There’s a version of you that you show to the world. She’s polished. Capable. In control. She knows how to navigate meetings, manage conflict, meet deadlines, and deliver results. She gets the job done.

But beneath the surface, there may be another version of you, one that’s quieter, more vulnerable. One that’s asking to be seen not for her output, but for her true self.

This is the paradox many women face at work: We learn to wear armour to succeed in systems that were never built for us. But over time, that armour starts to weigh us down. It can become so fused with our identity that we forget what’s armour… and what’s us.

So how do we begin to separate our

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