A warm welcome to 2026!
What better way to start off the new year than with busting some myths. A lot of us start off the year with making some resolutions - usually around self-improvement / self-optimizing, telling ourselves that this is the year we're going to finally do That Thing, reach that goal weight, get that raise, MAKE IT - and there's nothing inherently wrong with any of that. However, what my guest in today's episode is asking us to question is how are we, as individuals and as a society, defining "success"; what does "making it" or "having it all" even mean, especially for women?
As the former executive editor of Teen Vogue, Samhita Mukhopadhyay was intimately familiar with what it meant to put in 12-hour days at work, sacrifice time with family & friends, ignore one's needs - all in an effort to "live the good life." But she soon realized that the cost of this so-called success was much too high. In her book, "The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning," Samhita Mukhopadhyay traces the origins of some of the myths around "having it all," "leaning in," and "hustling," and argues for a collective reimagining of workplace culture.
To learn more about Samhita and her work please visit her website at https://www.samhitamukhopadhyay.com/
