What if putting yourself first isn't selfish? What if it's the first step toward becoming more fully yourself?

In this episode of I Can Fit That In, Erin Coupe sits down with Kerry Docherty, cofounder of lifestyle clothing brand Faherty and author of the memoir Selfish: Unlearning, Reclaiming, and Telling the Truth. Kerry opens up about the pressure to be good, adaptable, generous, and available to everyone around you, and what happens when you realize you've lost touch with the person underneath all those roles.

Kerry and Erin explore self-awareness, creativity, leadership, career identity, relationships, and the courage to tell the truth about what you actually want. Kerry shares how creativity helped her reconnect with herself, why the personal and professional parts of our lives can't really be separated, and how asking "Do I want to?" can be more important than proving "Can I?" Her memoir Selfish grew out of that same process of reclaiming her voice and making space for the parts of herself she had pushed aside.

What You'll Take Away:

- Why the roles you take on can slowly overshadow your sense of who you are

- How unresolved personal patterns can affect the way you communicate and show up at work

- Why creativity can be a powerful way to reconnect with yourself

- The difference between asking "Can I do this?" and "Do I actually want to?"

- How telling the truth about your own experience can change the way you approach work, relationships, and your next chapter

Guest Bio:

Kerry Docherty cofounded the lifestyle clothing brand Faherty with her husband and his identical twin. A Yale and Pepperdine Law graduate, she is also the author of Selfish: Unlearning, Reclaiming, and Telling the Truth, a memoir about putting yourself back into your own life.

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What if pressure isn't the problem? What if the way you carry it is what's holding you back?

In this episode of I Can Fit That In, Erin Coupe sits down with Jeff Salzenstein, former top 100 world-ranked tennis player, Stanford All-American, NCAA Champion, and now a leadership speaker, performance advisor, and coach. Jeff draws on more than a decade competing at the highest levels of professional tennis, as well as deeply personal experiences with his brother's addiction and loss, to explore what high performers can learn about resilience, stress, identity, and leadership.

Jeff introduces his Own Your Zone framework, built around three areas: restoring the body, rewiring the mind, and reconnecting the heart. He and Erin also unpack how to handle pressure, build emotional resilience, reshape limiting beliefs, and create the internal foundation needed to perform well without sacrificing your well-being.

Key Takeaways

- How to build the skill of bouncing back when things don't go your way

- Why your identity is shaped by your repeated thoughts, choices, emotions, and actions

- How the Own Your Zone framework can help leaders strengthen their physical, mental, and emotional foundation

- A simple “up until now” technique for interrupting limiting beliefs and creating new possibilities

- Practical habits that can help you regulate stress and perform better under pressure, including morning sunlight, breathing practices, and intentional transitions between work and home

Guest Bio

Jeff Salzenstein is a former top 100 world-ranked tennis player, two-time Stanford All-American, NCAA Champion, and leadership speaker, performance advisor, and coach who helps leaders and organizations perform at their best under pressure.

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Your biggest career detour might be the very thing that makes you a better leader. Nina Fluck shares why your unique experiences, strengths, and even failures can become your greatest professional assets.

In this episode of I Can Fit That In, Erin Coupe sits down with Nina Fluck, a people and culture leader with more than 15 years of experience helping organizations build high-performing teams and strong workplace cultures. Nina shares how her early career as a professional performer shaped the way she approaches leadership, collaboration, and people strategy, and why the skills you develop in one chapter of life can follow you into the next.

The conversation explores leadership development, workplace culture, team performance, career transitions, and self-awareness, with a central question: What happens when you stop trying to fit a traditional definition of success and start recognizing what makes you different? Nina also shares practical ways leaders can create stronger connections with their teams and help people see the unique qualities they bring to the organization.

Takeaways:

- How experiences from seemingly unrelated careers can become powerful leadership skills

- Why the unique qualities of people on a team can create a genuine competitive advantage

- How leaders can make development conversations more meaningful than a simple performance checklist

- Why staying connected to your own energy, interests, and sense of fulfillment makes you a better leader

- How to stop comparing your current chapter to an earlier version of yourself and embrace what's next

Guest Bio

Nina Fluck is a people and culture leader with more than 15 years of experience helping organizations build high-performing teams and strong workplace cultures. Before moving into HR and people leadership, Nina was a professional performer, an experience that continues to shape her approach to leadership and collaboration.

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