You’re watching it happen in real time.
Your colleagues are leaving corporate to start businesses. You know people moving abroad, going remote, stepping back to let their partners carry the financial weight. Social media is full of Black women making it look easy — and making corporate look like the worst choice you could possibly make for your life.
And now you’re starting to wonder: should I be doing that too?
In the 3rd episode of the leadership identity series, Dr. Nicole speaks directly to the woman who still wants executive leadership — but is feeling the pull of an increasingly appealing cultural narrative that says opting out is the smarter, freer, more enlightened choice.
This is not an episode against rest. It is not an argument against entrepreneurship or living abroad or designing a nontraditional life. Dr. Nicole has deep respect for women who make those choices genuinely and deliberately.
This episode is about something more specific: the woman who is using the soft life as a reason to stop before she’s really decided to stop. The woman who is letting other people’s exits quietly erode her own ambition. The woman who calls it a lifestyle preference when what it might really be is a very understandable fear of what it costs to be fully seen.
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