Women Killing It!

Elizabeth Dodson learned the value of taking a chance when she co-founded HomeZada, an online app that helps homeowners manage their largest financial asset, their home. Elizabeth believes that your worth is determined by what you value it to be and credits her confidence for her success.  She points out how women can help one another feel more confident by showing each other a different "mirror" of ourselves and talks about her experience advocating for her female colleagues' advancement.

Hogan Lovells attorney April Wimberley began creating her own destiny at a young age, applying to college on her own initiative and being the first one in her family to get a college degree.  She credits the encouragement of female friends and colleagues for her decision to take her education a step further and attend law school.  After taking time away from the paid workforce to raise a family, April has successfully re-entered it, a feat that unfortunately eludes many.  And throughout her career journey, April used her legal skills for good, fighting for the rights of prisoners who have no voice.

Kirsten Schaffer shares her fascinating career track from volunteering at film festivals, to curating films and growing OutFest Film Festival, to heading up the non-profit organization Women In Film, Los Angeles.  Kirsten's experience shows the advantage of volunteering to do something you love, even if it means working several jobs on the side as she did. In this episode, Coach Rachel Garrett also gives host Sally Hubbard a one-on-one counseling session about the time squeeze so many working moms feel.

Erin Law, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley and Managing Attorney for Global Litigation, shares tips on getting credit for your ideas, relying on your network to advance your career, and delegating.  She talks about leading with a "yes," and then setting parameters that work for you, in order to portray yourself as a can-do person.  Listen for tips that have led Erin to a highly sought-after job in the legal profession.

Carla Ten Eyck, wedding photographer extraordinaire and host of the Eyes Up Heart Open podcast, has found success doing a job she loves.  She credits her natural confidence, ability to break down tasks into manageable chunks, and accountability group of female photographers.  Although she still feels like a 17-year old. rather than a 43-year old with two kids and a business, Carla has realized her own value and that she has ample wisdom to share.

Elisa Zuritsky and Julie Rottenberg are Co- Showrunners and Co-Executive Producers of Bravo's hit comedy series Odd Mom Out.  Best friends since they were nine years old and writing partners on Sex and The City and other shows, Elisa and Julie have the unique experience of sharing their career path with one another.  On this episode, they talk about their journey and give advice on getting back up again every time you get knocked down.

They say when one door closes, another opens, and that's what happened with Lenore Skenazy.  Like many journalists who have lost jobs in recent years, Lenore was not seeking career change.  But she pivoted brilliantly, founding an entire movement that seeks to lessen fear's grip on modern parenting and restore childhood to its former state of greater freedom and independence.  Lenore also talks about how leaning over backward for our children makes it harder - if not impossible - to "lean in" to our careers.

Cait Clarke is the Chief of Defender Services in the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, dedicating her life's work to the 6th Amendment right to counsel. Cait wrote "Dare to Ask! The Woman's Guidebook to Successful Negotiating," and in this episode Cait shares her own experience asking for more. Cait also talks about her bold career move -- leaving a highly sought-after post as a law professor to pursue her mission -- and the the pivotal role volunteerism has played in her work and life.

Interior architect Caroline Olah left an elite and male-dominated architecture firm in New York to launch Reddie.co, an online furniture company that creates customizable minimalist furniture.  From moving to Hong Kong to finding Indonesian craftsmen to hand-make furniture from ethically-sourced materials, Caroline's leap has been an adventure -- one we all can learn from.