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It is time for you to dig deep, find intention and purpose, evaluate and grow, and most importantly take the reins of your life. I hope you find inspiration to do all those things and more here.

Amy Poehler Got Me Obsessed with the Enneagram and Now Everything Makes Sense
Amy Poehler’s podcast Good Hang makes me ridiculously happy. Go listen to every single episode. I’ll wait. In every episode, she talks about the Enneagram;

I Beg Your F*cking Pardon
The New York Times published a piece asking if women ruined the workplace. In a time when misogyny, sexism, racism, and discrimination are running rampant

The Names Have Been Changed to Protect the Not So Innocent
8THIRTYFOUR is hosting the Community Capital Conversation on November 19th, because enough is enough. Bring your stories. This isn’t the story about the quarter of

The Gray Wave: Why Women Are Leaving
She purchased it off of Amazon, in hopes he would finally “get” it, see she was drowning and step up. The Fair Play Deck is

The Price of Your Cowardice
“Bode, you seem angry. You should take a break.” I’m not angry, I’m f*cking nuclear. I’ve spent my career fighting for small businesses, standing up

The Sisterhood: show up, speak up, and lift up
For years, I saw my gender as a weakness. Working in manufacturing and medical devices industries dominated by men with egos the size of Texas—I
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Important announcement: I have brought the bangs back.
This announcement is brought to you by early 2000s Bode.
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I started out with a blessing, then I explained how much bigger mine is than the patriarchy and then we got uncomfortable discussing systemic gender bias in lending.
Our first Uncomfortable Community Conversation did exactly what I hoped - acknowledged the issue, gave voice to the stories, and we recognized the power WOSBs have when we stop being nice and start getting real. If you’re not with us, you’re against us and we won’t tolerate the discrimination and double standards.
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Speaking of bias, let’s talk about lending. WEDNESDAY - November 19th, @rebelnell - RSVP at the link in my profile. ...
Keep being loud, ladies. Keep making them uncomfortable. Tear through every room they told you wasn’t yours. Take up more space than they ever imagined possible—and watch the mediocre men shrink to fit the corners they built for everyone else ...