Patrice Banks was a chemical engineer at DuPont. She had the credential, the salary, and the career path. She also had a car she did not understand and a feeling that she was losing money every time she walked into a mechanic's shop because she did not know enough to ask the right questions. So she learned to fix cars. Then she opened Girls Auto Clinic, a full-service repair center staffed by women mechanics with a nail salon inside. Her book is published by Simon and Schuste

Ashton Blaise spent her twenties building the career she was supposed to want. Political media. The kind of work that looks impressive on paper, pays reasonably, and gives you something to say at dinner parties. She was good at it. And somewhere along the way she realized she was living someone else's version of success. This conversation, recorded live at Nightmare Weekend in Chicago, is one of the most honest conversations on authentic voice and career identity we have had

Ashlynne Day showed up to her first convention in a Lady Loki costume she made herself. She did not even know what cosplay was. Fifteen years later, it is her full-time career, a thriving brand, and proof that the path you did not plan for can be the one that actually fits. This is a communication podcast episode about what it actually takes to articulate who you are when the answer makes no sense to the people around you. The Year She Walked Away Ashlynne graduated with hono