Have you ever been told it’s imposter syndrome…When deep down, you knew something else was going on?

In this conversation, I sit down with Beverly Vanterpool, founder of Career Sistas and author of Build Your Table, and we talk honestly about what it means to navigate professional life when the system was never designed with you in mind.

This is not a loud conversation. It’s a clear one.

We speak about those moments when you realise you’re not struggling because you lack confidence, but because you were never invited into the room.

We talk about sponsorship. About visibility. About being over-mentored and under-advocated for.

We talk about redundancy not just as loss, but as an inflexion point. The kind that forces you to ask yourself: What gives me money? What gives me joy? What do I actually want?

Beverly brings both strategy and steadiness to this conversation. She doesn’t pretend the system is fair. She asks a better question: How intentionally are you choosing to move within it?

If you’re building your own table right now, or questioning whether you still belong at someone else’s, sit with this episode.

You are not behind. You are not imagining it. And you are not alone.

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Learn more about Build Your Table: https://beverlyvanterpool.com/build-your-table-find-career-clarity-make-bold-pivots-and-thrive-even-when-the-system-isnt-built-for-you

Connect with Beverly: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverlyvanterpool/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanterpoolb

Career Sistas: https://www.careersistas.com

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