When you're facing a hard decision, the problem usually isn't that you don't have enough information — it's that you have too many parts of yourself all trying to drive at the same time.

In this episode I share a six-step framework for making hard decisions with clarity and self-compassion, even when every option has a real cost. Including why arguing both sides like a passionate lawyer unlocks something a rational list never will, how to let your body cast its vote, and why there's no clean exit and why accepting that is liberating.

Jessamyn Stanley — yoga teacher, author of Every Body Yoga and Yoke, and founder of The Underbelly — has one of the most honest money origin stories you'll hear. We go deep on growing up with financial scarcity, building a wellness business as a fat, Black, queer woman in an industry that wasn't built for her, and the tension between wanting to make money and believing the thing you're selling should be free.

Find Jessamyn at jessamynstanley.com and The Underbelly at theunderbelly.com

Get the key insights and action steps on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/ladiesgetpaid/p/she-couldnt-afford-a-yoga-class-then?r=1b87me&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

I used to be the queen of procrastination — everything got done, but always at the last minute with late nights and anxiety. What changed wasn't willpower. It was understanding why I was procrastinating and building a system that worked with my brain instead of against it. In this episode I share my top tips, from figuring out the fear underneath your avoidance, to the 20-minute method, the sandwich action, and why accountability with strangers didn't work for me and what I did instead.

Get my process, step-by-step: https://open.substack.com/pub/ladiesgetpaid/p/my-top-anti-procrastination-tips?r=1b87me&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

What does it actually take to ask for what you want — and get it? Sam Saperstein spent 13 years at JPMorgan Chase, rising to Managing Director and founding the bank's Women on the Move initiative, where she helped millions of women build wealth and advance their careers.

In this episode, she shares the real mechanics of self-advocacy: how she pitched Jamie Dimon and got a yes, what happened when she came back from maternity leave to find her team dismantled, and why "do a good job and people will notice" might be the most dangerous advice women still believe. Plus: her exact salary negotiation tactics and why every woman needs a "Couch Club."

Companion Substack with action steps: ladiesgetpaid.substack.com

Do you know the difference between scarcity mode and scarcity mindset? One is a real circumstance. The other is an old story that hasn't caught up to where you actually are. In this episode I share the behind-the-scenes of negotiating my own book deal — including how I calculated my bottom line, why I factored in energetic output not just hours, how my body told me what my spreadsheet couldn't, and the three numbers everyone should have before any negotiation. If you've ever said yes to less than you deserved, this one's for you.

For action steps: https://open.substack.com/pub/ladiesgetpaid/p/why-i-might-say-no-to-a-book-deal?r=1b87me&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Former Comedy Central VP and bestselling author Tara Schuster gets radically honest about money shame, identity, and what it really means to bet on yourself.

This one is for anyone who has ever looked like they had it together while privately wondering if they ever will.

📩 Key insights, best quotes & action steps at ladiesgetpaid.substack.com

Have you ever been in the middle of a really good transition — a new chapter, something you've been working toward — and felt inexplicably sad or anxious? That's not something being wrong with you. That's grief.

In this video I share what happened when all the things I'd been working toward for five years started arriving at once — and why I ended up in tears. Using the IFS framework (Internal Family Systems), I walk through a three-letter ritual for honoring the parts of you that carried you here, welcoming the parts that are ready to emerge, and — most importantly — introducing them to each other so the transition actually sticks.

If you're in the middle of any kind of life change right now, this one's for you.

Read the accompanying post on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/ladiesgetpaid/p/when-good-change-feels-like-grief?r=1b87me&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Teri Ijeoma went from making $60,000 a year as an assistant principal — crying in a bathroom every morning — to making a million dollars in a single day trading stocks. It took nine years of grinding, a million-dollar loss on Tesla, 42 employees scaled back to two, and a health scare that forced her to stop before she figured out what sustainable success actually looks like.In this episode we talk about the real cost of building something big, why women are afraid to invest (and how to get past it), what losing publicly does to your confidence, and the spiritual tension of not knowing whether to take credit for your own wins.Teri is the founder of Trade and Travel, where she's taught over 35,000 students how to generate income in the stock market. Her first book, The Risk Worth Taking, is out now.What we cover:✅ How Teri made $1M in a single trading day✅ The 9-year grind before anything clicked✅ Losing $1M on Tesla — and keeping going✅ Why she scaled down from 42 employees to 2✅ How to start investing with very little money✅ The emotional side of trading no one talks about✅ Faith, credit, and learning to celebrate your wins🎧 Full episode breakdown — key insights, best quotes, and action steps — in the show notes on Substack: ladiesgetpaid.substack.com 📖 The Risk Worth Taking → theriskworthtaking.com📲 Follow Teri → @teriijeoma

The real reason you can't focus probably isn't what you think. If you've been pulling in too many directions at once — too many ideas, too many tabs open, too many versions of your life you're holding onto just in case — you've probably called it shiny object syndrome. But in this video I break down what's actually going on, the three types of distractions and how to tell them apart, and a simple filter for figuring out which ones actually matter. Plus a weekly practice for protecting the things most important to you. If you have range but struggle to trust it, this one's for you.

For insights and action steps, check out: https://ladiesgetpaid.substack.com/p/the-real-reason-you-cant-focus

Brooke Taylor surveyed over 5,000 women about their career problems — and found that perfectionism, overworking, imposter syndrome, and burnout all share one hidden root: the success wound. It's the deeply ingrained belief that your worth is contingent on what you achieve, produce, and do.

In this conversation, Brooke traces the wound back to its origins, walks through the five ways it shows up in your career, and offers a practical framework for healing it — without giving up your ambition.

You'll learn: what the success wound actually is, which of the five archetypes is driving your patterns, how to stop chasing external validation and anchor your ambition in something that actually satisfies, and what real markers of healing look like.

Full show notes, key takeaways, and action steps at ladiesgetpaid.substack.com

Get Brooke's book at brooketaylorcoaching.com/successwound/