You don't have a confidence problem. You have a self-trust erosion problem — and there's a big difference.

Most women in leadership have spent years building external credibility: the bio, the board seat, the reputation. But nobody taught us to trust the voice that already knew. In this episode, Lemon breaks down exactly why women stop trusting their own judgment, from the language used about little girls to code-switching to outsourcing our thinking to AI,and gives you three concrete practices to rebuild it.

We cover the small decision practice that builds the muscle without the stakes, the evidence journal that gives your brain proof your gut can be trusted, and the pre-mortem question that cuts through every major decision faster than anything else.

The women who end up in the rooms where decisions are made aren't more certain than you. They're just more practiced at trusting their own read.

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