Break the Silence, Reclaim Your Voice, and Rise in Leadership
Drawing from years of coaching career women inside large organizations, Nicole Johnston offers a candid, grounded look at the real issues holding women back. She brings language, clarity, and relief to the pressures women experience but rarely discuss, and she shows how naming these truths can unlock stronger leadership, clearer boundaries, and sustainable professional growth.
Inside this book, you’ll explore five core taboo topics:
1. The hidden rules of executive presence—and why women are evaluated differently.
2. The emotional labor tax that drains confidence and performance.
3. The pressure to overdeliver and how it sabotages strategic visibility.
4. The guilt, burnout, and internalized expectations women quietly carry.
5. The real conversations women need to have to move from capable to promotable.
If you’re a woman who has worked hard, led well, and still feels unseen or stalled, this book offers the honesty, validation, and strategy you’ve been missing. Taboo Topics gives you the clarity to move forward, the courage to speak up, and the confidence to lead at the level you’re meant for.
