Being gaslit, under-estimated, unfairly criticized and lowballed -- it happens to the powerhouse women I know. 

The capacity to not crumble in the face of injustice is a SKILL you can learn. It takes strength to NOT doubt yourself and make you wrong, because toxic workplaces have wronged you. And that strength is built through practice.

For many smart, competent women, the mere idea of being free of their self-doubts can trigger Socialized Guilt. 

Socialized Guilt is the culmination of -- over a lifetime -- being exposed to patriarchal conditioning, the message that we're wrong to take up so much space, to have power and to wield authority, because we're *supposed to* defer to others.

The world -- and especially the workplace -- is built in favor of non-HSP’s, but your natural talents have profound value. 

You’re the real deal with an incredible capacity to empathize, which builds trust and connection, the raw ingredients for great leadership. 

To be born into patriarchy, or any society that systematically gives the upper hand to men, is to be conditioned to internalize the falsehood that there’s something inadequate in us.

ESPECIALLY when we dare ourselves to ask for more power and money.