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.
Excellence Over Perfection + 5 Lessons from 2026 (so far)
Host Lauren DeGolia shares five lessons from her intense year, exploring excellence over perfection and the audacity that shapes identity in this solo episode.
24 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Ambition Penalty: Data, Power, and the Rules No One Told You with Stefanie O'Connell
Your ambition was never the problem.
The system you’ve been applying it in? That’s where things get expensive.
In this episode, Lauren sits down with Stefanie O'Connell, personal finance expert, author, and founder of Too Ambitious, to break down the real economics of ambition.
This isn’t theory. This is data-backed reality on how success actually plays out.
We get into:
Why ambition isn’t rewarded equally (and what the data actually shows)
The hidden penalties tied to performance, efficiency, and leadership
How hustle culture quietly reinforces inequality
The difference between individual success… and systemic change
Why community—not just self-optimization—is the real power move
Bottom line:
You’re not doing it wrong. You’ve been operating inside a system that was never designed to fully support you.
Links & Resources:
Explore Stefanie’s work: https://tooambitious.com/ (https://tooambitious.com/)
Pre-order (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-ambition-penalty-stefanie-oconnell/1148171301?ean=9781541705210)The Ambition Penalty (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-ambition-penalty-stefanie-oconnell/1148171301?ean=9781541705210)
Work With Lauren:
If you’re ready to rethink your relationship with success and stop overpaying for a version of ambition that doesn’t fit, apply to work together here (https://calendly.com/laurendegolia/fsconsult).
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10 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
Cosmic Goodness, Burnout, & Preserving What You Own with Cassidy Gard
Cosmic Goodness, Burnout, & Preserving What You Own with Cassidy Gard
You can be exceptional at a life… and still feel completely disconnected from it.
In this episode, I sit down with Cassidy Gard, journalist, storyteller, and author of Cosmic Goodness, to unpack what actually happens when high performance, identity, and reality stop aligning.
After more than a decade inside national news, producing under extreme pressure and shaping stories in real time,
Cassidy made a decision most people avoid:
She stopped building a life that required her to abandon herself to sustain it.
This conversation is a real-time look at what it means to:
walk away from environments that reward over-performance but drain your humanity
redefine success outside of external validation
and start building something that is actually yours
We get into the nuance most people skip:
- burnout as an identity issue, not a time management problem…
- motherhood as a complete psychological and emotional reorganization…
and the uncomfortable truth that many women are building careers on patterns that were never meant to sustain them.
This is not a polished transformation story.
It’s a conversation about what it takes to tell the truth about your life and have the courage to choose differently.
Resources & Links:
Follow Cassidy on Socials: (https://www.cosmicgoodness.com/#dataItem-m35v5sp4) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cassidygard/) | TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@cassidygard?lang=en)
Cosmic Goodness by Cassidy Gard, launching May 12 (preorder here (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cosmic-goodness-cassidy-gard/1148697944))
Join The Expansion Suite (https://www.laurendegolia.com/offers/biqNfSAA/checkout) (https://www.laurendegolia.com/offers/biqNfSAA/checkout)(formerly Pivot Club): a free space to upgrade your energy, shift your thinking, and expand your identity
Explore 1:1 work with Lauren (hello@laurendegolia.com) (limited openings available)
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