Episodes

  • Being Smart is Keeping you Stuck

    Being Smart is Keeping you Stuck
    May 15 2026

    The conversation delves into the challenges faced by highly intelligent women, exploring the themes of overthinking, the research trap, perfectionism, and sophisticated self-sabotage. Each chapter addresses a specific aspect of these challenges, providing insights and strategies for overcoming them.

    Takeaways

    • Overthinking is a survival mechanism gone rogue
    • Research trap: the addiction to understanding masquerades as progress
    • Perfectionism as protection: weaponized tough standards
    • Sophisticated self-sabotage: arguing both sides of your own case

    Chapters

    • 00:00 Overthinking is a survival mechanism gone rogue
    • 10:24 Perfectionism as protection: weaponized tough standards
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    21 mins
  • Ep 10: Creating an Identity Outside of Work

    Ep 10: Creating an Identity Outside of Work
    Apr 27 2021
    In today's episode, we're discussing the concept of enmeshment. We live in a time where so much of our identity is tied to accolades and institutions. Where we work, our alma maters and other affiliations become our points of distinction. But what about the things we actually like? The things that make us who we genuinely are! I'm sharing a few ways to actually begin to carve out time and space for ourselves when in a space where so much of who we are is tied to what we do.

    For further reading, head to thechromanetwork.com/10

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    14 mins
  • Ep 13: How to Find Fulfillment in life during the Early Career Stages

    Ep 13: How to Find Fulfillment in life during the Early Career Stages
    Jun 15 2021



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    17 mins
  • Episode 2 - Dr. Caroline Robinson: Navigating the Medical Field

    Episode 2 - Dr. Caroline Robinson: Navigating the Medical Field
    Sep 6 2019
    In this episode, Daneshé chats with Dr. Caroline Robinson, a board certified dermatologist practicing in Chicago, IL with a special focus in hair loss and hyperpigmentation affecting ethnic skin. Dr. Robinson discusses her journey to dermatology and gives some helpful insights that have helped her at each step of her medical journey. If you are a woman of color interested in dermatology or medicine in general, this is the episode for you!

    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bydaneshe.substack.com
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    33 mins
  • Ep 05: What it Means to Bet on Yourself with Eni Popoola

    Ep 05: What it Means to Bet on Yourself with Eni Popoola
    Nov 11 2020
    Eni is a Nigerian-American originally from Queens, NY. After graduating from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree and Government and Sociology, Eni taught seventh-grade history at an East Harlem charter school. She's currently a second-year student at Columbia Law school where she serves as the Secretary for the Black Law Students Association and a staff editor on the Columbia Law Review. In the "free time" she has, Eni works to maintain #EniGivenSunday, her beauty and lifestyle blog that she started in 2018. Learn how she makes balances it all in this episode!

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    45 mins
  • Ep 08: Work-Life Balance...Who is That?

    Ep 08: Work-Life Balance...Who is That?
    Apr 13 2021
    Working from home has caught everyone slipping in some way at some point! In this week's episode, we'll be discussing work-life balance and how we can begin to set boundaries between our two worlds in a time where everything is blended together! To make things easier, I'm sharing 7 ways that boundaries can look in our lives right now. To download the self-reflection questions mentioned in this episode head to www.thechromanetwork.com/08

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    23 mins
  • Ep 12: - How to Network Effectively (In the most Genuine Way)

    Ep 12: - How to Network Effectively (In the most Genuine Way)
    Jun 10 2021
    In this episode, we're breaking down all of the ways that you can network effectively as a young professional woman. The concept of networking gets misconstrued in a way that can be anxiety-inducing for college students and early-career professionals. A lot of us think that we have to aim to have the most LinkedIn connections or be super extroverted when this isn't the case! I'm sharing networking tips for introverts, how to network virtually, and how to shift our focus towards building our network through genuine relationships.

    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bydaneshe.substack.com
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    18 mins
  • Episode 1 - Mia Heard: Navigating the Entertainment Industry

    Episode 1 - Mia Heard: Navigating the Entertainment Industry
    Aug 3 2019
    balancing school, part-time work, and a passion project is no easy task. On episode one of Chroma Radio, we speak with Mia Heard: rising senior at the Ross School of Business and founder of Blu House Productions. If you are a woman of color interested in the entertainment or event production space or are curious about gaining the confidence to wear multiple hats and put your creative work out there, this is the episode for you.

    music production by @danielhex


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    31 mins