Ladies Get Paid

​Coaching thousands of women to negotiate millions of dollars, Ladies Get Paid founder & author Claire Wasserman has seen her fair share of misconceptions and mistakes. ​Here’s the truth: HR makes getting a raise purposefully hard. Here’s another truth: Don’t wait till you need to negotiate to learn how to do it. This episode is a recording of an earlier presentation of 12 common misnomers people have about negotiating their salary and what to do instead.

In this episode, you’ll meet Summer who recently got feedback at work that she’s not speaking up enough in team meetings. She told me that she feels comfortable in smaller settings, in her words, it’s more "organic", but once there are more people, especially on Zoom, it feels awkward to interject. We talk through what it means to have an executive presence grounded in authenticity because the worst thing is to pretzel yourself into someone else to be successful. 

In this episode, you’ll meet Jackie, who struggles to find balance and feel confident. Because she’s been told before by important men in her life that she’s “too much”, she frequently finds herself pretzeling so as not to take up as much space. We talk through strategies to strengthen her self-trust and at minute 15:45, Jackie reveals something amazing about herself that blows me away. It turns out her confidence has been there all along, she needs to shift her attention towards it, and honestly - learn from herself. Because here’s the thing: every one of us has innate wisdom. We just need to learn how to listen to and honor it.

In the latest episode of the ​Ladies Get Paid podcast​, you’ll meet Elizabeth who came to me deep into unemployment and wondering if she should make a pivot. However, pretty quickly into our session, it became clear that there was something else that was blocking her. Elizabeth went to school to become an artist, something that used to give her a lot of joy. But now, whenever she tries to make art, her inner critic is so loud, it’s become a source of anxiety. As you’ll see in the session, this becomes the basis of my diagnosis: until Elizabeth learns how to create art again without self-judgment, everything else, including looking for work, will be a struggle. Whether she makes art her career is not the point, it’s the process of learning, of being quote “bad” at something that will alleviate the burden of perfectionism so that she can embrace the process of becoming. Elizabeth shares that she is in mourning for the artist she was, which in some ways may be true, but what is also true is that she is still that same artist, it is just her relationship with it - and herself - that must evolve. I give her tips for how to shift the mourning to a celebration and so if you also find yourself in a sort of “no man’s land” - that uncomfortable and often painful season in which you’re transitioning from one understanding of your self to another - this episode is for you. Just a note, this session has been recorded with her consent and edited for clarity. If you’re interested in being coached by me or simply have a question you want answered, go to coachmeclaire.com

In the latest episode of the Ladies Get Paid podcast, you’ll meet Jessica who is mid-career and feeling a lot of regrets. From a very young age, she felt a calling to sing and so put in a lot of training - and student debt - to become a professional opera singer. But by the time she was 30, and struggling to land a manager, she gave it all up. That was 12 years ago and Jessica hasn’t sung since. She came to me, feeling a lot of anger and disappointment, because as she says, she keeps getting in her own way. I know I’m not supposed to pick favorites, but I think Jessica might be one of the best coaching sessions I’ve done so far, mainly because of her eloquence in articulating her struggle and her openness in digging deep.

This is the third episode in a series with Brittany Tam, a coach who specializes in helping business owners rebuild their relationships with money so they can thrive. I'm in the midst of revamping my entire business model and in doing so, a lot of money issues have come up. In this episode, we explore how experiences in the past continue to affect - and block - me today, including a chip on my shoulder growing up less wealthy than my peers. This episode works as a standalone but check out the first two to get a better sense of where my business is at and the money journey I'm taking you (and myself!) on.

This is the second episode in a limited series where the tables have turned and I’m the one being coached by ​Brittany Tam (thefee.ca/about)​, who specializes in helping entrepreneurs improve their relationship with money. Our session centered on goals related to income generation. As you’ll hear in this session, I’m pretty overwhelmed with everything that needs to get done to overhaul my business model. The good news is I had a pretty awesome breakthrough around raising my prices, and no longer see charging more as mutually exclusive with my desire for inclusivity. It's a bit more rambly than usual - sorry, Brit! - but we got to some solid next steps on how to stay focused on my roadmap that I hope will inspire you, wherever you are in your journey. Brittany put together some notes and action steps for the Ladies Get Paid newsletter so if you’re interested in participating along with me, make sure to subscribe at ⁠ladiespaid.com⁠.

In this episode, you’ll meet Marie, who is seriously struggling with self-doubt. No matter how well an interaction at work might go, she frequently gets in her head, replaying over and over how it could’ve gone better. Marie is afraid that she takes up too much space and so often bends over backward to put others first, not only at work but with her family as well. Unsurprisingly she’s exhausted. Marie is aware that this way of thinking is preventing her from taking risks, let alone feeling a modicum of peace, and so came to me for some guidance on how to turn down the volume of her inner critic. We do deep in this session so I hope you’ll listen to the whole thing - there’s a great breakthrough at minute 23 - and a turning point around minute 47 where I admit to her that ironically, I was getting in my OWN head during our session and then walk her through how I shift things to a more compassionate place. Just a note for all of you listeners, this session has been recorded with her consent and edited for clarity. If you’re interested in being coached by me or simply have a question you want answered, go to clairewasserman.com.

In this episode, you'll meet Q who was hired at her job around four months ago, but then pretty quickly after she started the role completely changed, it turns out the company culture was also pretty different than what she was expecting. And so she's feeling, as you can imagine, pretty frustrated. Q says she started looking elsewhere, but is concerned that she'll look like a job hopper and doesn't know what to say. If she's asked why she wants to leave. In our conversation, we talk about strategies for, yes, what to say at these job interviews, plus how to make sure she sees all the red flags, but also how to improve her current situation and make the impact she wants without waiting.

In this episode, you’ll meet Rebecca, who is feeling blocked in her business and struggling to land clients. She went through something traumatic at her last job (resulting in a lawsuit) which has now led to feelings of unworthiness and in her words, she feels “rusty.” I walk Rebecca through ways to chart and celebrate her progress regardless of whether she lands a client, or whatever is going on around her. Because the more we tie our identity and self-worth to things outside our command, the more fragile we are! We can't control what happens to us, but we get to choose how we show up. And as you’ll see towards the end of this session, Rebecca gets to a real ah-ha moment not only about herself but about the kinds of services she provides for her clients.