When everything feels stuck, the reorgs, the missed promotions, the gnawing sense that your effort isn’t matching your outcomes, it’s easy to spiral into frustration and self-doubt. It’s a frustrating loop that plays on repeat.

You start asking:

• “Why is this happening to me?”
• “Why do others get ahead when I’m giving everything?”
• “Why am I not being recognized?”

But here’s the thing: These “why” questions are the real villain. They keep you trapped in reflection without direction, circling the same drain of frustration.

The moment you shift your focus, everything changes. Imagine trading that looping frustration for a clear, actionable path forward.

This episode reveals how the questions you ask dictate the results you get. You’ll discover:

• Why “why” questions sabotage your progress and keep you stuck
• How to instantly shift your energy and attention toward possibility
• The one simple link between better questions and decisive leadership
• Why clarity follows decision, not the other way around

If you’re in a season of career confusion, change, or stagnation, this episode will help you reconnect with your power and start designing what’s next with intention.

Stop asking for answers and start building outcomes.

Because when you start asking better questions, you don’t just get better answers, you unlock better outcomes.

Ready to step into your powerhouse identity? Start asking the right questions and listen now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and if this episode resonates, please leave a five-star review, it helps others rise as well.

References:

• ElevateYou Program: www.thepowerhousecode.com/waitlist2025

Connect with Samantha:

• Website: thepowerhousecode.com
• Instagram: @thepowerhousecode
• LinkedIn: Samantha Van Hoof Flores
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thepowerhousecode

What if the reason you feel overlooked isn't because you're missing a skill or a degree, but because you've been taught to earn your worth instead of own your value? The shift from overlooked to unstoppable isn't about adding more to your plate. It's about unleashing the powerhouse you already are and leading from that inherent power.

In this episode, you will discover:

• The crucial mindset shift between proving your worth and owning your value, so you can finally break free from the cycle of seeking external validation.
• Our proprietary framework, the 3 C's of the Powerhouse Professional (Clarity, Confidence, Credibility), to build an unshakeable foundation for your career.
• Why confidence is a decision, not a feeling, giving you the power to command any room, any time.
• How to stop waiting for permission and start leading with presence, **making you the go-to leader for high
• The turning point that changes everything (hint: it's not another certification)

Ready to step into your powerhouse identity? Stop proving. Start owning. Listen now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and if this episode resonates, please leave a five-star review, it helps others rise as well.

References:

• ElevateYou Program: www.thepowerhousecode.com/waitlist2025
• Ready to design your career intentionally? DM Samantha to explore your options: thepowerhousecode.com/contact

Connect with Samantha:

• Website: thepowerhousecode.com
• Instagram: @thepowerhousecode
• LinkedIn: Samantha Van Hoof Flores
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thepowerhousecode

No one is coming to tap you on the shoulder and offer you your dream job. If you don’t intentionally design your career, the corporate system will design one for you. Best case? You'll plateau. Worst case? You’ll wake up five years from now in a role you never wanted, wondering, “How did I end up here?”

In this episode, you will discover:

• The most dangerous misconception that keeps talented professionals passively waiting for a promotion that never comes.
• The critical difference between a “Career by Chance” (reactive and stressful) and a “Career by Design” (proactive and empowering).
• The proprietary 5-Part Career by Design Framework, the exact blueprint to move from passenger to the architect of your future.
• How to stop giving your power away to managers and performance reviews and put it firmly back in your own hands.

Ready to stop being a passenger in your own career? Stop waiting for someone else to hand you opportunities. It's time to become the architect of the career you actually want. Subscribe to Unlocked: Your Career by Design on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, leave a five-star review, and share with a powerhouse friend who's ready to stop leaving her future to chance. Because lifting one woman lifts us all.

References:

• ElevateYou Program: www.thepowerhousecode.com/waitlist2025

Connect with Samantha:

• Website: thepowerhousecode.com
• Instagram: @thepowerhousecode
• LinkedIn: Samantha Van Hoof Flores
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thepowerhousecode

You're working harder than ever, getting stellar reviews, and yet your career is stalled. You're doing everything right, so why does it feel so wrong? The truth is, your biggest career obstacles aren't your boss, your workload, or the company culture. They are the invisible habits and patterns quietly sabotaging your success from the inside. They erode your confidence, cost you credibility, and make you invisible when it matters most.

In this episode, you’ll uncover:

• Career Killer #1: The Inner Glass Ceiling - How you unconsciously limit your own potential and how to shatter that barrier for good.
• Career Killer #2: The Performance Review Trap - Why relying on praise and positive feedback is actually keeping you playing small.
• Career Killer #3: Waiting to Be Chosen - The passive habit that guarantees you'll be overlooked for career-defining opportunities.
• The blueprint to reclaim control from these patterns and stop letting them dictate your future.
• What becomes possible when you flip the script, master your mindset, and become your own biggest advocate.

Ready to stop being your own worst enemy and start getting the opportunities you've earned? Subscribe to Unlocked: Your Career by Design on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, leave a five-star review, and share with a colleague who's ready to finally get out of her own way. Because lifting one woman lifts us all.

References:

• ElevateYou Program: www.thepowerhousecode.com/waitlist2025

Connect with Samantha:

• Website: thepowerhousecode.com
• Instagram: @thepowerhousecode
• LinkedIn: Samantha Van Hoof Flores
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thepowerhousecode

For 18 years, school programmed you with a simple formula: Hard work = success. You were taught that if you just put in the hours and got the best results, you'd be rewarded. But now you're in the corporate world, and that formula isn't working. You're constantly proving your value, but you're still being passed over. If being the best was enough, wouldn't every talented professional you know already be leading?

In this episode, you will discover:

• Why the "more work, more value" mindset is the biggest myth in corporate environments.
• How being the dependable "backbone" of your team actually makes you invisible to leadership.
• The crucial difference between being busy with output-focused work and strategically positioning yourself for your next promotion.
• The three pillars of authentic branding that get you recognized without feeling like you're "selling out."
• Why 70% of professionals struggle to build a powerful brand, and the simple shift to join the 30% who get it right.

Ready to stop being the best-kept secret in your company? Stop waiting for your hard work to be noticed and start taking control of your career trajectory. Subscribe to Unlocked: Your Career by Design on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, leave a five-star review, and share this with a colleague who is ready to finally get the recognition they've earned. Because lifting one woman lifts us all.

References:

• ElevateYou Program: www.thepowerhousecode.com/waitlist2025

Connect with Samantha:

• Website: thepowerhousecode.com
• Instagram: @thepowerhousecode
• LinkedIn: Samantha Van Hoof Flores
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thepowerhousecode

Are you smart, driven, and consistently earn glowing performance reviews?

So why does it feel like you’re stuck while others advance?

Here’s the frustrating truth: Performance doesn't equal advancement.

In the world of corporate, there's a hidden playbook: a set of unwritten rules and invisible barriers operating in Fortune 100 environments that determine who rises and who plateaus. If you don’t know the rules, you can’t win the game.

Welcome to the first episode of Unlocked: Your Career by Design. I'm Samantha Flores, Fortune 100 Senior Director and founder of Powerhouse {Code}. For the first 10 years of my career, I believed my excellence and hard work would be enough to get me ahead. They weren’t. That struggle led me to decode what actually moves the needle for ambitious professionals who want extraordinary careers. This podcast pulls back the curtain on that hidden playbook and gives you the strategies, frameworks, and insider knowledge that create real advancement.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why hard work alone doesn't guarantee advancement
• The invisible barriers holding you back and how to navigate them
• How to shift your focus from external factors to what you can control for immediate impact
• The roadmap for your transformation, starting with this podcast

Ready to unlock your greatness and start designing the career you’ve earned? Subscribe to Unlocked: Your Career by Design on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Leave a five-star review and share this episode with a colleague who deserves to be seen. Because lifting one woman lifts us all.

References:

• ElevateYou: www.thepowerhousecode.com/waitlist2025

Connect with Samantha:

• Website: thepowerhousecode.com
• Instagram: @thepowerhousecode
• LinkedIn: Samantha Van Hoof Flores
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thepowerhousecode

What if the career you dream of isn’t out of reach, just locked behind invisible barriers?

Welcome to Unlocked: Your Career by Design. I’m Samantha Flores, Fortune 100 executive, billion-dollar business leader, and founder of Powerhouse {Code}.

After nearly two decades inside the world’s top companies, I’ve seen too many ambitious women stay stuck while less qualified colleagues get ahead. Not because they lack talent or drive, but because no one ever taught them the unwritten rules that actually shape extraordinary careers.

Each episode of Unlocked pulls back the curtain on the stories behind the polished profiles, blending honest conversations with powerhouse professionals, executives, and industry leaders, plus powerful mindset shifts, and practical tools to help ambitious professionals lead and grow with clarity, confidence and authenticity.

Because the career you want won’t arrive by chance, it must be built and designed, with intention.

🎙 Launches October 22 with three episodes to kick off your career transformation.

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