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SUMMER SHORTS: Cry When You Need To

While we’re not suggesting you burst into tears during your next meeting, there is something cathartic about letting out your emotions in a physical way.

Cry When You Need To is another staple of our Modern Gen X Woman Mantra and we’re breaking it down in this episode. We encourage you to have your own Cry Jam Fest. Get your box of kleenex and take a listen.

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SUMMER SHORTS: Investing in Yourself isn’t Selfish

If you don’t choose yourself, who will? In this week’s Summer Short, we are taking another line from the Modern Gen X Woman Manifesto, Investing in Yourself Isn’t Selfish. Take a listen as we break it down.

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SUMMER SHORTS: Success Doesn’t Mean Sacrifice

When you consider taking the next step in your career or expanding your business, does your mind automatically start to worry, just a bit, about what you might have to give up in order to succeed?


This week, we’re talking about Success Doesn’t Mean Sacrifice.

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SUMMER SHORTS: 80’s Nostalgia

We’re having fun in this week’s Summer Short episode, our summer series where we give you spurts of insights and thoughts with a sprinkle of fun to provide you with your very own summer growth spurt.

This week we’re talking about our favorite things and bringing you back to childhood.

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SUMMER SHORTS: Road Trip with Jackie + Mimi!

Who doesn’t love a summertime road trip?! Well, aside from the traffic of course. 

Recently we took a road trip from New York to Philly and we found there were things about each other we didn’t know and we had a lot of laughs too. 

In the first summer shorts episode of the season, we’re taking you along for the ride. 

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Women Deserve Respect

Respect is a big deal. It is the first thing we’re taught as young kids and it is something each of us wants to have shown to us.

We are especially passionate about women being respected. In fact, our vision is for women across the globe to be respected and seen as equal.

This week we invite you to listen to this episode, powered by our desire for ALL women to be respected—everywhere.

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The Vulnerability of Putting Yourself Out There

You deserve to have what you want be it a career, business, friendship circles, or life partner. Putting yourself out there is the only way to get what you want.

In this week’s episode, we’re going to talk you through how to get comfortable with putting yourself out there.

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Motivation Won’t Drive Results THIS Will

Gurus put too much emphasis on motivation and not enough emphasis on discipline, the real driver for your success and that’s exactly what we’re talking about this week.

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When Your Boss is Younger Than You

In this episode we’re talking about how you can manage your own thoughts around this dynamic, how you can make it work for you or the signs to look for that are indicating maybe it is time to move on. 

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I’m Starting a Business! Now What?!

You’ve been thinking about and planning this day for a long time. The day you can officially say… I'm a business owner. I can call my own shots and the sky is the limit.

Yet, instead of waking up today and hitting the ground running, you’re suddenly not sure what to do next. Don’t worry, we’ve got your back. In this episode, we’re going to give you the next steps.

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May the 4th Be With You!

In this episode, we’re going to talk about how you can access your energy and the force within you.  

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The Emotions of Change

We know change isn’t easy but it is absolutely necessary if we’re going to live a full life. In this week’s episode, we’re taking you through the emotions of transformation to help you manage the incredible changes you want to make in your life.

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Procrastination

Procrastination is an undercurrent in each of us. Some can overcome it more easily while others feel as though they are constantly racing against the clock and then kicking themselves for not doing it sooner, with stress and anxiety then hitting an all-time high.

In this episode, we’re going to dig into why we procrastinate and how to keep ourselves from the final hour stretch stress.

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Anna & Elizabeth: Intriguing Cons

There is a phenomenon going on, a thirst for uncovering and understanding stories like that of Anna Delvey, the fake German heiress who scammed New York City’s elite socialites or Elizabeth Holmes who wooed her way into the hearts and pockets of Palo Alto’s tech leaders.

Whether you’re watching Inventing Anna on Netflix or reading Bad Blood, we can become sucked into the world of cons, scams, and conviction. One that makes us shiver from ickiness but also, makes us curious and fascinated.

In this episode, we’re talking about why we’re fascinated by these stories and what we can take from them (yes, there’s learning) and apply them to our own lives…. In small doses! 

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Too Public? Too Private? Too Casual? Where’s the Line?

As women in the business world, we want to know how to represent ourselves in person, online, in meetings —in a way that shows off our approachability and our professionalism. The lines have never been more blurred between our personal and professional lives, leaving us asking the question, what’s too much?

This is what we are exploring with you this week on Modern Gen X Woman.

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