Negotiate to Freedom

Negotiation can actually be a beautiful experience.  It affords us the ability to truly connect with another human being.  This fosters empathy and understanding each other’s needs.  Listen to this episode to learn how you can use empathy in your next negotiation  If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connec...

There are so many feelings that come up during a negotiation, but a predominant feeling that comes up a lot is inadequacy.  How do you audaciously negotiate when you are feeling inadequate? Listen to this episode to learn how.  If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me below: Decision Call with D...

Have you ever asked yourself this question prior to a negotiation? Well, I have!  I used to ask myself all the time.  And it drove me crazy..  Why couldn’t I just say the number without having second thoughts? Why couldn’t I just remain confident? Why couldn’t I just speak more boldly? Let me tell you why in this episode.  If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how y...

Sometimes we stay in positions for too long.  Sometimes we stay in positions that do not serve us.  And they do not fit.  But we continue to stay there.  We have to be the ones to make these positions fit us.  We do this through audacious negotiation. If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout, connect with me bel...

It’s important to define it for yourself.  We can curate our freedom through negotiation  When we use voice to stand up for what we believe in, we can all be free.  The Negotiate to Freedom podcast drops new episodes every Friday so make sure you catch that new drip each and every Friday! If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avo...

I read the negotiation books.  I listened to the negotiation podcasts.  I took a bunch of notes about negotiation.  But it didn’t click until I was sold on my value.  Listen to this podcast episode to learn how to get sold on your value so you can audaciously negotiate.   If you are a professional woman of color interested in learning about how you can audaciously negotiate to avoid career burnout...

Do you think that there is a cap on how much you can make? If you say yes, I beg to differ.  Because how will you know if you never ask for more?  I’m not talking about a little bit more, but the type of more that makes you shooketh.  It’s asking that type of more that builds our audacity.  It’s asking that type of more that allows the powers that be to start getting used to it.  It’s asking that...

Welcome to a new episode on the Negotiate to Freedom podcast! On this podcast episode, I delve deeper in my story on:  ✅how I started my negotiation journey  ✅how I learned to grapple the internal struggles of negotiating as a professional woman of color  ✅how I came to be THE Negotiation Coach for Professional Women of Color  The Negotiate to Freedom podcast drops new episodes every Friday so...

Ayyy! New podcast title, who dis?  THE Negotiation Coach for Professional Women of Color.  That’s who.  Man.  How did I get here?  I was literally fighting with the enemy to take my rightful place.  But I would do it again because I know who I do this for.  My mission is to help professional women of color negotiate audaciously.  My purpose is to help professional women of color identify their pur...

Sometimes we think we have a fixed purpose for our profession, but it can change. With our changed purpose, it forces us to change so that we believe greater for ourselves. Your purpose does not have to look like anyone else’s because it’s yours and trust that it is okay if it changes. If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your life, connect with me below: 30 Min Decision...

Sometimes we think we have a fixed purpose for our profession, but it can change. With our changed purpose, it forces us to change so that we believe greater for ourselves. Your purpose does not have to look like anyone else’s because it’s yours and trust that it is okay if it changes. Redefining Wealth Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/redefining-wealth-with-patrice-washington/id128...

Have you ever thought why does your professional career feel like you are sacrificing yourself all the time? Can I just be happy and love what I do? I didn’t think it was possible until I learned how to affirm new beliefs about myself.  If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your life, connect with me below: 30 Min Decision Call with Dr. J: https://calendly.com/medfitdo In...

Not only do we have to create boundaries in our personal lives, but need to also create them in the workplace. However, when the creation of a  workplace boundary gets delayed it is often because the workplace value that supports that boundary has not yet become identified. When you learn to identify your workplace values, your workplace boundaries are created automatically.  If you are interested...

I used to think being a great negotiator was knowing how to confidently learn how to use verbal strategies until I realized that there was something much deeper than the surface that I could not unlock. I could not even get myself to use those verbal strategies because I did not have the proper mindset that is required in front of any negotiation table.  If you are interested in learning more abou...

As human beings we tend to focus on problems. That is a natural part of being human. When navigating my career, I only saw problems until I started to hone into my creativity to find a solution. My creativity led me to negotiating a four day week so that I could still love my job and create a purpose driven business on the side.  If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your...

Listen, as professional women we can be so busy that life happens to us.  But it does not have to be that way!  We can stop and take control of our “busy lives”  by doing a life evaluation.  I take time each week on Sunday to evaluate my life in six key areas so that I make sure I’m not doing things just to do them. This way, I ensure that there is intentionality behind everything that I do.  If y...

Let’s face it, as professional women of color there is an unconscious need to prove our worth. That leads to us overworking ourselves. Then, what happens when a challenging situation at work or in life arises? Things tend to spiral out of control. This podcast episode teaches you how to find rest in challenging situations.  If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your life,...

Sometimes, we move unconsciously throughout our careers by fulfilling other people’s expectations of us.  We take career positions that we don’t truly want.   We think that we are underqualified for the career position we truly want.  We may even want to move differently in our career in a way that has never been done before, but because it’s never been done we think we can’t be THE ONE.  If you a...

When thinking about how I was going to create my life around my career and not the other way around, I had to be willing to risk my comfort.  I had to be willing to risk the comfort of not learning how to negotiate.  I had to be willing to risk the comfort of living up to everyone’s expectations of me.  I had to be willing to risk the comfort of being the same, shy introverted little girl who was...

Yo, did this little boy just growl at me?  I was taking a history and the little boy interrupted me and said “Rawwr” I was confused.  His older brother without hesitation said “Oh, he’s a T-Rex”.  I continued my history taking and he growled again.  Ok, now this got me intrigued.  This little boy had to believe he could be a T-Rex and then identified as a T-Rex so much that his older brother also...

I was a whole hot mess before I started setting my intention for the day. As professional women, most of our time is spent at work and sometimes work be working! However, when we set our intention for the day we can be more present and serve in our highest capacity. Sis, we don’t have to let our work day ruin our whole day. We can learn how to become mentally and emotionally fit so we can peaceful...

You do not have to accept all the demands that you believe your career has placed on you because when you do that, you sacrifice your mind and your body. You are the one that sets the demand on your career and not the other way around. When you do that, you create life and work alignment which creates a peace that you simply cannot understand.  If you are interested in learning more about how you...

We go through thousands of thoughts per day, but if we don’t stop to take inventory of those thoughts, they become our beliefs. These are beliefs that then become continual lies that our brain tells us. When you are mentally fit, you learn to take inventory of these thoughts so that you can affirm new beliefs for yourself.  If you are interested in learning more about how you can create your life,...

Sometimes we may want something so badly that we search far and wide to find it; when in actuality, that thing is sitting right underneath our nose. I wanted so badly to be a great leader within various aspects of my life, but soon realized through my mental fitness journey that I already had attributes that made me born to lead.  If you are interested in learning more about how you can create you...

Every new thing that I have ever done has been done with an undertone of “I am not enough”, which created so much mental and emotional overwhelm for me. I decided that “I am sufficient” and also decided that I wanted to operate from that new belief. With any exercise, building your sufficiency muscle takes reps and does not happen overnight, but when you do get that sufficiency muscle….. BAY-BEE!!...