09/03/2026
Tuesday morning, I had the privilege of speaking to a room full of women at the FTR Transportation Conference Women’s Breakfast, and I’m still thinking about what happened in that room.
Transportation, logistics, and supply chain have historically been very male-dominated spaces, so the fact that FTR intentionally carved out a space specifically for women to connect and have honest conversations about what they’re navigating was powerful.
I didn’t want to walk into that room and simply talk at them about leadership.
I wanted to create a space where women felt safe enough to be honest.
We talked about confidence. Imposter syndrome. Speaking up when your expertise is questioned. Navigating the boys’ club. Setting boundaries. The pressure to continually prove ourselves. Having hard conversations. And the fear of being perceived as difficult simply because we advocate for ourselves.
We talked about the difference between growth and self-erasure, becoming more self-aware without changing so much of yourself to make others comfortable that you begin erasing who you are.
But then the conversation became bigger than work.
Several women came up afterward and shared that it made them think about their relationships at home, their families, their friendships, the boundaries they haven’t set, and the places they’ve made themselves smaller.
Because:
The woman who walks into the boardroom is the same woman who walks through her front door at night.
The internal work doesn’t clock out when we leave the office.
And so much of what happened in that room is exactly why I wrote my upcoming book, The Unstuck Woman, currently targeted for an October release.
Getting unstuck usually isn’t one huge, life-changing decision.
It’s a hundred little ones.
Speaking when you’d normally stay quiet.
Trusting yourself.
Setting the boundary.
Having the hard conversation.
Asking for what you need.
Choosing not to make yourself smaller to make someone else comfortable.
I’m incredibly grateful to FTR Transportation Intelligence for creating this space and trusting me to be part of it, and to Atlantic Logistics for sponsoring the Women’s Breakfast and investing in women in this industry.
Most of all, thank you to the women who were willing to go there with me.
You shared. You were vulnerable. You supported one another.
These are the rooms I want to keep creating.
Because sometimes getting unstuck starts with realizing…
You’re not the only woman who’s been stuck there. ❤️
