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🧩 Life's A Game

Ambition 2.0: EP05 ➡️ High-Functioning Depression

Published 3 months ago • 1 min read

The new podcast from Girlboss, where we’ll be exploring what it really costs to 'have it all' in work, family, identity, and self.

I'm your host, Amanda Goetz.
2x Founder, 4x CMO, mom of 3 and
Author of the usa today bestselling book
Toxic Grit: How to have it all
and (actually) love what you have

PS we are coming to NYC this December 15th for a Girlboss x Her Workplace conversation around a new approach to ambition. Join us!​

This week's episode

Why High-Functioning Depression Hits Ambitious Women the Hardest

"I didn't look depressed on the outside....I had it all put together."

– Dr. Judith Joseph

Today, we’re diving into a topic that so many ambitious women will quietly recognize in themselves but rarely talk about: high-functioning depression.

My guest is Dr. Judith Joseph, MD, MBA—a board-certified psychiatrist, researcher, and media expert who is making mental health accessible to a wide audience.

We’ll be talking about why high-functioning depression so often hides behind ambition, how perfectionism and people-pleasing can mask real pain, and what steps we can take—individually and collectively—to support healthier, more sustainable lives.

​Check out the episode and let me know what you think!

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Coming soon

Taking Charge
of Your
Career Trajectory

with Erika Ayers Baden

How to actually solve Burnout in the Workplace

with Jennifer Moss

See you next week!

– AMANDA

Welcome to a new approach to ambition. ​
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🧩 Life's A Game

by Amanda Goetz

2x Founder | Brand Builder | Creator | Investor Featured in Forbes, Ad Week, Poosh, The Skinny Confidential Over 110,000 people follow Amanda to learn how to get the most out of life. Single mom x3 Teaching Productivity to emerging Leaders via Morning Brew

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