Sharpening HER Edge

In this episode of Sharpening Her Edge, Dr. Susan Hughes breaks down the invisible force draining your energy every day: mental load. This isn’t about your to-do list.  It’s about the constant thinking, tracking, anticipating, and decision-making happening behind the scenes. If you’ve ever ended the day feeling exhausted — even when it doesn’t look like you “did that much” — this episode will help...

In this episode of Sharpening Her Edge, Dr. Susan Hughes explores what it means to navigate a true season of reinvention. Sometimes growth doesn’t look like a straight path forward. Sometimes it looks like realizing you’ve outgrown the room you once worked so hard to enter. Dr. Susan shares part of her own journey—from practicing physician to a broader calling as a healer, educator, and leadership...

You’re not behind. You’re overloaded. High-achieving women aren’t failing — they’re carrying too much. In this first full episode of Sharpening Her Edge, executive leadership coach and physician educator Dr. Susan Hughes challenges one of the most damaging narratives high performers carry: the belief that they’re somehow falling behind. Instead, she reveals a more accurate truth — capacity overloa...

Welcome to Sharpening Her Edge, a podcast for high-achieving women ready to lead, reinvent, and rise into their next chapter. In this short introduction, executive and leadership coach, educator, and non-practicing physician Dr. Susan Hughes shares the inspiration behind the podcast and what listeners can expect from future episodes. Each episode will explore leadership, reinvention, resilience, a...