Getting Rich Together Breaking Free from Performance and Building a New Ecosystem with Erin Gallagher, Author of Hype Women
I am here today with Erin Gallagher, America's number one hype woman. Erin has taken stages across the country to rally women around their power, and she is the author of the upcoming book, Hype Women: Breaking Free from Mean Girls, Patriarchy, and Systems that are Silencing All of Us.
In this powerful conversation, Erin takes us back to her Coast Guard upbringing, moving every two to four years and navigating her parents' divorce while taking on the role of family caretaker at a young age. She shares how sports became her outlet for anger and intensity, and how finding sisterhood in an unexpected place—her college sorority—shaped her understanding of collective power.
Erin opens up about her journey from wanting to be a lawyer fighting for justice to pivoting into marketing and communications, where she thought she could use big brands' power to inspire change faster. We dive deep into her 15 years in corporate America as an ambitious, unhealed, people-pleasing perfectionist who lost herself serving others, and how becoming a mother finally gave her less room for bullshit.
She courageously shares the painful reality of co-founding a company where she didn't demand her value or worth, leading to a devastating business divorce. Erin reveals the mantra that changed everything: "I will no longer abandon myself in service to others." We explore why not all women deserve hype, how to identify mean girls and patriarchy's foot soldiers, and why karma is currency and hype is capital in the new ecosystem she's building.
Key Topics:
- Learning early that anger and service were gendered expectations—and writing a manifesto about it at age 10
- Finding sisterhood and collective power through sports and sorority life as essential survival tools
- Pivoting from law to mission-driven communications work after witnessing injustice firsthand at a legal nonprofit
- Becoming a mother and finally running out of room for corporate bullshit and performative people-pleasing
- The devastating reality of business divorce and being undervalued in a company you co-founded
- Why "I will no longer abandon myself in service to others" became the mantra that changed everything
- Identifying mean girls and patriarchy's foot soldiers—not all women deserve your hype or energy
- Creating the Hype Women economy where we shift capital (time, energy, money, platform) to each other strategically
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Book: Hype Women: Breaking Free from Mean Girls, Patriarchy, and Systems that are Silencing All of Us Get it Here: https://www.hypewomen.com/
Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/erin.gallag.her/?hl=en
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