Boundaries

Leadership

You Don’t Have Limited Access. You Have a Boundary Problem.

Jul 13, 2026

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3 min read

You Don’t Have Limited Access. You Have a Boundary Problem.

Inside: Why “limited access to email” is a hedge, not a boundary, how to build a coverage plan that actually lets you leave, and what a real OOO looks like.

Dina Otero

VP is In

Jul 8, 2026

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1 min read

The VP Is In: I Got Assigned a Monster Project With No Support. What Do I Do?

Inside: how to protect yourself when your boss has a win and you're the one carrying it.

Dina Otero

Sustainable Ambition

What's Draining You (and Why You're Still There)

Jun 21, 2026

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2 min read

What's Draining You (and Why You're Still There)

Inside: What David Goggins got right about the people who drain you, why we stay anyway, and a tool that helped me actually see it.

Dina Otero

VP is In

Jun 3, 2026

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2 min read

The VP Is In: My Coworker Is Bullying Me. What Do I Do?

Inside: managing workplace bullying, documention, and when to loop in HR

Dina Otero

VP is In

May 27, 2026

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1 min read

The VP is In: How much PTO is too much?

Inside: How to tell the difference between a PTO problem and a you problem.

Dina Otero

Sustainable Ambition

What Working Moms Actually Need on Mother's Day

May 10, 2026

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3 min read

What Working Moms Actually Need on Mother's Day

Inside: why Mother's Day for working moms is complicated, what mental and social rest actually look like, and why you can love your kids deeply and still not love every moment

Dina Otero

Leadership

May 3, 2026

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3 min read

Taking PTO isn't self-care. It's leadership modeling.

Inside: why taking PTO isn't about you, what checking Slack while you're "off" actually signals, and how to turn your coverage plan into a development opportunity

Dina Otero

Leadership

What Your Team Would Say If You Weren't in the Office

Apr 26, 2026

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3 min read

What Your Team Would Say If You Weren't in the Office

Inside: why transformation is personal, not just professional, and how to hold space for honesty instead of forcing alignment

Dina Otero

Sustainable Ambition

Mar 22, 2026

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5 min read

Your Week Didn’t End. It Just Stopped.

Inside: Why most weeks don’t actually close, the Friday habit that changed my whole relationship with weekends, and how to stop carrying your to-do list into Saturday.

Dina Otero

Sustainable Ambition

Stressed AF Right Now? It Might Be Kin Keeping.

Dec 21, 2025

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6 min read

Stressed AF Right Now? It Might Be Kin Keeping.

Inside: kin keeping, invisible labor, and why you’re stressed AF right now (even if you “love the holidays”)

Dina Otero

Leadership

Dec 7, 2025

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5 min read

Why Delegation and Support Fuel Real Leadership

Inside: the real meaning of support, the power of delegation, and why stepping back is sometimes the strongest move you can make

Dina Otero

Leadership

The Day I Stopped Being Afraid of Getting Fired

Nov 30, 2025

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7 min read

The Day I Stopped Being Afraid of Getting Fired

Inside: fear, freedom, the myth of job security, and why letting go unlocks better boundaries

Dina Otero

Career Growth

The Reliability Trap: Why Being the Go-To Isn’t the Flex You Think It Is

Nov 2, 2025

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4 min read

The Reliability Trap: Why Being the Go-To Isn’t the Flex You Think It Is

Inside: the curse of reliability, modern self-care and the science of longevity

Dina Otero

Sustainable Ambition

The Cost of Doing It All — Lessons from Toxic Grit

Oct 19, 2025

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4 min read

The Cost of Doing It All — Lessons from Toxic Grit

Inside: lessons from Toxic Grit on ambition, rest, and the high cost of “doing it all.”

Dina Otero

Sustainable Ambition

Oct 12, 2025

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4 min read

The PTO That Wasn’t

Inside: fake stay-cations, the rise of recovery PTO, and how to make rest actually feel restful

Dina Otero

Boundaries

You Don’t Have Limited Access. You Have a Boundary Problem.

The VP Is In: I Got Assigned a Monster Project With No Support. What Do I Do?

What's Draining You (and Why You're Still There)

The VP Is In: My Coworker Is Bullying Me. What Do I Do?

The VP is In: How much PTO is too much?

What Working Moms Actually Need on Mother's Day

Taking PTO isn't self-care. It's leadership modeling.

What Your Team Would Say If You Weren't in the Office

Your Week Didn’t End. It Just Stopped.

Stressed AF Right Now? It Might Be Kin Keeping.

Why Delegation and Support Fuel Real Leadership

The Day I Stopped Being Afraid of Getting Fired

The Reliability Trap: Why Being the Go-To Isn’t the Flex You Think It Is

The Cost of Doing It All — Lessons from Toxic Grit

The PTO That Wasn’t

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