Are you saying yes to everything at work while quietly saying no to your friends, your husband, and your own peace?

If your performance review told you that you're "stretched thin", would you see it as failure — or as the wake-up call it's meant to be?

What would it look like to lead from mindfulness and boundaries instead of proving your worth through doing more?

I am so excited to bring you this conversation with Raquel Ita, because her story mirrors mine in so many ways. Raquel spent over 15 years climbing the corporate ladder in operations leadership and somewhere in the middle of all the achieving, she lost herself. Today she's the host of Setting Boundaries in Corporate, and she helps faith-centered professional women reconnect with who they are.

In this episode, we go deep on what it actually looks like when the corporate ladder starts to cost you more than it gives you. Raquel opens up about a season where she was serving on six committees on top of a full-time job and leading a team of seven — and how that slowly eroded her joy, one yes at a time. We talk about the performance review that changed everything for both of us, what it felt like to sit with the discomfort of "meeting expectations" instead of exceeding them, and how that discomfort became the doorway to real mindfulness and clarity.

If you're the ambitious mom who's the go-to person at work, who says yes because you genuinely want to help but ends the day mentally exhausted and disconnected from your people — this episode is for you. Raquel walks us through how she found the courage to set boundaries with her boss, what emotional regulation actually looked like in that process, and why the discomfort of disappointing someone is so much smaller than the cost of disappearing from your own life.

Connect with Raquel Ita:

• Setting Boundaries in Corporate podcast — wherever you listen to podcasts
• Raquel's free Facebook group for women navigating boundaries in corporate Facebook Public Page - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565430254038 Facebook Private Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/2808006476242265
• Raquel on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/raquel.ita.llc/

Journal Prompts:

1. Look at your calendar this week and pick one thing you said yes to out of guilt, obligation, or fear of disappointing someone. Ask yourself: does this still make sense for who I am right now — or for the person I'm becoming?
2. Where in your life have you been saying yes to everything work asks of you, while quietly saying no to the people and things that actually fill you up? What would it look like to flip that this week?

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With love and gratitude,

Josie Anderson

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