Corporate F*ckery

Welcome to Corporate F*ckery: Stories of survival, psychological warfare, and choosing what’s best for you. I’m Lauren, Certified Success Coach, subconscious strategist, and former corporate insider turned truth-teller. This isn’t just about burnouts and bad bosses. This is about what happens when high-achieving people outgrow the systems they once believed in and reclaim their power on their own terms.

Corporate F*ckery is a business podcast hosted by Lauren DeGolia, with 27 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Lauren DeGolia hosts Corporate F*ckery, a business show with 27 episodes published.

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  Episode #7

  The Ambition Penalty: Data, Power, and the Rules No One Told You with Stefanie O'Connell

  Apr 24, 202651 minS3

  <p>Your ambition was never the problem.</p><p>The system you’ve been applying it in? That’s where things get expensive.</p><p>In this episode, Lauren sits down with Stefanie O'Connell, personal finance expert, author, and founder of Too Ambitious, to break down the real economics of ambition.</p><p>This isn’t theory. This is data-backed reality on how success actually plays out.</p><p>We get into:</p>Why ambition isn’t rewarded equally (and what the data actually shows)The hidden penalties tied to performance, efficiency, and leadershipHow hustle culture quietly reinforces inequalityThe difference between...

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  Episode #6

  Cosmic Goodness, Burnout, & Preserving What You Own with Cassidy Gard

  Apr 10, 202656 minS3

  <p>Cosmic Goodness, Burnout, & Preserving What You Own with Cassidy Gard</p><p></p><p> You can be exceptional at a life… and still feel completely disconnected from it.</p><p></p><p> In this episode, I sit down with Cassidy Gard, journalist, storyteller, and author of Cosmic Goodness, to unpack what actually happens when high performance, identity, and reality stop aligning.</p><p></p><p> After more than a decade inside national news, producing under extreme pressure and shaping stories in real time, </p><p> </p><p> Cassidy made a decision most people avoid:</p><p>She stopped building a...

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  Episode #5

  The Truth About Internet Magic: Why Intuition Requires Action

  Mar 3, 202633 minS3

  <p>The Truth About Internet Magic: Why Intuition Requires Action</p><p>This week on Corporate F*ckery, Lauren goes solo and breaks down one of the most misunderstood ideas in personal and professional growth: intuition.</p><p>After years of operating in survival mode, chasing logic, and trying everything from corporate hustle to backyard full-moon manifestation rituals (yes, really), Lauren shares what she’s learned about the difference between waiting for magic and actually creating momentum.</p><p>The episode also includes the story behind a bold new idea she recently followed—an unexpected attempt to explore a female-led owne...

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  Episode #4

  Severance Isn’t a Gift: Negotiate the Layoff, Not Your Worth with Tara Bodine

  Feb 20, 202651 minS3

  <p>This season, we’re rewriting the rules.</p><p>And today’s rule is simple: don’t confuse a corporate decision with your worth and don’t sign away your power because you’re in shock.</p><p>In this episode of Corporate F*ckery, Lauren sits down with Tara Bodine, global HR and talent leader and CEO of True North People Consulting.</p><p>After seeing the writing on the wall at her company, Tara was laid off and offered a two-week severance package. So we talk about what most people don’t realize in that moment: You have leverag...

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  Episode #3

  The Sledgehammer of the Universe: When Stress Forces the Truth with Carole Murko

  Feb 13, 202647 minS3

  <p>The Sledgehammer of the Universe: When Stress Forces the Truth with Carole Murko</p><p>This season, we’re rewriting the rules.</p><p>And today’s rule is simple: trust yourself before it costs you.</p><p>In this episode of Corporate F*ckery: Stories of Survival, Psychological Warfare, and Choosing What’s Best for You*, Lauren sits down with Carole Murko, founder of Love. Eat. Heal. and certified consultant with NeuroChangeSolutions.</p><p>Carole shares how decades in finance and corporate leadership, combined with suppressed anger, people-pleasing, and chronic stress, culminated in a rare eye disease that threat...

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