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A few years ago I was sued by a group of men's rights activists, accusing me of gender discrimination. Now, it's the federal government doing the suing. Not me, but The Coca-Cola Company, for hosting an event for women. About 250 women attended the event, which centered around the theme “Embrace Your Authenticity: Break Barriers, Be Genuine, Inspire Change." More info in link in comments below. I didn't have the budget to fight my lawsuit (settled instead), but fortunately Coke does and I hope they're vindicated. Either way, with Women's History Month next month, I can only imagine this is going to have a chilling effect on employee resource groups in companies of all kind. Here's the thing to remember: you can have events focused on specific demographics, you just need to allow everyone to participate. In short: DON'T let Trump - or anyone else - bully you into canceling.

She came to me with an offer in hand and a pit in her stomach. Last time she'd negotiated, she got pressured into answering before she was ready. Said yes too fast. Left money on the table. The regret stuck with her. This time she wanted to do it differently. So we did the math. Built the script. Practiced what to say when they pushed back. The result? An extra $25K. Not because she was "aggressive." Not because she played games. Because she understood her real numbers and asked for what made sense. Most people leave money on the table—not because they're bad negotiators, but because they don't have a strategy. They wing it. They get caught off guard. They say yes before they've seen the full picture. If you've got an offer coming (or you're ready for one), I break down the exact strategy in my free 90-minute training: P.A.I.D. Method: How to Negotiate Your Salary and Earn Better. Link in comments 👇 — 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, wealth, and wellbeing. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone in a season of transition.

Things I brought to the Time Women Leadership Forum: my grandmother's suit, my nerves, and something deeply cringe. Swipe to find out what. I regret nothing. -- 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take command of their careers and paychecks.  📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

Rachael came to me after being made redundant, going through a divorce, managing a chronic illness, and raising two kids alone. On her intake form she described herself as someone who felt lucky to have been employed. That sentence stopped me. Because Rachael isn't someone who got lucky. She's someone who kept showing up — professionally, personally, in every way — long after her body and nervous system were asking her to stop. She just hadn't been in an environment that reflected that back to her in a long time. And slowly, without realizing it, she'd started to agree with the environments that failed her. That's the thing nobody talks about. It's not just that the rug gets pulled out. It's that eventually you start to wonder if you were ever standing on solid ground at all. So we didn't touch her resume. We built her foundation first. In this session I walk Rachael through a somatic framework for rebuilding self-trust from the inside out — how to find safety in your body, be with hard feelings without being consumed by them, and learn to be your own biggest champion. Not because of what you've achieved. Because of what you've survived and kept going anyway. The full breakdown, key takeaways, and a 7-day practice plan are on my Substack; link in comments below. -- 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take command of their careers and paychecks. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

The secret to getting good at negotiating isn't talent. It's reps. And the best place to get them? Low-stakes situations where the worst that can happen is someone says no. This week I got a hotel to price match and a $30 late fee removed — not because I'm a skilled negotiator (though I am!), but because I asked. Directly. With a reason. And made it easy to say yes. The goal isn't the discount. It's building the muscle so that when the stakes actually matter — a salary negotiation, a contract, a hard conversation with your boss — you've already proven to yourself that you can ask. What's one "rule" you've been following that you've never actually tested? Drop it in the comments 👇 And if you want more like this, I write about women, work, and worth every week on Substack. Link to subscribe in bio. ⭐ -- 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take command of their careers and paychecks.  📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

What I spent last week: $243.69 Broke it down slide by slide so you can see exactly where my money went—groceries, skincare, kids stuff, a dinner date with a fellow twin mom. Honestly? The act of making this carousel made me more intentional about my spending. When you know you're going to share it publicly, you think twice before hitting "buy now." Case in point: I'm canceling my NYT subscription. Realized I'm already paying for Apple News which gives me access to most of their articles. That's $27/month back in my pocket. Curious if I had to share your spending online, would it help you budget better? (Also, are you interested in this kind of content? Happy to keep sharing if it’s useful/interesting!) — 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, wealth, and wellbeing. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

"Tell me about yourself." Four words that make most people spiral. They ramble through their resume. They apologize for career pivots. They end with "I think I could be a good fit." Here's the shift that changes everything: You're not interviewing for a job. You're pitching a business (you) that will make them money. From "pick me" energy → to "invest in me" energy. Swipe for the 90-second structure I teach in private coaching, plus a real before & after example. (Save this for your next interview.) And if you want the full framework—The Interview Pitch Kit is free - link in bio and comments 👇 #interviewtips #jobsearchtips #careeradvice #interviewprep #jobsearch — 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, inside and out. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone in a season of transition.

I recently found these headshots from when I had dreams of being an actress. I'm guessing freshman year of high school. What they don't show is a very sad girl. The night before high school started, I received an email with the subject line: 10 reasons why you're ugly. It was signed by three girls in my class — one of whom I considered a close friend. I spent most of that year eating lunch alone in the basement of the library. The belief it formed: that I couldn't trust women. That something was wrong with me. A core wound — dug deeper by my mother, whose response was: "Well, you don't need friends anyway." Perhaps it's not a surprise that I've built a newsletter and community with 50,000 people in it. I'm still that 15-year-old girl searching for friends. But while a core wound was forming, so was a core light. Mine was acting — which was really a desire to live inside empathy, to be immersed in imagination, to become someone else entirely. I couldn't keep friends, but I could disappear into worlds I created. I could feel everything. For my coaching clients who are trying to figure out what's next, I always say: start in the past. What lit you up as a kid? What could you do for hours without noticing time pass? Where did you lose yourself? Those aren't random memories. They're clues. For me, it was play. Creating worlds. Becoming others. And I bring all of it into my work today — I'm a good coach because I can deeply inhabit someone else's perspective. I continually reinvent myself because my imagination never went anywhere. These aren't personality quirks. They're skills, cultivated over a lifetime. Which is why I've never really felt like an imposter. We are all experts in our own lives. Here's what I've come to believe: your core wound and your core light are not opposites. They're partners. The wound shows you what people need. The light shows you how you can give it. I couldn't trust women, so I built a place where they could trust each other. I needed to belong, so I created belonging. That's not coincidence. That's calling. When you follow that toward other people — when your gift meets someone else's need — the work stops feeling like work. You stop wondering if you're enough. Because you're not doing it to prove something. You're doing it because you can't not. To ignore it is to ignore yourself. -- 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take command of their careers and paychecks.  📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

We could also use some more joy and light in this world. This picture of my kids made my day better, so I figured I'd share in case it makes yours better too. 📸: Mama Ashley Louise

114 coaching sessions. Two years. One finding that reframes everything we think we know about why high-achieving women stall at work. Here's what I expected to find: confidence gaps, mindset blocks, imposter syndrome. They were there. But they weren't the cause. They were symptoms. Here's what actually surprised me: These women weren't lacking confidence. They knew they were excellent at their jobs. They had done the work: therapy, coaching, books, all of it. And they were still stuck. The gap wasn't between what they knew and what they should know. It was between what they knew and what they could access in the room, under pressure, when it mattered. That is not a mindset problem. It will not be fixed by thinking differently. It is a nervous system problem. The women who hesitate before speaking up, who go blank in high-stakes moments, who stay so busy they never quite get to the thing they actually want... they aren't lacking ambition or confidence. Their nervous systems have learned, through years of contradictory demands, that expanding comes at a cost. What looks like a character flaw is protection. I've started calling it the Self-Trust Gap. And it's different from the confidence gap we've been talking about for decades. Confidence asks: can I do this? Self-Trust asks: is it safe to want this? One lives in the mind. The other lives in the body. And they require completely different approaches to heal. I turned the research into a free report: the four patterns, the root cause, and what it actually takes to move through it, including what organizations can do differently. Because some of this isn't on us to fix alone. Link in the comments below. PS Shout out to Ashley Louise for synthesizing the data and making the design beautiful! -- 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take command of their careers and paychecks.  📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it. #selftrustgap #womenatwork #nervoussystem #careercoach #highachievingwomen

My coaching business had its highest earning month in years this month. Here's what I want you to know about how I got there. It wasn't a new tactic or a viral post. It was a series of internal shifts: asking more directly for what I need, charging what my work is actually worth, showing up authentically instead of algorithmically, and doing the deeper work on why receiving has always been hard for me. Nine years of consistent output laid the foundation. Trust did the rest. If you're a high-achieving woman who knows what to do but keeps getting in your own way, that's exactly what I work on with my private coaching clients. Feel free to reach out :) -- 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take command of their careers and paychecks.  📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

I’m tired of hearing that women “just need to be confident!” Because after analyzing 114 coaching sessions I did over the last two years, I found something else entirely. My clients weren’t really asking “Can I do this?” but rather “Is it safe to want/do this?” That’s the Self-Trust Gap and it lives in the body, not the mind. It’s the consequences of capitalism/patriarchy and how we’ve literally absorbed it into our bodies. Which is exactly why a mindset shift doesn’t always work when we’re stuck. Swipe to see what I mean 👉 The full report is free. Link in comments below. Art by the insanely talented Jordan Sondler whose work on grief, the body, and mental wellness felt like the only possible home for this research. Thank you, Jordan! 🙏 — 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take command of their careers and paychecks.  📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

I just closed $24,000 in sales in four weeks. Here's the exact process and the mindset shift that made it possible. If asking someone for money makes you want to crawl out of your skin, this one's for you. (Swipe) — 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take command of their careers and paychecks.  📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

I got a job rejection last week that genuinely shocked me. Not because I didn't get it—but because the hiring manager actually told me why. He said the role was beneath my skill set. That it would require shutting down my business. That I'd be bored in a couple months. It was the most honest, thoughtful rejection I've ever received. And it made me realize: most of the time, we don't get this. We get silence. We get "we've decided to move forward with other candidates." We get nothing at all. So we fill in the blanks with the worst possible story about ourselves. But rejection is rarely personal—it's logistical. Budget changes. Internal candidates. A role that evolved into something completely different. You'll never know what's happening on the other side. The silence isn't about your worth. It's about a system that wasn't built to give you closure. And remember: they need to work for you just as much as you work for them. Need some extra support? I'm giving away a free coaching session - link in comments - to enter. -- 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, wealth, and wellbeing. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

Got a rude email yesterday. First one back after launching something I'd spent months on. My body felt it before my brain did — adrenaline, a flash of panic, the immediate thought of what did I do wrong? Here's the thing though: reactions are not responses. And I got to choose my response. Swipe to see exactly what I did — physically, mentally, and emotionally — to move through it without losing myself. -- 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take command of their careers and paychecks.  📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

I left my husband for a woman despite never having kissed one before. That decision took three months. But the groundwork? That took years. In the year leading up to that kiss, I'd started Ladies Get Paid and was touring the country hosting town halls for women to talk about money. I was finally aligned professionally — superpowers meeting purpose, making money too. That alignment did two things: it showed me what was possible when life actually fit, and it made it impossible to keep ignoring what didn't. So many of the women I coach come to me for exactly this: a desire to reconnect with their intuition. They know something needs to change but can't trust themselves to know what. Here's what I tell them: clarity doesn't necessarily strike like lightning. It builds. Through tuning into your body. Through stopping the habit of brushing things under the rug. Through taking your desires seriously instead of dismissing them as "too much." The connection I'd built to myself is what allowed me to form a deep connection with my now-wife. It's what outweighed all the "rational" reasons to stay. Nine years together. Married for four. Two kids. I'm so glad I trusted it. If you're struggling to find clarity in your career or life, I'd love to help. DM me about private coaching, or submit an application to win a free session — link in comments. — 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, wealth, and wellbeing. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone in a season of transition. #lgptq #lesbian

Yesterday I went out of my comfort zone. It didn't work. And instead of spiraling, I moved through it — step by step. The rejection triggered my core wound (something is wrong with me, I am not likeable) almost instantly. But because I've done the work, I caught it. And I knew what to do. Here's what that looked like 👉 The truth I keep coming back to: it was never really about learning to put myself out there. It was about learning to be there for myself — no matter what. That's the work. That's always the work. If any of this resonates, DM me — this is exactly the kind of thing we do together in private coaching. 🌿 -- 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take command of their careers and paychecks.  📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

We found my great-grandfather's unpublished manuscript and it's WILD. Poor kid from Brooklyn in 1910 → State Department → Shanghai → Hollywood fixer for United Artists. And he wrote about ALL of it. My first thought: this should be a movie. My second thought: who's going to say yes to making a movie with me? So I'm writing a novel instead 😬 Here's the thing—I'm done waiting for permission. Traditional publisher? I'll try. But I'm willing to self-publish and go the distance myself. If you don't know about Shanghai in the 1920s-30s: imagine Great Gatsby meets Game of Thrones. Different laws on different sides of the street. Warlords. Underground opium mafia. Epic parties. It's INCREDIBLE fodder for fiction. My 2026 goal: Finish the first draft by spring. Right now I have a 40-page outline and one chapter done. That means ~800 words a day. I'm calling this my SIDE QUEST. And I'm posting the whole journey. Are you working on something that fills your soul (not just your bank account)? Drop a 🖊️ in the comments if you're on your own side quest. I’m thinking about setting up accountability groups for fellow writers/creators—because this stuff is hard to do alone. It takes COURAGE to believe you have something to say. Let's honor that.

Here's what I tell every client before they walk into a salary negotiation: EXPECT the lowball. Not because you should accept it. But because when you expect it, you won't be thrown off by it. The recruiter, HR, the hiring manager—it's literally their job to save the company money. So when that first number comes in low? They're just doing their job. And now it's time for you to do yours. Here's the framework: 1️⃣ Take a breath. Don't react. 2️⃣ Lead with gratitude for the opportunity (not the number). 3️⃣ Bring in your market research: "What I found was numbers closer to [highest number in your range]." 4️⃣ Hold them to a standard: "I understand those numbers are for top-performing companies hiring top performers—which I'd like to think this is." That last line? It's hard for them to push back on without undermining their own company. They'll counter. That's fine. That's why you have multiple numbers ready 👀 I put together a free guide with six scripts for exactly these moments—link in bio. #salarynegotiation #salary #negotiation #jobinterview

My sales coach Andrea Mac stopped me mid-script last week and said: "The middle part is still too long. Your ask is getting lost." I'd been trying to ask my network for referrals — and instead of just asking, I wrapped it in so much fluff that the actual ask disappeared. I told myself I was being considerate. Really, I was protecting myself from a clear no. Turns out I'm not alone. I had AI analyze 124 of my coaching transcripts and the overwhelming majority of my clients do the same thing — for raises, boundaries, recognition, referrals. They find ways to soften the ask until it vanishes. Swipe to see what's really going on — and what it's costing you. 👉 What's one ask you'd make if you knew you could survive the no? Drop it in the comments. 👇 -- 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take command of their careers and paychecks.  📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching.  ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

Do you find enneagrams to be accurate?? I took the official test and got the "wrong" answer (according to my therapist.) Not because I lied. Because I could only be as honest as my self-awareness allowed. The test asked what I do—avoid discomfort, stay future-focused, keep my options open. All true. But it couldn't ask why. And the why is everything. Ironically, I see the same thing ALL THE TIME in my coaching practice. Someone comes in convinced they have a discipline problem, a confidence problem, a "why can't I just do the thing" problem. And within 15 minutes, we find what's underneath. A fear. A wound. Something they've been protecting without realizing it. Right solution, wrong problem. That's why the advice never stuck. If you keep bumping up against the same wall—if you've done the work and it's still not clicking—maybe the problem isn't effort. Maybe it's the lens. Could use an outside perspective? DM me about private coaching to see if I can support you! 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman Wasserman. I help women reach BIG goals and feel great along the way. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

They gave you a crap offer. Now what? Most people panic. Or they just… accept it. But here's the thing: the first number is almost never the final number. Companies expect you to negotiate. They've built in wiggle room. You just need the words. Save this post for the next time you're staring at a lowball offer wondering what to say. And watch my free 90 minute salary negotiation training video - link in comments below. -- 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, wealth, and wellbeing. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

You know what you should do. You might even know how. And still — you don't. That gap between knowing and doing isn't laziness or fear. It's resistance. And every pattern of resistance is protecting something specific. After years of coaching, I've mapped the 5 most common ones — and what each one actually needs to move through it. Swipe to find yours. -- 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take command of their careers and paychecks. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

It can be tricky to answer "what do you do?" when you're still figuring it out. My client Estelle didn’t lack clarity, ambition, or experience. What she lacked was permission — especially around work that hadn’t been “validated” yet by a paycheck or title. And that hesitation didn’t live in her head. It lived in her body. In this coaching session, the shift didn’t come from finding the perfect introduction. It came from slowing down long enough to notice where confidence collapses — and what it actually feels like when ownership is present. From there, the language got simpler. Less defensive. More directional. This is a pattern I see constantly: people waiting to feel ready before claiming the work they’re already doing. But readiness isn’t a prerequisite for identity. Practice is. If you want to see how this coaching session unfolded — including the full walkthrough of reframing unpaid work, leading with why, and practicing ownership in real time — you can read the entire coaching session here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gQvJ2Pu6 (How to Talk About What You Do When You’re Still Becoming) And if you want to win a free coaching session with me, submit an application - the link is in my bio under “Free Resources" or in the comments 👇

My inner critic used to run the show. She'd tell me I wasn't ready. That I'd embarrass myself. That everyone else had it figured out and I was the only one faking it. For years, I tried to shut her up. Positive affirmations. Ignoring her. Arguing with the thoughts. None of it worked. What finally did? I stopped fighting her and started listening. Here's what I've learned: She's not trying to destroy me. She's trying to protect me—from rejection, failure, disappointment. She's just doing it in the worst possible way. So now when she gets loud, I don't try to eliminate her. I ask what she's afraid of. I thank her for caring. And I ask if there's a softer way she could help. Sometimes the critic becomes a cheerleader. Same energy, different delivery. Swipe through for my full process → If your inner critic is keeping you stuck—in your career, your relationships, your next big move—I'd love to help. I offer 1:1 coaching for women ready to stop playing small. — 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, wealth, and wellbeing. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

Meg came to coaching after a decade in political campaigns. After a devastating loss, she launched her own consulting firm. Nearly a year in, she felt directionless and unsure if any of it mattered. She thought she had a purpose problem. She believed she needed clarity. A bigger mission. A clearer "why" outside of politics. Fifteen minutes into the session, that story started to crack. She wasn't floundering. She wasn't experimenting aimlessly. When I asked about her clients, she surprised herself. She had work she was proud of. Clients she genuinely enjoyed working with. She had already built something real. And yet, she couldn't bring herself to claim it. No website. No LinkedIn updates. No clear way to say what she was doing. She described her own business like a temporary placeholder. The pattern became obvious. If she named it, it might have to be "forever." And that felt terrifying. She was shrinking to avoid commitment. We reframed the question. Not "Is this my purpose?" But "Is this building skills, income, and energy right now?" Nothing needs to be forever to be legitimate. Another layer emerged. She was working alone, from home, after years of high-intensity collaboration. Her nervous system read the quiet as danger. She wasn't lost. She was unfamiliar with a slower, more sustainable pace. One without constant urgency or clear win-loss markers. Discomfort didn't mean she was wrong—it meant she was adjusting. The real work wasn't finding purpose. It was practicing ownership in her body. Saying what she does without apologizing. Letting stillness be safe. You can't "think" your way into claiming your expertise. If you're minimizing what you've built, waiting to name it until it feels permanent, or questioning work that energizes you—you may not need a new vision. You may need to stop shrinking from the one you're living. -- 👋 Hi, I'm Claire Wasserman. I help women take big swings in their career - and get paid for it. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching.  ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

You walked in prepared. You knew your stuff. And then someone senior asked a question — and you were gone. That's not a personality flaw. That's not imposter syndrome. That's your nervous system doing exactly what it learned to do. Freeze. Flight. Fawn. Fight. Swipe to see how each one shows up at work...and why none of them mean something is wrong with you. This is from The Self-Trust Gap report, and I'm so grateful to Jordan Sondler for bringing it to life. Her illustrations have this rare quality of being both playful and profound — which felt exactly right for work that asks you to take your body seriously. Link to the full report in comments below. — 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take command of their careers and paychecks.  📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

Last year was hard. Actually, it's been a couple of hard years. So I decided to take happiness into my own hands—experimenting with a new micro habit every week to feel more grounded and inspired. This week: photographing tiny moments of joy throughout my day. And wow, I needed it. Between my kids getting sick and one spending the night in the ER (he's fine now), joy felt far away. But here's what neuroscience taught me: Our brains have a filter called the reticular activating system that decides what gets our attention. When you actively look for something—joy, inspiration, opportunity—you're programming that filter to find it. It's why you suddenly see red cars everywhere when you're thinking of buying one. They were always there. You just weren't looking. The best part? By the end of the week, my camera roll was full of tiny beautiful things I would've walked right past before. And it took almost no time at all. You don't have to wait for life to get easier to feel joy. You just have to train your brain to look for it. Want to try this with me? I put together 100 micro habits you can experiment with—link in comments 👇, totally free. Tag me when you try one. I'm rooting for you. 🤍 — 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, wealth, and wellbeing. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone in a season of transition.

As a business owner with limited hours (currently primary parenting 2-year twins 😬), I'm always looking for ways to work smarter—not just harder. Here are 5 tools that have genuinely transformed how I manage my time and saved me legit HUNDREDS of hours: 🕐 Clockify for tracking every minute of my workday (sounds extreme, but it's dramatically reduced procrastination and increased intentionality). 📝 reMarkable for converting handwritten notes to text automatically—perfect for those of us who think better with pen and paper. 👯 Focusmate for virtual body doubling and accountability with anyone, anywhere. 🕐 Timers for working in 50/10 sprints. 🤖 Claude (Anthropic) for summarizing long emails and meeting notes in seconds. What tools have been game-changers for your productivity? I'm always looking to add to my lineup, comment 👇

Sometimes discomfort isn’t a sign you’re doing something wrong. It’s a sign you’re standing at the edge of growth. In a recent coaching session, my client Bea came in feeling stuck between stepping up and shrinking back. On paper, she was capable and experienced. Internally, she felt unsure and overwhelmed — caught between what she wanted and how to get there. The work wasn’t about forcing confidence or choosing the “right” path. It was about understanding what confidence looks like in motion — and how clarity often follows action, not the other way around. If you want to see how this session unfolded, the full breakdown is up on my Substack. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gQvJ2Pu6 (How to Navigate Career Transitions During Chaos) Where are you waiting for certainty before you let yourself move? ________________ 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, inside and out. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers who receive my free weekly newsletter, or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone preparing for their next big interview.

When someone asks "How much money are you looking for?" most people panic and either: → Lowball themselves to seem "reasonable"  → Throw out a number with zero context  → Awkwardly deflect and lose credibility Here's the thing: Your answer depends on WHEN they ask. During the interview process, you have less leverage. You haven't proven your value yet. So you either deflect with curiosity or name a researched range and check if you're aligned. After the offer? You have more power. They've already decided they want YOU. Now you can anchor high, back it with research, and hold them accountable to their own values. Swipe through for the exact scripts I give my clients → Want the full playbook? Watch my FREE 90-minute salary negotiation training course. Link in comments 👇 — 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, wealth, and wellbeing.  📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone in a season of transition.

I analyzed 44 of my coaching transcripts from the past 17 months. Directors. VPs. Founders. Women with 10, 15, 20+ years of experience. And the same thing kept coming up: They're not struggling because they're behind. They're struggling because they succeeded at the wrong thing. 93% were living inside someone else's definition of success. 86% knew exactly what to do — but couldn't make themselves do it. 80% were burnt out not from failing, but from winning at something that no longer fit. The gap isn't between where you are and where you want to be. It's between who you've become and who you're still living as. If this hits, you're not alone. You're just ready for what's next, and I'm here to help you get it faster and with ease. DM me if you're interested in exploring private coaching! — 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take command of their careers and paychecks. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

She came to coaching convinced she needed more ideas for how to reinvent herself back into the workforce. After five years out following the birth of her baby, she'd tried everything: freelancing, children's books, illustration, workshops, volunteer design work. Nothing was landing. She thought the problem was visibility. More outreach. More networking. A stronger portfolio. But fifteen minutes into our session, that story fell apart. Her work was strong. Her design for a music festival was genuinely good. The issue wasn't lack of talent. The real problem was quieter: she was spreading herself so thin that nothing had time to work. Each idea got a short burst of energy, then was abandoned. Trying everything meant nothing could compound. When I asked what she'd work on if money were no object, her answer came instantly: environmental projects, ocean preservation, climate issues. She already knew what mattered to her. She wasn't searching for focus—she was refusing to commit to it. So we reframed her past work. Not as failures, but as proof. Proof of skills, interests, and direction. Nothing she'd done was wasted—it just hadn't been leveraged. And we shifted how progress was measured. Not just by clients or publications, but by skills built, clarity gained, and relationships formed. Momentum comes from consistency, not instant validation. If you feel like you're always starting over, it might not be because you're lost. It might be because you're not staying long enough to see what works. You don't need more ideas—you need to give one a real chance. Watch the full session on my Substack: "It's Time to Claim What You've Built", link in comments 👇 Need extra support? DM me for private coaching. — 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, wealth, and wellbeing. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

After a recent coaching session in which the client started crying, I uploaded the transcript to Claude.ai and asked: how could I have shown up better? I knew I was "helpful", but wasn't sure it was what she needed. What Claude reflected back wasn't about coaching technique. It was about ME. That when someone I care about is in pain, I rush to fix it — not because they need me to, but because sitting with their pain without a solution feels unbearable. That my helpfulness is sometimes how I manage my own discomfort with not being able to make things better. And that pattern doesn't stay in one room. It's how I show up with my wife, my friends, my kids. It's how a lot of us show up. We've been taught that love means action. That caring means solving. But sometimes the most loving thing you can do is just... stay. No advice. No reframe. Just: "I hear you. I'm here." This carousel isn't for coaches. It's for anyone who's ever jumped to "have you tried..." when someone just needed them to listen. (So, all of us.) Swipe through. Sit with the question at the end. And if you're feeling brave, tell me in the comments — what are you really feeling underneath the helpfulness? — 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take big swings in their career - and get paid for it. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

I recently walked away from a project I'd worked on for over a year. It wasn't failure…it was the smartest thing I've done. For over a year, I woke up at 5am to write a memoir about my son's medical crisis: the trauma that surfaced a lifetime of performing and perfectionism. My agent said she was too busy to represent me. Self-publishing wasn't viable. So technically? This project was a failure. But the PROCESS of working on it? A major success. I built muscles I didn't have before: early morning discipline, new ways to talk to my self-doubt, a community of creative souls. I got what I needed personally, even if not professionally. That realization took some ah-ha moments to get there (swipe for the 3 frameworks that helped me decide when to let go). Now I'm writing a novel based on my great-grandfather's secret memoir, set in 1920s Shanghai. The muscles I built haven't gone to waste. I'm using them differently, in service of something that feeds a part of me that was starving. Maybe that's what saying no really means: making space for the yes that's been quietly waiting its turn. What are you ready to let go of? Tell me in the comments 👇 For more essays like this, subscribe to my free weekly newsletter—link in bio. — 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, wealth, and wellbeing. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

Most people think they're stuck because they lack clarity. My client Ali thought so too. But after 6 years as a content writer as her side hustle — with a cookbook, a Substack, and a whole culinary world she'd built outside her day job — the problem wasn't that she didn't know what direction to go in. What she actually needed was permission to stop separating her "career self" from everything else she'd already built. Her side project wasn't a distraction from her professional story. It was her professional story. We shifted the strategy: fractional work, portfolio-driven, leading with what made her distinct — not just what was on her resume. If you're experienced but feeling stuck, and dismissing the thing you love as "just a side thing" — that's worth a second look. DM me to explore private coaching so I can get you where you want to go, faster and with more ease. -- 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women take command of their careers and paychecks.  📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

Client-facing roles demand constant attunement. But attunement without internal boundaries becomes destabilizing. Perception is partial by nature. It reflects context, pressure, and projection as much as performance. When professionals anchor self-belief to assumed reactions, interpretation replaces evidence — and confidence turns reactive. Sustainable confidence comes from a clear distinction: Feedback can inform behavior without defining identity. That separation is a core professional skill — not a personal failing. _______ 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, inside and out. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone in a season of transition.

I broke my New Year's resolution on January 1st. Not the 15th. Not even the 2nd. Day. One. Old me would've spiraled for a week. Set a strict goal → break it almost immediately → punish myself with guilt → give up entirely → feel worse than before I started. Sound familiar? New me did something different. It's not about discipline. It's not about trying harder. It's about working with your emotions instead of against them. Swipe for the 5 things that helped me get back on track without the guilt hangover. PS I write about work, worth, and wellbeing every week (for free!); link in bio to subscribe 👀

Toxic interactions often feel destabilizing because they collapse distance. Everything becomes personal, immediate, and consuming. One way to regain steadiness is to shift perspective — without excusing the behavior itself. Humor can create distance by reframing the situation as absurd rather than defining. Humanity can do the same by recognizing that harmful behavior often comes from fear, anxiety, or unresolved patterns. Neither lens is about approval. Both are about conserving capacity. This kind of perspective helps people remain grounded long enough to make clear decisions about boundaries, exits, or next steps. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gQvJ2Pu6 (When Hiding Feels Safe But Keeps You Stuck) ______________________ 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman! I help women expand their worth, inside and out. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers who receive my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Pay it forward by sharing this with someone in a transitional season.

Emotional regulation isn’t only a cognitive process. The nervous system resolves stress through physical completion, not explanation. When activation doesn’t have an outlet, it lingers — even when we understand what’s happening. Brief somatic sequences give the body a clear signal: The stress response has moved, peaked, and resolved. That’s why small, structured physical practices often restore capacity faster than analysis alone — especially in high-pressure or people-facing environments. Regulation isn’t about control. It’s about completion. Watch the full coaching session on Substack, where we explore how to build self-trust without force and work *with* the nervous system rather than against it. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gQvJ2Pu6 (When Hiding Feels Safe But Keeps You Stuck) _______ 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, inside and out. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone in a season of transition.

Stress responses resolve through timing, not intensity. In biological systems, threat is followed by immediate discharge — movement, breath, release. When that sequence is delayed, activation lingers. In modern work environments, regulation is often postponed — waiting until later to journal, exercise, or reflect. By then, the nervous system may already encode the experience as ongoing threat. Small stressors aren’t insignificant. They affect livelihood, identity, and stability — and the nervous system responds accordingly. Effective regulation happens closer to the moment of activation. Not through overanalysis, but through timely renegotiation. That distinction matters for resilience, performance, and burnout prevention. Watch the full coaching session on Substack, where we explore how to build self-trust without force and work *with* the nervous system rather than against it. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gQvJ2Pu6 (When Hiding Feels Safe But Keeps You Stuck) _______ 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, inside and out. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone in a season of transition.

I got two pieces of feedback on the same presentation. One minute apart. One negative, one glowing. Guess which one I'm still thinking about? Teflon for praise. Velcro for criticism. Here's what I'm learning: that stomach drop isn't random—it's my nervous system pulling up every time my work wasn't "enough" or I had to prove myself to someone who'd already decided. The criticism isn't the threat. It's the REMINDER of every other time I felt small. The real work? Getting radically discerning about whose opinions actually matter. Not every critique requires self-reflection. Not every opinion deserves consideration. Also working on: letting praise land as deeply as criticism. What would it take to trust the good feedback as much as I trust the bad? Progress isn't becoming unflappable. It's getting better at distinguishing feedback that deserves my attention from feedback that deserves deletion. Where are you in your critical feedback journey? What's one piece of criticism you're still carrying that you need to put down? 👇 — 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman. I help women expand their worth, wealth, and wellbeing. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers to my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Share this with someone who needs it.

Recurring professional patterns are often misdiagnosed as strategy problems. In reality, many of them are safety problems. When someone feels unsafe, their system moves toward protection — pulling back, shrinking, or retreating. Over time, that response can limit opportunity and reinforce frustration. Compassion plays a functional role here. It increases capacity — the ability to remain present with discomfort without abandoning long-term goals. Without that capacity, the same internal dynamic tends to repeat externally, shaping the environments and relationships we enter. Breaking the cycle isn’t about pushing harder. It’s about restoring enough inner safety to make different choices possible. Watch the full coaching session on Substack, where we explore how compassion supports sustainable change — not avoidance. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gQvJ2Pu6 (When Hiding Feels Safe But Keeps You Stuck) ___________________________ 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman! I help women expand their worth, inside and out. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers who receive my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Pay it forward by sharing this with someone in a transitional season.

When mental noise is high, many people assume the solution is better thinking. Often, the more effective shift is attentional. Presence works by redirecting awareness toward immediate, sensory experience — even briefly. A color. A physical sensation. A moment of felt openness. These small moments don’t eliminate fear. They reduce its volume. Over time, that reduction builds capacity: the ability to stay oriented rather than overwhelmed. This is less about mindfulness as a concept and more about training attention to stabilize the system under stress. Watch the full coaching session on Substack, where we discuss how presence becomes a practical tool during periods of uncertainty. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gQvJ2Pu6 (When Hiding Feels Safe But Keeps You Stuck) _______________ 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman! I help women expand their worth, inside and out. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers who receive my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Pay it forward by sharing this with someone in a transitional season.

When someone is in a role or environment that isn’t working, the instinct is often to treat it as wasted time. Another perspective: some seasons function as preparation, not punishment. A paycheck can fund more than financial needs. It can fund experimentation — learning how to speak up, tolerate discomfort, and build courage in real time. Not every attempt will land well. And that’s often beside the point. What matters is the capacity being developed: the ability to advocate for yourself, to stay engaged without shutting down, and to move forward without constant resistance. Viewed this way, even an imperfect situation can become a training ground for what’s next. Watch the full coaching session on Substack, where we discuss how presence becomes a practical tool during periods of uncertainty. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gQvJ2Pu6 (When Hiding Feels Safe But Keeps You Stuck) _________________________________ 👋 Hi, I’m Claire Wasserman! I help women expand their worth, inside and out. 📧 Join 50k+ subscribers who receive my free weekly newsletter or DM me for 1:1 coaching. ♻️ Pay it forward by sharing this with someone in a transitional season.

I used to think the goal was to silence my inner critic. Turns out she's not going anywhere. And fighting her just adds another way to beat myself up. The real shift? I stopped treating that voice like an enemy and started treating it like misdirected energy. That harsh inner critic—the one that replays mistakes, catastrophizes, tells you you're not enough—isn't trying to destroy you. She wants you to succeed. She's just using terrible methods to get there. Here's what actually works for me. ☝️ (Plus I made a deck of 30 cards that helps transform your negative self-talk into ultimate self-trust. It’s been absolutely GAME CHANGING. Check out thepracticecards.com - link in comments below!)