Minda Hartz

in certain rooms with many people that you've seen on Fortune magazine, Forbes magazine, and just the way that people talked about other people as though they weren't in the room, you know, like, you're not like those other people, you know, and all those sorts of things that I was just experiencing in a world that I wasn't necessarily thought about in, but I was accepted in.

And so it really just started to make me think about toxic workplace culture's And I worked in very toxic environments. And so I started writing this blog. Now I'm dating myself. Writing this blog about my experiences as a woman of color as the only and one of few. And eventually the blog started to become popular. We didn't have like the viralness of language back then, but

And so it really just started to make me think about toxic workplace culture's And I worked in very toxic environments. And so I started writing this blog. Now I'm dating myself. Writing this blog about my experiences as a woman of color as the only and one of few. And eventually the blog started to become popular. We didn't have like the viralness of language back then, but

And so it really just started to make me think about toxic workplace culture's And I worked in very toxic environments. And so I started writing this blog. Now I'm dating myself. Writing this blog about my experiences as a woman of color as the only and one of few. And eventually the blog started to become popular. We didn't have like the viralness of language back then, but

More than just my mom and my brother started to subscribe and other people were saying, wow, that's a similar experience that I'm having. And so my story, which I thought was isolating and was just kind of for me, allowed me to. help other people identify and articulate what they were experiencing too. And then the blog turned into a best-selling book down the line.

More than just my mom and my brother started to subscribe and other people were saying, wow, that's a similar experience that I'm having. And so my story, which I thought was isolating and was just kind of for me, allowed me to. help other people identify and articulate what they were experiencing too. And then the blog turned into a best-selling book down the line.

More than just my mom and my brother started to subscribe and other people were saying, wow, that's a similar experience that I'm having. And so my story, which I thought was isolating and was just kind of for me, allowed me to. help other people identify and articulate what they were experiencing too. And then the blog turned into a best-selling book down the line.

But had you told me when I said, I can't do this chemistry anymore, that eventually I'd become a best-selling author, I couldn't have written it better myself.

But had you told me when I said, I can't do this chemistry anymore, that eventually I'd become a best-selling author, I couldn't have written it better myself.

But had you told me when I said, I can't do this chemistry anymore, that eventually I'd become a best-selling author, I couldn't have written it better myself.

Yeah, absolutely. And, you know, even if you aren't a woman of color, but you work with them, you know, I wrote the book so that people could also remove barriers for people. And so for me, I spent, you know, this 13 year period in corporate America where I wasn't talking about the things that I was experiencing, because as many of us women sometimes feel, we have to be strong.

Yeah, absolutely. And, you know, even if you aren't a woman of color, but you work with them, you know, I wrote the book so that people could also remove barriers for people. And so for me, I spent, you know, this 13 year period in corporate America where I wasn't talking about the things that I was experiencing, because as many of us women sometimes feel, we have to be strong.

Yeah, absolutely. And, you know, even if you aren't a woman of color, but you work with them, you know, I wrote the book so that people could also remove barriers for people. And so for me, I spent, you know, this 13 year period in corporate America where I wasn't talking about the things that I was experiencing, because as many of us women sometimes feel, we have to be strong.

at the expense of our own well-being, right? Grin as you bear it and don't let them see you sweat. All of these certain narratives that we have to uphold. And so I didn't feel like I had the agency to talk about those things because the stories that we tell ourself are just as damning as the stories that we allow other people to tell about you.

at the expense of our own well-being, right? Grin as you bear it and don't let them see you sweat. All of these certain narratives that we have to uphold. And so I didn't feel like I had the agency to talk about those things because the stories that we tell ourself are just as damning as the stories that we allow other people to tell about you.

at the expense of our own well-being, right? Grin as you bear it and don't let them see you sweat. All of these certain narratives that we have to uphold. And so I didn't feel like I had the agency to talk about those things because the stories that we tell ourself are just as damning as the stories that we allow other people to tell about you.

And so when people would say, oh, Minda, that's just Chad being Chad or you need thick skin or look what the money that you make. It allows you to go to you know, traveled to Tulum and Tokyo. And so I started to internalize that, well, you know, maybe it's not that bad. Maybe this is just how it's supposed to be because look at my life, right?

And so when people would say, oh, Minda, that's just Chad being Chad or you need thick skin or look what the money that you make. It allows you to go to you know, traveled to Tulum and Tokyo. And so I started to internalize that, well, you know, maybe it's not that bad. Maybe this is just how it's supposed to be because look at my life, right?

And so when people would say, oh, Minda, that's just Chad being Chad or you need thick skin or look what the money that you make. It allows you to go to you know, traveled to Tulum and Tokyo. And so I started to internalize that, well, you know, maybe it's not that bad. Maybe this is just how it's supposed to be because look at my life, right?

But when I started to experience depression, anxiety, panic attacks, I realized that there was no paycheck that could make me feel better about that. You know, I was one of the top performers and yet experiencing no humanity, dignity, and respect in the workplace. And