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Nov 2023
44m 50s

From Identity Crisis to Award-Winning Po...

Rebecca Minkoff
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Enjoy this video podcast on Spotify and ⁠Youtube⁠! How do you cope when the only thing that defines your identity and is intrinsically linked to your self-worth is no longer available? You pivot. And that is exactly what Emily Tisch Sussman did.  Emily worked in Washington DC for over a decade as a top Democratic political strategist and then…she had kid ... Show More
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