096: How to Move Forward in Your Career Without Feeling Ready with Mandy Hunt

2026-04-23

Thank you to BCH for sponsoring this episode. Summary In this episode, Sandra speaks with Mandy Hunt about what it really takes to move forward in your career when you don’t feel ready. Mandy shares her journey through the insurance industry, reflecting on the moments where she chose to step outside of her comfort zone, even when confidence had not yet caught up. Her story is a reminder that progression is rarely about having everything figured out, and more often about being w...

Thank you to BCH for sponsoring this episode.

Summary

In this episode, Sandra speaks with Mandy Hunt about what it really takes to move forward in your career when you don’t feel ready.

Mandy shares her journey through the insurance industry, reflecting on the moments where she chose to step outside of her comfort zone, even when confidence had not yet caught up. Her story is a reminder that progression is rarely about having everything figured out, and more often about being willing to take the next step anyway.

Together, they explore the tension many women experience in corporate environments. The desire to grow, paired with the hesitation to put themselves forward before they feel fully prepared.

Mandy shares how some of her biggest opportunities came not from certainty, but from saying yes and figuring things out along the way.

Sandra and Mandy also discuss the reality of confidence at senior levels, challenging the idea that confidence comes first.

Instead, they reframe it as something that is built through action, experience, and exposure.

This is a conversation about courage, self-trust, and redefining what “ready” really means in your career.

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