Have A Seat...Conversations With Women In The Workplace

After five unforgettable years, the podcast has officially wrapped — but the conversation doesn’t stop here.

I invite you to explore the full catalogue of heartfelt, insightful, and occasionally sassy episodes featuring inspiring women and career conversations that still resonate today.

Pull up a chair, press play, and enjoy the stories that made Have A Seat so special.

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Recent Episodes

June 29, 2025

Until Next Time: A Love Letter to the Listeners of Have A Seat

"If I had a mission for this podcast, it was this: to hold space for the voices of women in the workplace — in all their messy, brilliant, powerful, still-evolving glory. And each of you helped me do that."
June 22, 2025

Talk Back, Speak Up: Gen Z, Communication & the Future of Work with Jenna Rogers

“Think of your career as a mosaic, it’s not going to be this linear climb up the corporate ladder that it once was, you are going to have experiences that take you in one direction, that add color to your mosaic, and that’s OK. It doesn’t have to make sense right now and it also doesn’t need to mak…
June 15, 2025

Permission Not Needed: Building Unshakable Confidence with Speaker & Author, Velera Wilson

“We all have different levels of fear and doubt about our capabilities, embrace that and lean into your past wins, lean into those moments when you were afraid, exhausted, weren’t sure and yet still managed to get through it; see the result, refer to that, and keep going.”
June 8, 2025

The Human Side of Leadership: A Conversation with Huong Bui & Angela Smith, Co-Founders, KaleidoWork

Angela: "Those shifts [in work culture] allowed me to remain very career-driven and productive. If they hadn’t happened, I could’ve easily been part of the statistics of women who left the workforce because it was just too much." Huong: "If a plant doesn’t thrive in the garden, we don’t blame …
June 1, 2025

Kathy & Rhonda Are Expanding the Admin Table — Meet The BEA Network

What keeps me going is knowing how important this role is and how we can learn and grow in these roles but the key is to know who you are and see yourself. Know your work and know your worth. ~ Kathy Having a lack of confidence not only begins to play on your own psyche, self esteem and self wor…
May 25, 2025

I’m Fine. It’s Fine. Everything’s… Fine? Emotional Labor in Admin Life

"You don’t have to be composed 100% of the time. You don’t have to be the steady one, the cheerful one, the “office therapist” every single day. You can be messy. You can be human. And you can still be amazing at your job."

Reviews

Thanks for our wonderful chat!

"Dear Debra, thanks so much for our wonderful podcast chat yesterday. I so enjoyed your relaxed & friendly style. It put me at ease and got me talking up a storm! I loved some of your slightly left of…"

Dr Kathryn Owler | Feb. 23, 2022

I Took a Seat and Loved it!

"It was an absolute pleasure joining Deb on Take a Seat podcast. What a pro and natural interviewer she is. Deb clearly did her research on me so that we were able to have an organic conversation and…"

Karith Foster, CEO Inversity Solultions | July 12, 2023

Relevant

"I love how practical and relevant this show is for women in the workplace!"

Kelli | Jan. 17, 2024

Guest

"Debra is a fantastic host - I had a great time guesting at one of her podcast episodes. She brings the best out of her guests!"

Lily | Feb. 7, 2024