What I Make Up About That

Latoya Johnson runs a 20-year nonprofit that serves people experiencing homelessness. She has an MBA. She's a dedicated mom. For most of her life, none of that felt like enough. Latoya grew up believing she had to prove herself. It started in a big family that measured love through achievement. It followed her into corporate America, where she was often the youngest person in the room, or the only...

I'm joined by Shan Bates Bundick, marketing strategist, storyteller, and proud dog mom who spent 17 years building a global career, from summits in the UAE to presentations in Thailand, before telling herself the one story that nearly stopped her cold: that she wasn't someone who could start her own business. Ten years in, she has. And the story she's unlearning now is even more interesting. We ta...

For a long time, I had a clear picture of what success looked like. Power suits. Executive titles. A commanding presence. I spent my career building toward that image. Then I got there. And it didn't feel the way I expected. In this trailer episode, I share the story I told myself for decades, the moment it started to fall apart, and the question that opened everything up: "If everything is on the...