Hiding in the Bathroom

Hiding in the Bathroom

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Hiding in the Bathroom episodes

  • Sounding Board: The Advice Episode
    Listeners, you shared your burning career questions with us - all the tough issues at work that you're grappling with. On this episode, Morra helps you navigate those issues. And we hear from Lisa Sugar, founder of PopSugar, who shares some great career advice of her own.
    36 min
  • Will You Be My Mentor?
    Maybe you could really use a mentor with great advice - but you don't know where to find one. Or maybe you don't think you're qualified to be a mentor, despite decades of valuable career experience. On this week's episode, Morra talks with fellow Forbes podcaster and GirlQuake CEO Denise Restauri about building strong mentoring relationships, why they both podcast, and getting sexier with age.
    42 min
  • Fertile Ground
    Morra chats with FertilityIQ cofounder Deborah Anderson-Bialis about what led her to create her company, tips on running the financial aspect of a small business and whether or not there is an ideal time for female professionals to have children.
    44 min
  • Pivots, Priorities, and Banning Guilt - Ep 28
    Do you feel stuck in the corner of your career? Never fear. Morra brings on author and radio host Samantha Ettus to talk about why women should not place a low priority on their careers and how guilt drives bad decisions. Morra also chats with media strategist Wendy Sachs on the best time for women to pivot in their career paths.
    37 min
  • Focus Is The New IQ - Ep 27
    Have you forgotten how to focus? Has social media eroded your attention span? Do you fondly remember days when you grew immersed in your work for hours? It's not too late to regain your ability to focus and do deep satisfying work. Morra asks computer scientist and author, Cal Newport for his advice on how to regain. They also discuss the myth of the online personal brand.
    38 min
  • Burnout and Renewal: From Media Whirlwind to Entrepreneur - Ep 26
    If you've ever watched reruns of The Golden Girls and wanted to trade places with Blanche or Rose - this episode is for you. The List Co-Founder, Glynnis MacNicol joins Morra to discuss the very real effects of burnout in our radically connected reality, and how she rebuilt her work life by founding a successful tech company that isn't about scale. Morra and Glynnis also talk about living and working as women in America under the Trump administration, and why you'd better know where your stash of cash is at all times.
    41 min
  • The Advantage of Age in Tech - Ep 25
    This show features two tech entrepreneurs, age 73 and 23. Tech entrepreneurs are not who you think they are! They are all ages, from all walks of life. Gina Glantz, founder of GenderAvenger shares "the advantage of age" in tech, and Alex Shadrow, who started Unitiques.com in her dorm room shares the nitty gritty of growing a tech company without a roadmap.
    49 min
  • Learn Negotiation Superpowers - Ep 24
    "Put Down the F-ing Coffee"! If negotiations remind you of confronting an angry Alec Baldwin in the film Glengarry Glen Ross - we're here to help. Collaborative negotiation coach Tanya Tarr shows how to tap into your negotiation superpowers and details the art of collaborative negotiation. You'll learn how to use inquiry, preparation, and your natural skills to make a great deal.
    54 min
  • She Wrote an Open Letter to Her CEO, and Quit. Would you? - Ep 23
    You work at a Fortune 500 company. Your boss (who just happens to be one of the few Fortune 500 women CEOs) sends a very public olive branch to someone you abhor. What do you do? This woman quit, in public. Morra talks to former IBM Senior Content Strategist Elizabeth Wood about her departure from the company after IBM's CEO sent a particular letter to Donald Trump. They also dig into the new definition of corporate social responsibility, the myth of slacktivism, and the decision to leap...without a plan B.
    42 min
  • Scared? Get Prepared and Own Your Power Instead - Ep 22
    Resiliency is not a mood, and denial won't stop bad things from happening. Today's show will empower you (promise) and offer easy and practical tips to own your personal and business security. Morra talks with Juliette Kayyem, former Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at the Dept. of Homeland Security, about cyber security, emergency preparedness, the origins of the "Keep Calm" posters and how we can maintain our spirits in spite of a bleak political climate.
    1 hr

About Hiding in the Bathroom

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Welcome to Hiding in the Bathroom! We examine the secret life of leadership, work, and success. From anxiety, work-life balance, figuring out what you want, and building the kind of business you love, we hear from leaders of all stripes.

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