140: What Black Women Leaders Lose When They Only Chase External Validation

You chose this field for a reason. Do you remember what it was? In this final episode of the summer series, Dr. Nicole gets personal. She shares the story of how she fell in love with human resources — and how years of overachieving, overperforming, and chasing external validation quietly stole the joy that brought her to the work in the first place. And how she got it back. This episode is not about working less or caring less. It is about reconnecting with the reason you started — and under...