Corporate F*ckery

Lauren DeGolia
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Welcome to Corporate F*ckery: Stories of survival, psychological warfare, and choosing what’s best for you. I’m Lauren, Certified Success Coach, subconscious strategist, and former corporate insider turned truth-teller. This isn’t just about burnouts and bad bosses. This is about what happens when high-achieving people outgrow the systems they once believed in and reclaim their power on their own terms.

  1. The Sledgehammer of the Universe: When Stress Forces the Truth with Carole Murko

    4D AGO

    The Sledgehammer of the Universe: When Stress Forces the Truth with Carole Murko

    The Sledgehammer of the Universe: When Stress Forces the Truth with Carole Murko This season, we’re rewriting the rules. And today’s rule is simple: trust yourself before it costs you. In this episode of Corporate F*ckery: Stories of Survival, Psychological Warfare, and Choosing What’s Best for You*, Lauren sits down with Carole Murko, founder of Love. Eat. Heal. and certified consultant with NeuroChangeSolutions. Carole shares how decades in finance and corporate leadership, combined with suppressed anger, people-pleasing, and chronic stress, culminated in a rare eye disease that threatened her vision. The wake-up call? What she calls the “sledgehammer of the universe.” Together, Lauren and Carole unpack: How corporate conditioning teaches women to override their intuitionWhy unprocessed emotion doesn’t disappear — it storesThe difference between external achievement and self-masteryHow to observe the signals your body is giving you before they escalateWhy you don’t have to burn your life down to start telling the truth This conversation isn’t about quitting your job. It’s about reclaiming your authority, internally first. Because sometimes stress isn’t random. It’s redirection. Connect with Carole Murko 🌿 Website: https://www.loveeatheal.com/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loveeatheal/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carole-murko-2b310b/

    47 min
  2. The Dark Side of Success: When Achievement Turns on You with Dr. Ashley Cerda (Trigger Warning)

    FEB 6

    The Dark Side of Success: When Achievement Turns on You with Dr. Ashley Cerda (Trigger Warning)

    The Dark Side of Success: When Achievement Turns on You with Dr. Ashley Cerda ⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of suicidal ideation, catastrophic thinking, burnout, shame-based self-talk, and nervous system dysregulation. What happens when the very skills that made you successful begin to work against you? In this deeply honest and necessary conversation, Lauren sits down with Dr. Ashley Cerda, behavioral scientist, clinical leader, and founder of a multi-location mental health organization, to unpack a pattern many high-achieving women experience but rarely name: the dark side of success. Together, they explore how intelligent, capable, adaptive women can unknowingly slip into survival-based achievement, where productivity becomes identity, safety becomes conditional, and the nervous system never truly stands down. The result? Panic, shame loops, emotional shutdown, and in some cases, passive suicidal ideation that feels frightening, confusing, and deeply isolating. This episode dismantles stigma and replaces it with clarity. You’ll learn why these thoughts don’t mean you’re broken, how the brain behaves under prolonged pressure, and why awareness, not willpower, is the first step to creating safety for yourself. This is not a conversation about failure, it’s about what happens when achievement starts to feel unsafe. Learn more about Dr. Ashley Cerda's work here. or follow her work on Instagram. Explore Lauren's world: www.laurendegolia.com

    49 min
  3. Drop the Impost-Her: Get Paid, Not Played with Lynda Harvey

    JAN 30

    Drop the Impost-Her: Get Paid, Not Played with Lynda Harvey

    Season 3 opens with a hard reset. In this episode, Lauren sits down with Lynda Harvey (aka @Lynda.Leads) to dismantle one of the most persistent, and profitable, patterns in corporate life: imposter syndrome. Not as a personal flaw, but as a systemic conditioning tool designed to keep high-performing women compliant, underpaid, and constantly self-questioning. This conversation sets the tone for the season: clear eyes, clean boundaries, and new rules. In this episode, we cover:Why imposter syndrome isn’t a diagnosis, it’s a learned responseHow women are conditioned to equate humility with worth and likability with safetyThe hidden cost of “being grateful” instead of being compensatedWhy lightning does strike twice and what makes us pretend it doesn’tThe difference between what you deserve and what you’ve earnedHow corporate systems quietly reward self-abandonmentWhy settling “temporarily” often becomes a long-term identity taxNaming the voice at the boardroom table of your mind—and asking it to leaveHow to turn imposter syndrome into usable data instead of self-sabotage Who this episode is for:Powerhouse women navigating leadership, promotion, or reinventionCorporate leaders questioning whether the system still fitsWomen who know they’re capable but still find themselves negotiating against themselvesAnyone ready to stop performing gratitude and start claiming leverage About the Guest:Lynda Harvey, known online as Lynda Leads, has built and scaled high-performing teams, led cross-functional decision-making at the executive level, and built a platform rooted in corporate truth, not corporate fantasy. Her work centers on self-advocacy, compensation, boundaries, and the reminder that your company is not your family, it’s a business.

    57 min
  4. The Powerhouse Woman Manifesto

    12/12/2025

    The Powerhouse Woman Manifesto

    Season 2 Finale: The Powerhouse Woman ManifestoIn this Season 2 finale of Corporate F*ckery, Lauren DeGolia weaves together the biggest revelations from nine powerhouse conversations into one transformational episode. This season explored the emotional, strategic, and psychological realities of women redefining power, leadership, and success on their own terms. Across episodes featuring: Olivia Howell, Episode 2, How to Be a Powerhouse Without a Blazer Corporate Christie, Episode 3, Owning Your Value & Choosing Your Freedom Beverly Dines, Episode 4, Rebuilding Power with Purpose Heather Boneparth, Episode 5, Redefining Wealth Without Losing Yourself Mollie Tregillis, Episode 6, Finding Fulfillment in the Chaos) Raena Boston, Episode 7, Corporate Scams & Micro-Pushback Leadership Roxy Couse, Episode 8, How Powerhouse Women Rise in a Broken Workplace Dr. Corinne Low, Episode 9, The Economics of Power: Time, Money & the Lies Women Were Sold) A shared truth emerged: Powerhouse isn’t something you perform, it’s something you return to. This finale stitches together: Raena’s reminder not to let your company become your identityRoxy’s PIE Method, revealing why performance alone won’t move you forwardChristie’s truth about nervous system survival and reinventionBeverly’s call to lead with humanismHeather’s distinction between systemic failure and personal failureMollie’s strategy for working less while having more impactCorinne’s insight that your job is a technology for converting time into money, not the measure of your worth Lauren closes with The Powerhouse Manifesto, a guide for navigating career, ambition, identity, and agency as we close out 2025 and enter 2026 with intention, clarity, and self-trust. ⭐ THE POWERHOUSE MANIFESTO You’re being shown things for a reason.Your misalignment, frustration, or clarity isn’t random, it’s direction.What you want in your deepest, truest self is possible. Your soul-level desires are invitations, not fantasies. Follow them with curiosity and courage.Your powerhouse-ness is an asset. It fuels your legacy. Stop shrinking it to fit environments that can’t hold it.Know your energy. Protect it fiercely. Your patterns, nervous system, and astrology reveal where you leak power and where you gain it.Step off autopilot.Your thoughts, emotions, and reactions were built to protect you and they’re completely changeable.Lead with strategy and self-trust, not over-functioning. You don’t have to hold everyone else up. Let your humanity be seen.Build a longer table. Surround yourself with people who expand your timeline, challenge your thinking, and support your evolution.You are radically responsible for your results. Shift your perspective, adjust your decisions and if you need support, ask for it.Choosing what’s best for you is what’s best for everyone. Try your value on until it feels like home.Your ambition is not a liability. It’s a compass. Use it to design a life that feels intentional, honest, and aligned with who you’re becoming. Season 3 returns in January with a new theme: New Year. New Rules.

    40 min
  5. The Economics of Power: Time, Money & the Lies Women Were Sold with Dr. Corinne Low

    12/04/2025

    The Economics of Power: Time, Money & the Lies Women Were Sold with Dr. Corinne Low

    This week, economist and Wharton professor Dr. Corinne Low hands us the data-backed truth about why powerhouse women feel overextended, under-supported, and blamed for systems they didn’t design. We break down two game-changing concepts: • Utility FunctionYour utility function is the economist’s version of your life scorecard, the sum total of joy, meaning, fulfillment, and alignment across your lifetime. Not your boss’s profit. Not comparison culture. Not the invisible rules handed to women. You’re maximizing your utility, not the company’s. • Your Job as TechnologyYour job is simply a tool that converts time → money. Once you see it as technology, not identity, you unlock the power to redesign your career around better ROI, more time freedom, and the life Future You actually wants to live. We also hit the hard truths: unpaid labor, sexual harassment as an economic crime, why even top-performing women earn less, and why “leaning in” was never the solution. If you’re ready to reclaim your levers, time, money, agency, this conversation is a reset. Share this episode with a powerhouse woman who needs the reminder: she’s not broken. The system is. Links: Follow Dr. Low on LinkedInFollow Dr. Low on InstagramGet Dr. Corinne Low's book: Having it All, What Data Tells Us About Women's Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours.Unlock Your Moon Sign (Aka, Emotional Advantage)Follow Lauren on LinkedInFollow Lauren on InstagramBook a Complimentary Consult with Lauren

    1 hr
  6. The Millennial Manager Rewrite: How Powerhouse Women Rise in a Broken Workplace with Roxy Couse

    11/20/2025

    The Millennial Manager Rewrite: How Powerhouse Women Rise in a Broken Workplace with Roxy Couse

    The Millennial Manager Rewrite: How Powerhouse Women Rise in a Broken Workplace with Roxy Couse Today on Corporate F*ckery, Lauren sits down with Roxy Couse, Webby-nominated creator, senior corporate leader, and the internet’s trusted “Millennial Manager,” to unpack what it really takes for powerhouse women to rise inside a workplace that’s more unstable, emotionally taxing, and psychologically confusing than ever. With more than half a million professionals tuning into her boundary-setting guidance and corporate hard truths, Roxy breaks down the new rules of modern work: the PIE Method no one teaches you, why performance is only 10% of promotability, and how personal branding has quietly become the most strategic lever women have to separate their identity from their job. Together, we dive into: - How the workplace broke and why millennial managers are rewriting it in real time - The unseen emotional toll of layoffs, unstable leadership, and nervous-system overload - The PIE Method (performance, image, exposure) and why powerhouse women must play differently - Why building a personal brand is the individuator that helps women rise without self-abandonment - How generational trauma and early conditioning show up in executive behavior - What it actually looks like to position yourself for the next level without doing more Lauren ties it all together through subconscious reprogramming, emotional clarity, and identity work, giving powerhouse women the tools to stop checking boxes and start positioning themselves as the leaders they already are. Power Takeaways The workplace is changing and millennial managers are leading the rewrite.Personal branding isn’t optional; it’s leverage, clarity, and protection.You can have your PIE and eat it too when you understand how power actually works.Your next level requires identity expansion, not more output. Links: Follow Roxy on LinkedInFollow Roxy on Instagram Follow Roxy on TikTokUnlock Your Moon Sign (Aka, Emotional Advantage)Book a Complimentary Consult with Lauren

    40 min
  7. Corporate Scams & Micro-Pushback Leadership with Raena Boston

    11/13/2025

    Corporate Scams & Micro-Pushback Leadership with Raena Boston

    In today’s episode, we sit down with Raena Boston, HR leader, writer, and the powerhouse behind The Working Momtras, a movement created to dismantle some of the biggest scams women are sold inside modern work and motherhood. Raena brings her trademark clarity, humor, and no-nonsense wisdom to a conversation that cuts through the noise with surgical precision. From the corporate gaslighting around AI layoffs to the quiet reemergence of girlboss culture, to the emotional whiplash of choosing yourself inside systems built on overwork, nothing is off the table in this conversation. Together, we dig into: The scam of “having it all” and why the pursuit keeps women exhausted and under-resourcedWhy AI is the convenient scapegoat for leadership failuresHow fear-based overwork is resurging inside corporate environmentsThe subtle ways women recreate the very systems that harm them, even inside advocacy spacesIdentity grief: what happens when the title, the mission, or the movement becomes youThe rise (again) of the girlboss and the class privilege hiding beneath itWhy micro-pushbacks are the new rebellionHow HR should be operating in 2025, and how Raena models people-first leadershipWhat real support between women at work actually looks likeDeprogramming over-functioning and reclaiming your agency without blowing up your life Raena also shares the deeply personal story of walking away from an organization she co-founded, the grief, the clarity, and the line she refused to cross in the name of her own integrity. This episode is a must-listen for any powerhouse woman navigating toxic workplaces, identity shifts, leadership pressure, or the weight of doing it all. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re the problem (you’re not), whether you’re allowed to slow down (you are), or whether using your agency actually matters (it does, more than you think)… Raena will give you the words, the perspective, and the permission to take your power back. ALLLL of the links to connect with Raena and Lauren are included below 👇

    43 min
  8. The Powerhouse Reframe: Finding Fulfillment in the Chaos with Mollie Tregillis

    11/07/2025

    The Powerhouse Reframe: Finding Fulfillment in the Chaos with Mollie Tregillis

    🎙️ Episode 5: The Powerhouse Reframe, Finding Fulfillment in the Chaos with Mollie TregillisThis week on Corporate F*ckery, Lauren sits down with Mollie Tregillis, ex-lawyer, leadership expert, and founder of The Fulfillment Lab to unpack what it really takes to create meaning in the middle of corporate chaos. After more than a decade climbing the ranks of big law, Mollie walked away from the grind to build something better. Now she helps high-achieving women and progressive organizations do big work in a way that actually works for humans. Together, Lauren and Mollie explore: How to build fulfillment before burnout hitsWhy chaos can be your greatest clarity catalystThe identity shift required to lead without losing yourselfThe unlearning that happens when you stop proving and start trustingWhy self-trust, rest, and joy are the most radical leadership strategies of all This episode is equal parts permission slip and power play — a reminder that your worth isn’t measured in output, but in the quality of your presence, perspective, and peace. ✨ Connect with Mollie Websites: www.mollietregillis.com & www.thefulfillmentlab.com.au  Instagram & TikTok: @mollietregillis  💫 Connect with Lauren LinkedIn, Instagram & TikTok: @laurendegolia  Website: laurendegolia.com

    35 min
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Ratings & Reviews

4.9
out of 5
18 Ratings

About

Welcome to Corporate F*ckery: Stories of survival, psychological warfare, and choosing what’s best for you. I’m Lauren, Certified Success Coach, subconscious strategist, and former corporate insider turned truth-teller. This isn’t just about burnouts and bad bosses. This is about what happens when high-achieving people outgrow the systems they once believed in and reclaim their power on their own terms.

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  • Creator
    Lauren DeGolia
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Lauren DeGolia
  • Show Website
    Corporate F*ckery

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