Exposing the Hidden Reality: Leadership, Identity + Growth Conversations for Professional Women
Annette Garsteck, Master Professional Career Coach + Sandra Wint, Trauma-Informed Leadership Coach
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Annette Garsteck, MBA, MPCC, is the author of Own Your Career: Take Control + Accelerate Your Professional Growth, a Certified Senior Professional Résumé Writer, and a former Fortune 50 hiring leader. She guides women to take ownership of their careers, increase their visibility, expand their influence, navigate workplace dynamics with confidence, and accelerate their growth while staying true to their values.
Sandra Wint, GPCC, Human Design practitioner + Gestalt-certified coach integrating shadow work, mother wound healing, nervous system regulation, emotional safety, astrology, and frameworks like the Karpman Drama Triangle to support deep personal transformation and self-awareness. Delivering these in Women’s Circles + leadership retreats, she helps women better understand themselves, their relationships, and the systems they navigate.
Each episode goes deep into trauma-informed leadership, the unspoken rules of power for women, and the influence women already hold but are rarely given permission to use. If you are a woman in leadership, or becoming one, who is done shrinking and ready to claim her space, this is your community.
On Exposing the Hidden Reality, we cover topics such as:
Why do high-performing women stay in abusive relationships?
Why do women burn out faster than men at work?
How does gender bias show up as "culture fit" in the workplace?
How can women overcome imposter syndrome and people pleasing at work?
What are the hidden barriers women face in leadership roles?
How do working women balance personal and professional identity?
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041: AI Is Making Information Free. Expertise Is Becoming Priceless.
Artificial intelligence is making information, content creation, and problem-solving more accessible than ever before. But what happens when everyone has access to the same tools? During Part 2 of…
040: The Human Advantage: What AI Still Can’t Do
Artificial intelligence is changing the way we work, market, hire, and build businesses, but what happens when everyone has access to the same tools? During this conversation, Annette Garsteck and…
039: Why Professional Visibility Feels Unsafe for So Many Women
In this episode, Annette Garsteck and Sandra Wint explore the emotional side of professional visibility and why showing up online can feel deeply uncomfortable for many women.From LinkedIn profiles…
038: Why We Still Love LinkedIn: A Better Way to Network, Learn, and Grow
In this episode of Exposing the Hidden Reality, Annette Garsteck and Sandra Wint explore how LinkedIn has evolved, why it remains their favorite professional platform, and how leaders, job seekers,…
037: Leadership Visibility Starts Here: Using LinkedIn With Intention
Annette and Sandra explore how leaders can use LinkedIn intentionally to build visibility, recognize others, strengthen workplace culture, and create meaningful professional connections without…
S1E36 036: Bias Disguised as “Culture Fit” with London Wolfe
Why “they’re not a good fit for our culture” often means “their brain works differently than ours”—and how this mindset quietly sustains bias in hiring and promotion.This week on Exposing the Hidden…
S1E35 035: Perimenopause: “You’re Not Too Young. You’re Not Imagining It.” with Jessica O'Sickey
Welcome to Exposing the Hidden Reality, a weekly conversation for women who are ready to ask better questions, challenge the narratives we’ve been handed, and reclaim agency over our lives, our work,…
S1E34 034: Building Your Own Blueprint: Claiming Space in the Trades with Claire Summers-Jones
Women in the trades are often told — directly or indirectly — that they don’t belong. Yet every shop, studio, and construction site proves otherwise. In this episode, we sit down with Claire…
S1E33 033: From People Pleasing To Self Worth: Hypnotherapy, Labels, and Letting Go with Alyssa Zonghetti
Women are handed labels long before they are handed support. Wife. Widow. Single. Childfree. Caretaker. “Too much.” “Not enough.” We are praised for people pleasing, rewarded for self-sacrifice, and…
S1E32 032: Unfunk Yourself: EQ, Mindfulness, and the Power of the Pause with Emily Hampton Morash
We are living in a world that rewards speed, reactivity, and constant output. Women are praised for multitasking, staying “on” all the time, and keeping everyone else regulated while quietly ignoring…
S1E31 031: Beyond Busy: Escaping the Bottleneck of Stuff with Ann Rusnak
What if the problem is not that you need to “try harder” or buy a fancier planner, but that the entire productivity game was never designed with your life in mind? Most time management advice assumes…
S1E29 029: Stop Outsourcing. Start Partnering. A Real Talk on Hiring VAs with Rachael Davila
Today we’re talking with Rachael Davila, VA mentor, implementation strategist, and founder of Extra Hands Virtual Assistance. Rachael has spent twenty years helping business owners get the support…
S1E30 030: GET OUT! - The voice that saved my life with Dr. Sheri Lake
What happens when the life you built almost kills you? What if the voice that saves your life also asks that you burn your script?In this episode of Exposing the Hidden Reality conversation, we sit…
S1E28 028: Leadership, Parenting and the Stories Women Carry with Shayna Bergman
Women in leadership are carrying more than titles. They are carrying stories. Expectations. Invisible labor. The cultural scripts that tell them to be everything to everyone while staying quiet about…
S1E27 027: Boxless Living: Healing the Hidden Blocks with Sarah Stray
What if the thing holding you back isn’t mindset—but something deeper running beneath the surface?Today we sit down with Sarah Stray, founder of Boxless Coaching, an Akashic Record healer and soft,…
S1E26 026: The Illusion of Safety: When Security Becomes Self-Abandonment with Shelly Cannon
What happens when staying safe slowly becomes self-abandonment?In this raw and powerful episode, Shelly Cannon, powerlifter, entrepreneur, and stage IV breast cancer survivor, shares the truth about…
S5E25 025: Empowering Authenticity at Work with Jen Jones Donatelli
What happens when we stop performing and start leading from a place of authenticity?Join us for an inspiring conversation with Jen Jones Donatelli, a certified PCC-level coach and founder of Creative…
S1E24 024: Scaling a Culture-First Brand in a Culture-Last Industry with Katy Spada
What happens when you build a brand rooted in memory, heritage, and purpose in an industry that rewards trends, polish, and sameness?In this conversation, Katy Spada, founder and CEO of Ary + Maan,…
S1E22 022: Real Talk: Women, Work, Bias & Community with Annette Garsteck & Sandra Wint
Sometimes we pause the guest interviews to talk about what we’re seeing in real time.This episode is one of those. In this conversation, co-hosts Annette Garsteck and Sandra Wint reflect on the…
S1E23 023: Future by Design: From UN Leader to Sustainable Agency Founder with Mirjana Arlaud
What makes a woman leave a prestigious global career to build something on her own terms?In this episode, Mirjana Arlaud, Founder and CEO of Future by Design, shares how motherhood, burnout, and…
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