What Getting Pushed Out of a Job Taught Me: Heartbreak and Hope Can Co-Exist
Sometimes the most painful career setbacks open the door to something better. From heartbreak and self-doubt to unexpected new beginnings, here's how the smallest thread of hope can lead you towards a future you never imagined.
How Sarah-Neel and Grace Left the Rat Race, Claimed Their Voices, and Earned More
Here are the stories of how two of my clients built the connections and relationships that blew the door open to what came next. In the process, they became their own bosses, grew their self-advocacy skills, and made more money than the systems they left ever imagined for them.
The Three Votes Framework: A Career Playbook for Women of Color in Male-Dominated Industries
If you're a woman of color with career ambitions in a male-dominated industry, you intimately know the resource everyone says you're short on: power. But you still govern your own choices, especially when the system is built to make you feel like you don't have any. So how do we put this power into action? I call it the Three Votes Framework.
What Prom Rejection Taught Me About Career Negotiations
When I was an 18-year-old high school senior and a chronically stressed school newspaper editor, I decided that "the ask" should not be a male-only privilege.
I was an introvert, but I was also an advocate.
50% Raise, Self-Advocacy, and Informational Interviews with Sarah-Neel Smith, PhD and Jamie Lee
My client Sarah-Neel’s results:
✅ Pivot 1: Successfully transitioned from Academia to Private Investigations with a 7% salary increase.
✅ Pivot 2: Leveraged her momentum into a 50% pay increase in Philanthropy.