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Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Hosted by best friends Dawn and Elsa, the podcast blends decades of experience across very different industries. Dawn spent 25 years as an employment lawyer investigating workplace drama from the inside out. Elsa built a long career in the beauty industry as a brand educator, with a few TV cameos along the way. Together, they’re unapologetic extroverts who meet new people everywhere—and always want to know how they got their jobs, what they love about them, what they can’t stand, and what…
Episodes
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
From Professional Poker to Poop Stools and Fire Pumps
From professional poker to poop stools to fire pumps. This week's guest leaves a career in professional poker to become a CEO twice-over without a college…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet the Guy Who Decides What Your Home is Worth
What is a house really worth? And who decides? The number on an appraisal can save a deal, sink a refinance, or change what a family can afford, yet most of us…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
From Military Brat to Beauty Educator
Think beauty school is all creativity and glow-ups? The unvarnished truth is far more interesting. This week, on Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors, we…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
What If Conflict Is An Invitation To Truth
We often refer to conflict at work as workplace drama. This label doesn't tell us much about the lack of trust, lacking culture, and other unmet needs…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet Bob Pacilio Author of The Revival of Molly O'Toole
A teacher can change your writing, your courage, and the way you think, and you might not realize it until decades later. This week, on Workplace Confessions…
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Meet Jenelle Nino, the Owner of Bellini Flowers and CEO of Roses for Veterans
This week, on Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors, Jenelle Nino, owner of Bellani Floral in Valley Center, California, teaches us how flowers can change…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet Haren Bhakta, the Creator of the Inside Ownership Index
This week, on Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors, we interview Haren Bhakta, CFA, CEO and owner of the Inside Ownership Index ($OWN), the first index…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet Eric Reiners, Author of The Energy Edge
Your job can look perfect on paper and still wreck your sleep on Sunday night. This week, we sit down with Eric Reiners, a CTO in cybersecurity and the…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
From Opera Stages To Boardrooms With Compassionate Communication
This week, on Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors, our anonymous guest starts with a raw confession from his first paying job and reveals what he did to…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
From a Career in Dance to the Wild West of Yoga
Teaching yoga may look calm from the outside, but the career behind the mat is anything but simple. This week on Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors, we…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Real Estate Agent for Ryan Serhant's Million Dollar Listing San Diego
This week, we sit down with an anonymous San Diego real estate agent with 22 years in the trenches to talk about the real work behind buying and selling homes…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Medium
This week's guest spent decades in Human Resources learning how to read people, navigate conflict, and hold steady in hard conversations. Then she walked away…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Serial Entrepreneur Turned HR Goddess
One “trusted” employee can quietly become a single point of failure for your entire organization. This week, on Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors, we…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Pain Specialist Turned Personal Trainer
A single bad decision can shape a whole career, and sometimes it starts with something as ordinary as crashing your car and needing a paycheck. This week, on…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Back to the Beginning, with Dawn Andrews
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Back to the Beginning, with Elsa Barbi
In this conversation, Dawn and Elsa discuss the goals and experiences of their podcast, which centers on honest confessions from guests. Elsa hopes listeners…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Physio Therapist for Horse Riders
A horse can humble you fast, and so can the human body when you ask it to stay balanced on a moving animal. This week on Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet an Electrician
Midnight bank remodels, vault alarms, and a run-in with eight LAPD officers are only the beginning of this anonymous guest’s work story. This week on Workplace…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet an Insurance Industry Expert
Insurance is everywhere in our lives, yet most of us only learn how it works when something goes wrong. This week on Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet the Founder of Glo Health Center in Nicaragua
You can feel the difference between wellness that’s marketed and wellness that’s lived, and Grace Van Berkum is firmly in the second camp. This week, on…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Midwife in Training
A home birth that was nearly “not allowed” in Iowa planted a seed that never stopped growing, and our anonymous guest follows that seed all the way into a…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Lawyer Turned Healthcare Business Leader
One photo can change a life, and sometimes it rewires an entire career. This week, we sat down with an anonymous C-Suite executive who started out making…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a High School Math Teacher
You think you know what teachers do all day until you hear what happens after the bell rings, after the emails pile up, and after the policies change without…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet_a_Color_Expert
Your hair color is not just “light or dark” or “warm or cool.” It is a full system, and when it is wrong, you can feel it in your mirror, your closet, and your…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Courtroom Insider
Court is one of those workplaces everyone thinks they understands until you talk to someone who has actually sat inside it for 20 years. Our anonymous guest…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet the Author of 'The Myth of the Fearless Leader'
Fear shows up in every career, even when your title says “leader.” We sit down with Dr. Tonya Jackman Hampton, Ph.D. PCC, an organizational development…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Mortgage Industry Expert Turned Entrepreneur
Mortgage is supposed to feel like math, paperwork, and a few signatures. What happens when it also feels like a daily test of character? We sit down with an…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a GenX Expert Turned Author
Someone finally said the quiet part out loud: burnout can make you do weird things, like faking an emergency on Zoom just to escape a meeting. This week, we’re…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Chief Drama Slayer
Workplace investigations are supposed to reveal the truth, but most companies accidentally design a process that breeds silence, fear, and repeat drama. We’re…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Bartender Turned Dominatrix
A bartender gets pneumonia, misses work, and the message lands hard: you can give everything to a job and still be treated as disposable. That turning point…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Career Soldier Turned Event Planner
A scud missile flies over your base in broad daylight, the alarm never sounds, and you realize you might not have the extra 30 seconds you trained for. That’s…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Paralegal Turned Workplace Investigator
Ever leapt through a gas station window to stop a drive-off? Our anonymous guest did—then broke barriers in the Army and now uncovers truth at work. Hear how…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Best Selling Author
What happens when a natural hustler swaps a clinical career for a bold gamble on emotional intelligence and wins? We sat down with bestselling author Travis…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Scientist Turned Minister
What happens when a scientist-in-training follows a quiet tug into ministry and discovers his real work is showing up where life breaks open? We sit down with…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Bone Cleaner
In this revealing episode of Workplace Confessions Behind Closed Doors, our guest shares unforgettable stories from her career, including the impact of a toxic…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet an Exotic Dancer Turned Dominatrix
In this episode, we sit down with Domina Katy Lynx to explore a career path that defies assumptions and reveals the power of reinvention. Katy shares how she…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet an ER Nurse Practitioner
This episode of "Workplace Confessions Behind Closed Doors" features a nurse practitioner who shares candid stories and insights from her career in emergency…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Political Strategist
This interview takes the listener through the career journey of a political strategist. The discussion covers misconceptions about lobbying and political…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Gastroenterologist
In this engaging episode of Workplace Confession, the hosts interview a seasoned gastroenterologist who shares his journey from being a soccer referee to…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Civil Engineer
In this episode of Workplace Confessions Behind Closed Doors, hosts Elsa Barbi and Dawn Andrews welcome an anonymous engineer who takes listeners on a candid…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Sex Therapist
The episode features a psychologist specializing in sexual health who traces their path from early childcare work to roles in hospitals and universities before…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet a Leadership Coach for Women
This episode explores the importance of accessibility in coaching, emphasizing that coaching should not be limited to corporate environments but made available…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet Your Co-host, Dawn
In this conversation, Dawn and Elsa discuss the goals and experiences of their podcast, which centers on honest confessions from guests. Dawn hopes listeners…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
Meet Your Co-host, Elsa
In this conversation, Dawn and Elsa discuss the goals and experiences of their podcast, which centers on honest confessions from guests. Elsa hopes listeners…
- Workplace Confessions: Behind Closed Doors
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