We're going out of office for the summer! Bella wraps up the season with an honest check-in on where she's at with work and life, plus the ambitious summer work she has planned.

Think: auditing your finances, cleaning out your closet, getting your life together in the ways that actually matter.

She’ll cover everything you need to know about what's coming next for Bridges, including upcoming events and the September return of the podcast.

Consider this your permission slip to rest, reset, and come back even stronger.

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CHAPTERS:

00:52 Doing the Unsexy Work This Summer

2:36 A Summer Challenge for Ambitious Women

3:18 What to Expect When We Come Back September 14th

3:45 Bay Area Summer Events to Look Forward to

7:00 What the Summer Holds…See You in September

Confidence isn't loud…it's strategic.

In the second Unspoken Rules episode, Bella breaks down why confidence is the most underrated form of currency in corporate America.

She shares why most women were never taught how to use it and how you can build up your confidence starting today.

Fresh off one of the most intense work trips of her career she reflects on everything she learned from: a major company rebrand, a 18K-person conference, and a 20+ person production she ran start to finish.

Bella gets real about why young women who know themselves deeply are rare, and that is exactly the advantage you need to thrive in corporate America.

She redefines what confidence actually looks like in a corporate setting and the micro-actions that compound over time into undeniable presence.

If you’ve been needing a little nudge to step into your most bada** gorgeous self, this episode will be the perfect watch for you.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Why Bella is talking about confidence today

2:45 The work trip that changed how she sees herself

5:30 Why young women knowing themselves is still rare

8:00 Redefining confidence: composure, reason, and strategic action

10:15 How to say more by actually saying less

12:00 What confidence is NOT (don't be the chaos)

13:30 EQ as your differentiating edge in the age of AI

14:30 Appearance as currency & how to work it on any budget

19:30 The intern who was never treated like one

23:30 Imposter syndrome vs. self-awareness

26:00 Confidence as a collection of micro-actions

30:30 What it really comes down to: knowing your worth

If AI has you feeling behind, overwhelmed, or like everyone else already figured it out — this episode is for you.

Bella sits down with Alyson Paine, Director of Microsoft 365 Consumer Apps & Services Marketing at Microsoft, for an honest conversation about what it actually feels like to lead through the AI era in real time.

After more than a decade at Microsoft building teams from the ground up, Alyson shares what it looks like to navigate one of the biggest workplace shifts of our generation — while balancing leadership, motherhood, ambition, and the very human side of change.

Together, Bella and Alyson unpack:

• What people are getting wrong about AI

• How ambitious women can stay relevant without burning themselves out

• Why storytelling and human intelligence matter more than ever

• The realities of leadership inside one of the world’s largest tech companies

• How work, creativity, and career growth are changing in real time

This is not another “AI will replace everyone” conversation. It’s a grounded, vulnerable, and deeply honest look at how smart women are adapting, leading, and building meaningful careers through uncertainty.

Perfect for anyone navigating tech, leadership, ambition, burnout, or the pressure to constantly keep up.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Director at Microsoft

1:45 Why Alyson stayed in big tech instead of going startup

6:30 How the pace of work has changed inside Microsoft

7:00 How Alyson leads her team through constant change

8:45 Why oversharing context is a leadership superpower

10:45 AI is not a future state… it's happening now

11:15 "You're probably already in the top 5%"

11:45 Using AI to outsource the mental load of motherhood

13:30 Copilot vs. Claude vs. ChatGPT

15:45 Agentic AI

17:30 Analog habits in a tech world (yes, she has a wall calendar)

18:30 Where AI is headed in SF & beyond in the next 3–5 years

20:00 Why AI creates room for more senior individual contributors

22:00 The most valuable marketing skills

26:00 Advice for women who feel behind on AI

28:30 The decision to have kids in the Bay Area

29:45 How two senior-level parents make it work week to week

31:00 Childcare costs, daycare, & the 401(k) strategy that changed everything

33:30 Lifestyle creep & not inflating your cost of living with every raise

37:00 Postpartum reality: outsourcing, sleep training, & shifting expectations

39:00 Alyson’s hardest career moment

45:45 How to Detach Self-Worth From Career Achievement