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OTR Intuition
You knew. Before the proof, before the conversation, before anyone said a word — you knew. And you talked yourself out of it. Most of us have a moment like that. The job that felt wrong from the first handshake. The...
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OTR Grief
Grief doesn't respect your calendar. It shows up in the cereal aisle. In a song you weren't ready for. In the split second before you remember, when you reach for your phone to tell them something — and then the floor...
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OTR Forgiveness
Who told you forgiveness was something you owed? Somewhere along the way, most of us picked up the idea that healing has a finish line, and that finish line is forgiveness. That you're not really free until you've let...
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Maneuvering Old Behaviors
You did the work. So why does your body still know the old way home? You've sat in the therapy chair. You've learned the names for what happened to you. You've felt yourself change. And then someone uses a certain...
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OTR Deconstruction Zone
In this episode, Janet and Anastasia roll up their sleeves and step into the emotional renovation zone — Mike Holmes style. They’re talking deconstruction not as destruction, but as the necessary demo work that makes...
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OTR The Weight of the Mask
There’s the face you show the world… and then there’s the one you keep tucked under three layers of “I’m fine, don’t worry about me.” In this episode, Janet and Anastasia rip the Velcro off the emotional armor we...
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Gossip Girl
In this episode of The Grit Files, host Anastasia gets real about one of the most costly — and most overlooked — dynamics in every workplace: gossip. She’s been on both sides of the table: as a leader who was secretly...
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Meeting Your Inner Child — The One Who Still Lives in You
In this tender, truth-telling episode, Janet and Anastasia open the door to a part of ourselves we often forget exists: the Inner Child. The curious one. The cautious one. The one who learned early what was “safe” and...
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The Old Operating System Running Your Leadership
This episode explores the hidden operating system quietly shaping how we lead—those old beliefs, inherited rules, and outdated survival strategies that still run in the background long after we’ve outgrown them. We...
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Triggers — What Sets Us Off, What Sets Us Free
In this episode, Janet and Anastasia sit down for an honest, unfiltered conversation about triggers—why they happen, what they reveal, and how we can stop letting them run the show. Together, they explore the science...
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Seeing the Best
Read the Room: How to Find the Best Versions of Your Team Most of us walk through our teams the same way we walk through a grocery store — heads down, locked onto our list, grabbing what we always grab. And we wonder...
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OTR - Beliefs
Janet and Anastasia crack open the beliefs running your life on autopilot, exposing the quiet scripts you never realized you were following. Through sharp insight, warm storytelling, and plenty of laughter, they...
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