Corporate F*ckery

Your ambition was never the problem. The system you’ve been applying it in? That’s where things get expensive. In this episode, Lauren sits down with Stefanie O'Connell, personal finance expert, author, and founder of Too Ambitious, to break down the real economics of ambition. This isn’t theory. This is data-backed reality on how success actually plays out. We get into: Why ambition isn’t rewarde...

Cosmic Goodness, Burnout, & Preserving What You Own with Cassidy Gard You can be exceptional at a life… and still feel completely disconnected from it. In this episode, I sit down with Cassidy Gard, journalist, storyteller, and author of Cosmic Goodness , to unpack what actually happens when high performance, identity, and reality stop aligning. After more than a decade inside national news, p...

The Truth About Internet Magic: Why Intuition Requires Action This week on Corporate F* ckery, Lauren goes solo and breaks down one of the most misunderstood ideas in personal and professional growth: intuition. After years of operating in survival mode, chasing logic, and trying everything from corporate hustle to backyard full-moon manifestation rituals (yes, really), Lauren shares what she’s le...

This season, we’re rewriting the rules. And today’s rule is simple: don’t confuse a corporate decision with your worth and don’t sign away your power because you’re in shock. In this episode of Corporate F*ckery, Lauren sits down with Tara Bodine , global HR and talent leader and CEO of True North People Consulting . After seeing the writing on the wall at her company, Tara was laid off and offere...

The Sledgehammer of the Universe: When Stress Forces the Truth with Carole Murko This season, we’re rewriting the rules. And today’s rule is simple: trust yourself before it costs you. In this episode of Corporate F* ckery: Stories of Survival, Psychological Warfare, and Choosing What’s Best for You*, Lauren sits down with Carole Murko , founder of Love. Eat. Heal. and certified consultant with Ne...

The Dark Side of Success: When Achievement Turns on You with Dr. Ashley Cerda ⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of suicidal ideation, catastrophic thinking, burnout, shame-based self-talk, and nervous system dysregulation . What happens when the very skills that made you successful begin to work against you? In this deeply honest and necessary conversation, Lauren sits down with...

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...

Season 2 Finale: The Powerhouse Woman Manifesto In this Season 2 finale of Corporate F*ckery , Lauren DeGolia weaves together the biggest revelations from nine powerhouse conversations into one transformational episode. This season explored the emotional, strategic, and psychological realities of women redefining power, leadership, and success on their own terms. Across episodes featuring: Olivia...

This week, economist and Wharton professor Dr. Corinne Low hands us the data-backed truth about why powerhouse women feel overextended, under-supported, and blamed for systems they didn’t design. We break down two game-changing concepts: • Utility Function Your utility function is the economist’s version of your life scorecard, the sum total of joy, meaning, fulfillment, and alignment across your...

The Millennial Manager Rewrite: How Powerhouse Women Rise in a Broken Workplace with Roxy Couse Today on Corporate F* ckery, Lauren sits down with Roxy Couse , Webby-nominated creator, senior corporate leader, and the internet’s trusted “Millennial Manager,” to unpack what it really takes for powerhouse women to rise inside a workplace that’s more unstable, emotionally taxing, and psychologically...

In today’s episode, we sit down with Raena Boston, HR leader, writer, and the powerhouse behind The Working Momtras, a movement created to dismantle some of the biggest scams women are sold inside modern work and motherhood. Raena brings her trademark clarity, humor, and no-nonsense wisdom to a conversation that cuts through the noise with surgical precision. From the corporate gaslighting around...

🎙️ Episode 5: The Powerhouse Reframe, Finding Fulfillment in the Chaos with Mollie Tregillis This week on Corporate F*ckery , Lauren sits down with Mollie Tregillis,  ex-lawyer, leadership expert, and founder of The Fulfillment Lab  to unpack what it really takes to create meaning in the middle of corporate chaos. After more than a decade climbing the ranks of big law, Mollie walked away...

🎙️ Episode 5: Redefining Wealth Without Losing Yourself with Heather Boneparth What happens when the woman who has it all realizes the cost was her own sense of self? This week on Corporate F* ckery, we sit down with Heather Boneparth,  corporate lawyer turned Director of Business and Legal Affairs at Bonafide Wealth, co-author of Money Together , and the powerhouse redefining what equity rea...

💼 Rebuilding Power with Purpose with Beverly Dines What happens when being human at work becomes a corporate crime? In this week’s episode, I sit down with Beverly Dines , known online as the internet’s Chief Empowerment Officer, to talk about the evolution of leadership, the cost of emotional suppression, and the courage it takes to bring empathy back into the boardroom. Beverly has scaled missi...

🎙️  Owning Your Value and Choosing Your Freedom — with Christie Hoffman What does it really take to walk away from a life that looks perfect on paper and build one that actually feels good? In this episode of  Corporate F* ckery, Lauren sits down with  Christie Hoffman , the powerhouse behind  Corporate Christie,  a former marketing executive turned speaker, author, and co...

🎙️ Episode 2: How to Be a Powerhouse Without the Blazer with Olivia Howell Guest: Olivia Howell, Co-Founder & CEO of Fresh Starts Registry In this episode, Lauren sits down with Olivia Howell, CEO, single mom, and Co-Founder of Fresh Starts Registry,  for a real and refreshing conversation about leading, rebuilding, and redefining what power looks like when you stop performing and start b...

Episode 1: The Anatomy of a Powerhouse Woman What does it really mean to be a powerhouse woman? We love the word. We wear it like armor. It sounds sexy, unstoppable, unshakable. But behind the label is a deeper truth: powerhouse women are often carrying more than they were ever designed to hold. In this season opener, Lauren DeGolia breaks down the anatomy of a powerhouse woman,  her grit, he...

Corporate F*ckery: Episode 10, The Ripple Effect Episode Summary The Season One finale digs into the ripple effect of corporate culture, how it rewires identity, drains energy, and shapes our subconscious code. Lauren blends science, energy, and listener stories to show why protecting your peace is radical leadership. From missed bonuses and toxic bosses to AI replacements and nervous system burno...

🎧 Episode 9 Show Notes: Seduced by Corporate Success (and the Golden Handcuff Trap) Episode Summary What happens when the success you worked so hard for becomes your safety net and then your cage? In this episode of Corporate F* ckery, I pull back the curtain on the invisible contracts we sign with our careers, the grief of realizing corporate life won’t love you back, and the identity unraveling...

Episode 8: The Quiet Quitting Myth (and Why You’re Quiet Cracking Instead) Quiet quitting isn’t rebellion. It’s resentment in disguise. And for high achievers, it’s not even quitting, it’s quiet cracking . In this episode of Corporate F* ckery I break down the myths around “quiet quitting” and explore why so many powerhouse women find themselves stuck in the silent struggle of “quiet cracking.” Fr...

🎙️ Episode 7: Return to Office or Return to Self? How high-achievers keep feeding the burnout beast and why it’s time to choose peace instead of proximity. They’re calling it a “return to normal.” But for many high-achievers, women, men, caregivers, and anyone who built a life around flexibility it feels more like “Rigged to Overwork.” In this episode, I’m breaking down the truth behind RTO mandat...

🎙 Corporate F*ckery: Episode 6 Title: The False AI Promise The productivity lie. The AI illusion. And the real intelligence worth protecting. In this episode of Corporate F* ckery, we get real about what AI is actually doing to the workplace and what it isn’t. From being marketed as the future of innovation to replacing humans in the name of efficiency, AI is being positioned as the ultimate solut...

🎙️ Episode 5: The Cost of Corporate F*ckery Welcome to Corporate F*ckery  stories of survival, psychological warfare, and choosing what’s best for you. I’m Lauren DeGolia; certified success coach, subconscious strategist, astrologer, and former corporate insider turned truth-teller. This episode is for the high-achieving woman who’s starting to wonder if the life she built… is actually costin...

Welcome to Corporate F*ckery : stories of survival, psychological warfare, and choosing what’s best for you. I’m Lauren DeGolia, certified success coach, subconscious strategist, astrologer, and former corporate insider turned truth-teller. This episode is for the leader who thought they could out-strategize her way to freedom and got handed a plot twist instead. We’re talking about what happ...

Welcome to Corporate F*ckery:  stories of survival, psychological warfare, and choosing what’s best for you. I’m Lauren DeGolia: certified success coach, subconscious strategist, astrologer, and former corporate insider turned truth-teller. This episode? It’s personal. (Aren’t they all?) We’re talking burnout, adrenal crisis, and the unexpected lifelines that helped me reconstruct my identity...