Truly one of the most terrifying sentences in the corporate world is “You’re fired.” It is natural to feel your life spiral out of control from hearing that. However, that should not be an excuse to give up on the opportunities that might possibly come from that door closing. Bernadette Boas, author of Shedding The Corporate Bitch, is someone who is all too familiar with that. She reveals her story where she turned her life around from the worst situations and came up with The Five-Step Shift To Riches. She craftily called those that keep her from achieving success as “bitches” and shares the story of shedding the negativity. Bernadette gives out some of her processes and formulas to riches plus great insights about leadership and the importance of keeping a journal.

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The Five-Step Shift to Riches: Creating The Riches You Deserve with Bernadette Boas

I'm particularly excited that you're here for this episode because I do have a very special guest. With a pink slip in her hand and the words, "You're fired," echoing in her ear, Bernadette Boas went on a journey. She discovered what it took to discover, confront and shed her bitches of fear, insecurity and low self-worth to create and accelerate the riches she possesses now in her business and life. She is here to talk about a formula that she came up with, The Five-Step Shift to Riches, so you can consider what bitches you need to shed to finally create the riches you deserve. Welcome to the show, Bernadette.

Thank you, Terri.

I love that you talk about the word bitch, "Bitches of fear." How did you come up with languaging it that way and deciding that's the right word for it?

In an emotional breakdown on a conversation with someone, I was revealing my story and my challenges and all of a sudden, she's like, "Why are you getting so emotional about it?" I said, "Because I’m fragile. I shedded my bitch and now I'm this happy person." All of a sudden she's like, "That's a great book," and it went from there.

Tell us a little bit about how you did the shedding and then I want to hear about the book. I heard the words, “You're fired” in my life, so I know what that's like or at least what it was like for me. How did you go through this shift?

I realized after I was fired, I had to sit back and say, "Why did that happen?" I was a very talented and skilled individual, but during my own discovery process, I realized that the leadership style I chose for myself was more aggressive and more demanding as opposed to a commanding leadership personality. I hated when I discovered that. I felt so ashamed that I was cruel to other people. I was demeaning, curt, or abrasive. I knew I had to, at the same time, I wanted to put good in the world like Heartrepreneur does. I wanted to put heart into the world and not the type of angst I was wreaking havoc on to so many people. I went through this discovery process that I had to confront those bitches. I discovered that because I realized that people aren't per se bitches. It is their insecurities, negativities, fears, and doubts that cause them to lash out in that way. That's why I categorize those emotions, those inner demons as the bitches because that's what gets people to be not the person they should be.

When I was given the words, "You're fired," in Corporate America, I did look back on how I reacted and how I responded, and there was a lot of me that had some corporate bitchiness. How did you decide to write the book and what was that process like?

The same woman I was having a breakdown in front of, when she said that would make a great book or a great brand because we were at a business conference, I said to myself, "I've been journaling since I was eight or nine a...