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Why do high-achieving women shatter when men bounce? After 21 years of coaching across genders and a study of 1,100 women across 60 countries, Deborah Grayson Riegel has the answer — and it's not what you've been told.
In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Deborah Grayson Riegel — Wharton School instructor, Harvard Business Review columnist, and author of Aim High and Bounce Back — about the real reason women fear failure and how to interrupt the loop.
Deborah shares:
- The 5 kinds of failure every woman needs to recognize
- Why the "confidence gap" is actually a consequence gap (and worse for women of color)
- The 3 components of catastrophic thinking — and how to dismantle each one
- How "name it to tame it" pulls you out of the rumination spiral in 30 seconds
- The 3 mindset shifts: verdict to information, crisis to calibration, shame to strategy
- The one sentence every woman should remember in the middle of a setback
Whether you're leading a team, building a business, raising a daughter, or replaying last Tuesday's mistake at 2 a.m., this conversation gives you the language and tools to stop personalizing failure — and start using it as data.
🔗 CONNECT WITH DEBORAH:
Instagram: @debgriegel
Website: https://deborahgraysonriegel.com
Book: Aim High and Bounce Back — https://deborahgraysonriegel.com/books/
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Why do high-achieving women shatter when men bounce? After 21 years of coaching across genders and a study of 1,100 women across 60 countries, Deborah Grayson Riegel has the answer — and it's not what you've been told.
In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Deborah Grayson Riegel — Wharton School instructor, Harvard Business Review columnist, and author of Aim High and Bounce Back — about the real reason women fear failure and how to interrupt the loop.
Deborah shares:
- The 5 kinds of failure every woman needs to recognize
- Why the "confidence gap" is actually a consequence gap (and worse for women of color)
- The 3 components of catastrophic thinking — and how to dismantle each one
- How "name it to tame it" pulls you out of the rumination spiral in 30 seconds
- The 3 mindset shifts: verdict to information, crisis to calibration, shame to strategy
- The one sentence every woman should remember in the middle of a setback
Whether you're leading a team, building a business, raising a daughter, or replaying last Tuesday's mistake at 2 a.m., this conversation gives you the language and tools to stop personalizing failure — and start using it as data.
🔗 CONNECT WITH DEBORAH:
Instagram: @debgriegel
Website: https://deborahgraysonriegel.com
Book: Aim High and Bounce Back — https://deborahgraysonriegel.com/books/
🔗 CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER®:
Website: https://www.themanageher.com
Instagram: @themanageher
———
The Manage Her® Podcast — hosted by Aimee Rickabus. Honest conversations on leadership, financial empowerment, motherhood, wellness, and career reinvention for ambitious women.
🎧 SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-manage-her/id1809208475
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03FuFRyzkaWhZkk5yxFePJ
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/91c217a5-4245-4b83-8d15-8edfdde06884/the-manage-her
📲 CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER®:
Website: https://www.themanageher.com
Instagram: @themanageher
TikTok: @themanageher
YouTube: @themanageher
LinkedIn: @themanageher
💗 If this episode resonated, follow the show, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts, and share it with a woman who needs to hear it.
© 2026 The Manage Her®. All rights reserved.