Risky Conversations with Jamie Lee
Everything that's rewarding is on the other side of a Risky Conversation.
In this podcast for professional women, we have honest talks about topics often considered taboo or "too risky" at work -- salary negotiation, mental and reproductive health, office politics, social injustices, and unconventional ways smart women navigate their path forward despite a flawed and sexist society.
Join me as we dive deeper into these risky yet rewarding conversations, embracing the growth they bring.
Episodes
120 episodes
Dropping the Rope: A New Kind of Power Move for Women of Color Leaders
For many women of color, excellence became a survival strategy long before leadership did. So when a board, team, or decision-maker starts tugging on the rope—questioning, nitpicking, shifting expectations—it feels almost impossible to let go.<...
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24:08
10-Minute Boundary Reset: How to Protect Your Energy from Office Drama (Without Shutting Down)
In this quick episode, I guide you through a 10-minute Boundary Reset designed to help you protect your energy from office drama and difficult coworkers — without shutting down or over-functioning.As an executive coach for high-achieving...
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16:08
Self-Compassion & Social Change with Dr. SD Shanti and Jamie Lee
Jamie Lee is an executive coach who helps women and marginalized leaders get promoted and better paid—without playing politics or throwing anyone under the bus. Risky Conversations is about the messy, brave, and brain-based side of leadership g...
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Episode 115
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45:50
How Neurodiversity Drives Innovation: Tara May, CEO of Aspiritech
Jamie Lee is an executive coach who helps women and marginalized leaders get promoted and better paid—without playing politics or throwing anyone under the bus. Risky Conversations is about the messy, brave, and brain-based side of leadership g...
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35:36
Unlocking Wealth & Big Thinking: TRUST Framework for Women Entrepreneurs with Andrea Liebross
As an executive coach for women working in male-dominated industries, I often coach on the topics of money, wealth, and self-trust. In this episode of Risky Conversations, I sit down with Andrea Liebross—results-driven business coac...
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Episode 113
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53:55
How to Say No to Glue Work Without Losing Your Cool or Your Values
Glue work is the invisible, unrewarded labor that keeps teams running—but too often holds women and people of color back from promotions and pay raises. In this episode, I share the research, the myths that keep us stuck, and a prac...
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Episode 112
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45:19
Promotion Playbook Series Part 6: Ageism and Career Pivots
Welcome to Part 6 of The Promotion Playbook Series for Smart Women in Male-Dominated Industries.In this final episode, I coach a professional navigating one of the most common — and least talked about — challenges in career grow...
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Episode 111
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13:18
Promotion Playbook Series Part 5: Avoiding the Burnout Boomerang
Welcome to Part 5 of The Promotion Playbook Series for Smart Women in Male-Dominated Industries.In this episode, I coach a client through one of the biggest challenges women face after leaving a draining job: how to re...
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Episode 110
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11:02
Promotion Playbook Series Part 4: "How do I price myself as a new coach?"
Welcome to Part 4 of The Promotion Playbook Series for Smart Women in Male-Dominated Industries.In this episode, I walk an aspiring life coach through one of the toughest questions every new coach faces: “How ...
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Episode 109
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9:54
Promotion Playbook Series Part 3: Informing, Not Bragging, a Success Story
Welcome to Part 3 of The Promotion Playbook Series for Smart Women in Male-Dominated Industries.In this episode, you’ll hear from Karen — a smart, experienced professional who never paid me a dime, but who did pa...
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Episode 108
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10:24
Promotion Playbook Series Part 2: The Three Votes Framework
Welcome to Part 2 of The Promotion Playbook Series for Smart Women in Male-Dominated Industries.In the first episode, we uncovered three myths that hold women back: Tiara Syndrome, Comfort Fallacy, and the Perfectionist F...
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Episode 107
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14:53
Promotion Playbook Series Part 1: The Struggles Smart Women Face
Welcome to the part 1 of Promotion Playbook Series for Smart Women in Male-Dominated Industries. If you’ve ever felt like you’re working twice as hard for half the recognition, you’re not alone. In male-dominated fields ...
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Episode 106
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18:58
Impostor Syndrome is a System, Not You with Sara Dean
What if imposter syndrome isn’t about you—but about a system designed to keep women small?In this powerful episode of Risky Conversations, I speak with Sara Dean—keynote speaker, certified facilitator, and executive coach—to unp...
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Episode 105
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49:09
Neuroscience-based Trance: Three Brain Alignment for Leaders
In this episode of Risky Conversations with Jamie Lee, we go beyond strategy and into the subconscious with a guided trance experience designed for executives and leaders. Neuroscience shows us that we don’t just think with...
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Episode 104
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16:05
Defying Death and Rewriting the Script: Menopause, Power, and Publishing with Rachael Eckles
In this episode of Risky Conversations, I sit down with my friend, neighbor-turned-guest, and multi-hyphenate powerhouse Rachael Eckles—lawyer, author, coach, and founder of the Aphrodite Author Program.We dive into what ...
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Season 1
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Episode 103
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1:03:11
How to Use AI in Your Job Search Without Losing the Human Touch with Rosey Singh
How can you use AI to stand out in your job search—without sounding like a robot?In this episode of Risky Conversations, I sit down with executive coach and Eunioa founder Rosey Singh to explore practical, proven w...
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48:50
Sisterhood Sorcery and Business Barbie in Korea: Beth Nichols and SJ Crawford of Podcast Miss Informed
🎙️ What happens when one coaching client gets so much clarity, she sends her sister your way—not for coaching, but just for some good, honest truth-telling?Turns out, you get a new podcast episode, an unexpected career comeback…...
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Episode 101
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48:56
How La Creme de la STEM is Empowering Female Founders with Marion Siboni
Join us for a riveting conversation with Marion Siboni, the founder and CEO of La Creme de la STEM - a global private network supporting early-stage female founders in science, technology, engineering, and math. In this episode, we ...
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Episode 101
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40:55
Reproducible Research, Irreproducible Lives: A Conversation with OILS Researchers Harini Lakshminarayanan and Madita Determann
In this episode, I sit down with two early-career researchers and open science advocates: Harini Lakshmi Narayanan, a postdoctoral researcher in cancer diagnostics at University Hospital Zurich, and Madita Determann, a postdoc stu...
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Episode 100
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34:39
Negotiate Like a Dutchie with Melanie Imming (aka "Be a Little Punk")
In this episode, we’re diving into one of my favorite topics: the art of negotiation. And I couldn’t have asked for a better guest than Melanie Imming—a Dutch consultant known for turning complex ideas into compelling stories and challenging th...
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Episode 99
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47:43
AfterShock to 2030: A CEO's Guide to Reinvention in the AI, Climate, and Societal Collapse with Caroline Stokes
In a world teetering on the edge of massive systemic disruption, how do leaders navigate forward with clarity, courage, and impact? In this episode, I'm speaking with Caroline Stokes, a global leadership strategist offering a timely...
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Episode 98
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1:07:09
From Losing and Gaining 700 Pounds to Freedom from Emotional Eating with Michelle Petties
In this episode, I'm joined by Michelle Petties, a TEDx speaker and food story coach who has transformed her own life by understanding the deep emotional roots of eating. Michelle shares her remarkable journey of losing and gaining ...
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Episode 97
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56:03
Bridging the Rational and Emotional: Coaching STEM Professionals for Effective Communication
In this episode of Risky Conversations, we dive into the unique challenges faced by STEM professionals when it comes to navigating difficult conversations and developing essential social skills. Dr. Corinna Freitag, an executive coa...
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Episode 96
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28:03
Allyship and Leadership with Rashida Bonds
What Does It Really Mean to Be an Ally?Allyship can be a thorny topic—stirring discomfort, shame, or confusion about how to show up without overstepping or saying the wrong things. In a time of growing division and dis...
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Episode 95
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50:52
Beyond Promotions and Paychecks: A Blueprint for Deeper Happiness for Ambitious Women Leaders
Today, I want to share something I originally wrote as an email to one of my coaching clients. It touches on something that shapes nearly everything we do: the pursuit of happiness.Here’s the context. One of my clients is an executive at...
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Episode 94
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13:37