Is Your Workplace Culture Causing You to Hide Who You Are?

Business Building Blocks Podcast · Jun 18, 2025 · 34m

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"I got into my first 'dream job.' It was everything I thought I wanted. Big name. Big opportunity. But within a few months, I felt completely drained. I realized—I was hiding who I really was just to survive the culture. I didn’t even know what my core values were back then. All I knew was that something didn’t feel right."

In this episode of the Business Building Blocks Podcast, Jenny Barkan and I dive deep into masking in the workplace—what it is, why we do it, and how it slowly erodes our energy, creativity, and confidence.

We talk about:

✅ The difference between adapting…