Season 3 opens with a hard reset.
In this episode, Lauren sits down with Lynda Harvey (aka @Lynda.Leads) to dismantle one of the most persistent, and profitable, patterns in corporate life: imposter syndrome. Not as a personal flaw, but as a systemic conditioning tool designed to keep high-performing women compliant, underpaid, and constantly self-questioning.
This conversation sets the tone for the season: clear eyes, clean boundaries, and new rules.
In this episode, we cover:
- Why imposter syndrome isn’t a diagnosis, it’s a learned response
- How women are conditioned to equate humility with worth and likability with safety
- The hidden cost of “being grateful” instead of being compensated
- Why lightning does strike twice and what makes us pretend it doesn’t
- The difference between what you deserve and what you’ve earned
- How corporate systems quietly reward self-abandonment
- Why settling “temporarily” often becomes a long-term identity tax
- Naming the voice at the boardroom table of your mind—and asking it to leave
- How to turn imposter syndrome into usable data instead of self-sabotage
Who this episode is for:
- Powerhouse women navigating leadership, promotion, or reinvention
- Corporate leaders questioning whether the system still fits
- Women who know they’re capable but still find themselves negotiating against themselves
- Anyone ready to stop performing gratitude and start claiming leverage
About the Guest:
Lynda Harvey, known online as Lynda Leads, has built and scaled high-performing teams, led cross-functional decision-making at the executive level, and built a platform rooted in corporate truth, not corporate fantasy.
Her work centers on self-advocacy, compensation, boundaries, and the reminder that your company is not your family, it’s a business.
