Minda Harts grew up working the counter at a Dairy Queen to help cover her family's utility bills, and she climbed her way to the corporate career she'd always dreamed of. But being one of the only Black women in the room wore her down in small ways that piled up over ten years, until she found herself sitting in a parking lot, crying, and neglecting her health despite having "made it." On this episode of She Pivots, Minda talks about the breaking point that led her to start a blog just to get her thoughts out–a blog that grew into the bestselling book The Memo, three more books, a film in festivals, and a teaching career at NYU. Recorded live in front of a room full of women media-builders at The Riveter's Gathering summit in Washington D.C., this conversation traces how Minda went from dimming her own light to building the trust-focused career she never had. As she put it: "I jumped out of the window of corporate America, and women caught me."

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome to She Pivots

00:26 The Gathering: Women Supporting Women

01:03 Minda Harts: Trust Catalyst and Author

01:54 Introduction to She Pivots

03:36 Who is Minda?

05:25 Yasminda to Minda

06:54 The Journey to Corporate America

14:07 The Breaking Point

20:15 The Monday Memo: A Blog to Book to Film

23:41 What's Your Empire?

28:30 Reflections on Minda's Journey

29:43 Podcast Credits

You can keep up with Minda at mindaharts.com and on Instagram @mindaharts.

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