Ladies Get Paid

You've gotten the advice. You understood it. You agreed with it. And then you didn't do anything. This isn't a motivation problem. It's a resistance problem — and resistance is never random. It's always pointing at something. In this episode, I'm sharing something I've been sitting with. I coached a woman I'm calling Sara — a six-year entrepreneur who built her CPG...

Feeling burnt out, undervalued, and too exhausted to do anything about it? This one's for you. In this live coaching session, I work with Éire, a creative in advertising who's six months into a new job and already running on empty. She's navigating office politics she never got a playbook for, people-pleasing her way through every interaction, and watching the creative part of herself...

My client Anna spent four years inside the UN ecosystem managing a U.S. Ambassador's portfolio across 180 countries. Now she's pivoting to the nonprofit sector — and she's struggling to make the case for herself in a way that feels both true and compelling. Sound familiar? In this live coaching session, I give her a full materials makeover and walk through the hardest interview questio...

Coaching session with Rae, a product manager laid off 6+ months ago who can't get excited about applying to jobs. We cover how to figure out what you want when nothing sounds appealing, career paths you might not have considered, using AI to explore your options, and how to stop feeling like a cog in the wheel. Full recap and action steps on my Substack:

You've done the informational interviews. You've had the coffee chats. You've made the lists. And somehow, you're more confused than when you started. This episode is for anyone drowning in career options and unable to choose. I'm coaching Amelia, a legal ops professional who'd been exploring a pivot for years—and kept getting more stuck with every conversation. The problem...

Do you keep exploring a career change... only to take the safe job every time? In this coaching session, I work with "Amelia"—a senior legal operations professional with 12+ years of experience who wants to pivot into helping creative entrepreneurs. The problem? Every time she gets close to making the leap, she defaults to the familiar. Three steps forward, one step back. We cover why yo...

Erin has been job searching for over a year. She's made it to final rounds, gotten painfully close, and walked away with rejection after rejection. The hardest part? She knows she's qualified. On paper, she has everything they're looking for. But the moment she gets on an interview call, something takes over—her chest tightens, her heart races, and a voice kicks in: You're not enou...

Ever feel like you should be further along? Like you've been "stuck" for months or years and can't figure out why? This coaching session might change how you see that. Tracy is a corporate executive who spent 5 years in what she called "procrastination." I call it incubation. In this episode, we get into: Why procrastination isn't always resistance—sometimes it'...

Self-doubt isn't the enemy—it's misdirected energy. In this coaching session, we uncover why high-performers who are good at reading the room often struggle the most with confidence, and I teach a 10-second nervous system reset you can do under a conference table. We cover: ✅ The trap of building confidence on what you think others are thinking ✅ Why people pleasers thrive in client-faci...

Have you ever pulled back after criticism, made yourself smaller to feel safe, or found yourself stuck in the same bad situation over and over again? In this coaching session, I work with Michelle—a mom and grad student in Australia working toward becoming a psychologist. She came in thinking she had a job problem: toxic environments, difficult bosses, and a resume full of short stints she couldn&...

Estelle knows what she wants: to be an environmental storyteller. She's already doing the work—some paid, some unpaid. But when someone asks "What do you do?" she freezes. In this coaching session, we workshop her introduction over and over again until she lands on language that feels true, invites connection, and positions her for the opportunities she actually wants. You'll lea...

In this coaching session, I work with Bea who's facing a challenge I hear all the time: "I feel a disconnect between what I want and how to get there, but I don't know how to bridge the gap." Bea experienced professional whiplash—her federal portfolio was decimated overnight, she landed a new job, and 5 months in, her senior director is leaving. Now she has the opportunity to ste...

Cecilia has been trying to restart her career for 5 years—children's books, freelancing, illustrations, volunteer work, workshops. She's doing all the right things, but nothing is landing. Sound familiar? In this coaching session, we discover that her problem isn't lack of ideas or talent (her design work is stunning). The problem is simpler and harder: she's spreading herself so t...

Meg thought she had a purpose problem. Turns out, she had a permission problem. After losing a campaign and launching her own consulting firm, she spent a year doing work she was proud of—but couldn't make a website, update LinkedIn, or tell anyone what she'd built. This session reveals the moment everything shifted, plus the 5 tools we used to move from "lemonade stand" to legit...

Stuck in your career? Feeling behind? Wondering if the thing you love could actually be your next step? Today’s session is with Ali, a 28-year-old content writer who’s spent six years in the same lane and feels ready for a new adventure—but unsure how to find it. What we uncover together is powerful: her competitive edge has been hiding in her side hustle this whole time. Ali runs a food Substack,...

Getting interviews but not offers? This real coaching session reveals the strategic mindset shifts that separate candidates who get hired from those who get forgotten. Career coach Claire Wasserman coaches someone who was laid off 4 months ago and is now navigating interviews in a tough job market. You'll learn: ✅ How to analyze the job description ✅ How to position transferable skills ✅ Wh...

Stuck between a soul-sucking 9-to-5 and creative dreams you keep dropping? This coaching session reveals how to: ✅ Monetize what you're already doing✅ Build sustainable creative consistency✅ Manage your energy at draining jobs✅ Overcome impostor syndrome through self-pride✅ Separate success from external validation Perfect for creatives in corporate jobs struggling with consistency and wo...

How do you walk into an interview and explain a 3-year employment gap without it becoming a therapy session? In this real coaching session, I work with someone navigating exactly that challenge—and we transform her story from something she's apologizing for into her greatest competitive advantage. YOU'LL LEARN: ✅ The exact 30-second framework for explaining any career gap ✅ Why "I g...

Should you make a major career pivot after a life-changing experience? In this episode, I sit down with a marketing professional and new mother who nearly lost her life during childbirth. The experience left her questioning everything about her career path—should she stay in marketing, transition into nursing, or find something in between? We explore:✨ How trauma can be a catalyst for career reev...

What if the diagnoses you've been hiding in job interviews are actually your greatest professional assets? This coaching session features a 52-year-old woman diagnosed at 48 with autism, ADHD, dyscalculia, anxiety, depression, and PTSD—currently living in a women's shelter and navigating final-round job interviews. Instead of teaching her to mask better, we identify the concrete superpower...

Publishing professional "Amy" has spent 17 years being everyone's cheerleader while her own creative dreams died. Sound familiar? In this raw coaching session, we tackle: Why success can still feel like failure The real reason you're exhausted (hint: it's not time) How to reclaim creative dreams you thought were "too late" Energy protection for professional empaths...

From cancer survivor to career transformer: Shea shares her raw journey through 4 years of job searching, workplace trauma, and discovering how generational patterns sabotage our careers. In this breakthrough session, career coach Claire Wasserman introduces revolutionary techniques combining somatic healing with practical job search strategies. Learn why traditional career advice fails when you&#...

Are you struggling to be taken seriously at work? In this career coaching session, we tackle the common challenge of being perceived as "too young" in professional settings. Learn powerful strategies to command respect regardless of your age, including: Reframing interactions as strategic opportunities rather than challenges Converting apparent disadvantages into unique advantages Balanc...

In this intimate conversation, Claire Wasserman, founder of Ladies Get Paid, sits down with holistic executive coach and author Amina Altai to discuss her new book "The Ambition Trap: How to Stop Chasing and Start Living."This powerful dialogue explores:✅ Amina's personal wake-up call that led to developing two autoimmune diseases from overworking✅ The five core wounds that drive p...

In this episode, Claire Wasserman interviews Shriya, a tech community-builder who created a newsletter documenting her entire job search journey—rejections and all. Shriya shares her innovative approach to networking and demonstrates how vulnerability can be a strategic advantage in your career journey. Key takeaways include how to:✅ Craft compelling emails that activate your network✅ Make strat...