# The Truth You've Been Negotiating With and Why What Keeps Showing Up Matters

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Podcast: [HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design](https://stenobird.com/podcast/her-extraordinary-life-by-design-6619382)
Published: 2026-06-05T16:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Join Leslie Gaudet for a deeply personal conversation about the moments when something in your life keeps asking for your attention, and you can't quite explain why. In this episode, Leslie explores the frustration of feeling like you're having the same conversation with yourself over and over again. The recurring thought. The recurring feeling. The recurring frustration that continues showing up long before you fully understand what it's trying to tell you. Drawing from her own experience, Leslie shares how she began recognizing a pattern of clarity, frustration, clarity, frustration—and what happened when she finally stopped long enough to look at the evidence instead of continuing to move past it. You'll hear why so many high-achieving women mistake negotiation for clarity, how recurring patterns often reveal more than we realize, and why curiosity may be more powerful than certainty when it comes to understanding what keeps showing up in our lives. If you've ever felt like something keeps getting your attention but you haven't fully figured out what it means yet, this conversation is for you. ******************************************************************** Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign leslie@herextraordinarylifebydesign.com ******************************************************************** Monthly Gathering: I've been sitting on an idea for how to create a space where women can finally show up without the filter, without the performance, and without wondering whether being seen is going to cost them something. A monthly gathering. No faces. No names. No titles. Just voices and honest conversation about what it actually feels like to be a woman navigating this profession. If I built it — would you come? Send me an email with…

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