branding has quietly become the most strategic lever women have to separate their identity from their job.

Together, we dive into:

- How the workplace broke and why millennial managers are rewriting it in real time

- The unseen emotional toll of layoffs, unstable leadership, and nervous-system overload

- The PIE Method (performance, image, exposure) and why powerhouse women must play differently

- Why building a personal brand is the individuator that helps women rise without self-abandonment

- How generational trauma and early conditioning show up in executive behavior

- What it actually looks like to position yourself for the next level without doing more

Lauren ties it all together through subconscious reprogramming, emotional clarity, and identity work, giving powerhouse women the tools to stop checking boxes and start positioning themselves as the leaders they already are.

Power Takeaways

• The workplace is changing and millennial managers are leading the rewrite.
• Personal branding isn’t optional; it’s leverage, clarity, and protection.
• You can have your PIE and eat it too when you understand how power actually works.
• Your next level requires identity expansion, not more output.

Links:

• Follow Roxy on LinkedIn
• Follow Roxy on Instagram
• Follow Roxy on TikTok
• Unlock Your Moon Sign (Aka, Emotional Advantage)
• Book a Complimentary Consult with Lauren

In today’s episode, we sit down with Raena Boston, HR leader, writer, and the powerhouse behind The Working Momtras, a movement created to dismantle some of the biggest scams women are sold inside modern work and motherhood.

Raena brings her trademark clarity, humor, and no-nonsense wisdom to a conversation that cuts through the noise with surgical precision. From the corporate gaslighting around AI layoffs to the quiet reemergence of girlboss culture, to the emotional whiplash of choosing yourself inside systems built on overwork, nothing is off the table in this conversation.

Together, we dig into:

• The scam of “having it all” and why the pursuit keeps women exhausted and under-resourced
• Why AI is the convenient scapegoat for leadership failures
• How fear-based overwork is resurging inside corporate environments
• The subtle ways women recreate the very systems that harm them, even inside advocacy spaces
• Identity grief: what happens when the title, the mission, or the movement becomes you
• The rise (again) of the girlboss and the class privilege hiding beneath it
• Why micro-pushbacks are the new rebellion
• How HR should be operating in 2025, and how Raena models people-first leadership
• What real support between women at work actually looks like
• Deprogramming over-functioning and reclaiming your agency without blowing up your life

Raena also shares the deeply personal story of walking away from an organization she co-founded, the grief, the clarity, and the line she refused to cross in the name of her own integrity.

This episode is a must-listen for any powerhouse woman navigating toxic workplaces, identity shifts, leadership pressure, or the weight of doing it all.

If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re the problem (you’re not), whether you’re allowed to slow down (you are), or whether using your agency actually matters (it does, more than you think)… Raena will give you the words, the perspective, and the permission to take your power back.

ALLLL of the links to connect with Raena and Lauren are included below 👇

This week on Corporate F*ckery, Lauren sits down with Mollie Tregillis, ex-lawyer, leadership expert, and founder of The Fulfillment Lab to unpack what it really takes to create meaning in the middle of corporate chaos.

After more than a decade climbing the ranks of big law, Mollie walked away from the grind to build something better. Now she helps high-achieving women and progressive organizations do big work in a way that actually works for humans.

Together, Lauren and Mollie explore:

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• Why chaos can be your greatest clarity catalyst
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• The identity shift required to lead without losing yourself
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• The unlearning that happens when you stop proving and start trusting
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• Why self-trust, rest, and joy are the most radical leadership strategies of all
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This episode is equal parts permission slip and power play — a reminder that your worth isn’t measured in output, but in the quality of your presence, perspective, and peace.

✨ Connect with Mollie

Websites: www.mollietregillis.com & www.thefulfillmentlab.com.au 

Instagram & TikTok: @mollietregillis 

💫 Connect with Lauren

LinkedIn, Instagram & TikTok: @laurendegolia 

Website: laurendegolia.com

What happens when the woman who has it all realizes the cost was her own sense of self?

This week on Corporate F*ckery, we sit down with Heather Boneparth, corporate lawyer turned Director of Business and Legal Affairs at Bonafide Wealth, co-author of Money Together, and the powerhouse redefining what equity really looks like inside modern partnership.

After a decade climbing the corporate ladder, Heather found herself at a crossroads between ambition, motherhood, and marriage. What began as a story about money became a reckoning with identity, worth, and the invisible economics shaping every decision we make.

Together, we unpack how to:

✨ Untangle money stories that start long before your paycheck

✨ Build partnerships rooted in fairness instead of financial imbalance

✨ Redefine success beyond income, titles, and handbags

✨ Detach self-worth from salary and reconnect to what truly matters

Heather reminds us that money isn’t math, it’s meaning. And the real currency of success is time, alignment, and self-trust.

If you’ve ever wondered how to build wealth without losing yourself, this conversation is your permission slip to start rewriting the rules.

Connect with Heather Boneparth:

📘 Money Together, available now wherever books are sold

💌 @averagejoelle on Instagram or Bonefide Wealth Management

💼 thejointaccount.substack.com 

Connect with Lauren DeGolia:

💼 LinkedIn | Instagram | TikTok

Book a complimentary consult with Lauren

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What happens when being human at work becomes a corporate crime? In this week’s episode, I sit down with Beverly Dines, known online as the internet’s Chief Empowerment Officer, to talk about the evolution of leadership, the cost of emotional suppression, and the courage it takes to bring empathy back into the boardroom.

Beverly has scaled mission-driven companies across healthcare, FinTech, and higher education — and in the process, built a digital empire redefining what it means to lead with truth, strategy, and soul. Together, we unpack her rise from breakdown to breakthrough, the power of belonging, and why your “resting face” should never be a performance review metric.

This conversation is equal parts redemption arc and revolution — a masterclass in what it looks like to rebuild power with purpose in a system that rewards performance over humanity.

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• What it really means to be a powerhouse woman in the new era of leadership
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• The hidden emotional cost of “performing professionalism”
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• Reclaiming humanity inside systems built for productivity, not people
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• How karaoke, creativity, and self-expression became Beverly’s unexpected healing tools
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• Why empathy isn’t weakness, it’s the new strategy for sustainable power
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Follow Beverly on Instagram & TikTok: @beverlydines 

Learn more about her work: www.beverlydines.com 

LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok : @laurendegolia 

Ready for an upgrade, book a free consult or visit. www.laurendegolia.com

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In this episode of Corporate F*ckery, Lauren sits down with Christie Hoffman, the powerhouse behind Corporate Christie, a former marketing executive turned speaker, author, and corporate comedian who’s helping women trade burnout for boundaries and chaos for clarity.

After surviving a corporate collapse, a divorce, and what she calls a “spiritual ego death,” Christie turned her pain into punchlines and her healing into frameworks that help others do the same. Together, Lauren and Christie dive deep into the parallels between corporate trauma and family patterns, how to protect your peace in high-pressure spaces, and why letting go of what’s no longer aligned is the most powerful move you can make.

This conversation is equal parts therapy session, stand-up set, and soul activation. It’s for the women who’ve done everything “right,” only to realize that freedom, not perfection, is the real measure of success.

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• The emotional aftermath of leaving corporate life and how to trust what comes next
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• Breaking toxic cycles at work and at home (and how they mirror each other)
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• How humor and healing can coexist in leadership
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• Reclaiming your identity after burnout, divorce, or reinvention
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• Why choosing yourself isn’t selfish, it’s strategy
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Follow @corporatechristie on TikTok and LinkedIn

Grab her book The Family Cycle Breaker 

Listen to The Corporate Christie Podcast wherever you tune in

If this episode resonated, join The Pivot Club, a gathering for powerhouse women navigating change, career transitions, and big life pivots with clarity and calm. Learn more. 

You're ready to make shift happen in your career, aren't you? Book a complimentary consult with Lauren here.

Guest: Olivia Howell, Co-Founder & CEO of Fresh Starts Registry

In this episode, Lauren sits down with Olivia Howell, CEO, single mom, and Co-Founder of Fresh Starts Registry, for a real and refreshing conversation about leading, rebuilding, and redefining what power looks like when you stop performing and start being.

They unpack the unspoken dynamics of womanhood in business: the “middle-school energy” that lingers in boardrooms, why kindness is a radical business strategy, and how to build community without losing yourself in the process.

From divorce to digital empire-building, Olivia shares how she turned one of life’s hardest resets into a global platform helping others navigate their own. This episode is proof that you don’t need the blazer, the title, or the approval to be a powerhouse, you just need the courage to start again.

💡 In This Episode:

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• How to rebuild after a major life change, without losing your identity
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• The cost of competition vs. the currency of kindness
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• Why authenticity will always outperform aesthetics
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• The truth about women supporting women (and why some don’t)
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• How to structure success on your terms
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• Website: freshstartsregistry.com 
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• Instagram: @oliviahowell | @freshstartsregistry 
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• Podcast: A Fresh Story 
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• LinkedIn | Instagram
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• Website: www.laurendegolia.com 
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Listen to this episode if you’ve ever felt:

Like you’re too soft for the system, but too smart to play small. Because power isn’t in the blazer, it’s in how you lead when no one’s watching.

Episode 1: The Anatomy of a Powerhouse Woman

What does it really mean to be a powerhouse woman?

We love the word. We wear it like armor. It sounds sexy, unstoppable, unshakable. But behind the label is a deeper truth: powerhouse women are often carrying more than they were ever designed to hold.

In this season opener, Lauren DeGolia breaks down the anatomy of a powerhouse woman, her grit, her resilience, her softness, and the invisible power she’s still learning to claim on her own terms.

You’ll also hear from powerhouse women themselves as they share their personal definitions of power:

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• On being both the house and the current that keeps it alive.
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• On discovering that true power is found in softness, not sacrifice.
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• On nervous system regulation as the foundation of lasting power.
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• On reclaiming the messy, imperfect right to dream again.
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This episode lays the foundation for Season 2: a journey into the lives of women rewriting power, legacy, and success beyond the limits of corporate systems and societal expectations.

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• Abbey Acevedo, Business + Being → LinkedIn  | TikTok
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• Daphny Lauren Bravo → website | Grab Her New Book, Back to Brilliance | TikTok & IG: @daphnylaurenbravo
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• Lindsay Hite → Photography Website | Coaching Website | IG: @show.your.spark
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• Lauren Baker → Elle Chatelle Wellness  
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• Explore The Pivot Club → a brand new, free hub and coaching spot for powerhouse women navigating change: [Join Here]
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• Ready to make massive shifts, book a free consult with Lauren to explore the tools and modalities she uses to help meaningful, lasting change in your life. 
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• Share this episode with a powerhouse woman in your life who needs to hear it.
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The Season One finale digs into the ripple effect of corporate culture, how it rewires identity, drains energy, and shapes our subconscious code. Lauren blends science, energy, and listener stories to show why protecting your peace is radical leadership.

From missed bonuses and toxic bosses to AI replacements and nervous system burnout, this episode proves corporate f*ckery isn’t theory, it’s lived reality. The call to action? Upgrade your operating system, reclaim your energy, and lead your life, career, and business on your own terms.

• The hidden contracts: achievement = belonging, doing more = better results
• Why energy never stays at work, it ripples into health, family, and identity
• Joe Dispenza + Tony Robbins on energy, focus, and subconscious patterns
• Listener stories of betrayal, burnout, and bravery
• Why women aren’t here to fix broken systems, but can model a new kind of leadership by learning to choose peace for themselves

• Microsoft story: Palo Alto Daily Post 
• Emotional Advantage Calculator
• The Cosmic Cheat Code (the 7-day private podcast experience)
• Book a free consult with Lauren 

Episode Summary

What happens when the success you worked so hard for becomes your safety net and then your cage? In this episode of Corporate F*ckery, I pull back the curtain on the invisible contracts we sign with our careers, the grief of realizing corporate life won’t love you back, and the identity unraveling that comes when you’re no longer sure who you are without the title, the bonuses, or the praise.

This is for the woman who’s done it all right; built the resume, earned the accolades, climbed the ladder, and still feels like she’s quietly drowning inside a life that was supposed to prove she made it.

Together, we’ll explore:

• The invisible contract most high-achievers sign with their careers without realizing it.
• Why what you’re experiencing might not be burnout, it’s grief and identity loss.
• My personal story of being seduced by success, and how it became both my protection and my prison.
• The truth about golden handcuffs, perks as psychological levers, not generosity.
• The tipping point: when your nervous system screams louder than your résumé.
• The reframe: safety is an inside job, and how resilience (not grit) creates real freedom.
• Three ways to start building nervous system safety now:

1. Track your emotional patterns.
2. Audit your energy like currency.
3. Ask your future self how she defines success.

Newsflash: success that costs you your safety isn’t success. It’s survival. And you don’t have to stay here.

✨ When you learn how to regulate your nervous system and reprogram your subconscious stories, you stop living life as a performance review and start living from a place of permission. That’s where the options multiply, whether you keep the corner office or build something entirely your own.

Resources & Links Mentioned in This Episode

• Forbes Article: A Psychologist Reveals The Hidden Cost of Jobs with Golden Handcuffs, by Mark Travers
• 🔮 Emotional Advantage Calculator  
• 🌙 Cosmic Cheat Code — 7-Day Private Podcast
• 📅 Book a complimentary consult with Lauren: