You have been doing everything right. Showing up polished. Staying composed. Keeping it professional. But what if the thing you have been calling professionalism is actually fear in a blazer? In this episode, Dr. Nicole names one of the most common — and most costly — patterns she sees in ambitious Black women leaders: protection masquerading as professionalism. It looks like discipline. It looks like boundaries. But underneath it, it is self-protection. And it is quietly bl...